Having heard her speak at a conference she broke down the timeline of what happened and seemed to only have remorse about choosing nursing. One thing she admitted that I had not heard previously,...
This. It is interesting to hear that she left a smaller facility that she felt was unsafe, but went on to make a fatal error in one she deemed a better
I've always felt that her story would be valuable for the students to hear, but envisioned it to be in a manner in which she gave back to the nursing community. It is one thing to be reimbursed...
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The local government hospital gave a raise for all clinic positions bringing them up to the salary of bedside nurses. Granted this is federal so they get multiple holidays a year and of course there...
I am grateful that nursing has included awareness for depression and PTSD for our soldiers. A specialized population that we have the privilege to serve. At work, morale is down, call outs are high,...
Thanks for the feedback. There is always verbal consent on everything we do, if it is feasible. I am looking to hear how others are doing it to determine if it is worth looking into a possible policy...
Currently at our facility there is not a need to obtain a consent for IVIG. As this is made from over a 1000 seperate donor's blood products, and has a potential in causing a reaction in up to 30% of...
Nursing Students reported that a nurse drawing insulin for a client, had removed one unit too much, therefore they re injected the needle into the vial and returned it. I am trying to link to a site...