I never made a med error for the first six years as a nurse.... Then I decided to take a job in a new facility and made two right off the bat.... Both had to do with misprogramming the infusion...
Hospital administration is mostly comprised of business majors who are trained to generate profit and have no practical healthcare knowledge,... It's about numbers for them.... During orientation the...
I have this re occurring dream that I can't get out of my house to go to work.... Like my kids take a long time to get dressed or my car isn't in the driveway... One time I dreamed a delivery man kept...
if there is an impending code the and all the nurses on the unit know it than it's impractical for the physician to leave the bedside.... That particular doc needed to call the cardiologist himself...
AbakRN replied to Michael M. Heuninckx's topic in General Nursing
Have u ever met a surgeon? They think they are invincible.... U have to be pretty confident to do what they do... Even bad surgeons think they're gods gift to surgery.... Especially cardio thoracic...
I just want to say that in the cath lab it is best if we all work as a team .... I hate how sometimes nurses and rcis and rad techs argue over who's job it is to do one thing or another . Like the...
Another good idea.... Don't post anything about work or your patients..... Obviously it's a privacy violation.... And don't contact them on social media... It's not a good idea.... I have always felt...
This is very well said... Hospital administration feels we are replaceable.... Experience and education means nothing.... I'm a good nurse and I do good work for them so why don't I get market raises...