Susie2310

Susie2310

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  1. Safe Nursing

    Susie2310 posted a topic in General Nursing

    A poster on this forum, a nurse who I understood has ED nursing experience, started a thread "Safe Nursing a thing of the past?" The thread was closed due to not being allowed to provide medical...

  2. Safe Nursing

    Susie2310 replied to Susie2310's topic in General Nursing

    My guess is that the subject of quality of care is one that a number of people are reluctant to discuss. Often, it is not until we, ourselves, or our family members, are affected/harmed by receiving...

  3. Nurse Gives Lethal Dose of Vecuronium Instead of Versed

    Susie2310 replied to Nurse Beth's topic in General Nursing

    I don't think anyone here would argue that when serious medical errors happen a facility doesn't have some responsibility for what happened. And I'm sure we all know about "just culture" and the...

  4. Nurse Gives Lethal Dose of Vecuronium Instead of Versed

    Susie2310 replied to Nurse Beth's topic in General Nursing

    This doesn't even make

  5. Nurse Gives Lethal Dose of Vecuronium Instead of Versed

    Susie2310 replied to Nurse Beth's topic in General Nursing

    pseudonym87, Re the Board of Nursing allowing second chances, coming to work impaired just once, or diverting drugs just once, while very serious, if a patient is not injured or killed, is a different...

  6. Nurse Gives Lethal Dose of Vecuronium Instead of Versed

    Susie2310 replied to Nurse Beth's topic in General Nursing

    pseudonym87, I want to make a point about our professional accountability and the Nurse Practice Act, just that. You mentioned the Nurse Practice Act in your post. Nurses are held legally...

  7. Nurse Gives Lethal Dose of Vecuronium Instead of Versed

    Susie2310 replied to Nurse Beth's topic in General Nursing

    This is a very good point. Not classifying medical errors that cause/contribute to patients' deaths as medical errors, means that the door is indeed left wide open as far as being able to bring about...

  8. Nurse Gives Lethal Dose of Vecuronium Instead of Versed

    Susie2310 replied to Nurse Beth's topic in General Nursing

    I think the John Hopkins article which you can google: "John Hopkins study suggests medical errors are third leading cause of death in US," gives a good explanation of what happens re the

  9. Nurse Gives Lethal Dose of Vecuronium Instead of Versed

    Susie2310 replied to Nurse Beth's topic in General Nursing

    And for elderly patients, with significant co-morbidities and previous medical history? They would be more sensitive to lower doses of the

  10. Nurse Gives Lethal Dose of Vecuronium Instead of Versed

    Susie2310 replied to Nurse Beth's topic in General Nursing

    And medical errors are not reported on patients' death

  11. Nurse Gives Lethal Dose of Vecuronium Instead of Versed

    Susie2310 replied to Nurse Beth's topic in General Nursing

    Using the Five Rights for three checks before administering is a big part of preventing medication errors, as is having good knowledge of the medication, i.e., indications for giving, action, expected...

  12. Policy and Procedures

    Susie2310 replied to TexasLVN91's topic in General Nursing

    Do the policies exist on your facility's computer system,

  13. Policy and Procedures

    Susie2310 replied to TexasLVN91's topic in General Nursing

    I remember in the days of paper charting when huge binders full of detailed policies/procedures existed for many nursing procedures. When facilities moved to computerized charting I assumed this...

  14. "He just wanted to know..."

    Susie2310 replied to KatieMI's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    I agree with this, except for where, in your point number two, you stated that: "Telling/requesting a group of other people "not to talk about you" does not work. It usually makes a group more...

  15. Obese Nurses Risk Their Patient's Well-Being

    Susie2310 replied to Kandikay's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    You are asking a good question. I think it is one thing to be overweight/obese and be able to perform one's nursing duties safely (for the patient and the nurse), but what if the nurse/health care...

  16. Baby nurse doo doo doo doo....

    Susie2310 replied to mi_dreamin's topic in General Nursing

    OP, I don't mean to be rude but the title of your post is unnecessarily demeaning. Why are you referring to yourself as a "Baby nurse doo doo doo doo?" You are not an infant, but the title of your...

  17. "He just wanted to know..."

    Susie2310 replied to KatieMI's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    Presumably FullGlass knows his/her colleagues well enough to be able to make that statement. Also, statistics don't apply to individuals. I believe FullGlass works in a small practice with a small...

  18. "He just wanted to know..."

    Susie2310 replied to KatieMI's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    I haven't read in this entire thread where you have actually met with your co-workers and specifically told them that you do not want them to give out any personal information about you at all to...

  19. "He just wanted to know..."

    Susie2310 replied to KatieMI's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    I believe the poster is speaking about a situation that has a tendency to arise when one is unwilling to share even basic information about oneself with others, which is that people may infer that the...

  20. "He just wanted to know..."

    Susie2310 replied to KatieMI's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    I agree with

  21. "He just wanted to know..."

    Susie2310 replied to KatieMI's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    I've read through the thread several times and I haven't seen where the OP "EXPLICITLY told the RNs' she is not comfortable having that information shared with

  22. "He just wanted to know..."

    Susie2310 replied to KatieMI's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    Today one has far less privacy than in the past even if the OP succeeds in getting her co-workers to give absolutely no personal information out about her to patients in the future. That is the...

  23. "He just wanted to know..."

    Susie2310 replied to KatieMI's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    It is another perspective in regard to one's personal privacy, as the OP is concerned with his/her personal

  24. "He just wanted to know..."

    Susie2310 replied to KatieMI's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    Not irrelevant when the issue is one's personal

  25. "He just wanted to know..."

    Susie2310 replied to KatieMI's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    OP, as a Internal Medicine NP your patients know your first and last name don't they? Today, with the internet, it is very easy for anyone to find out all kinds of information about other people with...