At what age to not report drug use to parents?

Hey guys,

Quick question- if a 17 year old comes into the ER and is on drugs and begs you not to tell her dad- at what age do you keep this the patient's private personal info? or do you have to tell the parents?

I know here in CA for pregnancy its

Lyme Disease

what type of precaution you put the patient on the hospital with Lyme Disease? Quote from senaywhat type of precaution you put the patient on the hospital with Lyme Disease?

Comment: yes i have but it stills unclear to me. i would put him in standar

Lvn new grad take home health job or keep applying

Hello there fellow nurses well my reason to seek out for your help is that I recently came a cross a job as a new grad in home health nice right since most places need a "so called year experience" but my question is whether I take the job

Enema THROUGH an ileostomy?

1 I had a patient admitted last night with an old RLQ stoma - either an ileostomy or colostomy (look to me based on the location like an ileostomy). The patient needed a CT abd but radiology would not scan the patient because he had residual Barium f

Bshp summer 2015 rn program

Anyone out there accepted to the summer 2015 rn program????

Looking for an LPN program in Aurora CO

Hi,

I am a certified nurse assistant. I want to go back to school. I want to study LPN. I am looking for a good school in Aurora or Denver. So far, I did little resarch on my local schools and I came across Concorde career college. I want to know how

Bullying

2 Hi all!

I'm not sure if this belongs under the Bullying category, but I am starting to feel bullied. I
t all started when I informed the director of our unit the reason for the delays in getting patients admitted from the psych ER to our inpatient

Wear gloves during assessment?

1 I am a new nursing student who started clinicals pretty recently. Im wondering.. Do you wear gloves when taking vitals & during a full-body assessment? I know to follow what the instructor says to do.. My instructor doesn't enforce that we wea

Found!

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After over 40 years Gary Bentley and his nurse Kathy Henricks are reunited at Vulcan Park in Birmingham. Gary was a patient at UAB and Kathy was a nurse that showed him love and kindness.

After 40 years, man reunited with UAB nurse who made an im

Fear of failing? reason to not enter nursing program?

1 I really would love to be a nurse but I feel I am not smart enough to be a nurse or pass the courses so I am holding myself back.

As you might have read from my previous post, I am a single person and so I cannot just quit work to go to school so t