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1. Do you feel these are patient safety issues?

   ptsafety replied to ptsafety's topic in General Nursing

   Seriously, thank you all for your opinions and sharing what is done in your areas. It's SERIOUSLY a very bad problem in our area, and I know in some rougher cities as well, as some RN's I work with...

2. Do you feel these are patient safety issues?

   ptsafety replied to ptsafety's topic in General Nursing

   It is not all bad here. Because of the social disparities here, it is a very challenging place to work, with the good RN's being very skilled, not just in Nursing but also Crisis Managment. I don't...

3. Do you feel these are patient safety issues?

   ptsafety replied to ptsafety's topic in General Nursing

   TT...Yes, yes and yes. I work in a very high crime city, it's very very common for us to get travel RN's who are "tweaking"/high/impaired. Not just in our hospital but all of the hospitals in our...

4. Do you feel these are patient safety issues?

   ptsafety replied to ptsafety's topic in General Nursing

   TT: I too thought that prior charges would prevent Felony Criminals from admissions to programs and also from sitting for the Boards, but in my state apparently not. They can "argue" to be able to do...

5. Do you feel these are patient safety issues?

   ptsafety posted a topic in General Nursing

   In my state, it used to be that Nursing Schools has strict admission policies and limited enrollment. For example, 3.5 GPA, 90+ percentile on the NLN Admission exam, not in college for 15-20 years...