GinaDecorRN

That is false documentation if nothing else. Perhaps if the MD gets enough midnight calls then standing PRN orders will be available. I would never write "telephone order" for an order I did not call on, I value my license too much. We should all pr...

On our telemetry unit we have seen more than one case of A-fib in young people with energy drinks perhaps being the triggering factor. Scary.

I don't force my faith on anyone, and would only share this if I felt it was appropriate with clients that may have talked openly about their belief in heaven and faith. Sunday mornings were always challenging when my son was a toddler. The crying...

tragically hip "where in a nurse's training is "meeting the spiritual needs of the patient" covered? is there a certification for it?" from the university of texas arlington school of nursing catalog : nurs 3362. spiritual care in nursing (3-0) ...

The ALF I researched here in Missouri require that residents be alert/ oriented and sharp cognitively so that they can describe where the closest emergency exits are and ambulatory enough to get themselves to the exits during a fire drill. This was...

Ask your local lifeguards or firemen. I found my class at the American Red Cross and was surprised how many lifeguards were in my class - and it was for professional first responders - medical personnel.

Good plan. This will expose you to the good and bad aspects of nursing. Keep in mind that just in case you work with dissatisfied nurses doesn't mean that is how it is everywhere. ( I delayed nursing school because I thought all nurses were unhappy,...

I just received my BSN from UTA. I found this accelerated program to be excellent. It required discipline, lots of reading and paper writing, and you need to keep track of which class to take next and buy your textbook on time. I did not work at a p...

Beautiful. You speak with eloquence of the moments when many can't find the right words. Your patients and their families are truly blessed. Thank you for sharing.

I have never heard of a tear cloth but what a beautiful symbolic token of remembrance. My mother was virtually blind at the time of her death but seemed to be seeing something beautiful the day before she passed. She looked at the blank wall as if sh...

You may be fortunate enough to be offered a less physically demanding position by your employer. I was not. After injuring my back (SI joint) in a fall on my hospital's icy parking lot I was given a couple months of light duty while going to physica...

Thank you all. At the time I had been working on a telemetry unit, my patients were seldom DNRs. They were on a monitor and I did q4 assessments. I had vital signs and lab results to measure status changes. With my mom I felt a bit...blindfold...

i felt an advantage being a nurse, acting as my mothers advocate as her advanced dementia required her being a ltc facility resident. i was her daughter and loved her, and part of that love was monitoring her care, reviewing her medication orders, l...

Administrator removed it but I was allowed to post the link on my profile page. I was surprised at how much information is available on Compassion Fatigue and other websites dedicated to this.

Compassion Fatigue was the topic I selected for my RN to BSN Capstone, and I submitted a Power Point on the subject. This inspired me to take it a step further so I created a website/blog. It is intended as a safe haven for nurses to share their st...

Administrator removed it but I was allowed to post the link on my profile page. Come check it out and leave comments. thanks

My link was removed ( self promotion violation) but can be found on my profile page. Please leave comments. I thought this would be a good place to share, and didn't understand the rule about not posting other site info...sorry!

Thank you for this well written article. Compassion Fatigue was the topic I just presented this week for my RN to BSN Capstone class.