I need to know something..

As a CNA myself, Does anyone know tricks to problem solving, making good judgement and prioritizing while working in the Emergency Department, or in mater of fact anywhere you work in the hospital? understanding your job descriptionability to preform

Is it worth it???New Nurse

First off, I've never failed anything in my life...then the NCLEX...I'm working on my third try and for inspiration I google pros and cons of nursing... Why do people do this? All I read is tired, underpaid, undervalued, overworked women who hate t

Info about Polysomnography

Hello,

First off, let me apologize in advance for asking a question not related to nursing but I couldn't find any concrete information anywhere else so I was hoping I could get some answers here. Ok here it goes: I'm currently in a program to beco

Oasis form cheat sheet

I'm new at home health, and I wanted to know if anyone has a cheat sheet for the Oasis form.

Is it OK to discipline nurses extra for calling in sick on a holiday?

What do you think about the practice of disciplining nurses extra for calling in sick over a holiday? Or even the day before or after a holiday?

I wrote a short post titled "Is it OK to Discipline a nurse extra for calling in sick over a holiday

Is this something I can go to HR about? Not sure...

If we are sick on a weekend and call-in sick, my manager wants us to make up that weekend shift missed. Full-time day shift nurses have to alternate working 2 weekends one month and 3 weekends the next month.

One nurse called in because one of her b

Lonsdale Institute February IRON program

Anyone here going to attend the February 2015 IRON program in Lonsdale Institute Melbourne?

Change of Shift Handoff Report

Hello All,
I am a registered nurse in NYS, and I am trying to figure out if there is any law, or act, or regulation that clearly describes when a nurse coming on to a change of shift is responsible for a patient they are given for that shift. Back in

Advice

Just wanted some opinions on this to know if I'm over reacting. I work dayshift and the nightshirt nurses are always late. I've informed my DON several months ago but it still cont's which means I have to stay late until they arrive to work but th

Becoming cynical about bed alarms

We've had a huge increase in falls the past 2 weeks on my floor, worse than I've ever seen and one with the worst result. We have a lot of confused patients so I do think staffing is an issue, as 2 bed alarms will be going off at once and you can'