I worked on a medical floor as a nurse, which can be cool, or it can be a shit show. Many times, on nights, this little hospital in Wyoming had quite the shit show of a medical floor. First off, this was before the hospitalist and back when your local doctor admitted you. While …
Category: Nursing Issues
Jacks or Better to Open…
There is no card deck in my workroom or at the nurses’ station on our unit. Last night I started the shift with a rapid response. If you don’t know what they are, it is when a patient’s condition has rapidly changed and not for good. It is still always strange to be the one …
Shouting into the void…
Do you ever feel that way? Like you are shouting, and you don’t even hear your echo? Well, welcome to me on this topic about medication errors and the Vanderbilt Nurse, RaDonda Vaught. Ok, what the actual hell is going on here? Why is she being charged with murder? The whole NPR article is here: …