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butane bottle in the rectum, could have been an explosive situation. that and the grntleman who decided to remove his member because it hurt to pee

I know its off topic but we're nurses we do not diagnose CHF, or anything of the sort. I know where you are coming from here, but ....... Also how can the public possibly percieve nursing when nursing as a whole has no agreement on what that perception should be?

Often on the floor when we had such problems we would use the creams and then cover it with long john tops, always worked well, but got a bit warm in summer

Erin, both area's have a hospital they are smaller but decent. Neither are trauma centers. All high acuity pt's either go to Harrisburg or York. kelly Actually the level one trauma in the area is Hershey, Several staff take the drive from Chambersburg to hershey, or Harrisburg, the commute gets bad though, I work at Hershey can give you info if you like but it would be a killer drive

maybe I'm crazy here, but how about what would the patient want. Not what the family wants, not what JCAHO wants, not what Billy Bo Bob Bush wants. What does the patient want, shouldn't this sort of thing be addressed at the time we look at advanced directives, not when compressions are started.

I don't know about other areas, but we definitely take students without any clinical put them some classes for a few weeks then assign them to RN's to learn the ropes. I was one and also have precepted several. They are doing basic stuff, baths ambulation I&O's and vitals, and from time to time more involved tasks with their preceptor

Look into your local hospitals many of them have what my facility calls a nurse extern. even while you are in prereqs you can learn life in several depts and get paid for it. They actually teach you basic nursing tasks which will be great in clinicals. These programs are very common in my area (Hershey, Pa) If I can help you let me know, your post dosn't have your location. I am sure these programs are a national occurance though

Sorry but I think that reply was slightly out of line. 1 nursing students need to help each other learn. 2 It is NEVER too soon to be a patient advocate. The insulin thing still befuddles me would you actually concider pushing heparin with an insulin syringe if a JCAHO rep were watching you. I know the syringe adds up to 1 ml, but do research more then one med error has occured from this system, in any event nursing students need to do things the proper way. They'll learn enough bad habits on the floor post grad. To the OP personally I would inform the student and let it at that, but if I saw a trend it would need to be taken to the instructor, mind you not as a punnishment but as a weakness that needs addressed. everyone has an occasional knucklehead moment, I will remind everyone that students operate under an instructors license if something unsafe were going on it should be her right to know

I think ultrascope makes a yellow one You can even get designs in the heads and most colored tubing. lots of online stores have them. happy hunting

forgot the most important thing the number of staff total higher acuity requires more licened staff in general. Higher staff numbers = better moral for staff, but lower cash flow for mgt

just guessing at what you're asking here. As far as safety goes the more staff the less likely injuries are to occur in pts or nurses from what I've read. Cost wise nurses are expensive NLAP's aren't as expensive but are limited in what they can do LPN's fall in between in price and scope of practice, also an experienced nurse will most likely have a higher salary then a new grad so that has to be concidered. Then an experienced nurse is often a good safety measure since they act as a go to person for the less experienced staff. Thats my guess anyway hope this helps

Don't try to make yourself out as a victim here Greensleeves you just questioned the motivation of a person who has chosen a particular calling, to expect anything less then an emotional reply is rediculious. Your question was not one that should not be asked, but is nearly impossible to comprehend by 99.9% of nurses male or female, and unfortunately a question that you really seem to place little weight on its answer

PACU and a little med surg on the side

speechless, furious, and generally offended. sounds like our troll had some form of freudian hang up JMO but for the record there is a similar thread here about males and revealing procedures. I believe the concensus of it was in a revealing procedure we do what makes the pt comfortable wether that means having a female assist or not being present at all if possible. I want to say a lot but can't form a reply, its as if sexism has swung the opposite direction and now men are just uninformed irrational testosterone driven reproduction machines