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  1. Safe Staffing, long but pls read
  2. Hello
  3. FIRED and REPORTED to the BON
  4. district nurses and animals
  5. Very Frustrated - does this sound safe?
  6. My Story - What's happening to my hospital?
  7. Invisible Charge Nurse
  8. outpatient/ambulatory care nursing
  9. Need advice urgently on pt safety!
  10. Where is the nurse?
  11. How Can We All Take Ownership For Unit Culture?
  12. can someone answer me pretty please!!!
  13. In Todays New World a question or two
  14. NICU filling with miscarriages
  15. heparin on the MAR sheet
  16. Breastfeeding and Politics
  17. What would you do...
  18. How Does Your Facility Identify Code Status?
  19. unethical?
  20. Discuss the usefulness of social science towards making competent nurses.
  21. order
  22. Bleeding Protocol
  23. unionization of hospitals
  24. "Latex Lunacy" or "Latex Liason"
  25. Nurse-Patient load: normal or not? Need advice
  26. Unreasonable?
  27. breast mutilation via dialysis catheter placement
  28. new grads in icu
  29. RN's and heavy sedation
  30. Frustrated OB RN
  31. back injury advice please
  32. Abuse
  33. sign pen on labeling i.v fluids particularly i.v bottle(plastic)?
  34. Frustration by lack of respect from hospital admin
  35. Open Heart Stepdown Staffing
  36. staffing be acuity
  37. Nurse Patient Ratios in an 8 bed CVICU
  38. How to Improve Safety in Your Workplace
  39. My interview questionnaire...
  40. RN- How do I get the most from CNA/s while not causing major conflict on the unit
  41. Need Bariatric BP cuff advice
  42. foley irrigation
  43. Urine Sample from Foley
  44. VAP precautions and PRI
  45. Nurses with Mental Health problems
  46. caring for Spanish speaking patients
  47. does bladder irrigation have to be aseptic technique?
  48. Bruising Extremities Using TEDs & SCDs
  49. newbie here
  50. Too many attempts at a spinal tap?
  51. how do you deal with drug seeker pts in med surg?
  52. text messaging med orders
  53. Playing secretary and receptionis during med pass??
  54. Is this in Scope of Practice for RN's?
  55. nurses infected with HCV
  56. info on assessment of nursing clinical practice/research utilization
  57. Accuracy of forearm BP's
  58. safe patient handling--ceiling lifts
  59. Input please, regarding medication orders
  60. diabetes
  61. Restraint and seclusion in psych setting
  62. Policies on Pt.s bringing Weapons/Guns onto facility grounds?
  63. is it safe?
  64. Understaffing and burnout
  65. oxygen device
  66. Veterans scramble for care,
  67. Help!!
  68. computer charting
  69. Nurses reporting nurses to BON
  70. New with Question????
  71. Drug maker's warning after baby deaths: Read labels
  72. New Hospital Gown Fights Deadly Bacteria
  73. Courtesy Assessment
  74. Nurse patient ratio?
  75. delegating
  76. POP technique for declogging PICC lines
  77. Severe Asthma can it be a disability for a nurse?
  78. Charting do's and don'ts
  79. Non liscensed/medical personel passing meds/Lost PT
  80. Isolation pt's and spreading diseases
  81. Physician Complaint
  82. IV pumps
  83. Beth RN
  84. For all who have or do work in a nursing home....
  85. Do Living Wills Mean Anything?
  86. Nurses Who Are Drug Addicts
  87. Patient Safety Net
  88. Anyone else "caught" MRSA?
  89. self scheduling question
  90. Lawsuit Happy Patients
  91. Evidence-based plan of action to reduce falls
  92. Neglegent Superior, What to do?
  93. IPN Program
  94. arrrgghhh
  95. Off shift nurse supervision
  96. Physicians Not Reading Your Chart
  97. Any HCV infected nurses out there?
  98. change in role of a nurse
  99. ISMP survey on promethazine - need by Sept 29, 2006
  100. is re charting legal
  101. Treat your patient's pain!!
  102. resident in pain, what to do?
  103. Forcing overtime
  104. Patients' privacy and HIPAA vs. staff's right to know
  105. "Hardened" Healthcare Providers
  106. EZ hold use in femoral sheath removal
  107. Forgot to use filter with IV dilantin
  108. Hypothetacail Help??
  109. Hurricane Katrina and murder charges
  110. What ingredients are in your Ben and Jerrys?
  111. new here but would like a response--long
  112. Medication Passes and Group Homes
  113. Employee of the month yet written up 4 insubordination and put on 60days probation.
  114. Working as a supervisor
  115. An Introduction to Personal Health Records
  116. Hostile Working Environment
  117. NPO for 36 hours or more?
  118. VICP 5/26/06 ruling: Hep B can cause MS and compensation awarded (decision inside)
  119. Protecting my license..
  120. IV Potassium Given Epidurally: Getting to the "Route" of the Problem
  121. Entering All New Orders
  122. unsafe cadaver tissues
  123. Safety of Fluoride Questioned
  124. Bitter Pills - Dateline Nbc Special
  125. Theory
  126. Injured Nurses
  127. DNR Question
  128. Nurses with Hepatitis C
  129. Vent care question
  130. #1 safety peeve.
  131. What do you think of using paramedics for nursing shortage
  132. Conflicts of Interest in Vaccine Policy Making
  133. When are we required to notify DCF?
  134. How Can Mercury in Vaccines Be Safe?
  135. Probationary Licenses
  136. would this be abandonment?
  137. doctoral student in healthcare administration needs help
  138. Help...what is going on with this patient?
  139. Moral dillema
  140. Is Medicare TRYING to kill patients?*vent*
  141. Any expereince with patient controlled oral analgesic
  142. Teaching Patient Advocacy?
  143. Latex Allergies
  144. 12 hour shifts
  145. medication error?
  146. Continuous Insulin drip
  147. Scopolamine IV. Why not?
  148. Nursing Shortage
  149. Adequate Staffing
  150. Where to report an unsafe doctor?
  151. Narcotic Irregularities
  152. Heparin Drip Management
  153. how does political issues affect nursing?
  154. Patches left in public
  155. Pain Management
  156. MAs supervising RNs and LPNs
  157. Considered Mandatory Overtime?
  158. Labor Laws
  159. Medicare Patients Still Paying Very High Prices for Medication
  160. c-diff, contagious?
  161. Telemetry Monitor Tech - Skill Set and Numbers
  162. Ethical Issues?
  163. Discolored Roxanol?
  164. Can I give half a dose?
  165. student teaching assignment
  166. Anyone have problems with Doctors who sleep at work
  167. Is Ativan 10 mg po per dose too much?
  168. Needlepricks and future Nurse's need for antidepressants
  169. Doctors who dont listen or dont care
  170. Hand Off Policy
  171. I think we could make a difference, let's do it!
  172. Is there HIPAA Certification?
  173. 12 hour shifts
  174. Student needs input about assisted suicide
  175. Greetings and more from a travel nurse
  176. School Nurse Shortage
  177. Filing a Grievence
  178. Power crazy pharmacist-what can be done?
  179. Need Advice ASAP-have been suspended
  180. I would prefer not to get into a legal battle
  181. understaffing in hospitals
  182. protochol for calling 911 for seizure in icf
  183. LPN in charge in the ED?
  184. Do they have the right?
  185. Return Pages:What's the longest time you've waited?
  186. Pharmacy oversight with Heparin gtts, and use of Heparin Nomograms?
  187. Areas of Shortage?
  188. New hosptial computer systems pull nurses away from patient care
  189. New hosptial computer systems pull nurses away from patient care
  190. Impaired Nurses...what should you do...
  191. Patient/Family Rage
  192. Colleague Abuse
  193. Hep C needlestick injury - please help!
  194. Re: Blowing The Whistle On Deliberate Understaffing & Toxic Managerial Practices
  195. Use of Morphine for end of life comfort
  196. Become a nurse in just 12 months!!!
  197. Nursing Theory
  198. Just a vent
  199. Do not resuscitate conflicts within the family.
  200. septic pedophile wanted by FBI
  201. North Dakota changing entry level practice
  202. Cannula sizes
  203. Nicotine in pre-employment drug screen?
  204. Reality show about travel nurses
  205. Does "snowing" really exist?
  206. Frustrated New Nurse
  207. As a new nurse, keeping pt safety in mind...
  208. Learning to balance multiple patients
  209. Whom if anyone do I tell?
  210. Health Promotion in Nursing
  211. How do you take care of your back?
  212. "Gray areas" in med pass scariest
  213. Blood administration policy
  214. 8-hour shifts vs 12-hour shifts
  215. who can check blood
  216. nsg
  217. Could this be my fault?
  218. Shouldn't ratios exist in LTC too?
  219. Need Help!
  220. ethics of holy water and Islam
  221. needlestick question
  222. Med Discharge Orders
  223. Transdermal Patches
  224. Our latest delegated task: chart audits
  225. Narcotic Theft
  226. Vial access
  227. to tell or not to tell?
  228. help me stop making med errors!
  229. Never Too Old
  230. Gloving up question
  231. Oral care for pts. - or lack of...
  232. 12N Sleeping During Break
  233. My RN license is under investigation, help!
  234. Saving 100,000 Lives Campaign
  235. Triage RN 34--------your friend's dtr?
  236. Help with time management
  237. Needlestick Prevention Guide
  238. Some computerized physician order entry can actually facilitate medication errors!
  239. HIPAA: Past, Present and Future Implications for Nurses
  240. GN who fails boards and is still on orientation with RN
  241. Overbearing pt family
  242. Caring for Jehovah's witnesses
  243. Nursing as maid of all trades
  244. Need Advice!
  245. Med error,I'm suspended,I need advice,please!
  246. Transfer techniques refresher for RN return to patient care
  247. Is JCAHO just a way to make money?
  248. "Granny-Dumping" in Psyche Unit
  249. I Need Help With Careplan Again 911
  250. Can I bring books to the floor to help with my learning