I would love to work in the OR. I work in med-surg right now, but would love to eventually go to surgery to work. I know that a lot of nurses say that once you’re an OR nurses you’re always an OR nurse. I think it would be so interesting to see all the surgeries and it’s such a mysterious environment. I would really like to know what goes on…[Read more]

You’re right, this is downright scary. The ease at which this was done and the speed at which it traveled are equally concerning. We do rely heavily on computer technology for medical records and tests. The entire world could be paralyzed by something like this.

We need to be making some tougher software to prevent against viruses such as this…[Read more]

Aww, I’m so sorry this has happened to you. This isn’t right. You reported the error right away and wrote an incident report about it. This does make you wonder why we even bother reporting medication errors, if we are going to be fired for it. I don’t blame you for being upset. I’d be livid. It’s not fair

I had alot of problems with plantar fasciitis till I got some custom orthotics. They cured me. Have you tried custom orthotics? I think they may help you and you may be able to stay in the OR since you love it there.

It used to be that you could sit down in between cases when I worked in PACU. But now it’s terrible. Some idiot charge nurse…[Read more]

This test is rough. I took it several years ago and passed it by the skin of my teeth. I remember that it was full of dosage calculation questions. Know your drip rates too. There are a bunch of questions about drip rates.

It took me about an hour to complete and it was painful. Study hard before you take it too. From what I understand you can…[Read more]

The first thing you should have done is ask for help. Other nurses should always be called to help if a patient is critical like this.

You should also have a large gauge line in her. At least and 18 or a 20GA. You can’t afford to have anything smaller than that in a pt that could crash any minute. I don’t care where you have to put it, get in in…[Read more]