Passion8RN

I would have given you a failing grade as well. This scenario has very little to do with ethics. Good luck the next time around.

I personally have several years PCU experience. Our PCU is considered a critical care area requiring ACLS and (in my hospital) to be a part of the code team when you are Charge RN. PCU will definitely cover you for the Med/Surg requirement and might ...

I've been a nurse for a total of 13.5 years between LPN and RN. I have come to accept (after a long time) that there are going to be patients that just don't want to change, no matter how much education you provide, or how much you care. I accepted m...

Nurse Maru, BSN, RNI will say being a good nurse is a learning process. Healthcare is forever changing a being a nurse affords us the opportunity to continue learning everyday. So, as nurses, yes we are getting paid to provide competent compassionat...

CanadianAbroad I get kinda where you're coming from, but I wouldn't consider being a nursing student working for free. You don't have the same responsibility and repercussions if you make a mistake as you would as a licensed nurse, and the purpose of...

You were young and immature. What have you learned from this incident? Would you ever do it again? I would not share that I was caught having sex and was fired for it to a future employee. I just left a leadership position, and I would have accepted ...

At the end of the day, we are all human. We have issues just like our patients. As long as your seizures are controlled, I would encourage you to pursue your career goals. I work in a neuro infusion suite and take care of several nurses that have neu...

Run!!

Hello :) This is the reason I am leaving my current agency and going to an outpatient infusion suite (Unable to get another RN position approved and having such a HORRIBLE branch manager that does not support nursing, she is a pharmacist) and having...

It sounds like you had a very rough way to go from the beginning, but I do agree that you should be taking more responsibility on letting a Levophed drip run dry. You have to be able to prioritize, and if your preceptor was unavailable to guide you i...

I have a patient that has private paid home health aides. He has multiple wounds and we have trained them to provide the wound care. They were doing a great job, but now his podiatrist applied a wound vac to the most complex wound. My concern is, the...

Thank you all for your responses. We will be discharging this patient and referring to another hha because this case has too much liability risk and poor caregiver/ family adherence to POC.

My thoughts exactly. I didn't quite understand how a chha can do this when changing the drsg calls for an "assessment" and there is more risk involved with wound vac therapy. Also, I didn't mention that the clinic placed black foam directly over an e...

I did find this link that somewhat clarified my question http://www.kci1.com/cs/Satellite?blobcol=urldata&blobheadername1=Content-type&blobheadername2=Content-disposition&blobheadername3=MDT-Type&blobheadervalue1=application%2Fpdf&...

It is standard for hha's to change oasis data collection if it is inconsistent. Especially with the functional aspect because this is where it confirms their homebound status and brings in reimbursement. My documentation has only been altered in this...

Conflict of interest. I would ask that someone else be assigned to this patient.

You responded excellently! You used your assessment skills and made an excellent judgement. Having worked in both ER and home health. It's always best to err on the side of caution with any respiratory condition or change in mentation. I would have d...

I'm in and already thoroughly confused about the topic/problem to select. I have some ideas but can't seem to figure out how to develop them...

I work PRN for CCF. No weekend requirement, just holiday, one summer and one winter. PRN are required to work 24 hrs in a six week period. I break mine up into 4 hr shifts and 8 hr shifts. Most PRN staff work more than the requirement, but I do the b...

Cleveland Clinic has a better tuition reimbursement than UH. I'm not sure about Metro. Moving from upstate NY you are probably going to be making less here in OH. RN's at both Cleveland Clinic and UH start off at about $ 24-26 with the amount of expe...

I start that class March 24. Can you PM me the TA so I can avoid her. I am so trying to be finished already!! Good luck with getting things resolved and kudos to you for going to the professor and the dean...

Yes. When I did home health in the past I started out as Per diem. Both agencies I worked for offered me full-time salaried pay within 6 months of hire. They were very impressed with my follow through and coordination of care. Make a great impression...

I like 3p-3a because you can get better sleep. It is a much busier shift than 7p-7a though. I like busy though. I'm moving to 11a-11p.

You will become good at them. I would feel on my own veins to get a good feel of what I was looking for before I became an ER nurse. Learn the anatomy of veins. ER nurses usually become experts at IV's. All days won't be good days. Don't let IV's ho...