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1. adding to doctors orders... legal or not?

   nursepeachie replied to nursepeachie's topic in Legal

   I contacted the BON. They referred me to the nurse practice acts. Cant find anything relating to this in the practice acts. Any other suggestions? I dont want to do something wrong, but I also cant afford to lose my job over this. Help, someone?...

2. adding to doctors orders... legal or not?

   nursepeachie replied to nursepeachie's topic in Legal

   Supposedly, this all started with a state inspector asking why we didnt put the new orders on the existing ones. I personally think the DON misunderstood what she was saying for us to do. Are you in Ga? Just wondering if this is something our insp...

3. adding to doctors orders... legal or not?

   nursepeachie replied to nursepeachie's topic in Legal

   Thats what I am afraid of, an attorney having a field day with anything with my name on it!! Yes, she is lazy, but she she is great at brown nosing to the administrator.

4. adding to doctors orders... legal or not?

   nursepeachie replied to nursepeachie's topic in Legal

   Her reasoning is that the monthly order sheet should be kept current. She wants us to add it on and add the date we receive the new order. Yes, even if we receive an order on the last day of the month, still wants us to put it on there. :)

5. adding to doctors orders... legal or not?

   nursepeachie replied to nursepeachie's topic in Legal

   (Like I said, we do write it as a new order on the telephone order sheets.) So, even if I add the current date which I received the new order on, it is not ok to add it to the monthly order sheets which have already been signed. That is exactly wh...

6. adding to doctors orders... legal or not?

   nursepeachie posted a topic in Legal

   Let me put this in a scenario... I work in a nursing home. We receive Junes physician order sheets (printed out from the pharmacy) on May 16th. They are checked and any changes are made. Doc makes rounds on the 29th and signs his orders. Orders a...

7. What does your spouse do?

   nursepeachie replied to vaughanmk's topic in General Nursing

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8. Firing all RN's and replacing them with LPN's?

   nursepeachie replied to argos's topic in Georgia

   I think what a LPN is allowed to do even varies from facility to facility... I am a LPN in GA and we are allowed to do everything a RN can except hang blood. We draw blood, initiate and maintain IVs, do IV therapy, push IV meds, initial assessments a...

9. North GA mountain area hospitals...

   nursepeachie replied to Maggie in NC's topic in Georgia

   :)

10. Do I LOOK Like A Nurse To You?

    nursepeachie replied to Haunted's topic in General Nursing

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