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I don't speak spanish... Is it a requirement?

So, how do you go to the next level? Do you go to the next level when a doctor doesn't give you the orders you need or when the doctor still hasn't return your page?

I took a look at Seton and it seems like a really nice place... Do you work there Jessica? If you do, let me know how you like it.

Thanks so much for the responses... I'm really thankful... Please pray for me... I'm still trying to find my way in nursing...

Also another clarification... the computer charting record states that the patient did have an iv and it was red (because the other nurses before me had charted that so it automatically transfers to my chart unless I specifically "unclick" it. Which is what I forgot to do.) So even though the patient didn't have an iv access with me, my charting states that he did and that it was red... Does this mean I have no way to defend myself? Thanks again everyone... Oh, and the hospital offered to pay for his bills and he said no because medicaid covered the expenses... Thanks again...

Sorry for the confusion... The patient did not have an iv access when I had him and he did not have an iv access the shift before me... The reason why I asked if I could start another iv is because there were no orders yet to send him home... I'm a new nurse and everyone tells me to make sure that all pt's have an iv access in case they code even if they look perfectly healthy. Also I did assess him and I did not notice any swelling on his arm or any other signs and symptoms of iv infiltration... Thanks again...

I just heard from my coworkers that a patient that we once had discharge had surgery because his old iv site became infected. I remember him clearly because he told me that he sued someone before was able to get money. Now he had a meeting with the hospital administrators and I'm scared because I discharged him. I remember specifically that the night shift nurse endorsed to me that he didn't have an IV access because he said he was going home in the morning. When I came on the shift and assessed him, he didn't have an iv access and I asked him if i could put one in. He said no because the doctor stated that he was going home today and he didn't want to get poked again. We have computer documentation and it automatically documents that the patient has an iv site and it autimatically documents what the previous nurses have put unless you discontinue or "click off" the assessments that did not apply. So because I was in a hurry I wasn't able to discontinue the part there that says that the patient says he has an iv and that it is red. I did not discontinue the iv because there was no iv to discontinue. however there is no documentation that the iv was discontinued except for when I had him. The previous nurse had left the iv part blank, so no assessment was done on the iv site (i'm assuming because he had no iv site). I'm scared. How can I defend myself if my documentation is going to bring me down? Any advice please... Thanks...