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When I did the "trick" I did NOT put any credit card info in. All you do is attempt to re-register for the exam and an error message comes up. There is no credit card info needed. There are bigger problems in this world.... Un-ruffle those feathers

That's the thing (but clearly no excuse on my part) the patient had not a dime to her name (apparently) and could not even buy OTC ibuprofen... I believed her and felt sorry for her- she wasn't one of those decked out iPhone holding Gucci purse bling wearing people you see at the grocery store using their food stamp card. She appeared to be poor and in pain. Our NP was insensitive and wouldn't even order ibuprofen to be administered, she just wrote the prescriptions to be filled. I have definitely learned from this experience as it has caused me a significant amount of personal questioning and grief over my lapse in good judgement. Guess it's time to put my game face forward and be "the jaded nurse" again.

Separately. Scrubs and jacket come off in the garage and go into dedicated laundry hamper. Scrubs and jackets get washed together in warm water with regular detergent and fabric softeners. I've also used color safe bleach a few times in the loads following some pretty gruesome shifts :/

Hi Jules, I DO realize that it is not in my scope to dispense meds, it was a total lapse in judgement and a mistake I will not make again. When I worked med-surg, we would give the patients any of the inhalers or creams that they had been using. In the ED we can also give the bactroban or silvadene creams that we open for the patient to them when they leave. At night sometimes, we (the RN) dispenses a 8pk of Tylenol 4s to hold the patient's pain over until a pharmacy opens- the T4s are ordered by the doc as a nursing order... I'm definitely going to look into if all this is legit or not. I know that me giving a recently discharged patient some ibuprofen (or anything for that matter) is not ok though and will NEVER do that again...

Thank you ALL for your input. This was in the emergency department at a small hospital. We don't contact social workers is people say they can't afford meds, the local grocery store pharmacy provides antibiotics free for those without insurance.

I could lose my job. Jobs are not guaranteed and if my director feels like it's worth terminating me then ya I'll lose my job. Honestly I'd be devastated as I LOVE MY JOB and enjoy going to work... I'm an honest person and that's why I want to tell her what happened- even if it puts my job on the line.

An adult patient I discharged today was given prescriptions that she flat out told me she couldn't afford... One of the prescriptions was 600mg ibuprofen PO q6h PRN pain control. I discharged her, she signed the paperwork and I charted her out of the computer system. She was waiting to sign out at the register (billing papers) and I felt bad that she couldn't even afford ibuprofen and it looked like she was in pain, I looked in my backpack and I had 3 200mg ibuprofen (generic in original container) and I walked up to the register where she was and told her that she could have my ibuprofen and gave her the bottle with the 3 pills inside. Even though ibuprofen is OTC medicine, I now think (that I've thought about it) that I was in the wrong for giving it to her and that I could be in trouble with my employer and the state board. I am planning on telling my director what happened tomorrow, I feel like me telling her exactly what I did and why will make me feel better about the situation. Nobody will ever know it happened if I don't say anything, but I think I should self report it. Thoughts?

Yes, you can buy books with your pell grant. It will depend on your tuition cost vs your pell award if you'll need loans as well.

I just started the RN-BSN at UTA online. It's doable. I work full time and have a family too. This first class is a 6 credit, 10 week combined course and I've had to write one essay so far and write quite a few article summaries. I'm only on week 3, but it's certainly manageable thus far.

Apply for financial aid. There are grants and scholarships available :) also, you can get student loans. Quite a few classmates have kids and work full time too while in school. It's definitely doable. The RN program is generally 3 days per week- one lecture day, one clinical day, and one test day (test day is only a couple hours max).

It's definitely competitive. It also depends on who else applies. It's hard to say what the "acceptance score" is... Because that is only determined after all applicants are entered into the spreadsheets. My advice: apply to every program you're interested in attending.

Rose queen is right. You can't (and shouldn't) go to an online forum to "interview a nurse" you don't know who you're actually talking to. They may not even be a nurse!! Maybe you can call some hospitals in your area or elsewhere and set up a telephone interview with their informatics nurse. Or maybe get their email.... Just saying this isn't the place for "interviewing". You will see that if you search prior posts like yours :) good luck with your assignment!!

You might be bothering them... But that's where you'd wanna start. There should be online reference libraries through your school library with a plethora of information. Talk to the librarian- they should hook you up :) Evidence Based Practice articles are great as well. Accidental prescription drug overdose isn't why people go to NA so I would tell your teacher that.

And people at NA meetings are addicts, not your patients. Go to your local ED and ask to talk to their director to see if y'all could set up an interview with one or more of their nurses.

You need to interview/question nurses in person. This is a public forum and you can be sure who is or is not a nurse. There are MANY threads about this. Good luck!