soliant12

Great,now you are going to get JWK started on here!!!!

The director and administrators are not liable for the RNs mistake. Thsi is such a common fallacy in nursing. Nither are RN's legally responsible for the actions of an LPN or CNA.

When were paying for the price it is our business whether it is medicaid, military spending, or education costs or whatever projects our tax dollars are spent on.

I worked at an ER near Reno and everyone pitched and implemented the pysicians orders if there was an order on any patient whoever was avalable just did it. It worked great patients were in and out in a jiffy and everyone was happy no one was overwhelmed and everyone lended a hand. Best ER I ever worked in. If it was a critical patient the nurse was assigned to the patient and that was his/her focus and if they needed something whoever was available pitched in.

Amen JWK, I would definitely go through the appeal process, also take a careful look through the school handbook you may have some legal options there as well. You might want to retain a lawyer sometimes the threat of legal action might work to your favor (Some graduate students in my CRNA program have stated they have seen it work in the past in other programs) Are you not automatically re-enrolled into the program the next year? I would definintely apply to other programs. PM me if you have any other questions I have a hint or two where to apply.

What poor managers and spineless nurses you have working at your facility. Run Forest run!!!

Yep it is the family's choice. Full code or no code those are the choices, end of story.

Wear a t-shirt under your scrub top.

There isn't much you can do without any equipment. What could you have done other than wait for the paramedics?

What a bunch of gobbledy goook you are either a full code or no code all of this other inbetween stuff is a bunch of nonsense.

Start getting paranoid Amercian Mobile is one of the worst companies I have ever seen. Look at fastaff or some of the other better known companies.

Exactly what I was thinking...

The LPN would be leglly responsible for his/her actions not the RN in charge.

How is a hypoglycemic seizure comforting?

As long as you keep letting them force these patients on you they are going to do it. I do not understand why nurses put up with this nonsense. Give your notice immediately and find another job. IT is not worth the headache putting up with this BS.

Usually it is because you are making so much more money than the nurses there. The worst was when I traveled at a unionized Kaiser facility in California. They hated travelers there because that cut into their double shifts and then they would not get double pay. So much for unionized nurses giving a rats rear end about patient safety or patient care. It was always about working double shifts.

this guys sounds like he needs to be on an ativan drip!!!

Out of curiosity are the intubated patient's sole problem heroine overdose? Or are they intubated for other reasons in addition to the heroine? There is no reason to justify intubating a patient solely for decrease respiratory drive due to heroine overdose if narcan is readily available, and that includes the pre-hospital environment.

If I usually get stuck at least three or four times a day on average some days a little more others a little less.

yet, post a thread on here about assisted suicide and all we will get from the supporters is it is legal and we as blah blah blah professionals can participate in it.

DO NOT let them bully you into giving more muscle relaxant!!! Just make some noise behind the screen on the anesthesia cart and wait a couple of minutes and tell them they should be relaxed now. I am on my first rotation and gave some and waitied a while for that twitch to come back for reversal never gonna do that again.

Is anesthesia services not required for a harvest???? You are still participating in the the end of life of both patients. Trying to make a distinction between giving some versed to an inmate and running a neo drip on a harvest still requires the services of anesthesia and you will still have your name on a chart of a person who's life was officially ended under your care. There is no difference between the two.

Really???? Show me a death certificate for someone on a ventilator

I agree he wasn't deep enough yet but the MDA and or surgeon doesn't want to wait around for them to get deeper. It does have to do with relaxation once the succ was onboard there wasn't a problem getting his legs in the stirrups he was well past an amnestic MAC so I there would be no issue with awareness.

The person is brain dead if you are in healthcare find a new line of work