As nurses, we will all make an error. But there are two major fallacies here... 1) You are justifying your med error. Never. Ever. Rationalize a med error. The only person who loses is the patient. 2)...
FYI, I'm in a Surgical/Trauma ICU. Here's my take: 1. I wanted to care for patients. End of story. Improving people's lives at whatever cost, the challenging environment of the ICU and building...
You had a lot of trauma and changes that are associated with your nursing. During nursing school you had somethings happen that don't necessarily happen to other people, and make you overly cautious...
IMO, I think you may have the wrong approach. Instead of "did I do something wrong?" maybe ask, "How could I have made this better?" We have a tendency to maybe point fingers during stressful times...
So I just landed a pretty awesome job. I'll be working in the SICU at the now biggest hospital in the country. We are required to purchase our own scrubs. I've been a fan of the Landau brand forever,...
So I was reviewing IV solutions and I had a question about what Dextrose does to them. Normosol-R/NS/LRS are all isotonic solutions. I also read that any solution with 5% dextrose is hypertonic. So is...