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If the patient had a feeding tube due to aspiration issues, then the po route would have been highly inappropriate and could cause significant issues. Most of the time people who have a feeding tube have one due to their inability to swallow for wha...

It would appear that "most nurses" prefer 12 hour shifts and the topic should be left alone...

I am am over 50 nurse and come from the horse world where you work 6-7 days a week and the days are often over 15 hours. Plus you were responsible even if you were not there, making it a 24-7 type of job. Nursing is great and 12 hours is a breeze! ...

We do get decent compensation, if on the A team, they do not expect you to do it out of the goodness of our hearts. If you work in the hospital there are expectations, weekends, emergencies etc,. If one doesn't like it work somewhere else,

As you live in Florida, and work in a level 2 trauma center, I highly doubt that your arm was "twisted". Your facility has a disaster plan and each employee has an obligation to be on either team A, before and during the storm, and team B, after the ...

On a few occasions I have had the pleasure of taking care of other nurses from my facility. Most are appreciative but there are a few which appear a bit too keen with the dilauded. Makes you wonder...We had one person who was a horrible patient. He...

two of my other favorites fake it till you make it and I can do anything for 12 hours!

There are no big deals....

You have stated repeatedly that you do not like nursing, that it is not a good fit for you. Perhaps pharmacology would be better for you, you can use some of your classes towards it. Nursing is a calling, I believe. If you dislike it before you beg...

Gifts for what? Leaving? I don't think anything is necessary, perhaps a nice dinner out with close associates would do, but I do not feel that you need to provide anything to anyone. Just my opinion.. Best of luck in your new venture! Michelle

You discussed feeling different due to being black and single. My unit has many different ages and races, we all treat each other with respect and get along, creating a nice environment. Perhaps the difference you feel about yourself is self limitin...

Not sure you can actually take the NCLEX without some type of specific schooling, even with past experience in healthcare. Know you can test out of classes, but if I remember correctly, my school had to submit information before I could take it....

A big one for me...asked and axed.... There is no x involved in asking someone something...

No, We do not flush with a 25 ml bag post administration. We also do not prime the line with ns. Medication mixed in the pharmacy is often more than ordered dose, if primed appropriately and the pump is programmed exactly as directed, there is ofte...

I was taught that even giving any NS or other fluid, as a primary, without orders is administering without orders. I have a few issues with hanging a separate primary line of NS if the patient does not have fluids ordered. First, fluids need to be ...

My biggest concern is that you state that you inserted the foley until urine return and then inflated the balloon. I was always taught that you insert the foley until the "Y", inflate the balloon and then allow the foley to drop until resistance. If...

As others have stated, L&D is a specialty. It would not be a good way to go into critical care. One year in med/surg will give you the experience that will help you move on to other specialties. I do not recommend going the mother/baby route u...

I first became an LPN prior to my RN and worked in a hospital as a team. The RN did all assessments and called the MD for orders, since the LPN could not take orders, which I am not sure why... As the LPN I did all med passes, dressing changes and ...

But I can be highly aggressive and have had a tendency to speak without thinking causing undo pain and bad feelings. Although I am aware of my communication style, I still believe I am a bully but am working on change. I am not empowered at all by m...

I have not only read your post but all of the comments which follow it. I am not sure that some people get it.. While the situation you discuss is a patient safety issue, it is how you dealt with it, including the feelings you had and projected is w...

Now that the storm has hit, hope you and your family are doing well. In South Florida we have to choose to be on two teams -A and B, A must arrive when the hospital says, no matter your shift and you must stay until relieved by the B team. If the B...

I was thinking of maybe the new cpr rules. Apparently for 2010 it is Circulation, Airway and Breathing, if I am not mistaken instead of Airway, Breathing and Circulation. Just a thought.

Hello, I had posted a few weeks ago about not being able to find a job being a new LPN. Everyone wanted 1 yrs experience. I was getting desperate and spent 8 hr days going around applying everywhere I could think of. I had a few home health agency...

No, actually it is LTC/nursing homes where they have received the higher offers. I just think I will get much better experience in the hospital, if I want to change it will be easier to go somewhere else rather than getting a job in LTC and trying t...

I'm an LPN also - a new LPN. This is a second career for me so I have a few years under my belt. I didn't have any desire to be a nurse early on, I have had a highly successful career and decided nursing would be a great transition. I don't know h...