DCtooRN

med surg is 5:1

In my opinion you are in no way at fault. 1.) You triend to get the bed alarm but it was not available 2.) You were not even in the the room or on shift when the patient stood up 3.) Its really the other nurses word of what happened; so who knows what happened 4.) If the patient was instructed to not get up without assistance and was AOx3 then the fall is the patients fault in my opinion.

Sounds like you had a psych patient. I would have acted as if they were a psych patient, when you do that it helps put things in perspective for you and you wont get offended as easily.

Soon to be male graduate nurse. I feel the same as the OP. I do not plan on going to my pinning. The pinning doesn't symbolize anything to me. The main accomplishment is that I finished nursing school. I dont see skipping the pinning as disrespectful at all. Additionally, I hear that many pinning ceremonies can get really sentimental and emotional and that can get awkward for a guy.

Respectfully, you are wrong. Do a little research. I can shoot a 40 cal or a 45 with one hand, it doesnt knock me around at all.

So by that logic.................... Lets just make terrorism illegal, and drugs................................... Police can go door to door to confiscate heroin! And we can throw all the narcan away!

#1 You wouldn't shoot at the attacker unless you had a good shot............common sense #2 Know your target and what is beyond it at all times #3 You could take a defensive position and let the attacker come to you, they would never even know where the shot came from before they hit the ground. #4 A 40 cal or a 45 center mass shot with body armor on would still knock the attacker flat on their back, knock the wind out of them and probably break ribs. A little common sense would go a long way in this scenario. I dont even have a CCW because it is against the law to carry a gun anywhere I would want to carry one anyways. If it was made legal to CC at work and by the nursing board then I would definately get my CCW.

There's a good chance your plan will change after you do your nursing home rotation.......and once you see all the other options out there. Of course your afraid, you havent even started nursing school yet. You will build confidence in nursing school.

I will be graduating soon and really want to work in an ICU. Any advice or wisdom on this? Is it a good idea? Critical care is where my interest lies. Please let me know your opinions/experiences.

I would lay low and look for another job or maybee an internal transfer?

I am somewhat confused about the NP salaries. Where I am an RN can work their 3 12's and pick up an extra 12 and make around 80k pre tax. Why in the world would we go 50k in debt and spend 3 years working our butt off to become a NP with no pay raise? Seems NP's should be making at least 100k.

I have no problem with the email. Just follow the rules. Your professor is right.

If you see a clear danger to the patient then report your concerns to somebody. By the sounds of it I would report it to a supervisor. If the supervisor does nothing with it and that nurse does something wrong it's on them and not you. I also wouldn't gossip to other nurses about it. I would report what I saw in writing and keep a copy for myself and then I would forget about it.

I would NEVER work with a chiropractor who is a practicing chiropractor. And I used to be one! I left the chiro field for a much better career IMO. If they are a chiro who left the field and aren't practicing anymore that's a different story IMO.

Chiropractic.............