Wellworth BSN

Wellworth has 45 years experience as a BSN and specializes in ER/Critical Care/Accrediation/PI/Quality.

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1. Medical errors the 3rd leading cause of death??

   Wellworth replied to ShaneTeam's topic in Nursing News

   One of my jobs over the past 10 years was to review incident reports. While there were many errors, mostly medication and procedural ones, it was difficult to tell which were "preventable" without...

2. May Is Mental Health Awareness Month

   Wellworth replied to VivaLasViejas's topic in General Nursing

   Sorry to hear this. You may be interested in an 8 hour educational course called Youth Mental First Aid. It is geared for those working with adolescents and young adults. Google mhfa usa for more...

3. May Is Mental Health Awareness Month

   Wellworth replied to VivaLasViejas's topic in General Nursing

   And there is an 8 hour course anyone can take called Mental Health First Aid. I am an instructor and have taught a number of classes. Very well received by nurses so far. Google mhfa usa for more...

4. BSN vs RN...is it worth the tuition difference? I already hold a BA if that matters

   Wellworth replied to Mkakids's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

   My first college degree was a BA in the liberal arts field. I went back to school 5 years later as a transfer student and got my BSN. Best decision I ever made. They gave me several grants since I...

5. Nitroglycerin in MI

   Wellworth replied to nurs1ng's topic in CCU, Coronary, Cardiac

   Good question. I have given SL Ntg many times for chest pain and do not recall a particular type of MI as a contra-indication. As a general rule, we withheld it for a systolic BP less than

6. Will an Incident Report get me Fired?

   Wellworth replied to mndlng97's topic in Geriatric, LTC

   Hang in there. Sounds like you did everything right based on what you knew at the time but will make some adjustments from what you learned. Re: incident reporting. I have reviewed over 22,000 in...

7. Irrational patients

   Wellworth replied to Smilie0809RN's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

   While I feel your frustration, several things have helped me over the years. First, that it is the patient who is having the issue. It is her issue, not necessarily mine. If I can establish a...

8. Meaning of your username?

   Wellworth replied to Flightless Bird's topic in General Nursing

   Hi, I enjoyed reading everyone's reaons for their usernames. I chose mine to reflect a positive state of mind and to protect my identity. I'd like to write about topics that challenge conventional...