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At the facility I am at, some employees chose this way, it gave them a "mini" vacation sort of between working shifts. The facility cracked down and said we cannot work more than 4 12 hour shifts without a day off. If I am not mistaken, labor laws ...

mandaarn- Are you in an acute care setting or LTC?

Old school: UTA, TWU UTA offers online courses, I would expect TWU would as well. The programs would be longer than 2 years though. I would watch out for the for profit online ads.

I wouldn't be. I have witnessed numerous people NOT wash their hands between patients ranging from support staff to docs. It is nothing personal at all. The public is just more informed, as they (and we) should be. As far as asking about meds, et...

I appreciate everyone's advice. I am trying hard to be supportive, but from a distance. She is trying to get the help she needs and so far has made some good decisions to try to help herself (good thing!). I realize I am not the make or break pers...

I am not sure if I should have posted on the nurses forum or not, but there are a lot of you who post here on Central that I value your opinions. How do you set aside your emotions on a topic to help someone? I don't mean a patient, I have no proble...

Oh no, this is not about me at all. I am fine, loving life right now. I have a problem with a family member who is going through some troubles, that is all. I have a hard time coping with her "issues" as I feel they are self created, mostly. I d...

Only 24.99 for this premium service.....All about money, not the patients or the caregivers. I still am in disbelief........

The comparisons above are to urgent care clinics, not a real Emergency Room. My ED also has an urgent care center attached and once a person is triaged in the ER, it is determined which is the better place for them. I don't see how you can properly...

Wow, why did this thread turn into male vs. female nurses? The OP asked a simple question and got simple answers. Then it seems a few male nurses got their feelings hurt over it. It is no big deal if a laboring woman doesn't want a male nurse. It...

Just to throw this out there, my OB is male. I have been seeing him for years. He delivered both of my kids. Most of the time, there is already a professional relationship in place with the OB (male or female), so the level of comfort has been est...

Interesting question. I am not sure how I would have handled having a male nurse during my deliveries. At least during the first one, I probably could have cared less during the second one. I think it is all in how you handle yourself with the pat...

Once you have your catheter in place (after removing the tourniquet) , before you disconnect the device, take your ring finger of your non-dominant hand and place it where you think the end of the catheter in the vein is. You can feel it. Apply pre...

I just wanted to say from a family's point of view that Children's is wonderful! The staff is great and we couldn't have been treated any better! Good luck getting on there!

Wouldn't part of your charting, after initial assessment, be interventions you implemented? Just assessing continually without actually doing anything is kind of pointless. I am fairly new myself, so I could be wrong....

Great job Pink! I don't really have any advice for you other than to possibly take a course or something on how to recognize an abusive relationship, whether mental or physical. Sometimes people exhibit signs that might need further investigating w...

Federal laws do not require a meal break, but does state that anything over 30 minutes is uncompensated break time. Your state may have specific laws regarding mandated meal breaks based on the number of hours you work in a shift. http://www.dol.gov...

By de-germer, I mean the alcohol based hand wash that everyone is using these days. It tends to build up, so my thoughts are that the buildup is causing the problem? But, I have had the same problem after soap and water too. But, the alcohol worke...

Workingspaz: alcohol trick worked 100% of the time yesterday. I am constantly washing my hands with soap and water and degermer. I always had problems at the pyxis with the fingerscan. Wasting too much time trying to get my print to go through. ...

i didn't want to be a downer to another poster's thread about stopping and aiding at the scene of an accident (great job lovejoy88!!! i hope i would do the same), but i was curious about the laws in tx regarding giving aid at an accident site as a re...

Ok disregard previous post. I re-read the statute on a different website. It says the same thing basically, but I read it differently this time. I can be sued while working in the hospital (already knew that) while working in the ER providing emer...

workingspaz that is a great way to explain. in your example (the prudent one), you state specifically med-surg nurse. i am in the er and provide emergency care on a regular basis. not saying i would ever, ever perform an invasive procedure like yo...

I dread using the Pyxis as my finger scan never works. I guess my hands are too clean for the scanner. I waste too much time trying to get my scan in. Yes, I have resorted to trying to get some oil on my finger to get the scanner to work. I clean...

I agree with you all, and I do believe I would stop regardless if it appeared there were injuries and it was safe to do so. I would hate to think that by not stopping someone deteriorated to an unrecoverable point or didn't remain stabilized. Again...

Had the same thing happen last year in reverse. Patient admitted to LTC from hospital with wrong MAR. Luckily, we caught it during the admission process. If we would have administered the meds (wrong Patient's MAR was a diabetic with insulin - cor...