faithkindness replied to Sykadia's topic in Men in Nursing
I am glad you asked. Of the first few male nurses I met in school, 1 was gay, the rest clearly hetero (you describe yourself as clearly hetero too). Most women have no trouble sensing the difference....
I empathise with you and the punitive way your mistakes were handled by management. Having worked as a nurse for 2 years, I see this strategy is used frequently and many coworkers and members on this...
faithkindness replied to ElizabethStoneRN's topic in General Nursing
Your article is very helpful and your kind tone is so encouraging to me. I wish I could learn from you how to get all of this detail done. I like to do it; I know it's important. I don't want to do...
Yes, that is true. There was so much going on. I was also concentrating on getting all meds and treatments passed and communicating patient specific issues to direct care staff. Starting this week, I...
Thank you for your time and your thoughtful comments. I am struggling with the hard line reasoning of 1) med errors warranting punishment; 2) pulling a med error out of the context of all the factors...
faithkindness replied to allnurses's topic in General Nursing
Anonymous does an excellent job of describing many broken and dangerous aspects of our health care system. Thank you for inspiring this discussion and motivating change. I would like to add an...
Patient rec'd correct drops but MAR was never corrected and large group of nurses and medtechs were all issued a written warnings for failing to maintain 5 Rights. I would like to challenge this...
faithkindness replied to allnurses's topic in General Nursing
I agree and I would add that citizens and lawmakers along with patients and their families would benefit from improvements to many healthcare environments. I think budgets are tight because many...
faithkindness replied to allnurses's topic in General Nursing
As a fairly new nurse, 2 years experience in SNF/Indep. Living, I see what you describe in the SNF setting. I would add to your thoughts, my belief that we must organize patients, families, nurses,...
There are several skills that I have very little experience with since graduation (RN). I would like to ask a co-worker or manager to accompany me the next time I have to perform these skills. What is...