XNavyCorpsman replied to freckles23's topic in General Nursing
Not all ER's are as busy as yours. The day that I received my patient, that was actively dying, the ER only had 3 patients. The ER nurse dropped my patient off and he had a RR of 45
XNavyCorpsman replied to XNavyCorpsman's topic in General Nursing
Someone call off and they told me that they tried to call people in. I did not say anything during the conversation with the nurse supervisor. when she was done speaking, I simple asked if I was in...
XNavyCorpsman replied to XNavyCorpsman's topic in General Nursing
"may" is the part where the overtime was "volunteer". If the overtime is "mandated", they are required to give you 10 hours between shift. I hope this clears this up for
XNavyCorpsman replied to XNavyCorpsman's topic in General Nursing
"shall" receive ........ Reread the Act 102. I also called the Labor Department and they confirmed it appears the Act was in fact violated. They told me how to fill the paperwork
I have just experienced a blatant violation of Act 102. I was mandated to work 16 hours and come back in for another shift less than 10 hours later. While I was deciding to file a complaint with the...
XNavyCorpsman replied to Nurse131382's topic in General Nursing
I have had pt come to my floor without results from flu swab, later determined to be Pos. I have had pt come to my floor with a pulse of 150 and resp in the 50's. The other day I had to call the...
They were told it was from the entire staff. The flowers put a smile on all their faces and that the staff for thinking of them on mothers day and being in the hospital. Even the families thought it...
XNavyCorpsman replied to Nurse131382's topic in General Nursing
I had the same complaint. When I am about to end my shift and we get an admission, I at least do an ABCDE on them and then leave the rest for the next shift. Even at the very beginning of the shift...
I decided to buy all our Female patients(13) flowers for Mothers Day. We screened all of them for allergies and then delivered the flowers. They loved them. It only cost me $140 which I thought...
XNavyCorpsman replied to oopsmybad's topic in General Nursing
That might be smart advise because if she is not allowed into the program, d/t a positive result, she may have to divulge that when she applies to another program. If she drops out now, she won't...