Gina s, RN

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1. Nurses Charged in Deaths of 12 Nursing Home Residents

   Gina s, RN replied to J.Adderton's topic in Nursing News

   I agree. Big gaps in the story. I think there is fault well above the nurses

2. Nurses Charged in Deaths of 12 Nursing Home Residents

   Gina s, RN replied to J.Adderton's topic in Nursing News

   I don’t think they could have monitored them alone. I made an assumption (could be completely wrong) that they weren’t the only 3 working, rather 3 nurses were

3. Nurses Charged in Deaths of 12 Nursing Home Residents

   Gina s, RN replied to J.Adderton's topic in Nursing News

   As a nurse, this is tough. Yes the nurses, no matter how long they were there, had a responsibility to care for the patients and advocate for them. It seems they were not really given the proper...

4. I Desperately Want Out

   Gina s, RN replied to toxiktraktor's topic in Nursing Career

   I felt the same way in the beginning. Then I found a job that allowed me to be a mom and work full time without weekends. The trade off was lower pay. But I made it work. Keep looking, you will find...

5. Small Pill - Big Results: Aspirin Shown to Reduce Risk of Colon Cancer

   Gina s, RN replied to Brenda F. Johnson's topic in General Nursing

   I believe the NSAID is supposed to be high doses to lower the number of polyps made therefore lowering colon cancer risk for those of us with genetic disorders like FAP (which I have the attenuated...