mcrow

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1. signing out medications

   mcrow replied to Danielle's topic in General Nursing

   I think the safest way is to get into the habit of first giving the med, then signing it off. There are just too many distractions that may cause you to forget to go back and to chart that the patient...

2. Do you feel that Nurses are underpaid and overworked?

   mcrow replied to Brian's topic in General Nursing

   Being overworked may not be the issue as much as working unsafely understaffed as most nurses do. The pay is not a big issue either other than when you compare other jobs in the hospitals where I've...

3. Is no news good news?

   mcrow replied to Karen Cicero's topic in General Nursing

   At our clinic, some of the doctors schedule the patient to come back for test results unless it is routine lab. Other doctors keep a log of test results they are expecting and call the patients with...

4. Has anyone ever refused an assignment?

   mcrow replied to Palpitations's topic in General Nursing

   I have never actually refused an assignment, but at a legal inservice we were told a nurse could refuse an assignment if it was considered beyond their scope of practice or if the assignment was...

5. Do you feel that the doctors you practice with respect you and your profession?

   mcrow replied to Brian's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

   I would have to say that most of the pediatricians we work with do respect us all, but they seem to have more respect for the one RN than the three LPNs in our outpatient clinic. The RN is always the...

6. How long did you stay on your first nursing job?

   mcrow replied to Linda J's topic in General Nursing

   I say go for what makes YOU happy. The wonderful thing about nursing is the many areas you can expand your horizions. I have expanded into an internet business in preventive health that is a great...

7. Shift Wars

   mcrow replied to LoPaidNut's topic in General Nursing

   We have two hospitals in our town, and I have worked in both over the past ten years. These types of "wars" go on in both, so I don't think it has anything to do with being an isolated facility. I...

8. Opening Sharps Containers

   mcrow replied to MaxNurse's topic in General Nursing

   It is a scary thing to get a needlestick. And in a correctional facility? I can only imagine. It is not worth the risk to go through dirty needles. Please for your own sake keep firm on this issue. It...

9. Do you feel you were adequately prepared to practice nursing when you graduated?

   mcrow replied to Brian's topic in General Nursing

   Boy does this bring back memories. My question was more "Was I adequately prepared for my preceptor?". If I wasn't prepared by school she sure made a point of telling me so. I was sooo happy when that...