Okay, so dont judge me on this...i just want some feedback. Back in october, a co-worker and I had a little bit of an "encounter" if you get my drift....ive worked there 1 year, hes worked there 25+...
I once had a patient ask me if i was their nurse. i said yes, and he looked at me with this quizzical look and said "i dont know how because i thought nurses had to be
alprn1414 replied to Justliving00's topic in General Nursing
so you are saying call and wake up the doctor for an order for a straight cath at 4am? the other shifts could have AT LEAST called and gotten an order. I worked 11-7 at a LTC facility and the RN/LPN...
our techs arent allowed to do vitals at all because of this reason. the glucometers we have automatically put them into the computers as soon as they are taken so thats no biggie. i could see why...
we used to change ours on fridays but i guess none of the nurses could do it correctly and there were too many infections so the IV team has to do it from now