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  1. Restrictions on Accutane
  2. Critical/Panic Values- JCAHO pt safety goal
  3. North Carolina Professionals Against Medication Aides
  4. use of oral syinges to administer oral meds
  5. No call/show doing OT.
  6. would you work for a DON that you dont respect?
  7. Abx and PCA morphine
  8. insulin drip protocols
  9. Nurse/Patient Ratios
  10. Calling out to Nurse Cathy
  11. Hi-Low Beds and Bed alarms
  12. Can You Refuse A Patient Assignment
  13. Community nursing issues
  14. Need web sites for articles on unsafe nursing practice
  15. Suprapublic irrigation
  16. decubiti redux...
  17. Wouldn't this be considered some kind of abuse?
  18. What to do if a pt. aspirates???
  19. Medical decision Unit or Chest Pain observation
  20. My best friend's nightmare
  21. transporting med-surg patients
  22. HELP! NEED INFORMATION ABOUT "SAFE HARBOR ACT"!
  23. Anyone work in skilled care?
  24. suicide
  25. Generic Drugs compared to Brand Name Drugs.
  26. Mayhem of a PICU unit
  27. Infection control issue with pts. in precautions
  28. Psych pts needing medical tx
  29. impaired nurses
  30. Change ... I could've just cried today ....
  31. Instructor Liability?
  32. Preventing Falls
  33. unoriented contract staff filling staffing shortages
  34. ? central line mistake
  35. Recovering RN seeking to re-enter practice
  36. Generation gap and attitudes towards work - hurting patients?
  37. nurses getting involved with patient,right or wrong?
  38. 2 cases of abuse covered up
  39. What do you do if a patient strikes?
  40. Needle safety devices- mandatory???
  41. Impact of computers on pt care and workflow
  42. What would you do???
  43. Hospital Computers May Be Reservoir for Transmission of Resistant Bacteria
  44. Acuity staffing/Van slyck
  45. Is the ER supposed to stablize the Patient before transferring to the unit?
  46. what kind of safety issues do you all have in your hopsital?
  47. Informing pts/families of med errors; consequences?
  48. Consent for HIV testing
  49. Nurse I'm starving hungry
  50. Ever had a M.E. notify u in LTC
  51. super nurse syndrome
  52. Is there such a thing as a "VIP" patient?
  53. Pt falls on geriatric psych inpt unit
  54. I need opinions from practicing RN's for school project
  55. Outbreak of hepatitis due to BS testing
  56. Nil by mouth error
  57. Medication error
  58. March 2005 PA Patient Safety Advisory:When Patients Speak - Collaboration in Patient
  59. Here's an idea for shrtages in any area.
  60. Nurse Patient Ratios
  61. I Need Major Guidance!!!
  62. Share your feedback re: ethical nursing issues
  63. What if your doctor or nurse had a criminal record?
  64. I love nursing but I'm too busy to:
  65. Charting by Exception = Redundancy
  66. Reading glasses vs magnifying glasses in teens
  67. Extended hours at work with no time off
  68. Nitroglycerin drips on telemetry units
  69. Helpful, safe, resources ? for Advocates, please
  70. Nurses Helping Nurses Quit Smoking
  71. Need advice on reporting incident with relative
  72. Nursing Issue - Medication Aides
  73. PEF/NYS union issues
  74. Dysphagic patients and ice chips
  75. Taking drs orders in an office.
  76. Safe nurse/pt ratios on cardiac unit?
  77. suspension for refusing patient 9
  78. dislodged G-tubes
  79. new grads in critical areas
  80. the art of kicking our special interest butts
  81. Did you ever "neglect" a patient???
  82. help-need legal advice
  83. When to report a classmaste to your clinical instructor.
  84. Leadership and risk management?
  85. Medical Errors related to the misuse of abbreviations
  86. patient fall risk assessment
  87. Medication Administration in Assisted Living Facility in Florida
  88. Length of shifts
  89. Nursing/Pharmacy Collaboration Research Grant
  90. Patient Safety low priority
  91. thesis writing
  92. Topical med administration
  93. time and 1/2 for hlidays?
  94. IV potassium
  95. DE-crowding the ED
  96. I was fired for refusing to give injections incorrectly!
  97. What do you think is a major problem in nursing?
  98. SNF survey process in Florida
  99. Supervisor ignored a DNR status
  100. Losing It at Work
  101. Scanning meds/computer charting
  102. Please i need help
  103. Staffing issues-
  104. Falls Prevention
  105. Phasing out LPN's.
  106. Trauma patients and not ordering ETOH/drug screens in ER.
  107. Tracheal Suction Technique
  108. Can a misdemeanor possesion charge keep me from getting my nurses license?
  109. MLT? Anyout here?
  110. Was I wrong to say anything?
  111. Bite sticks???
  112. Wash. Woman Dies After Cleaning Fluid Injection
  113. Fda Med Watch
  114. Any hospitals out there using discharge lobbies/lounges?
  115. Tattoos and health professionals...
  116. PDA use and HIPPA regulations
  117. I need help with a managment paper about answering call lights
  118. timing of meds
  119. Quality management technology in hospitals
  120. Keep an eye on those Rx pads!
  121. Meds. via Dobhoff feeding tubes
  122. CDC Chief: Flu season off to slow start.
  123. Must we all die with a feeding tube?
  124. understanding a patient with porphyria
  125. An ethical question about closeted gay providers and patient requests
  126. Radiology Techs practicing Nursing?
  127. Newborn Resuscitation in the absence of a Peds Provider
  128. Should Pts. see ALL information in an Adverse Event?
  129. ISO 9000 and patient safety
  130. state is threatening to go after license over precharting
  131. RN to pt ratio @ your hospital?
  132. Is your facility planning for the flu?
  133. smoking in hospice?
  134. bar coding
  135. An Alzheimers patient was raped...
  136. An RN changing meds without a doctors order?
  137. Antiseptics & Wound Care
  138. Manager vs Leader
  139. heparin and lovenox?????
  140. Elopement
  141. Easy Department
  142. Privatization of Health Care
  143. Bad Example
  144. Break at the beginning of the shift
  145. Falls Team, need help w/monthly percentage of falls at different hospitals
  146. hospitals and cold sore policies
  147. Team Nursing
  148. epi injection for bee stings
  149. learning from mistakes...too many?
  150. Corporate Policy Problems
  151. Nursing Identity: is it to Dress in White?
  152. Locked ICU
  153. cardizem drip nurse/patient ratio
  154. Hundreds seek advice in CJD scare
  155. Efforts to Improve Collaboration Between Nursing Homes and a Health System
  156. True Shortage of Nurses???
  157. undermedicating pain in the elderly
  158. Sentinel Events
  159. i need info
  160. question about staffing guideline
  161. cardiac/bp meds- giving against policies/non-tele unit
  162. CNAs with attitudes
  163. Fedreal Regulation Regardin Overtime
  164. Stressed out and Getting Out
  165. To Assess or Not to Assess...
  166. ER ethics
  167. How Do You Accept Report on an Understaffed Unit???
  168. Always finishing late, but is clocking out on time OK?
  169. NOC Patient bathing
  170. Patient Safety Resources and CEUs
  171. Too little sick time?
  172. Employer Renigging on OT Promise
  173. Nearing Retirement But Wanting to work
  174. RN Delegation
  175. Critical Issue Pressentation
  176. Some GOOD news concerning staffing....
  177. Teachers' Group Votes Against Helping Children w/Diabetes
  178. Is English required to be an RN?
  179. Kardexes yes or no?
  180. are CVL placements a horrible painful experience for pts?
  181. Dealing with combative patients
  182. Overtime hikes nursing errors, study shows
  183. Overuse of opiates?? Opinions?
  184. palate cancer
  185. Columbia/HCA
  186. New grads in ICU
  187. LPN Scope of practice/Picc lines-just moved to Indiana
  188. Should I get malpractice insurance NOW!?!
  189. Nrsging School-What was your worst error?
  190. Shared eye drops/multiple patients
  191. Code Status
  192. technology and me
  193. A poem for all of you nightingales
  194. Staff Safety & Facility Policies
  195. Worried about co-worker
  196. Profession of Nursing needs a "Care Plan"
  197. to nurse or not to nurse?
  198. Pxyis Medication Administration
  199. how many hours can we work in a week?
  200. Transitional Care Helps Elderly with Heart Failure
  201. Hello! I'm a newbie!
  202. Nurses, Smoking, I have to say it
  203. Failure to Chart?
  204. History of Expert Witness (Nurses)
  205. Drug abuse in hospitals
  206. LVN scope of practice question
  207. RN's signing LPN Charts
  208. Filter needle when drawing from vials or not?
  209. feelings about double rooms
  210. med/surg patients in Maturnity
  211. Patient dies from Intrathecal Vincristine
  212. CNA/Patient Ratio Laws
  213. Reply to transgendered nurse
  214. Toxic Nurse Managers and how to deal...
  215. problem with management(jnette-please read)
  216. Privacy question
  217. Nurses who don't take the time to care: have you seen examples?
  218. ethical issues with aggressive treatments and end of life
  219. Anti-Depressants and the "Quick-Fix"
  220. Nurse with a history of eating disorder?
  221. Nurses who smoke
  222. Drug Seeking Behaviors?
  223. Free Medication safety CEU's
  224. Speaking of restraints.....
  225. CPR May Kill?!
  226. Nurses and extubation
  227. IV Fentanyl use on Med/Surg Unit
  228. Calculating hours per patient days
  229. Feds won't warn parents about vaccine
  230. How Hospitals CREATED A Shortage of Nurses
  231. New OSHA Needlestick Fact Sheet Validates Adhesive Anchors
  232. incompetent nursing
  233. Nursing and Yoga
  234. Anyone concerned about pt. care?
  235. Baby wipes?
  236. I am a worried CNA
  237. Nursing Care Delivery Models??
  238. deviance is...
  239. Spanish AEC congress
  240. Charged With Murder for Refusing a C-Section!
  241. Share your views on child care
  242. Dangers of nursing
  243. No Lifting ? A novel solution!
  244. AIDS Question
  245. They May Possibly Take Away Overtime Pay
  246. Cost-wise does this make sense?
  247. Sponge Counts
  248. Do Doctors know what Isolation precautions mean??
  249. needle stick injuries?
  250. Increasing our workload once again!