StudentNursieNM

What do you do when you are a new nurse working in "assisted living" where you are told that you are not supposed to do any nursing except passing meds and you tell your DON that a resident is going downhill (after 2nd hospital stay this month) and they answer you: "Don't tell me that, I don't want to hear it- you're overloading me." I'm not supposed to assess (even though I do) but if something happens will I be on the line for not doing something that I'm not supposed to do?

I just completed the PN program at my school, and for my pinning celebration I ordered some syringe pens, cute little rubber duckies in nurse uniforms, and little blood bags filled with watermelon flavored candy from the Oriental Trading Company. They were all a big hit with guests! I also found some bags of little squishy body parts at wal-mart. I didnt have time for this, but I wanted to use rolls of gauze for streamers. Hope this helps! Link for ordering is below: http://www.orientaltrading.com/ui/browse/processRequest.do?demandPrefix=12&sku=16/841&mode=Searching&erec=0&D=nurse&Ntt=nurse&Ntk=all&Dx=mode%2bmatchallpartial&Ntx=mode%2bmatchallpartial&N=0&requestURI=processProductsCatalog&sd=Nurse+Rubber+Duckies

Research-REALLY research what it is to be a nurse...I just finished school, and am not working yet, but think I made a mistake. After ignoring my family for the past year (nursing school perk) I realize that it may not have been worth it... I am very anxious and nervous because of all of the things that I have seen can happen to nurses. The nurse to patient ratios are very dangerous, and in the end, it will be the nurses a** if anything happens to the patient. I wanted to be a nurse to help people, but it seems that most of what nursing is, is trying to cover your own a** so you're not sued.