Another ER busy week for me; between lots of sick kiddos, boarding, and overtime; although ordering breakfast at a late night diner the last two scheduled days of work certainly helped improve my mood.
I had a near miss at work; I caught it and realized I needed to report it; I haven't had a near miss happen in about ten years; my eagerness to report it is reflective of the atmosphere that I work in and how we report errors; I'm also more reflective that I feel as though having three patients as opposed to four high acuity patients makes a difference, and the need for a quiet place to draw up meds is needed (which we don't have).
What I also learned this week:
Sharpnel can still cause through and through trajectory for a gun shot wound;
Serum sickness can occur 10-14 days after exposure to antibiotics, but can appear faster if one decides to continue a course of said antibiotics, despite given instructions to discard them after the therapeutic date.
That I develop borborygmus after an unsuccessful code.
I wanted to to check back in before I posted the new thread!
-Glad to have enlightened Commuter on borgygymus! You always enlighten me...I feel honored!
I'm glad to see many posters posting that I haven't "seen" in a while; the app gave USA great space to come together more often.
Kaly: hang in there! The growning pains of transitioning out of a specialty to a new one-you have reflected and pinpointed the root cause; I am sure you will find a success plan and execute it.
Cheerios- I can't believe your license wasn't renewed. Just because you don't have your licenses renewed yet doesn't mean you won't be able to-it may be a mistake hat can be corrected; you still are a NURSE and still can learn and keep yourself abreast on nursing. You are just in hiatus.
That's it for now...I'm working on the new post as we speak!
Specializes in M/S, LTC, Corrections, PDN & drug rehab.
@LadyFree28 - Thank you so much. I will definitely push the situation further to get my license renewed. It is good to have it even if I never use it again.
OrganizedChaos, LVN
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