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that was exactly the point. Not expanding that information to everyone because of confidentiality reasons is misplaced concern.

Why the angst about staff being aware of a life threatening medical diagnosis? That's a form of body shaming and has no place in schools. There is no shame in having diabetes or any medical condition and keeping that a secret results in the very prob...

It's on the ER formulary primarily to reverse procedural sedation with Versed (that's midazolam for anyone unfamiliar with brands) if necessary. Use in an overdose would be pretty rare.

These places are launch pads for ambitious people that want to train hard. Doing the CC and trauma sides in an ER like this is for the core, established and proven staff that have the appropriate certs and experience. Besides, a significant number of...

No.

RN's prepare meds every day, why is Botox different?

The problem with 'slippery slope' arguments is that they are groundless speculation. The logical progression I'm identifying (and differentiating from a slippery slope argument) is demonstrable. Look at the Netherlands and it's MAID institutional co...

I think I know her!

And you care because? Has she been checking in with you about reading AN?

And you are involved, why?

Let him report you. Frivolous crap goes to the BON every day. Sleep well.

The hospital based NP's that have the most credibility with patients, hospital staff and medical staff (from what I can see) are the ones that are an integral part of a medical practice with a 'hand in glove' relationship with physicians like a surgi...

Invite the RR team member to write you up and be sure to copy the cardiologist and the medical director of the RR team.

Not everything needs a name. Insecurity, hesitation and hypervigilance are defense mechanisms when you're new. Acknowledge them, appreciate them to the extent that they keep you from more difficulty than you could potentially have and be aware when t...

Yeah...no....

Well...maybe not *master*....never gave protamine a single time in the ER let alone those I may have given once...know what general category they're in? Sure. In the day and age of internet searches, that's plenty.

Anything less than an 18 ga IV in a potential surgical patient is worthless. If you can't do that, don't burn an AC vein for a 20 ga or less.

No, we know you're not losing your license over this one isolated event. And school nurses are not some unique species that function under a different set of rules. If there are other, compounding issues that this just adds to, that's different.

Chill out. Med error. If licensing were revoked for that, there'd be no nurses. You caught it right away, self reported and, presumably because you didn't say, there were no serious consequences as a result. Just keep copies of your documentation of ...

So how would 'going on strike' effect that? That's even pretending that NP's as a professional body possessed the ability to leverage a position by a strike. The thing to do would be to demonstrate superior training through superior practice, and if ...

Buyer beware. Although for certain advanced practice degrees and leadership/administration roles, a BSN from Marquette carries more gravitas than a piece meal pathway to entry into practice. After 5-10 years, whatever differences in clinical advantag...

Best thing to do is speak with docs that are mom's as well. It's also a specialty sensitive answer, ie, a CT surgeon who is a mom (pretty rare IME) would probably give a way different answer than a family practice doc.

new grads go into level 3's, why wouldn't you be able to?

Slippery slope is a term that is used a lot in conversations like these, but I think a better term is 'logical progression'. So called 'involuntary euthanasia' is practiced at least in the Netherlands, which has the longest history of MAID in the dev...

After one year, 40% of applicants were permitted to use the medical system to end their lives in NZ. Canada's system has grown by about 30% per year since 2016. The trend is pretty demonstrable and as MAID becomes more and more accepted, the duty to ...