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  1. CCU vs ER

    floydnightingale replied to gratefultobeanurse16's topic in General Nursing

    I have never consented a patient, maybe I witnessed one really don't remember but we aren't opening people up in the ED except for the very rare thoracotomy. ED care is general, it's about...

  2. CCU vs ER

    floydnightingale replied to gratefultobeanurse16's topic in General Nursing

    Setting aside the fact that I don't have the time or interest to read ultrasound reports, if a physician tells me there's an ectopic that's good enough for me, what exactly would YOU do as a nurse if...

  3. CCU vs ER

    floydnightingale replied to gratefultobeanurse16's topic in General Nursing

    You mean the ones who ask about popliteal pulses? And then follow it with "are you a nurse?" It's not just the ICU, thinking now about calling report to the woman's hospital and she asked me which...

  4. Work after probation

    floydnightingale replied to Guest26407's topic in Nursing Career

    Exactly what I wondered last year when it came out that graduates of fly-by-night nursing schools in Florida were taking the NCLEX and getting

  5. How serious is it if an employee accessed my personal and medical information without permission?

    floydnightingale replied to Nurse Beth's topic in Career Advice Column

    should be simple enough for management to know if she was in your chart of just found your papers on the printer, of course if she opened your chart they'll be obligated to at least discipline if not...

  6. New Grad PN

    floydnightingale replied to Heyyall's topic in First Year After Licensure

    figured it was something like that but it didn't come up through a Google or Duckduckgo search, when I was in school I worked as a student nurse associate and after that I was a graduate nurse but I...

  7. Smoking residents in LTC

    floydnightingale replied to Avian c's topic in General Nursing

    per Google AI: In Michigan, smoking is generally prohibited in most public places, including care facilities like nursing homes, hospices, and assisted living residences, since May 1,

  8. New Grad PN

    floydnightingale replied to Heyyall's topic in First Year After Licensure

    TPP? Start with avoiding obscure

  9. OR to ER Trauma Level 1

    floydnightingale replied to SweetSouthernLove's topic in Emergency

    I worked at two separate level one ERs, the orientation was like 5 months one on one with a preceptor and classes and certifications in BLS, ACLS, TNCC and ENPC but mine was shortened because I had...

  10. Nurse Fired for Dropping '***' on the Job: A Tale of Workplace Language and Consequences

    floydnightingale replied to maceir's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    Had a coworker who was fired for something minor, she gave some discharge papers which were mixed with another pt's on the printer and when I mentioned to my manager I couldn't believe she got fired...

  11. Should RaDonda Vaught Have Her Nursing License Reinstated?

    floydnightingale replied to Nurse Beth's topic in General Nursing

    I found that awful music off-putting, forwarded to about the 16 minute mark and really didn't care about the narrator's experience as a novice nirse and her failure to land a handsome doctor, figured...

  12. Pre-employment THC

    floydnightingale replied to yellow_tulips's topic in Nurses Recovery

    Yeah, she admits to eating the gummies. This whole thing makes no sense. Weed is legal with a card in many states and legal for recreational use in many more but they continue to persecute people...

  13. One nurse to cover 2 locked units simultaneously?

    floydnightingale replied to Mary Block's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    Get out. There's always work in nursing. If they did OK with one nurse they can do just as well with zero on

  14. BLS 100% Online?

    floydnightingale replied to Emergent's topic in General Nursing

    I retired just ahead of the Coof but by that time the BLS renewals were completely online, no hands-on beyond clicking a key, and not being of the generation that grew up on video games I couldn't do...

  15. False positive drugs alcohol on job

    floydnightingale replied to Ckahdkwo's topic in General Nursing

    They thought you were > 0.3% and let you drive home? Something

  16. Can nursing school be paid for by a hospital?

    floydnightingale replied to ecrowley18's topic in General Nursing

    Many employers offer tuition assistance. I was in a CD2 program, Class of 2K, and after the first semester the local medical center showed up and offered to pay for the remaining year for anybody...

  17. The Collapsing Healthcare System in the US

    floydnightingale replied to KalipsoRed21's topic in General Nursing

    That was the original plan but with a HR of 150 Heather refused to start an IV, can't blame her, so I registered for treatment. Did I mention that it took over 3 liters before I peed? I intended to...

  18. Should RaDonda Vaught Have Her Nursing License Reinstated?

    floydnightingale replied to Nurse Beth's topic in General Nursing

    I have some Zofran ODTs but can't see wasting it on

  19. The Collapsing Healthcare System in the US

    floydnightingale replied to KalipsoRed21's topic in General Nursing

    Here's your clarification: I knew what was wrong with me (dehydration) and how to fix it (fluids), so knowing that I skipped the unnecessary parts and if I saved anybody money it was for the insurance...

  20. The Collapsing Healthcare System in the US

    floydnightingale replied to KalipsoRed21's topic in General Nursing

    There are huge disparities in the cost of care. The ER where I worked wasn't into that gouging people for $4K Tylenols but too many are. My own experience involved a night of vomiting and diarrhea so...

  21. Did this nurse behave unethically?

    floydnightingale replied to subee's topic in Nursing News

    just the other day I read about a state which was treating frozen eggs or embryos as full living

  22. Did this nurse behave unethically?

    floydnightingale replied to subee's topic in Nursing News

    sepsis is a medical issue, not something to prosecute people

  23. Did this nurse behave unethically?

    floydnightingale replied to subee's topic in Nursing News

    Which begs the question, what is one supposed to do with a fetus which spontaneously aborted at home? I know that hospitals have protocols but absent complications at home like bleeding or unusual...

  24. Did this nurse behave unethically?

    floydnightingale replied to subee's topic in Nursing News

    I can't imagine having enough free time that I'd think about following up on the product of a

  25. Did this nurse behave unethically?

    floydnightingale replied to subee's topic in Nursing News

    And a sideways photo at that. Sorry to digress but what's with these emails with pictures that literally take up three or more pages worth of space which has to scrolled through? Is it just a...