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If IV is bad take it out, it can't be used,and it may be uncomfortable or painful for patient:bugeyes:. If it is infiltrated putting something in the line could cause patient more harm. If it is occluded trying to put something in line can dislodge...

I think regardless of what nurse does, LOA or Impaired Nurse program I would be more watchful of her and the MAR for my patients as well as hers. For me though I wonder what nurses I work with should do? I work for a large health system and when g...

I have said before I am an impaired nurse. There were two instances though when I found medications (metformin and insulin on me). The metformin got d/c'd so I didn't give it, it was in my pocket. I checked my pockets before I left found nothing. ...

Speaking as a impaired nurse myself, I can only imagine your frustration as a nurse who knows that something fishy is going on. If your management is turning a blind eye I would suggest going up the chain of command AND reporting nurse to board of n...

ERCP = endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography EGD = Esophagogastroduodenoscopy ASA = Aspirin PCN = Penicilin RRR (think cardiac)= Regular Rate and Rhythm AST = Aspartate aminotransferase SGOT = Serum glutamic-oxaloacetic transaminase SPO2 (th...

Where I work every patient has their own chart which is located at central nurses station. In the paper chart includes area of Dr's Orders, Progress not, Daily Laboratory Results, and Dictated Reports (H&P, Discharge Summary, Radiology Results),...

hair loss = APEC ERCP EGD ASA PCN RRR (think cardiac) AST SGOT SPO2 (think respiratory) C/D/I (think dressing) GERD ETOH BID TID QID PO NPO QHS AC PRN EF (cardiac) CVP SvO2 FiO2 LPM BPM N/V

The hospital I work for has a goal for admitting patients from the ED. All patients admitted via the ED, the hospital wants these patients to be on floor, in the bed within 60 minutes of informing ED and my med/surg unit that this patient was being ...

I am totally in favor of the Hospitals Policy to try to get patients up to the floor within 60 minutes if a bed is ready. That being said, getting the patient up to room in 60 minutes is not more important that patient safety. I feel it is my duty...

Well I am not a CNA, but there are several clinical days when if it wasn't for the CNAs helping me I would have gone nuts. Many times the CNA was more of resource than the nurses on the floor. So to all CNAs (or care partners, or nurse aides) keep u...

Well said Debby, I agree.

I think sometimes, especially at night when you get whoever is just covering, the dr. (especially residents) want you just to tell them what you want, like you tell what is wrong and say "do you want to get blood cx" or do you "want to give the compa...

I think it depends on where you are and what people ask you to call them. I am from PA and up there the a lot of the time you called the young residents by their first name, and alot of the attendings by DR. so and so and they called you by your fir...

I just graduated in may (yippee:jester: ) for mylast two semesters I used my pda and it was great because I only had to have that instead of my drug guide, and book that has labs and certain test, and my pocket book for procedures. I have that all i...

My mom was nurse when I was growing up, a single mother. She would take us to a family members house before school, and we went to an after school program at the boys and girls club. She would then pick us up. She would cook in advance an either p...

I'm sorry this is just pitiful. In no way is it responsible to sleep on the job. If you are your break that is fine, do what you want. But to be asleep when you should be on the floor, what if something happens is a few extra minutes of sleep wort...

I worked on a unit in PA and actually there were several male nurses and for the most part they were great, caring, and great advocates for their patients and for nurses. One nurse in particular always had patients and their families sending him tha...

They would tell you if you had results, as long as the PA board of nursing tells you that your results are still pending that means they don't have any results for you. The bon said right now they are really busy because of the LPN renewal, all the ...

I just got my result this morning, I passed yipee !!! I guess there is not set time you will get your results, no matter the waiting sucks

I called the bon and they told me it could take anywhere from 2-30 days for the license info to post on website, it just depends on how busy they are. Apparently they are pretty busy right now with PN license renewal so there is no telling how long ...

As an african american myself, looking someone in the eye is not considered rude, but be too close and articulating with your hands in a persons face is rude. In my experience not looking someone in the eye when speaking makes you seem as though you...

IT is not the degree a person has that makes them arrogant but the person. I think that for uniformity there should me a minimum level of education that every nurse should meet. I am a BSN student and I do feel I have some advantages because of my ...

I agree that there are a lot of people going into nursing now because of the money. It's not just new nurses, but nurses who haven't worked in awhile also. I don't think these nurses should be there if they are all about the money because there is ...