loveishope replied to Sunf1owerRN's topic in General Nursing
I took the same test for a hospital. Clinically, I did great on the test. However, I failed the personality exam. There was no right or wrong answer. I did not get to interview because I failed the...
I have a dilemma. I am 13 weeks pregnant and am currently working full time. I need to move back home to be with my family. I found out that pregnancy is not considered a pre existing condition due to...
I need some guidance on how to handle something. When we have patients bring their home medications, we enter them in the computer. A patien brought their medication bottles in and I entered them in...
That's correct. The nurse has nothing to check the order against. So our manager wrote her up for not verifying a med that the other shift took an order for. She told her she should have verified it....
I work at a hospital where you enter all medication orders in the computer. After you enter the order in the computer, you have to verify the medication before it will appear on the emar. A nurse...
I work at a small rural hospital. It is a critical care access hospital. We have 22 beds, ER, and an SCU. The hospital is not JCAHO accredited; it is run by the state. We do not follow core measures....
I'm going to a chiropractor tomorrow. I have a pinched nerve. I'm very uncomfortable with the idea of neck manipulations. Do I have a choice to refuse a neck manipulation? Or would it be completely...
If it was not for Allnurses, I would lose my mind. It's funny how I will never see or know any of you, but yet I feel this is the only place of comfort I can come to. I'm having horrible anxiety...
I have to admit, I often thought of patients with back pain as being overdramatic, but now that I have experienced it, I wish I could take care of those people again and show more compassion. I have a...
I am enrolled in a RN-BSN program, but I have failed some courses due to personal problems. Should I enroll in another RN-BSN program and if so, does the bad transcript follow me? Also, my goal is to...
I was thinking the same thing. I even go to the pharmacy at mix meds like antibiotics, etc.. I also get to play respiratory tech. The only thing that concerns me is that I will not be able to work in...
I am working at a small rural hospital as a charge nurse on a med surg floor. In fact, the hospital only has med surg and an ER. It is very different. There is no 24 hour pharmacy, no RT, and no...
No I didn't sign a job contract but I did sign a form which had my rate of pay, including the charge nurse pay which is only $1 more per hour. My concern is that I won't have a job now because I do...