JessicRN

JessicRN

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  1. IV Lasix

    JessicRN replied to AussieKylie's topic in First Year After Licensure

    lexicom says 40 mg over one to two minutes in adults. 4mg/min in

  2. Co-worker stole my ID

    JessicRN replied to rmelvin's topic in General Nursing

    This forum has gone from the using of another persons name to steal drugs which is clearly a crime to nurses living in recovery with alcoholism and patting themselves on the back. No one is saying a...

  3. is re charting legal

    JessicRN replied to capability's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    You are so right, every deposition I have been to, the lawyers asked me "have you altered or changed this chart in any way or do you know of anyone else who has done so" You are setting yourself up...

  4. LATERAL Violence. How Nurses treat Nurses!

    JessicRN replied to Medic/Nurse's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    not sure what you want but been a victim of most of your points in last position. not by just one person but by the entire night shift because they thought i greived a fellow coworker which was not...

  5. What have other nurses done that have freaked you out?

    JessicRN replied to texas_lvn's topic in General Nursing

    Been there as well I was the DON and was told that the staff was allowed 1000 gloves a week and no more if they ran out too bad. The administrator who made this rule was the owner and it was a 124 bed...

  6. Oh God, A NURSE is my pt!!!!

    JessicRN replied to CaLLaCoDe's topic in General Nursing

    When I was a patient some nurses knew I was a nurse others did not. I was a non complainer I found my care to be excellent. I did however have a nurse come in and say "we have never seen levels like...

  7. Singled out because I gave too many narcotic analgesics??(long)

    JessicRN replied to JessicRN's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks everyone for your kind support. The problem is there are only 4 permanent night nurses but 40 nurses. So each month I will have a 1 in 4 of being picked the other 36 will skate. As one person...

  8. Co-worker stole my ID

    JessicRN replied to rmelvin's topic in General Nursing

    Please read my last post. If you say nothing and it is found out that you have unaccounted medication then you will be the one accused and charged and possibly losing your licence or at least losing...

  9. Co-worker stole my ID

    JessicRN replied to rmelvin's topic in General Nursing

    30 seconds was all that was needed for an EMT to take narcotics from the machine when the nurse

  10. Rules for the ER (long)

    JessicRN replied to EDValerieRN's topic in Emergency

    please don't come to my triage and ask for a pregnacy test when your are obviously pregnant:uhoh3: (I happened last night 7 months pregnant and the pt said my friend thinks I am

  11. Rules for the ER (long)

    JessicRN replied to EDValerieRN's topic in Emergency

    Do not swallow 50 of your antidepressants then immediately call an ambulance then come to the ED and refuse the charcoal and say you really didn't take any pills and just want to go home. You will get...

  12. Yelled at by a doctor for the first time....

    JessicRN replied to KayceeLeeRN's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I totally agree, no this is not acceptable behavior by anyone and no you do not take it. When you are yelled at you say very loud and clear "please do not yell at me your behavior is totally...

  13. What kind of error puts a license at risk?

    JessicRN replied to MelodyRNurse's topic in General Nursing

    -hitting a patient or threatening harm. -hitting a fellow worker or threatening harm -falsifying a report -caught coming to work under the influence (drugs or alcohol) - giving a medication that...

  14. what might have been injected into a ganglion?

    JessicRN replied to GingerSue's topic in General Nursing

    Cortisone and lidocaine because cortizone injection alone is

  15. Nail clippers uggggggh!!!

    JessicRN replied to uraqt2's topic in Correctional

    Max security inmates here get nothing. Nail clippers and emory boards are handed out in one area in the bathroom when the inmate showers and returned before they leave. The inmate is watched doing the...

  16. sexual jokes in the workplace

    JessicRN replied to penguin2's topic in General Nursing

    I worked in a state prison and one of the officers was having an affair with a fellow inmate who was on parole (this is a no no by the way) When the staff heard about this they jokingly kidded her...

  17. Rules for the ER (long)

    JessicRN replied to EDValerieRN's topic in Emergency

    I worked in a hospital where they also had these catheters. It took time to get use to but then I loved them. Total bloodless system with little to no risk of getting stuck. It is no different then...

  18. Anyone have to call back patients who have left without being seen.

    JessicRN replied to JessicRN's topic in Emergency

    We are the department of public health hospital so most of our pts are illegal so do not give the right address or phonenumber,or homeless or indigent and have no address or phone number. Most do not...

  19. What are the huge "DO NOT EVER DO" things that new nurses need to know about? calling

    JessicRN replied to katiebugg's topic in General Nursing

    -Good advice also never falsify a report or take meds from someone else's medication slot if you do not have any. -Never talk about your patients in the cafeteria or elevator (just because you do...

  20. crowded ER, solution?

    JessicRN replied to phiposurde's topic in Emergency

    We are also not allowed to divert so patients back up everywhere. Our average dispo is 4-6 hrs worse if they have to be admitted. The admitting team usually cames done an orders tons of tests that...

  21. Anyone Lost A Baby?

    JessicRN replied to Happy-ER-RN's topic in Emergency

    I am so sorry for your loss. Believe me I know what you are going through and I would not wish it on anyone. Anyone having a misscarriage is tough but an ER nurse having one is very very tough. I have...

  22. Why are emergency nurses not considered critical care nurses?

    JessicRN replied to JessicRN's topic in Emergency

    Welcome to the new world of ED. Because our ED director wants more money and because our interns and residents now have a cap of patients they can take, we are now no divert, no transfer when the...

  23. Union Hospitals??

    JessicRN replied to Shopgirl1's topic in Massachusetts Nursing

    It

  24. Things you wish you could say to your co-workers...

    JessicRN replied to nurse4theplanet's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Just because you have been here 19 years since you graduated and I have been here only 3 with 28 years experience total does not make you better then me and does not give you the right to treat me...

  25. Charge Nurse Pay

    JessicRN replied to Celia M's topic in General Nursing

    2.00/hr in our