tdmaher

I can totally relate to the OP. I did my first rotation in LTC, and not one pair of gloves... and no hand washing between residents either. (this includes stool) And we were given the line, "some people take short cuts... YOU are to follow protocols when you are caring for the resident". There were a lot of things I saw there that I did not agree with, and struck me as upsetting.

Thank you Colleen, I was trying to get that.

I'm currently in nursing school... we were taught about the minimum necessary information rule. You only need to know the minimum information about the pt to provide care, but you weren't technically taking care of those pts, so technically you should not have been "browsing" their charts. To me, that's no different then going in the lunch room and talking about said pts. Please view: the hhs.gov website. Also, we were taught there are fines and possible imprisonment involved. Don't get too worked up until you know for sure what the outcome is going to be.

I am in nursing school and we were just discussing this. Our instructor said some practices have done away with using tympanic altogether because of the inaccuracy. So.. I would have to say oral.

That's awesome!! Congratulations!! :ancong!:

In my personal experience (and when I say this.. I've had 2 scheduled c-sections). They still treat for GBS just incase you were to go into labor early and something happened before the c-section took place. So, yes, I would say it is still important to be treated.