Flatline BSN, RN

I work in the 3M laboratory and wanted to condense and post some resources for all of you. As someone who is pushing paper safe at home (working to get more PPE out the door among other things), I want to thank you and your families for all that you ...

Some additional questions to consider: Were these CLABSI or CRBSI? Do you know if these were actually related to the catheter or was a central catheter just present?Were there any PIVs in place with these patients?Were they intraluminal or extralumin...

Not to be too off topic but although Jefferson was a slave owner, as were many wealthy individuals living in Virginia at the time, he actually attacked slavery and desired an end to the practice. Unfortunately, the southern colony economies required ...

Clinicians think of budgets as just money. It would be more appropriate to think in terms of resources, not money. You are a valuable resource and your time is a valuable resource. If you do not care about "money" do you care about how many CNAs the...

Kids have liked that kind of stuff since time immemorial. I have a personal belief that it has something to do with social boundary and personal hygiene development. Remember the Garbage Pail Kids, Ninja Turtles that live in the sewer, the Toxic Crus...

Just as you advocate for your patients, advocate for yourself. Now it is important to not focus on negative success but rather positive success. By that I mean, do not say you did something well because you caught the mistake of someone else, focus o...

What would you like to see administration do? What would be the punishment for the patient? Were you reprimanded by the administration or was the lack of patient punishment the concern?

Rotary, Lions, Freemasons all sponsor various medical missions. I personally have been involved in medical missions supported by Rotary. I would very, VERY, highly recommend that you volunteer with a larger organization. Rotary worked with not just ...

I know lots of nursing who left traditional bedside and went to work in various healthcare related careers in things like statistics, marketing, sales, product development/R&D, healthcare lobbying, etc.

No offense but have you actually read the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 along with it's pertinent amendments? If not, I would highly recommend it. First thing you will note is that HIPAA is federal, not state. Generall...

I would bet good money it is a staged photo and there is no needle. Either that or I hope she is giving Fluzone or something.

This can be a confusing issue and a very grey issue. Unlike popular belief, coming in early to review charts is not a labor issue. What??? you are probably saying. The 2014 landmark Supreme Court ruling from the Integrity Staffing Solutions v. Busk ...

Overstep of who's power? An employer can mandate you wear clown shoes and butterfly wings, they are businesses. I know of hospitals that have a zero nicotine policy and actually test for it. Their company, their right, their prerogative. Same as you...

Great article. The best ideas are generally worthless unless you have the ability and desire to spread and advocate for those ideas. Assessment and advocating are just parts of the sales strategy that the suit wearing salesmen employ. When you look ...

Impairment is not defined by a certain threshold of chemical within your blood. In the case of alcohol states will set a maximum BAC level which will mean you are automatically charged with impairment should you meet or exceed that but most also have...

From the OP. "What are some successful methods you have used to educate patients and parents on the benefits of vaccinating according to the schedule???"

Each state is different. Some states protect the title "nurse" and some protect the title "registered nurse" and some do not have protections. There is sometimes also a distinction between title protection and practicing without a license. Practici...

Lucky you. I have always struggled to find something a 3yo would be interested in to take their minds off of the assessment so that I could conduct an assessment. Distraction and all that. General rule of thumb is that small children do not do well...

What does Title 21, Chapter II, Part 1308.11 call it? If the name of the plant is cannabis then why would you yourself refer to it as weed? Unless you are caught up in this 'reefer madness' yourself?

I love these threads, everyone complains about "the kids these days." "The children now love luxury; they have bad manners, contempt for authority; they show disrespect for elders and love chatter in place of exercise. Children are now tyrants, not t...

Oh the irony. Might want to get off that high horse before you hurt yourself. It is legally known as "marihuana" or "marijuana." I support legalization but this push for the term cannabis is 100% a political push to separate the negative social view...

I would bet a lot of $$$ that you are wrong. Social pressure is what criminalized it in the first place and as that social pressure wanes the tax income will become too great an enticement for some administration.

Doubtful. What kind of probation were you put on? What are the terms of the probation?

Generally, it appears to be creepy only if you are not attracted to that person.

I work with a lot of engineers, chemists, and other scientists. They tend to report things in the decimals or use overly specific language just because that is how their brain works. They are not "scales" they are "load cells," the bendy part on a st...