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.
soliant12 replied to tryingtomakeit's topic in Ob/Gyn
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 overwhe...
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 y...
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 ...
soliant12 replied to JessicRN's topic in Emergency
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 ...
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 ...
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 s...
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...