Horseshoe

Horseshoe BSN, RN

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  1. Nurse Charged With Homicide

    Horseshoe replied to Nurse Beth's topic in General Nursing

    Let's assume for the sake of argument that YES, all of the criteria for a criminal charge and conviction of this nurse have been met. I believe that the purpose of criminal charges and incarceration...

  2. Nurses Call the Governor of Tennessee

    Horseshoe replied to Nurse Beth's topic in General Nursing

    This bears repeating: when pilots who survive make errors (and the majority of negative events in aviation are due to pilot error), unless they are chemically impaired, they rarely to never get...

  3. Nurses Call the Governor of Tennessee

    Horseshoe replied to Nurse Beth's topic in General Nursing

    I think the reality of her going to court is that she will be punished and the legal system will say "well, took care of that," and be done with it. I fail to see how that will put any pressure on...

  4. Mannequin Phobia

    Horseshoe replied to KD34's topic in General Students

    Well, I thought I'd heard everything, but I was

  5. Nurses Call the Governor of Tennessee

    Horseshoe replied to Nurse Beth's topic in General Nursing

    I personally think she should lose her license, honestly. Someone else stated that in Tennessee she actually could be in the process of being investigated by the BON, but it would not be obvious...

  6. Is it just me or is nursing school not as difficult as everyone makes it sound?

    Horseshoe replied to Nicolecn's topic in General Students

    People all handle stress differently. Some people find it invigorating, and it enables them to achieve at higher levels than if there was no pressure to perform. Creativity often soars with stress and...

  7. Nurses Call the Governor of Tennessee

    Horseshoe replied to Nurse Beth's topic in General Nursing

    Wuzzie, I don't consider that loss of license and livelihood, civil penalties (lawsuit), and public shame and ridicule are a "slap on the wrist." I agree completely that her mistakes were egregious...

  8. Nurse Charged With Homicide

    Horseshoe replied to Nurse Beth's topic in General Nursing

    Juan, what do you mean by "the dosing instruction convinced me of that plan"? Which "plan" do you mean? Also, can you clarify what you mean by a "true sedation" procedure, because many states...

  9. Nurse Charged With Homicide

    Horseshoe replied to Nurse Beth's topic in General Nursing

    I hear this often, and would also like to know if it's true. I've been hearing that EXPERIENCED nurses are leaving the profession, and one of the most common reasons is that the nurse to patient ratio...

  10. Nurse Charged With Homicide

    Horseshoe replied to Nurse Beth's topic in General Nursing

    People keep saying that no system corrections would ever be needed if nurses would just practice the 5 rights. I can't argue with that, but... Reading comments to a video on this by ZDoggMD, and saw...

  11. Nurse Charged With Homicide

    Horseshoe replied to Nurse Beth's topic in General Nursing

    Just because they can doesn't mean that they are required to do so. Prosecutors decline to press charges all the time for all kinds of reasons. What I wonder when I think about this case is this:...

  12. Nurse Gives Lethal Dose of Vecuronium Instead of Versed

    Horseshoe replied to Nurse Beth's topic in General Nursing

    Reading comments to a video on this by ZDoggMD, and saw several that noted that their pyxis doesn't allow overrides on paralytics. One said that when you put in for vec, a window pops up asking "Is...

  13. Is it just me or is nursing school not as difficult as everyone makes it sound?

    Horseshoe replied to Nicolecn's topic in General Students

    That's what I was actually very good at. I could always tell what they WANTED me to choose or say, whether or not I would actually choose that particular response in real life. People hated me for...

  14. New Nurse In a Step Down Unit and I hate it

    Horseshoe replied to Aurora0941's topic in General Nursing

    It just depends on the person. There is a new thread here from someone working in newborn nursery who is miserable. Most doctors offices hire MAs, not RNs because we are too expensive. NPs will often...

  15. How many of you disinfect car after work?

    Horseshoe replied to PHC-nurse's topic in General Nursing

    It's excessive. Apart from that, it sounds like counseling could be of benefit for you after experiencing a

  16. Nurse Charged With Homicide

    Horseshoe replied to Nurse Beth's topic in General Nursing

    Why wouldn't she get off social media? Her lawyer most likely doesn't want her saying anything about the case. And she'd probably be getting death threats and crappy comments from all the psychos out...

  17. Failed for Clinical-but no proof

    Horseshoe replied to Misscruella's topic in General Students

    I agree with the many people who believe that you are spending way too much time defending your every action and not near enough time on self reflection. One thing I do agree with you about is that...

  18. Nurse Charged With Homicide

    Horseshoe replied to Nurse Beth's topic in General Nursing

    I was really just making a point that you should have said "if you are going to present a statement as a fact, you should present evidence." I agree with that. But there is no need to provide evidence...

  19. Nurse Charged With Homicide

    Horseshoe replied to Nurse Beth's topic in General Nursing

    Why? Just because you say so? In my opinion, Whitney's voice was prettier than Mariah's. Where shall I go to find evidence for my

  20. Nurse Charged With Homicide

    Horseshoe replied to Nurse Beth's topic in General Nursing

    I think anyone with a decade or two of practice who says they've never made a med error, or has only made one is fooling themselves-as in they've made more than the one memorable one and just didn't...

  21. New Nurse In a Step Down Unit and I hate it

    Horseshoe replied to Aurora0941's topic in General Nursing

    I worked ICU and floated among all of the units. Step-down was under the critical care umbrella and they had a strict 3:1 ratio. Those patients were often very sick, just not intubated. They were on...

  22. Nurse Charged With Homicide

    Horseshoe replied to Nurse Beth's topic in General Nursing

    Hey, she's just stating her opinion, just as you have numerous times in this thread, just as I have in this

  23. Nurse Charged With Homicide

    Horseshoe replied to Nurse Beth's topic in General Nursing

    That has happened before. I bet the number of pilots who did that and survived but went to jail are at about zero. My father is a former flight instructor, my stepdad was a test pilot. They said that...

  24. Nurse Charged With Homicide

    Horseshoe replied to Nurse Beth's topic in General Nursing

    Okay, I'm amazed to learn that someone with 2 years of ICU experience wasn't familiar with Versed, both in brand name and generic, its forms, its effects (and thus the need for monitoring), etc. She...

  25. Nurse Charged With Homicide

    Horseshoe replied to Nurse Beth's topic in General Nursing

    If I were a betting person, I'd lay very great odds that you are correct. Sounds like a very inexperienced nurse-so even more mind boggling that she was given the additional responsibility of...