notyetnurse

So I have my first case lined up for next weekend. Brief background- I'm a recent grad LPN, been looking for work for about 9 months and so far this is the only place to give me a chance. Been reading a lot about home health and see many differing op...

With all due respect is it your business? I understand standing up for patients and by all means reporting an impaired nurse who may well make a mistake and cause a person harm but truthfully, you've already approached your DON. several times as you ...

Hello all, I have a question maybe you can offer some input. Even if you can't I need to vent a little to people who may understand. I'm a relatively new ICU nurse. I've been on the unit for about 2 month now, 5 weeks or so on my own. I have never h...

To all thank you so much for the input. I really have been questioning it and feeling bad but you are correct and the input solidifies my position to take this up the ranks if need be. At this point only the night shift has documented the fall and I ...

@boomer thank you very much for your thoughtful and kind reply

And you are correct - there is no way a chair alarm would have gotten anyone to bedside quicker than a nurse that was already at bedside

Yes the oncoming nurse was in the room and says that the patient attempted to get up on her own and the nurse broke the fall. I have my doubts as to whether the pt attempted to get up vs the nurse attempted to move her but regardless

According to my facility "any unplanned descent to the ground" is considered a fall. So I guess if the patient plans to fall we are in the clear 😡

Agreed on both counts. I did make it very clear today that I will not be signing anything and that I will take this further up if necessary

So I've spent the last couple nights looking for the best route in order to obtain a Family Nurse Practitioner degree. I currently hold an Associates in Nursing RN as well as a Bachelors in a completely unrelated field. Ideally I am looking to get m...

Good morning all, Taking a very intense program to transition to the RN role in the next 6 weeks and a big part of this is EKG. We did cover some of this in school but not extensively and it may sound funny but I am having a hard time differing betw...

Thank you to all, love the heart block poem and the website suggestion plus general input. Much appreciated!

Sorry, I don't see anything wrong or rude about the email either. My LPN and RN programs were both at a Catholic hospital and perhaps that is why, but we were always subject to being inspected by faculty. In actuality, I find it hard to believe that ...

Well, I have been doing my research on this topic so I know I'm not the only one but just wanted to share that I will be graduating in less than 4 weeks now. Yes, it is supposed to be one of the happiest times of our lives and, yes, everyone I mentio...

@ Vintagemother, exactly. It's the routine, the comfort of it all. I know it goes away eventually - LPN school took months to get over haha! but we were all very close. In this case, I will certainly miss the professors and the routine of having to s...

Just for the sake of argument, if you applied for a student position at the advice of your nursing dean and several teachers but was given the run around by one particular person in the HR department - who doesn't even work for your organization but ...

Wanted to take a second and thank the folks who took their time to reply. In the end I did go up the ladder to HR - risky, yes, but in my mind I figured there wasn't much to lose. I made sure it wasn't a bashing session, simply told the person the fa...

A little personal but I'll tell you this - I used to leave work at night (long before nursing was a thought in my head) and spend hours wondering if I did something wrong. Did u put the money bags away? Did I leave something valuable on the counter? ...

Oh and OP if it makes a difference I don't know of anyone who didn't question their motives during the first (or first 10! !) Clinical. In my experience it takes quite some time before you feel like you belong there and maybe it doesn't happen ever i...

Check in with the school to be 100% but as a nursing school they should realize that not everyone had the series as kids (or maybe they did but don't have records) and will usually allow you to begin with just the first shot. Hep B is a three part se...

Good evening, I hope this thread isn't way off topic here. Long story short, took and passed my licensure for LPN back in August 2012 and have had ZERO luck finding employment. Getting desperate and considering strongly going back and doing more clas...

Hello new nurses and seasoned professionals alike! I am a new nurse, been in my clinic about 5 weeks now, and just starting peds. Was wondering if I could pick your brain about where you, personally, give vaccinations to your patients. It seems each ...

Thank you so much! I tried posting reply earlier but it didn't work. This info is helpful as I wasn't aware that dtap and forms of this were painful as well. As the day progressed I ended up giving a bunch of shots. Thus far I'm just trying to split ...

Good for you; arguing with an instructor is NOT an easy thing and it is only now that I am a working nurse that I am even starting to find my voice. The truth is, being new is equivalent to being unsure of ourselves and, as students, we are certainly...

So a year after graduation, it looks like I'll be officially starting as a clinic nurse in a local branch of Community Health Clinics. My classmate and good friend started about 2 months ago and she is grateful for the job but totally overwhelmed. Th...