Infant Security System

My hospital has HALO infant security system and it will not be supported anymore at the end of the year. We are in a rush to make a good decision about a new infant security system. Can anyone offer advice or suggestions with regard to the infant sec

NO License # only name appears as RN

What does this mean ? When you checked you name on Board of nursing ..your name is there as a registered nurse .But there is no license number . Does it means someone fail the NCLEX exam or what does that mean ?
There is also an issuing date . Did yo

Increase in Autism Diagnosis

9 The latest vaccination thread got me curious about autism and its higher rates of diagnosis today compared to past years. The link below discusses this. One theory is that autism is not actually increasing, but diagnosis of it is. That theory basic

Your experience with Banner

Banner bought out the hospital I work for. I was wondering if any out there have any experience with working for Banner as a staff nurse, and what was their experience like? Please be honest. Last edit by silentRN on Feb 5

Documentation Discussions

Where are tube feeding orders written in your medical record? Where are the feedings documented? Please say what your specialty. Eg: Long term care: the order is written on the FL2, updated on MD orders. We document the feeding on a tube feeding flow

Medication orders

HI everyone,
Looking for some input. We are working on changing our physician orders. We are interested in seperating medication orders from non medication orders. Our VP of nursing is interested in knowing what other hospitals are doing. Could you

RN BSN salary in UK USA Canada and Australia

Hello there,

Just wondering which countries (uk, usa, canada , Australia) has highest salary for BSN nurses ( with equal amount of experiencing ) . I heard Australia pays more ? Just to let you know, BSN nurses typically make none or negligibly more t

Have you ever been subpoenaed?

What was your experience? Yep. I have been subpoenaed to testify in deposition regarding opinions I offered in cases. I'd have gone to trial except they've all settled.Depositions are usually taken in an atty office conference room or a conference r

Hospital floor versus dialysis versus home health - manageability

Hello all, would love to hear your humble opinion on the following. I love being a nurse. Am employed on a hospital floor again, have a ton of energy (for being 50 years old) enjoy challenges yet....would love to hear others, briefly, speak of their

I can't smell c-diff

3 I've cared for a fair share of c-diff patients, none of them with a terribly offensive BM, so I've simply assumed I got them later in their treatment, when the infection is essentially gone.

A recent patient required a cleanup, and a nurse came t