Mommavik ADN

I agree; I feel this is something that a woman and her doctor should be able to decide between themselves, not the government. We need to vote in some people with sense enough to at least mitigate these crazy laws that are coming out. This so called...

I totally agree! This is ridiculous, and although I personally would only abort a child if absolutely necessary, I support any woman's right to do what she and her doctor feel is right for her to do. That said, this is giving a great opportunity for...

I also want to mention that even after vasectomy it is possible to get a woman pregnant; the man needs to have a sperm count for a specific length of time after the procedure to make sure it was totally effective. This can be up to 10 months in some...

I don't agree with reversing Roe vs Wade. I've seen many thought provoking posts. One which really stuck with me posits the idea that oh yeah, prevent abortions! Don't kill the babies!! Then it shows a pic showing all the unwanted children born with ...

So glad things are working better for you and your patients. Hope things continue in this direction. Good luck.

I agree, I became disabled at 57, but until then, when I worked as a hospital RN, or as a nursing home RN, it was the same. I was treated as a higher status maid. You know, do this, do that, seldom a please or thank you. Getting fussed at becaus...

Boy do I agree with this! Many many times I left work an hour late so frustrated with the fact it was either chart what was being done or actually go and take care of my patients; it wasn't possible to actually spend time just talking with a patient ...

I agree totally; I definitely would be looking for another job. You've tried to advocate for your patients, but unless you've already got written evidence (from charting or notes that you took when each episode happened) you've got a she said- she s...

Thank you!

In response to Susie 2310; (Sorry I can't figure out how to copy the post) I agree; this is way more than just a medication error, like we are all afraid we could one day make. This was more than 8 times this error could have been caught BEFO...

I'm glad you followed your gut and reported this situation. I hope you have documented your conversations with this night nurse, but even if you didn't, I think the numbers will show what is going on. If the doctor has been wondering why his insul...

I've never worked with paralytic drugs, so I'm not qualified to give an opinion as to the correctness of the OP's post. However, I do agree that the mistake currently being discussed is one of not even looking at the name on the vial, not one of not...

You have to let the Dr know what is going on, as well as you direct supervisor. Nursing judgement is one thing, blatantly ignoring the Dr's orders is not using nursing judgement, it is usurping the Dr and making her own. How can the Dr help this pat...

⁰I can see how not being able to check as often as she was supposed to happened. There were things she could have done to address this; at the least, having an aide check on him frequently and report back to her. For the problem of not having anoth...

From what I'm reading about this case, the nurse in question falsified the record to show that she checked on a patient's neurological and vital signs frequently as ordered after a patient fall when in fact she did not check on this patient at all! ...

I agree; she was totally negligent. I have read A LOT of opinions and a lot of facts that I was unaware of when she was first found guilty. At that time I felt like many others, that convicting a nurse of criminally negligent homicide for a medicat...

Apparently I didn't read enough, smh. There was a label on the vial that read paralytic agent ..something to the effect of have ventilating equipment nearby.. This is part of the problem with RaDonda; she had several times she would have had to read...

tmjkr I can agree that she is at fault and that her error goes beyond "just" an error to negligence. She did have choices and made the wrong ones. So yes, you are correct that this is not something that should be left at the hospital or board lev...

Mtmjkr I can agree that she is at fault and that her error goes beyond "just" an error to negligence. She did have choices and made the wrong ones. So yes, you are correct that this is not something that should be left at the hospital or board le...

Sorry, Rose_Queen, I did not see the TBI report. The report I read gave a timeline but stated that the vial AT THAT TIME did not have the prominent labeling that it does now. My point is that someone else here said the medication still needed to ...

I can agree totally with all of this; my stand is that although it is a grievous error, she did not intend this; The major problem for me is that she has been thrown under the bus by everyone; At first she was not disciplined by the TennBoard of Nur...

I don't agree with the criminalization of this error. Yes, she was grossly wrong. She was also given wrong information; which of us have not acted on what another more experienced nurse has told us on what our policy/ procedure is regarding whether...

I already have my wishes written out; IF my death is witnessed then do everything possible, BUT if someone finds my dead body even if i am still warm LEAVE ME ALONE! My family have also been told exactly this. I've worked as a nurse too many years;u...

I would love to have had her as an instructer!!

I am a retired RN; I'll be the first to tell you I don't know everything; there's always something new to learn, whether it's a new or different way to start an iv or a new procedure for whatever my illness is. Don't treat me like I'm stupid but I'm ...