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# 1. i came here because i told my sister give great advice..not trying to be he said..she said.. #2. it was the wrong vaccine. #3 what hippa violations are being broken? #4 you are understanding it correctly. #5 ma are not legally allowed to give the vaccine in our state, none of the other doctors allow it, its only the one and my sister is going to look for a new job in the fall after she has her 1 yr in. she is just worried it will follow her to her next job.

Hi, I am actually posting this for my sister who is also an LPN..She needs some solid advice about an incident that happened in her first weeks of working as an LPN. She was asked to give a vaccine to an infant. All the vaccines are kept in the same Refrigerator. They are not separated in any way. She had only been working there a little while and was a new nurse. She took out what she believed to be the infants vaccine but was still unsure. She did what she was taught in school. When in doubt ask. She took the vaccine to the doctor on call and asked him if it was correct. He said Yes. She was the only nurse on duty and expected to give 4 shots to the infant so the medical assistant gave 2 of the shots which is not allowed in our state but the doctor had knowledge of it and allowed it. After she went to the computer to add the information she noticed the lot numbers were not matching up. She brought it immediately to the doctors attention. A report was filed and the parents of the infant alerted. It was written in the report that "inexperienced nurse made med error"...No mention that she had brought it to the doctor on duty was made. No mention of the medical assistant giving 2 of the shots.. It gets worse now... Here it is 6 months later and today the family of the infant comes in. They refuse to let my sister near the baby and it turns out that someone in her office told their biller of the family practice what had happened, leaving out the part of the doctors role and the part about the medical assistant give 2 of the shots and in turn she told the grandmother of the infant who she worked with that my sister was the one that gave the shot. She gives her my sisters name and tells her she was the one that gave the shot even though it could have been the medical assistant. Now my sisters name and reputation are being dragged through the mud. The family was never told that my sister asked the doctor first. My sister wanted to call the family and explain what had happened but she knows she would lose her job. My sister does not know what to do. The doctors told her its no big deal, its over and to let it go. But my sister wonders if its going to follow her now. Will it go on her record as a nurse? Why is she taking the whole fall for this...What should she do? Any advice would be greatly appreciated. Jean

THANK-YOU SOR MUCH FOR THE CHECK LIST!!!! This is what I am looking for. The hospital I do my clinical at does not have a OB/GYN unit....they had to close the wing down due to funds. So peole have to drive 45 minutes or more now to deliver. So I am really searching out any check list any of you might have and how you would do a discharge. LJ

Thanks....for the help. It does have to be in a check list form using a mock Mom and a doll. Since I have never seen discharge instructions done, I was hoping for a video to watch or a list of something I could use or just some advice on how a nurse here does it here on this forum. Not sure how helpful the hospital around here would be. But its worth a try.

Hi, My Mom has used this forum to help me out and it really has been a blessing. I have a project coming up. Its not hard but I want it to be great so wondered if any of you might help. I have to present to a mock Mom discharge instructions for her newborn. I know this is all in the text book but was wondering if you knew of any sites that might have a check list( I don't want to forget anything). Also any ideas to make it less boring. There are like 40 of us that have present it, so its going to be pretty boring after awhile. We only have 5 to 7 minutes to present. Any ideas???? LJ

thanks I love that...they were thinking along the lines of giving their arm squeeze like when your mom does when you cross the road. I love the hug idea. They are in clinicals now and are really learning so much. I try to come up with new ideas and I love coming here, everyone here is so helpful.

Hi, I want to help my daughters better communicate with children. Both are student nurses. Looking for some unique ways to explain the sensation of blood pressure to a child to make them feel more at ease. Any neat ideas???? Thanks, homeschool mom

What are the best NYCLEX prep courses to buy? There are many online to choose from and I am very confused. I want to buy this as a gift for my daughter. She is doing very well in school but seems to struggle on her ATI tests. What about the Kaplan? I am looking for LPN NYCLEX PREP courses. Thank-you.

Unfortunately, nursing instructors are more inclined to bully some students while they leave the others alone. The common denominator is personality type. If your daughter tears up, appears shaky, or doesn't stand up for herself when being bullied by the instructor, she will continue to be targeted for the bullying and verbal abuse. Nursing instructors pick on students that are deemed 'easy targets' because they won't resist the abuse. Your daughter needs to stand up to this person in a tactful manner right now, or it will continue during her nursing career when she deals with older nurses who have biases against young nurses. Well said..Well said.....you hit the nail on the head. My younger daughter is not assertive, is very sweet tempered, and wouldn't know how to be mean to another person if she tried. She def needs to work on those assertive skills. But that may come with age. My older daughter...WATCH OUT..lol....noone pushes her around..my goodness sometimes she scares me. My older daughter will also eventually have this instructor and my money is on my older daughter..lol. On another note my daughter came home with her clinical scores today and they were great! I don't get it ??? She tears her up. Her grade for yesterday was the highest they give. I don't know, maybe she is trying to help her. Maybe she is trying to prepare her. Funny thing is, I am beginning to think this nursing instructor might be a great life lesson for her. And it was even mentioned today that my daughter always gets there 30 minutes before she has too just to look over her patients chart and go through procedures. So I guess will see. But her grades are very good. You all have been such a blessing. THANK-YOU!

I know there are awesome nurses and its sad that a few bad nurses give good nurses a bad name. My daughter wants to work in a hospital and it maybe very different. The particular hospital she is in fired all of their LPN'S so there is an attitude on that. My daughter would love to do the night shift. I just hope that one day a blanket of protection could be put up to protect future nurses. I was reading this TERRIBLE ARTICLE about a male nursing student was treated very badly by his instrcutors, I believe he was asian and he had a breakdown and went back and shot 3 of the instructors...my goodness that is HORRIBLE!!! Did any of you hear about this ?

Thanks for your support. Last night right after my daughter went to bed I went in her room and showed her this forum. We read all of your comments. You helped her so much! Shortly she will move onto the next instructor. Not soon enough!!! LOL....It is sad though. I know nursing students take so much abuse but not only that, I have heard that nurses get abused by doctors or charge nurses. You think a blanket of protection could be put into place to keep this from happening. No wonder there is a nursing shortage. My daughter hopes to go all the way(the Lord willing)...I told her last night she might want to consider private duty. It seems like hospitals are fillled with people just like her instructor. There are also RN's that work on her floor and they have stated, we hate LPN students and they do nothing but get in our way. How Awful! There are some kind nurses though that want to see the students learn.

thanks for the kind words!

Hi, I am going out on a limb here as I am not a nurse but I have 2 daughters in LPN school. Their grades are good and they are on their third clinical rotation. One daughter is 24 and the other is 17. My 17 year old was given very high grades for her first two rotations. But then while in a patients room one day the patient asked my daughter how old she was. She told him 17. The nursing instructor who is notorious for making fun of girls, degrading them, insulting them and making them cry asked my daughter how she got in an adult program at 17. She explained she graduated a year early, passed the entrance test and would be 18 by the time she graduated. She just shook her head. My daughter(the 17 yr old) got the same instructor for the 3rd rotation and this time it was a different ball game. She verbally tears her up, told her she should have worked a year before she entered the program. She said she is never prepared enough. This is the same instructor that gave her very high grades on her last rotation. My daughter is not the only one she targets, there is an 18 year old she tears up verbally too. I feel bad as my daughter is getting discouraged. She works hard. My older daughter will get this same instructor next hospital rotation. This instructor seems to target the younger girls. She told one girl that she had no business trying to be a nurse. I checked all of the education credentials of all the instructors and they all have extensive education. But I noticed this particular instructor has her R.N. but not her Bachelors. She is an older instrcuctor. One of the other nursing instructors that has the highest degree in nursing told my 17 yr old that she was going to make a fantastic nurse and she could see her going all the way. But yet you have another instructor that says she should not be there ???? I am really confused by all of this. Its hard for me to give my daughter advice when I have no nursing knowledge. What could I say to her ? She is half way through the program and since this instructor she has come home crying twice. I feel so bad. She did say she makes lots of girls cry. Is this the norm of some kind of teaching method ? I would think it would violate a persons rights to insult them. It really ticks me off that we are paying A LOT of money for her education to have just one instructor tear her to bits. She has her two more weeks and then moves on. The rest of the instructors are decent. She has even worked with the head instructor and been told what a great job she did. Any Help ?????

Hi, My daughter is in a LPN program and I would like to purchase a gift for her. I want to purcase a online progran to help her prepare for the NYCLEX. What is the best prep course online ? Wheb is it best to purcchase it because she graduates in July. I have heard of Kaplan. What do you suggest ? Thank-you. Mom

I can answer this one because I studied the JW's belief system. I am not a nurse. But they believe in buiral just like most. They are against Blood transfusions, organ donations, bone marrow transplants ect...anything to do with the blood... Other than that there is nothing really different. You can google and get all the info you want.