Hi Loo17,
The information you include in your documentation upon encountering a pt refusal is fabulous; very thorough. I document pt refusals in the same manner, adding the name and rank of the...
Great post, jewel53; thank you for sharing how too-limited charting in today's litigious society just doesn't cut it. When I entered nursing 17 years ago if a pt refused a treatment, their meds, etc.,...
In a perfect world that is how the situation would be handled. Unfortunately, we live in a society that values money over and above everything else and with most institutions it is about keeping the...
I believe this is PTSD. Panick attacks can really get out of control you need to be seeing a Psychologist who works with PTSD pts and they will give you tools to start to get this under control. I...
Trying to prepare ahead of time for nursing school is admirable, but, it's like trying to prepare for being sucked up into the vortex of an F5 tornado, you can't. Nursing school is a pressure cooker...
When I worked in acute care 16 years ago at a small town hospital we would run into racial requests from the elderly several times a year. Now I'm in home health and what I hear from my elderly pts...
..."we should examine the surrounding factors that could have contributed to the error, like unsafe working conditions, pressure from management or doctors, personal problems, stress, fatigue, etc..."...
I remember what I was taught in nursing school a long time ago and it probably rings true more today than ever. It doesn't matter if the med error began with the Dr's Order, the Pharmacist or the...
Wow. In a busy environment (and they're all busy), I could easily see that happening to anyone. You execute the order first since your in with the pt and then go enter it into the system, seems like...
Don't get too down on yourself every time you get a new preceptor they want you to do things the way they teach you to do it, this makes moving forward in skills, speed and confidence difficult at...
You are so right! I'm an LVN, and was fortunate enough to work in a hospital (on the SNF unit), as a new grad back in the day when LVNs could still get a job in an acute care facility. In TX LVN's...