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THERE IS NO "I" OR "ME" IN TEAMWORK...I TEND TO SEE ALOT MORE OF OTHER BACKSTABBING TO GET BROWNIE POINTS:angryfire ...THATS WHY NURSING UNITY IS NOT AS STRONG AS IT SHOULD BE...FACT, WHEN WE SEE A COWORKER GETTING CHEWED OUT BY A DOC OR FAMILY, WE ALL TEND TO SHY AWAY, ME... I STAND RIGHT BESIDE MY COWORKER FOR THEIR SUPPORT...ON THE UNIT I WORK, THEY ARE A BIG FAMILY:)

GIVES A NEW VISUAL OF DOGGIE STYLE???:uhoh21: :rotfl:

she was fine, no c/o any abnormalities. yes she did eat breakfast.i am wondering, if her being on 22 u of 70/30 may have botoomed her out. she did this before but they were always able to bring her bs wnl in 10-15 min. but we wer struggling with her for about 45 min. i thoiught she was going to slip into a diabetic coma. the doc even remarked that this is the worst he has seen her. maybe she is having pancreatic failure??? :uhoh21:

i have a question, i had a patient who is diabetic and at 6 am her bs was 282, the night nurse covered with reg. insulin 4 u and her normal 22 u 70/30 qam. at 9 am tech tell me that she concerned about pt. i go in, she is lethargic, diaphoretic and petite mal seizuring. i take her bs and its 30 i give her oral glucose and call charge rn. pt. trying to swollow tounge and cant get oral glucose in. well i am prn agency and this is a nursing home and they have no iv glucagon or sublingual clodadine (bp 180/110 hr 132). well we get im glucose and retake sugar 49. fd came and got a line and bolus glucagon went to 349, know shell burn that off by the time she gets to er. me and doc decide to have her go because of seizures and make sure no stroke defects present(usually follow after seizures) well get report form er that pt had a UTI. pt totally A&O x 3 and never c/o UTI or pt know what all meds are and their s/e. me and doc dont beleive er and had pt get s/c for ua/cs got labs back form er...wbc 25.000 and few bacteria present bun/creat slight elev. due to abnormal homeostasis...have you ever heard of UTi causing BS to drop so bad??? sorry so long...very concerned!!! :crying2:

QUOTE THE MONIST " BY BEING VAGUE ABOUT YOUR OP TO PROTECT THOSE INVOLVED" DO YOU MEAN YOURSELF???? :rotfl: :rotfl:

IT TAKES A SPECIAL KIND OF PERSON TO BE A NURSE,:) YOU HAVE TO LOVE WHAT YOU DO INSPITE OF WHATEVER HAPPENS, IF YOU ARE NOT THAT KIND OF PERSON YOU SHOULDN'T BE A NURSE:p

i grew up in pgh and work at UPMC, dont they own Mercy??? maybe thats why they are so Poor!!!

i knew patti burns personally, she was a good friend of my grams and her employers, and she was a pat. at the clinic i used to work, she was a goo hearted person.she had a long battle with cancer. thats why she left the news for a while, then tried to return to tv but it was too much

i might be a little slow but what type of buga are you talking about??:imbar

after reading the ms board of nursing website, brownms46, put up i would be very careful and let your administrators know that you do not feel comfortable in giving meds, they are not licensed to pass meds and therfore the lpn will be held accountable as well as the school if a situation were to befall one of the kids and their meds. expecially when the meds are not always correct and the mars not up to date.. thats a law suit waiting to happen. protect yourself and just say no and leave the lpn to do the meds. she is trained in medication errors and side effects.. i cant believe that she is risking her license like that>>:uhoh21: i know if it were me, i would never delegate something to some one not properly qualified for the job...but then again thats just me:p

BIG TIME HERE IN FLORIDA...YOU ALSO HAVE FULL RANGE OF YOUR LICENSE...SOME STATES AND HOSPITALS WONT LET YOU USE YOUR LICEENSE TO THEY FULL EXTENT, THATS WHY IM HERE

psychrn03, good questoin, i hope this helps...i ran into a simular situation a few days ago a pyschologist wrote for an eval,meds and various other notes. and from my understanding, when a psychologist writes for anything, it has to be approved by the attending pysichian,unless the pat. is Baker Acted. so i had rewrite all the pyschologists orders over into verbal orders:angryfire (alot of them)!!!and fax them to the pts. attending pcp for approval. hope this helps!!!

starcandy, i can relate to your situation, i was in LTC for 6 1/2 yrs. before moving to med surg. at first, it is overwelming, it is a diff. ballgame than they play in LTC. always remember that you are a nurse and use your skills that you learned in school. you will have to use them more in a hosp. than in LTC. you have ivs,direct admits,ect....and you even have more docs and family to deal with. Also you have to get a routine down, once you get that, everything else will fall into place, now that you are an RN they will expect you to be a supervisor also,over the LPNs and CNAs on that unit. i applude achievement:) PS: DONT WORRY THE STAGE FRIGHT WILL DISSAPEAR:chuckle

hello cricket, i have about 7 diff places ive worked since 1997, i worked as a cna, ma, phlebotomy, and lpn, i have 4 med. degrees and some ppl like the varoety on my resume, others dont, i also have alot of skills and experience, i guess its all about whos looking t it and what they think, as long as you have good refernces from them, it shouldnt matter.

I AGREE WITH YOU SOME NURSES, DO NEED SUPERVISED!! ESPECIALLY THE YOUNG ONES!!!