Are these two job titles essentially the same? This specialty really needs some standardization, as I've seen Nurse informaticists that solely gather data, and Nurse informaticists that work directly...
blackvans1234 replied to Maria1308's topic in General Nursing
I love all of the ''I'll pressure bag the blood, give it over 3 minutes'' comments without actually knowing the clinical situation. Probably some 100 year old with ESRD CHF with an EF of 10%. Id love...
Hello everyone! I'm a nurse with over 3 years bedside experience, and 5 years as a CNA. I have my ADN as well as an associates in general studies. I hope to transition to informatics, but honestly I...
blackvans1234 replied to Emergent's topic in General Nursing
Not sure, but this isn't the only field where ''those on the inside'' get away with lesser punishments. IE police doing things against the rules and not being punished to the full
Missing eye drops as a med error? That's comical. Maybe the patient was off the unit, refused them, not available from pharmacy. Also sounds like you're using a paper MAR - Electronic MAR would show...
blackvans1234 replied to LUCBSN's topic in Critical Care
A rapid response for pain medication is inappropriate. The nurse should follow their chain of command (Charge RN -> Manager -> supervisor). Its almost universal (USA anyway) that a rapid...
oy, sounds like a bad idea. so does 4 runs of k = 4,400mL? (1L + 100mL of k X4?) Also, how fast do you run the liter bag with k? 1 hour? #bolus #diluting the k anyway
blackvans1234 replied to Rasmussen University's topic in General Nursing
I bet you 100,000 dollars that instead of spending time writing papers to get my BSn I spent the same amount of time learning, discussing the problems, complications (and how to recognize them) my...
Recently read this on a yahoo article about corporate CEO's Long story short I feel it could extrapolate as a tough but good question to ask during interviews (if you dare ) "How does this unit...
blackvans1234 replied to missmollie's topic in General Nursing
I focus on the fact that I am expected to do unrealistic amount of tasks for an unrealistic amount of patients. ..And that three years ago, the ''normal'' number of patients I have now was the ''worst...
I worked as a CNA in a hospital for 4 years, and just passed my 1 year anniversary as a staff nurse on stepdown in a second hospital. I have changed my perception of my job, and the overall treatment...
Another learning point would have been to identify under which parameter the MD would've liked you to call back (or not) My conversations generally go like, "So I'll give the 5 cardizem IVP, I'll call...