Robyn: If you're looking for a level I trauma center in the LA area try UCLA Medical Center (in Westwood, nice neighborhoods, close to the beach), USC-LA...
Hello, I am working with a reputable hospital in Georgia. I am actively seeking a talented individual for the position of ER Director. This is a regular full...
For Nurses...like to share this story The backpack Evangeline Arafiles slings across her shoulder each morning holds the tools of her trade: a lilac-color...
Hello all, I recently started working in a 12 bed PICU. Recently we cared for a child in an mva with massive head injury. My coworker caring for him was a...
In my own unopen minded opinion I believe no one should be taking any kind of sedative while caring for patients, little own a very critical patient! ...
Jodi my concern would be that she is using benzo meds instead of getting psychological help to manage anxiety. This should be something for occupational health...
unfortunately, this world has brought on us many different things. some of us have to work regardless of our troubles emotional or physical. i would recommend...
I disagree. Whilst not being suitable for intensive care you cannot discriminate, I have worked whilst on morphine for chronic pain with full knowledge of my...
Another point is that anxiety is treatable with good psychological help. Why should someone leave the profession. For goodness sake. Go and do a course on...
Thanks for the replies. I'm not sure I communicated this properly. I don't know the extent of my coworker's anxiety. This episode was directly related to...
Jodi: I would refer your colleague to an employee assistance program which I willing to bet your employer offers. The care of this child may have been a...
Dave you raise something very important. Here we call it debriefing and staff supervision. It is realy important that there is some deberiefing and supervison...
I think the "key" thing would be is there a level of "impairment". You would have to keep good records and anecdotal evidence to substantiate however. ...
With all due respect as I do not know you or your circumstance, if I was your manager, I would indeed put you in a non-patient-care role while you were on that...
There are many many nurses taking prescribed CNS stimulants that are never declared. Is it any wonder when there aresome out there who will take the harsh ...
she didnt magically come up with a xanax prescription overnight- she probably felt that she could work better on the xanax than off. give her credit for...
Hello ED Friends, I am looking to see what your institutions do for after hour admitting orders? Can you please answer me these questions, I am trying to find...
Our ER physicians write the admitting orders. They page the patients PCP and let them know they are admitting their patient and why and ask if they have...
The hospitals that I have worked at are both teaching so residents come down and write orders. However my old work the ER residents would page the inhouse ones...
Id like to share this story about a nurse who has been struck off. Lets avoid these kinds of incidents. BTW what does s--g means? Here is the story A male...
Snog. Slang for kissing in UK. Mental health nurses in Uk do often text patients but within safe protocol and v boundaried. ie maybe in cases of patient in DBT...
Ahhh yes! In a message dated 18/08/2008 22:31:39 GMT Daylight Time, hobsondog@... writes: Could it also be shag , young male / armed forces slang for...
Hey, Can anybody in UK tell me what it takes for a fresh graduate from BSN program in American University need to have before he can get a Nursing job in...
The word is "shag", which is used in Britain colloquially to mean intercourse. It disgusts me that nurses act in that way, especially to vulnerable patients....
I saw this article on a nursing blog I belong to and thought it was pertinent to the discussion about the nurse that was fired. We are in a caring profession,...
Valorie Davis
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Aug 21, 2008 6:20 am
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We haad a 8 week old come in pale, rectal temp 95.2, mucous membranes dry, periods of apnea. We had to stimulate him to keep his heart rate up. We did standard...
Red, it sounds to me like you had to use the cold to keep the HR up. What did the peds ER doc say? Don't blame yourself for anything you did. You did your best...
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