Psychology BS followed by nursing school diploma. Worked many years and now returning for completely unnecessary BSN, but if it makes my position more secure, whatever.
Phase2Pro replied to olderthandirt51's topic in General Nursing
Not all of them. Orthos, eyes, orals, vascular, and plastics do not have to void. Pretty much everyone else does. SDS unit in hospital which also covers endoscopy. Endos do not void either. About...
The reason those patients are not in pain and you are is this...they had a camera shoved up their butt and you had your face peeled down and pulled back up. Plastic surgery hurts a lot...colonoscopy...
I don't understand "floating it in" either, and I've been doing IVs for almost 20 years. Are you saying once you get a flash to withdraw the needle, hook it up to the saline and then continue to...
When I first applied it meant you were a "RN applicant" until you passed the nclex exam and you had 90 days to do so. I got a job right out of school, had 90 days to pass the test, and was designated...
Background- I am a diploma level RN with something like 118 hrs of random college credit. I was applying to a RN-BSN program online and they want to know when I am going to take this test. I googled...
Yup, I would never do that. When I withdraw a med for a patient, I give that med myself. I never hand off a med, ever. That is part of the irritation...I am doing my work and her work too. I did...
Thanks guys. Yeah, we "noticed" that she asks us to medicate her patients for her. It is pretty casually done..."hey, can you get him something for pain for me?" and of course, we administer it...
Why one of the nurses I work with seems to not want to be on record in the pixis? She always asks someone else to get meds for her patients regardless of how busy we are. I can't quite figure it...
Phase2Pro replied to copyandpaste's topic in General Nursing
Once I said..."Did I get drunk and we get married during the black out? Because only my exhusband has ever spoken to me this way." But generally the doctors have been respectful. I did have one...
I live in the Salem Lakes/ Rock Lake area of VB which is a nice safe area near TCC and the amphitheater. I do not have trouble with traffic at all in the mornings and rarely have jet noise issues. I...