malestunurse

Wrong. You work environment is crap if that is the case. In the many 'code blues' I've been a part of we are always looking out for each other and making sure the person doing CPR is not getting tired.

It's bad practice but I wouldn't fret too much about how clean or sterile the specimen is, it doesn't really make that much of a difference to the test. Put a paper pan in the toilet and use that.

Can't for the life of me figure out what PPD is at 3am can anyone please enlighten?

How about PRN fentanyl as per protocol. 20mcg Q3Min for as long as their resp rate is over 10.

I keep hearing conflicting information on this. Some people saying that not discarding 5mls doesn't make a difference and some do. I need to do some research.

Our acute dialysis unit has the same shifts as SmilingBluEyes. You cannot get away from shift work!

I actually kind of think that all nurses should try and know as much about all the patients on the ward as they can in case an emergency comes up or even something as simple as taking someone to the bathroom. Really while you are an inpatient on a ward you are under the care of all the nursing staff on that ward.

You know this isn't a very normal situation/attitude to have right?

New Zealand. States on Tuesday.

Ahh the joys of mixed sex forensic psychiatric units.

What is a DH?

What is your actual question? I'm struggling to decipher it.

Your facility is not a public place.

What a ridiculous statement. You are saying that a nurse should be reprimanded because her hospital's administrative side is inefficient, she gave them plenty of time in my opinion. IT should be checking every day for license renewals. I imagine all it takes from them is hitting a checkbox to stop someone being locked out of the system.

What if you only smoke before or after work?

This site talks a lot about people not doing things within their scope of practice and are usually wrong about what that means, but this is actually a scope of practice issue if she has not had mental health or OB training then that particular branch of nursing isn't in her scope of practice. In NZ it actually says on your registration card that you have a restriction to work in that area if you haven't had that training. For example, there are lots of nurses that did the old style hospital training that didn't have a mental health aspect and these nurses have a mental health restriction on their license.

Are CNAs able to take responsibility for patients? Don't CNAs work under the license of a nurse? Shouldn't it have been the responsibility of the nurse caring for that patient not the CNA that should have of taken the wrap?

Bar tab.

You mean like any other job?

Acute illness and trauma.

I can't even think of any antibiotics that are required to be stored cold?

All my male lecturers are paediatric nurses funnily enough. There is a big cut before he they start singing that song so they may have cut all that stuff out. Some places don't require labeling of the syringe if you are going straight to the bedside although I agree that it is best practice to do so.

But I'm sure our tests and assignments are written to a scaled level. Your 75% might be our 50%. We never just have multi choice question exams all of ours have a short answer and long answer section to go with them too.

50% is a pass for us, just like that rest of the university.