Thank you so much. I cry when I think about it all. I was a single, new mother and just trying to do my best. Now that I know what I know, these babies are just far, far too important to be...
Kayauhs replied to oneday_nursepoundcake's topic in General Students
Word of advice, when you get out of nursing school head to the nearest medical surgical floor and stay there at least 2 years even though you will want to cry every day when you come home. You will...
P.S. Go to your state's Board of Nursing site and look under either FAQs or something along those lines and they will have a list of board approved education providers. Keep the board happy and you...
DON'T DO IT. In the very rural area where I live, nearly all the RN's are ADNs and it puts us all at a major disadvantage. We are continuously unable to apply for a wide variety of jobs because we...
I found out I was pregnant in nursing school after only being there 2 months. (My baby is 27 years old now). Here's the thing; being a new mother is an enormous responsibility and you are FOOLING...
All due respect; there is something fishy about the details of this story. If you left your children in the care of an adult and that adult turned out to be negligent, the state isn't going to charge...
Kayauhs replied to knittygritty2850's topic in General Nursing
Gather up all your data and call the doctor on-call. Do a thorough assessment, vital signs, lung sounds and then paint an accurate overall picture of the patient for the doctor. Nurses are pressed...
Working in a very small, rural ER one night. Family comes in with several kids in tow, the youngest about the age of 7 had a big bloody bath towel on his head that mom was holding in place. The story...
Well, here is an update: In order to remain employed and not quit in the middle of the shift and run off screaming down the road; I had to lay down some rules. 1). I never go in this patient's room...
Thank you for this post. I agree, I shouldn't have shared my sensitive information and that is exactly what this narcassist was looking for. This particular patient has become somewhat of a...
Free speech does not include hate speech, racist statements, threats of violence. Those are and always will be illegal. I decided at the time this was said to me not to react, not to give this...
Well, I didn't exactly "report" it to anyone like the police or the health department. I just wrote a note to my administrator and also my DON. Both of which are very aware of the behavior of this...