lisa bear rn

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 and no job, finally cleared of drug use, but on pr...

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 started doing colon resections and total joint re...

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 try to explain that it was my stupidity that I was...

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, not without paying their dues. A friend of mine in...

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 able to tell many things about a patient just by look...

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 learned this the hard way, I had a high deductible,...

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! Lisa

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 another job. If the BON does contact you, just be straig...

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 prepares you with the bare minimum to practice sa...

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 drug seller, cursed at, etc etc. It was pure he** fo...

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, especially those who are in denial, but I was the...

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 nurses walking over to the sheet to waste, I would j...

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 timid person, almost scared. thats interesting, thank ...

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 negative. They fired me and turned me in to the BON and...

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 returned to me in a couple of weeks, pending the BO...

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 take me with all my restrictions on my license for 3...

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 fine. Patio furniture should be put in a garage or...

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 my interest in the weather, even though we cannot ...

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 for the error, even though you were put in a bad s...

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 beloved relative!! LISA

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 RN WITH A PRECEPTOR who is an RN and usually has b...

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 breaks.....however when I started working in the ER and went t...

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

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

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 raise for being certified, but in my area, hospitals...