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  1. Can a patient refuse PART of her medication dose?
  2. Q4 Vss
  3. LTC / SNF /Nursing Home Nightmares: Pls Help!
  4. questioning md orders
  5. Evidence-Based handbook on safety/quality
  6. help cardiac nurses!
  7. Going against the Dr.
  8. I want your staffing horror stories. . .
  9. Report?
  10. How short-staffed is short staffed?????
  11. Can they force me to do it?
  12. new nurse biggest mistakes
  13. Infusion Pump Design
  14. getting rid of an air bubble in an IV line
  15. Above and Beyond Scope
  16. need some advice on CS pt safety & legality issues
  17. Charting question..
  18. inductions
  19. deceased lenght of stay in ER
  20. I need to interview a nurse!! PLEASE HELP!
  21. Quality of Life Issue
  22. IV drip information
  23. using O2 post-op TKR ?
  24. phenergan injection
  25. Syringe Reuse: Patient Safety Threat – Factsheet Feb. 2008
  26. blood sugar monitoring w/o doctor's orders..
  27. Care Delivery Models
  28. question about IV therapy (when tourniquet is forgotten!)
  29. Using Propofol for conscious sedation
  30. RN doing conscious sedation
  31. How UNSAFE Does It Have To Be????
  32. wound charting
  33. Hourly Rounding
  34. Mandatory Overtime
  35. Call-in days
  36. Pediatric Recovery on Peds Floor
  37. iv therapy
  38. moisture issues
  39. Best and Safest site for IM injection? why?
  40. Respiratory Tx inquiry
  41. Are 12 hour shifts safe?
  42. Acceptable questions for nursing students to ask?
  43. Nursing Home regulations State-by-State
  44. nursing ratio between tele and m/s
  45. nursing ratio between tele and m/s
  46. Have you seen this yet?
  47. SCD's
  48. can a nurse be fired for not saying "no"
  49. LTC State Staffing Tables Jan.2008
  50. Legal implications?
  51. conscious sedation
  52. Why are RN-RN relations at work 'bad', but MD-RN ones okay?
  53. Nurse to resident ratios in LTC for Colorado
  54. Pain Medication Inquiry
  55. Arterial lines-kids
  56. Positiong Devices (operating room)
  57. Central Line ocluded or sluggish?
  58. small town/rural patient care
  59. Nuse Tech to RN transition and Orientation
  60. Interactions between warfarin and OTC,herbals, and Nutrition?????
  61. Advice on catheter stabilization devices
  62. Nurse-Patient Ratios
  63. Meeting with Management:Head Injury Patients
  64. nitroglycerin drip
  65. Med Prepouring Question (CNA)
  66. Frustrated Nursing/Patient Ratio!!!
  67. Is this a fair practice??
  68. a med from transfer sheet missed caused injury
  69. Nurses GET OUT AND VOTE
  70. patient positioning
  71. Feeling Unsettled...
  72. consent for surgery - who's job is it
  73. How does an RN file a complaint?
  74. Frustrated w/night shift aides
  75. Nursing as a Science and Religious Consideration in Healthcare
  76. Non-compliant home care patient with stage three decub
  77. No nurses, pt died.
  78. Nurse & patient family conflict
  79. Giving less pain medication b/c of sedation
  80. Question for RNs. . . current nursing problems.
  81. Need Creative Thinker!
  82. Suction Equipment in Resp Arrest
  83. Soiled uniforms
  84. Utilization Review and RNs
  85. Spouses scheduling conflict
  86. Continuous Furosemide Infusion
  87. Nursing strikes
  88. Re-orientation?
  89. Safety concerns for psych ER
  90. labor law and nursing
  91. No nurses on floor during report
  92. nursing interventions of drug seeking behavior
  93. Public Image of Professional Nursing
  94. Unit care models, team nursing, input please!
  95. ECMO in the CVICU
  96. Safe harbour or not
  97. sedation policies vs practice where you are
  98. Help please - Need advice on dealing with Michigan HPRP
  99. blanket/iv fluid warmer
  100. someone please help me
  101. Safe Staffing, long but pls read
  102. Hello
  103. FIRED and REPORTED to the BON
  104. district nurses and animals
  105. Very Frustrated - does this sound safe?
  106. My Story - What's happening to my hospital?
  107. Invisible Charge Nurse
  108. outpatient/ambulatory care nursing
  109. Need advice urgently on pt safety!
  110. Where is the nurse?
  111. How Can We All Take Ownership For Unit Culture?
  112. can someone answer me pretty please!!!
  113. In Todays New World a question or two
  114. NICU filling with miscarriages
  115. heparin on the MAR sheet
  116. Breastfeeding and Politics
  117. What would you do...
  118. How Does Your Facility Identify Code Status?
  119. unethical?
  120. Discuss the usefulness of social science towards making competent nurses.
  121. order
  122. Bleeding Protocol
  123. unionization of hospitals
  124. "Latex Lunacy" or "Latex Liason"
  125. Nurse-Patient load: normal or not? Need advice
  126. Unreasonable?
  127. breast mutilation via dialysis catheter placement
  128. new grads in icu
  129. RN's and heavy sedation
  130. Frustrated OB RN
  131. back injury advice please
  132. Abuse
  133. sign pen on labeling i.v fluids particularly i.v bottle(plastic)?
  134. Frustration by lack of respect from hospital admin
  135. Tired of impaired nurses
  136. Open Heart Stepdown Staffing
  137. staffing be acuity
  138. Nurse Patient Ratios in an 8 bed CVICU
  139. How to Improve Safety in Your Workplace
  140. My interview questionnaire...
  141. RN- How do I get the most from CNA/s while not causing major conflict on the unit
  142. Need Bariatric BP cuff advice
  143. foley irrigation
  144. Urine Sample from Foley
  145. VAP precautions and PRI
  146. Nurses with Mental Health problems
  147. caring for Spanish speaking patients
  148. does bladder irrigation have to be aseptic technique?
  149. Bruising Extremities Using TEDs & SCDs
  150. newbie here
  151. Too many attempts at a spinal tap?
  152. how do you deal with drug seeker pts in med surg?
  153. text messaging med orders
  154. Playing secretary and receptionis during med pass??
  155. Is this in Scope of Practice for RN's?
  156. nurses infected with HCV
  157. info on assessment of nursing clinical practice/research utilization
  158. Accuracy of forearm BP's
  159. Rate Kaiser Permanente as a health plan
  160. safe patient handling--ceiling lifts
  161. Input please, regarding medication orders
  162. diabetes
  163. Restraint and seclusion in psych setting
  164. Policies on Pt.s bringing Weapons/Guns onto facility grounds?
  165. is it safe?
  166. Understaffing and burnout
  167. oxygen device
  168. Veterans scramble for care,
  169. Help!!
  170. computer charting
  171. Nurses reporting nurses to BON
  172. New with Question????
  173. Drug maker's warning after baby deaths: Read labels
  174. New Hospital Gown Fights Deadly Bacteria
  175. Courtesy Assessment
  176. Nurse patient ratio?
  177. delegating
  178. POP technique for declogging PICC lines
  179. Severe Asthma can it be a disability for a nurse?
  180. Charting do's and don'ts
  181. Non liscensed/medical personel passing meds/Lost PT
  182. Isolation pt's and spreading diseases
  183. Physician Complaint
  184. IV pumps
  185. Beth RN
  186. For all who have or do work in a nursing home....
  187. Do Living Wills Mean Anything?
  188. Nurses Who Are Drug Addicts
  189. Patient Safety Net
  190. Anyone else "caught" MRSA?
  191. self scheduling question
  192. Lawsuit Happy Patients
  193. Evidence-based plan of action to reduce falls
  194. Neglegent Superior, What to do?
  195. IPN Program
  196. arrrgghhh
  197. Off shift nurse supervision
  198. Physicians Not Reading Your Chart
  199. Any HCV infected nurses out there?
  200. change in role of a nurse
  201. ISMP survey on promethazine - need by Sept 29, 2006
  202. is re charting legal
  203. Treat your patient's pain!!
  204. resident in pain, what to do?
  205. Forcing overtime
  206. Patients' privacy and HIPAA vs. staff's right to know
  207. "Hardened" Healthcare Providers
  208. EZ hold use in femoral sheath removal
  209. Forgot to use filter with IV dilantin
  210. Hypothetacail Help??
  211. Hurricane Katrina and murder charges
  212. What ingredients are in your Ben and Jerrys?
  213. new here but would like a response--long
  214. Medication Passes and Group Homes
  215. Employee of the month yet written up 4 insubordination and put on 60days probation.
  216. trach changes- how often??
  217. Working as a supervisor
  218. An Introduction to Personal Health Records
  219. Hostile Working Environment
  220. NPO for 36 hours or more?
  221. VICP 5/26/06 ruling: Hep B can cause MS and compensation awarded (decision inside)
  222. Protecting my license..
  223. IV Potassium Given Epidurally: Getting to the "Route" of the Problem
  224. Entering All New Orders
  225. unsafe cadaver tissues
  226. Safety of Fluoride Questioned
  227. Bitter Pills - Dateline Nbc Special
  228. Theory
  229. Injured Nurses
  230. DNR Question
  231. Nurses with Hepatitis C
  232. Vent care question
  233. #1 safety peeve.
  234. What do you think of using paramedics for nursing shortage
  235. Conflicts of Interest in Vaccine Policy Making
  236. When are we required to notify DCF?
  237. How Can Mercury in Vaccines Be Safe?
  238. Probationary Licenses
  239. would this be abandonment?
  240. doctoral student in healthcare administration needs help
  241. Help...what is going on with this patient?
  242. Moral dillema
  243. Is Medicare TRYING to kill patients?*vent*
  244. Any expereince with patient controlled oral analgesic
  245. Teaching Patient Advocacy?
  246. Latex Allergies
  247. 12 hour shifts
  248. medication error?
  249. Continuous Insulin drip
  250. Scopolamine IV. Why not?