Black Nightingale

Black Nightingale has 4 years experience and specializes in Public Health, Orthopedics, IV Therapy.

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1. How do you handle delegating to PCA's?

   Black Nightingale replied to missdeevah's topic in General Nursing

   Writing an incident report and talking to management about her would be the best route. Don't approach the PCA yourself, leave that to management. When speaking to management about her, explain how...

2. How many patients are you assigned?

   Black Nightingale replied to Little Panda RN's topic in Orthopedic

   This stuff sounds crazy!! Ortho is hard work...the patients are up with 2 assists, have to have assistance with elimination, IV antbx, PCA pumps, turning and reposistioning q 2 hrs..on a floor where...

3. If you're happy w/your 1st RN job ...

   Black Nightingale replied to RN007's topic in First Year After Licensure

   I work on a 51 bed Medical-Surg Unit w/ a concentration in Orthopedics. We get lots of shoulder, hip, and knee replacement surgeries, plus many fracture repairs. It is great to get the experience of...