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  1. help me stop making med errors!

    lisa bear rn replied to BulkyMonster's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    I hope you figure out the problem soon, because med charting errors left me with a suspended nursing license, had to go to a facility for a 5 day eval to see if I was taking drugs, three months later...

  2. Hello from Texas. Any Outpatient Surg RNs?

    lisa bear rn replied to bjm's topic in General Nursing

    Hello, I helped a new outpatient surgery facility get up and running and worked in the PACU department for about 1 year and half. You need to see what all procedures they do, the facility I worked for...

  3. Worst nursing experience

    lisa bear rn replied to Alpha13's topic in General Nursing

    My worst nursing experience was brought upon me by myself. I had my license suspended for documentation problems involving narcotics of all things. Got fired, had to go before the board of nursing to...

  4. Getting an RN with a prior DUI

    lisa bear rn replied to mfogo's topic in General Nursing

    You should be fine, but talk with the board of nursing about it. You would be so surprised how many nurses there are with DUI arrests as well as "other" problems, and they are still able to practice,...

  5. Charting

    lisa bear rn replied to Chicklet2's topic in General Nursing

    Just simply chart what ever you saw, pt sitting in bed, resp rate 18/min, unlabored, family at bedside, call bell in reach.... just for example, you will learn to be more observant and you will be...

  6. need help picking health insurance at new job...

    lisa bear rn replied to KEVIN88GT's topic in General Nursing

    I would advise you since you are single to pick a plan with a low deductible (like 500-1000). You shouldnt pay very much since it would be a single plan. You never know when something will happen. I...

  7. Job Interview in ER

    lisa bear rn replied to Lil_Skipper04's topic in General Nursing

    Happy Birthday, I think you should be hired, usually in orientation they have an EKG class anyway. And learning to draw blood is something you learn on the job anyway! Good Luck!

  8. Med error,I'm suspended,I need advice,please!

    lisa bear rn replied to Mama2-3's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    No, I am not working right now. Since my license was suspended for a month, I could not work as a nurse and the facility that turned me in fired me, no big deal, I am sure I will be able to get...

  9. I'm worried...not enough nursing classes!!!

    lisa bear rn replied to iToniai's topic in General Nursing

    I have been a RN for 4 years, my first job was in the ER, also a Level 1 trauma center for the region. I felt like I knew nothing from nursing school classes to prepare me. I think that nursing school...

  10. survived the bon and 5 day eval

    lisa bear rn posted a topic in General Nursing

    Here is an update to my situation. Due to my narcotic discrepencies, the BON made me go to an inpatient rehab facility for a 5 day eval. I was poked, prodded, yelled at, told I was a drug user or a...

  11. survived the bon and 5 day eval

    lisa bear rn replied to lisa bear rn's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks for that, my thoughts exactly. I really felt like I was being brain washed, if I was not a strong person, I might have succomed. I know the facility has to be tough and stern to handle addicts,...

  12. survived the bon and 5 day eval

    lisa bear rn replied to lisa bear rn's topic in General Nursing

    yes, there were many occasions where I did not make sure the nurse who saw my waste go sign the paper. We had a paper systen with narcotics and with this system you can get lazy. Instead of the two...

  13. survived the bon and 5 day eval

    lisa bear rn replied to lisa bear rn's topic in General Nursing

    Yes I do believe I am having PTSD. Since I left that place I have been having nightmares, I wake up in the middle of the night sweating, wondering where I am. I feel very timid now and I am not a...

  14. survived the bon and 5 day eval

    lisa bear rn replied to lisa bear rn's topic in General Nursing

    thank everyone so much for the thoughts and sympathy. Just to recap, I got fired from a small surgical hospital for discrepencies in my charting with demerol, they drug screened me, and that was...

  15. survived the bon and 5 day eval

    lisa bear rn replied to lisa bear rn's topic in General Nursing

    and this place I was at was the same place Brett Favre went to, whoooo ooohhh, big deal. I wasnt there for rehab, just for those professionals to break me down. I kept my cool and my license will be...

  16. Med error,I'm suspended,I need advice,please!

    lisa bear rn replied to Mama2-3's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    It depends, if your license is suspended you cannot work as a rn, you must resign. That sucks. That is what happened to me. Now that I am getting my license back, I have to find a new job that will...

  17. Is anyone near or in the path of Katrina?

    lisa bear rn replied to Monica RN,BSN's topic in General Nursing

    I am in Monroe!! It will be safe here, all we will probably get is alot of rain and winds probably 50 miles per hour. If people here can stay home tomorrow and not get on the road much, all should be...

  18. If you could no longer be a nurse?...

    lisa bear rn replied to NurCrystal22's topic in General Nursing

    I think I would be a meterologist with the weather channel. I live in northern louisiana but have alot of family that lives in New Orleans and even south of new orleans, this hurricane has heightened...

  19. Med error,I'm suspended,I need advice,please!

    lisa bear rn replied to Mama2-3's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    I just got finished meeting with the BON dealing with narcotic discrepencies, it's pretty harsh. First error,second error, with narcotics it doesnt matter. Hopefully the facility will just punish you...

  20. I got th job!

    lisa bear rn replied to NurCrystal22's topic in General Nursing

    YOU GO GIRL!!! Just listen to what those nurses have to teach you because this is the "real world"!!! You will do great! Just keep an open mind and always treat the patient as if he or she was your...

  21. Should a new grad go straight into the ER?

    lisa bear rn replied to liz1979's topic in Nursing Career

    An RNA means Registered Nurse Applicant, you have already graduated from nursing school but you are waiting to take NCLEX. A couple weeks after graduation, you get a form that says you can work as an...

  22. Nurses who smoke - I'm a smoker

    lisa bear rn replied to DanaS's topic in General Nursing

    I didnt start smoking untill AFTER nursing school, that's pretty surprising because most start in nursing school due to stress, bordem, peers having smoke breaks and socalize during these...

  23. nurse with chronic pain accused of diverting narcs

    lisa bear rn replied to rehab nurse's topic in General Nursing

    mean, back-stabbing nurses SUCK. Speaking from experience. Glad everything turned out well!

  24. Can I beat your horse?

    lisa bear rn replied to NurCrystal22's topic in General Nursing

    Wonderfully said, Crystal!! And I see some of myself in your thread, thank you for the inspiration! LISA, RN,

  25. TNCC: good to have?

    lisa bear rn replied to JohnRN04's topic in Emergency

    TNCC will help some with assessing a trauma patient, think of it like ACLS with a trauma twist. But definately get your CEN if you plan on making ER nursing a career, most hospitals will give you a...