AnnetteER

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  1. Help - Suspended

    AnnetteER posted a topic in General Nursing

    I am a new nurse. I worked for a couple of months in the ER but then I transferred to a Med/Surg unit. I administered insulin coverage for a high sugar before a procedure. He was NPO. The next day,...

  2. Help - Suspended

    AnnetteER replied to AnnetteER's topic in General Nursing

    Annette, congratulations! Great Save!. Your patient did not die and has no side effects. Good luck with your meeting but I don't think you should worry about your job or license. You will not lose...

  3. Help - Suspended

    AnnetteER replied to AnnetteER's topic in General Nursing

    Lorster, One of the charge nurses brought the crash cart to the

  4. Help - Suspended

    AnnetteER replied to AnnetteER's topic in General Nursing

    Thank you to everyone for your support. I'm at a total loss with all of this. I did everything I was taught & ended up suspended. Go figure. The last thing I heard is that they are having...

  5. Help - Suspended

    AnnetteER replied to AnnetteER's topic in General Nursing

    My manager made an announcement the other day that if a patient's BS is high, even if he/she is NPO, we should administer the coverage. Again, this just leaves me more in the dark about what the hell...

  6. Help - Suspended

    AnnetteER replied to AnnetteER's topic in General Nursing

    I'm positive I gave Regular insulin & I did document the sugar & the administration of the reg. insulin. I've since learned, 5 days after the incident, that he is a Brittle Diabetic. I never...

  7. Help - Suspended

    AnnetteER replied to AnnetteER's topic in General Nursing

    I still don't understand why I was suspended. They told me on the phone that I'm suspended without pay but wouldn't confirm it in writing. They want me to come in & do "late entry charting"....

  8. Help - Suspended

    AnnetteER posted a topic in Nurse Management

    I am a new nurse. I worked for a couple of months in the ER but then I transferred to a Med/Surg unit. I administered insulin coverage for a high sugar before a procedure. He was NPO. The next day,...

  9. Help - Suspended

    AnnetteER replied to AnnetteER's topic in General Nursing

    Leslie As I was running to the pyxis to pull the D50, I yelled a couple of times that I needed a blood draw stat & I told the charge nurse what the sugar was. I also called the doctors when when...

  10. Iv Help Needed

    AnnetteER posted a topic in Emergency

    I am a new grad. I started my first job, in the ER. Tomorrow will be my 7th day in the ER. I am still having trouble starting IV's. I was finally able to get a couple of them the other day, but...