Saraz23

I'm constantly bored around year three or four lol. I always end up taking a job that I have no idea how to do but seems like a good idea. I have learned many specialized aspects of nursing this way. Just search around and go for something totally offbeat. I was hired as an employee health nurse 3 yrs out of school!! I had 700 staff members and had never given a TB test in my life! I was terrified! 😂 Needless to say I stayed 7 years and loved it! I ended up being involved in projects and groups I had never thought I would be qualified for! Just try something new! You never know what you may find! Good luck to you!

I would like to know if any nurse here has ever been asked (as an LPN) to hang IV antibiotics (to a Central line or PIC) or has been required to flush either of these as part of your regular duties? I currently work in WA state but have also worked in CA where this was a major no no. This was an experience I had while working PRN at a SNF one night shift/week after I explicitly told them in the hiring interview that I have zero experience with IVs or anything in that realm... They gave me 4 training shifts and two out of the four nurses I trained with had been fired by the end of the month... Awesome. I ended up with 120 patients, mostly step down, some dementia, some long term... Myself and one other LPN (fresh out of school)... and 4 CNAs in the building overnight with an RN "on-call" at home in bed asleep... Is this legal??? I've never (in 16 yrs) seen this type of care... I couldn't handle the ethical issues I had with this situation and I was terrified I was going to kill someone... so I quit. It just doesn't seem right. My experience is in QM, Infection Control, Employee Health, Triage clinics, oncology, long term care, adolescent behavioral health & forensic nursing. Any thoughts??? Thanks! :)