chevygirl1987
has 10 years experience and specializes in Stepdown, PCCN.
I am an RN on a cardiac stepdown unit. I have a lovely child who definitely keeps me on my toes, she got the contrarian aspect of both her dad and me. I am continuing my education and will be beginning FNP school soon. I love nursing, but am discouraged with the changes at the bedside and that my hospital telling me that my BS in biochem makes me an inferior nurse, thats a direct quote.
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I don't think my license would be jeopardized for initiating CPR. I've had some form of CPR certification for nearly 30 years, and have used it more times than I care to think about. I don't ever...
Congratulations, Mr. Mango. Hopefully you will put the same effort into learning how to care for your patients appropriately. I would also like to see a limit on the number of times people can test....
chevygirl1987 replied to russianbear's topic in General Nursing
Sorry, but I'm LOLing. I just had this conversation with someone last week. Her pt was getting more confused and the ammonia was increasing but she was holding lactulose for loose stools. Sigh. To...
chevygirl1987 replied to russianbear's topic in General Nursing
I'm not even thinking getting anyone in trouble; people need to be educated. I do stepdown nursing so I'm thinking of all the times nurses hold the diuretic in a pt with little LVEF because the SBP...
chevygirl1987 replied to russianbear's topic in General Nursing
Can you contact the unit manager or nursing Ed for that facility? Not only did she delay care, but if he's a chronic user/opioid dependent/addicted she was risking putting him through withdrawal and...
My BS is in bio/chem. I have an ASN and have been a nurse for 10 years. I am doing the FNP program at Duke. I know there are others that allow you to skip the BSN step, some may require 1-2 bridge or...
It could. But like Jensmom said, if it is a big concern don't work at a union hospital. My advice if you do choose a union shop is don't cross the line when your coworkers are out there sacrificing...