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  1. Is This Ethical?
  2. Geri chair....... How safe are they?
  3. My 9 year old patient was raped and required surgery
  4. Mistakes we have made
  5. hospitalists clashing and nurses stuck in the middle
  6. don't want to charge
  7. Where are the nursing protectors?????
  8. Zofran for pregnancy hyperemesis
  9. Can doctors go against hospital policy?
  10. I don't want to be the ONLY nurse in ICU!
  11. Is this the norm in NY
  12. Procedural error- bloodborne exp issue?
  13. wrong injection for the patient
  14. administering corvert
  15. Unit Lock Down
  16. Productivity
  17. Can you give blood and antibiotics both at the same time through a triple lumen cath?
  18. Shift change department transfer errors
  19. CNA scope of practice
  20. nurses writing admission orders
  21. MRIs & Computer charing...HELP?!?
  22. Catheter line safety question
  23. Phenergan & Morphine
  24. Opinions/Advice on how to handle short staffing
  25. Need help with incident reports...Who fills it out???
  26. Looking for basic medical sign language website
  27. Nurse's Discretion Dilemma
  28. HAI-Important Compendium
  29. Pre-filled saline syringes and checking central line blood return
  30. Infection control problems using single use vials?
  31. Threatened to be Fired for "patient safety" issues.
  32. Condition Help/ Rapid Response providers
  33. Hovermatt
  34. Current Psych hospital staffing
  35. What happened to it?
  36. Is this legal?
  37. Doing what's right even if it ends a friendship.
  38. Legal Question
  39. interventions
  40. No hot water or electric for 1 1/2 weeks now
  41. tissue necrosis proximal to a-line
  42. pt fall during shift change
  43. change of shift report in hallway
  44. Im a nurse! Not a doctor!!!
  45. med error
  46. Administering heparin and insulin SQ
  47. LTC Issues and unemployment
  48. microwave on psych unit
  49. LTC patient to nurse ratio
  50. Feel Unsafe
  51. Resistant Strain Bacteria's
  52. when to report to the bne?
  53. tragic accident!!!
  54. Restraints during surgery
  55. Required nurse minimum in night shift PACU Help!!!
  56. help!
  57. Sterile Field Question
  58. Fentanyl and Tramadol
  59. My first medication error-help!
  60. Huge IV med error!
  61. please help me...
  62. BP cuffs and infection control
  63. Are there any medical device trainers out there?
  64. New Nurse Horror Stories
  65. Office/On Call LPN giving orders
  66. Your thoughts on this. . .
  67. Ohio Nurses call for staffing legilslation
  68. Substance Abuse in the Workplace
  69. Need your opinion, please
  70. VAP post Bronchoscopy
  71. Need your input re: fall prevention technology
  72. Fall prevention at your facility
  73. free handwashing poster
  74. Unlicensed Assistive Personnel
  75. Lifting Patients
  76. Question about hip fractures.
  77. New Bill Introduced Re: Vaccines
  78. medication administration
  79. Lifting with family members
  80. STANDARD of CARE
  81. Intolerant of RN errors
  82. Medication Errors
  83. Injection/documentation-- Please Help
  84. new nurse, need advice!!!
  85. Can a patient refuse PART of her medication dose?
  86. Q4 Vss
  87. LTC / SNF /Nursing Home Nightmares: Pls Help!
  88. questioning md orders
  89. Evidence-Based handbook on safety/quality
  90. help cardiac nurses!
  91. Going against the Dr.
  92. I want your staffing horror stories. . .
  93. Report?
  94. How short-staffed is short staffed?????
  95. Can they force me to do it?
  96. new nurse biggest mistakes
  97. Infusion Pump Design
  98. getting rid of an air bubble in an IV line
  99. Above and Beyond Scope
  100. need some advice on CS pt safety & legality issues
  101. Charting question..
  102. inductions
  103. deceased lenght of stay in ER
  104. I need to interview a nurse!! PLEASE HELP!
  105. Quality of Life Issue
  106. IV drip information
  107. using O2 post-op TKR ?
  108. phenergan injection
  109. Syringe Reuse: Patient Safety Threat – Factsheet Feb. 2008
  110. blood sugar monitoring w/o doctor's orders..
  111. Care Delivery Models
  112. question about IV therapy (when tourniquet is forgotten!)
  113. Using Propofol for conscious sedation
  114. RN doing conscious sedation
  115. How UNSAFE Does It Have To Be????
  116. wound charting
  117. Hourly Rounding
  118. Mandatory Overtime
  119. Call-in days
  120. Pediatric Recovery on Peds Floor
  121. iv therapy
  122. moisture issues
  123. Best and Safest site for IM injection? why?
  124. Respiratory Tx inquiry
  125. Are 12 hour shifts safe?
  126. Acceptable questions for nursing students to ask?
  127. Nursing Home regulations State-by-State
  128. nursing ratio between tele and m/s
  129. nursing ratio between tele and m/s
  130. Have you seen this yet?
  131. SCD's
  132. can a nurse be fired for not saying "no"
  133. LTC State Staffing Tables Jan.2008
  134. Legal implications?
  135. conscious sedation
  136. Why are RN-RN relations at work 'bad', but MD-RN ones okay?
  137. Nurse to resident ratios in LTC for Colorado
  138. Pain Medication Inquiry
  139. Arterial lines-kids
  140. Positiong Devices (operating room)
  141. Central Line ocluded or sluggish?
  142. small town/rural patient care
  143. Nuse Tech to RN transition and Orientation
  144. Interactions between warfarin and OTC,herbals, and Nutrition?????
  145. Advice on catheter stabilization devices
  146. Nurse-Patient Ratios
  147. Meeting with Management:Head Injury Patients
  148. nitroglycerin drip
  149. Med Prepouring Question (CNA)
  150. Frustrated Nursing/Patient Ratio!!!
  151. Is this a fair practice??
  152. a med from transfer sheet missed caused injury
  153. Nurses GET OUT AND VOTE
  154. patient positioning
  155. Feeling Unsettled...
  156. consent for surgery - who's job is it
  157. How does an RN file a complaint?
  158. Frustrated w/night shift aides
  159. Nursing as a Science and Religious Consideration in Healthcare
  160. Non-compliant home care patient with stage three decub
  161. No nurses, pt died.
  162. Nurse & patient family conflict
  163. Giving less pain medication b/c of sedation
  164. Question for RNs. . . current nursing problems.
  165. Need Creative Thinker!
  166. Suction Equipment in Resp Arrest
  167. Soiled uniforms
  168. Utilization Review and RNs
  169. Spouses scheduling conflict
  170. Continuous Furosemide Infusion
  171. Nursing strikes
  172. Re-orientation?
  173. Safety concerns for psych ER
  174. labor law and nursing
  175. No nurses on floor during report
  176. nursing interventions of drug seeking behavior
  177. Public Image of Professional Nursing
  178. Unit care models, team nursing, input please!
  179. ECMO in the CVICU
  180. Safe harbour or not
  181. sedation policies vs practice where you are
  182. Help please - Need advice on dealing with Michigan HPRP
  183. blanket/iv fluid warmer
  184. someone please help me
  185. Safe Staffing, long but pls read
  186. Hello
  187. FIRED and REPORTED to the BON
  188. district nurses and animals
  189. Very Frustrated - does this sound safe?
  190. My Story - What's happening to my hospital?
  191. Invisible Charge Nurse
  192. outpatient/ambulatory care nursing
  193. Need advice urgently on pt safety!
  194. Where is the nurse?
  195. How Can We All Take Ownership For Unit Culture?
  196. can someone answer me pretty please!!!
  197. In Todays New World a question or two
  198. NICU filling with miscarriages
  199. heparin on the MAR sheet
  200. Breastfeeding and Politics
  201. What would you do...
  202. How Does Your Facility Identify Code Status?
  203. unethical?
  204. Discuss the usefulness of social science towards making competent nurses.
  205. order
  206. Bleeding Protocol
  207. unionization of hospitals
  208. "Latex Lunacy" or "Latex Liason"
  209. Nurse-Patient load: normal or not? Need advice
  210. Unreasonable?
  211. breast mutilation via dialysis catheter placement
  212. new grads in icu
  213. RN's and heavy sedation
  214. Frustrated OB RN
  215. back injury advice please
  216. Abuse
  217. sign pen on labeling i.v fluids particularly i.v bottle(plastic)?
  218. Frustration by lack of respect from hospital admin
  219. Open Heart Stepdown Staffing
  220. staffing be acuity
  221. Nurse Patient Ratios in an 8 bed CVICU
  222. How to Improve Safety in Your Workplace
  223. My interview questionnaire...
  224. RN- How do I get the most from CNA/s while not causing major conflict on the unit
  225. Need Bariatric BP cuff advice
  226. foley irrigation
  227. Urine Sample from Foley
  228. VAP precautions and PRI
  229. Nurses with Mental Health problems
  230. caring for Spanish speaking patients
  231. does bladder irrigation have to be aseptic technique?
  232. Bruising Extremities Using TEDs & SCDs
  233. newbie here
  234. Too many attempts at a spinal tap?
  235. how do you deal with drug seeker pts in med surg?
  236. text messaging med orders
  237. Playing secretary and receptionis during med pass??
  238. Is this in Scope of Practice for RN's?
  239. nurses infected with HCV
  240. info on assessment of nursing clinical practice/research utilization
  241. Accuracy of forearm BP's
  242. Rate Kaiser Permanente as a health plan
  243. safe patient handling--ceiling lifts
  244. Input please, regarding medication orders
  245. diabetes
  246. Restraint and seclusion in psych setting
  247. Policies on Pt.s bringing Weapons/Guns onto facility grounds?
  248. is it safe?
  249. Understaffing and burnout
  250. oxygen device