Olive View-UCLA Medical Center Registered Nurse I/Relief Nurse 2015

Hi guys. I applied to DHS LA county last year for a registered nurse position. I got an email saying i was scheduled for an examination. I took the test on october 2014 and i got a mail in november 2014 saying i passed and on eligibility list. To any

ST_elevation In MI

Hey dear sweet nurses
I need your help in this question;what is the reason for ST_ elevation in MI;why ST ? Will paste this from an article I just read. Hope it helps. "The ST segment corresponds to a period of ventricle systolic depolarization,

Broken Health Care System???

I am about to finish my ADN at a local community college and will be taking my NCLEX sometime over the summer! I am really excited about entering the nursing field at times, but at other times I am hesitant! Some of my days at clinical days make me w

IV order to discontinue?

Hi everyone.
So if a patient is ordered a peripheral IV start for a bag of fluids, after the bag is completed some RNs have been discontinuing (removing) the IV as soon as the infusion completes. My understanding is you need as physician order to d/c

HEDIS in Spring Contract Work for Fall?

Good afternoon all. I appreciate your feedback in advance. In short, I am on my 2nd HEDIS season and I enjoy the work and flexibility. If you have done HEDIS, you know that the season is approximately mid February to mid May. I would love to find con

Which to follow: MD or Policy?

2 I work part time at an LTC facility. We have a clear policy that states when a patient is transferred to the hospital and stays out of our facility for more than 24 hours, the orders at our facility must be discontinued and new orders written. A re

Nurse monitored Tele only no tech?

Hoping general nursing forum will reach a variety of nurses who interact with telemetry for this question.

When I first started as a tele nurse, we had monitor techs on our unit with the big tele screens to look at too. Now we use remote monitoring a

Spanish or CNA Experience?

Greetings Everyone,

I am currently in the process of completing the prerequisites for my school's ASN program. Recently, I found out that I will have an entire extra year prior to the program where I will have no prerequisite obligations (I will hav

VA what shift is considered "off tour"?

I renently got a student nurse tech job at the VA. 1/2 of our shifts during the summer must be "off tour shifts".

It seeems there is a DAY shift 0730-1400
And an EVENING shift 1330-MN
and then a NIGHT shift 2330-0730

So does "off-tour

Accusations of verbal abuse! Now what happens?

So ,I was accused of verbal abuse to a Pt. by a CNA . Three days after the incident I was sent home pending investigation. Today they called me to say my employment was terminated. That the state would be notified but not the board. Is that right? It