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  1. ^I can agree with THIS...
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    Forum: Nursing News
  2. Purely my opinion, but I think it's completely irrelevant if this person was or wasn't a nurse, whether she was or wasn't...
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    Forum: Nursing News
  3. The question was raised about how hard the exam was--I used the NASN certification review book (which has practice tests for...
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    Forum: School Nursing
  4. Schooldistrictnurse, RN, BSN, NCSN!!!! I passed the national certification exam!
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    Forum: School Nursing
  5. Muno...not all locations have private ambulance services, some places the ONLY transport for a patient would be EMS.
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    Forum: Nursing News
  6. I don't know what the standard practice is, I do know of a case of a sudden death in a home where no CPR was wanted (per the...
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    Forum: Nursing News
  7. Oh for the love of Pete. The employee on the phone was a nurse of some kind people, WAS, as in past tense, employed as one...
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    Forum: Nursing News
  8. Excellent points! The employee apparently was not clear on how to handle the call and policy and procedures. The 911...
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    Forum: Nursing News
  9. The intact survival rate for an out-of-hospital arrest for 87 year old isn't merely low - it approaches 0.
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    Forum: Nursing News
  10. Yes, I agree, but I saw there was some debate on that and didn't wish to get into the mire, lol. ;)
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    Forum: Nursing News
  11. Ghostbusters?
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    Forum: Nursing News
  12. There is information that we don't know about such as the actual policy and procedures of this facility. It is probably...
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    Forum: Nursing News
  13. I don't think Medicare is involved at all in these independent living apartments. And 911 exists for emergencies. This...
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    Forum: Nursing News
  14. "Survival to discharge" does not mean or even indicate a good neurological outcome. It just means that someone survived to...
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    Forum: Nursing News
  15. Calling 911 is not doing if half-and-half. You call 911, EMS responds, they either code and transport or they pronounce....
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    Forum: Nursing News
  16. Misinformed? Perhaps... Survival rate of in-hospital is approx 12-15%... Rate of survival drops about 7% per minute...
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    Forum: Nursing News
  17. Apples to oranges argument. A standard of care implies a duty to act. Good Samaritan acts describe liability protection if...
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    Forum: Nursing News
  18. Here's what should be done. It should be law that one's code status is known. Your entire life, your code status must be...
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    Forum: Nursing News
  19. I think bystander CPR in most cases just makes the bystander feel like they did "all they could do." Avoids that guilt of...
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    Forum: Nursing News
  20. Yow! This was not a good situation for anyone involved. Your facility needs to have policy in place for the most common...
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    Forum: Ob/Gyn Nursing
  21. Well, if the OP is a guy we should stop referring to him as a "she." And to the OP, here's the thing: you are going to be...
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    Forum: First Year After Nursing Licensure
  22. They can give out any truthful information they want. Most places have a policy to confirm dates, salary and rehireability...
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    Forum: First Year After Nursing Licensure
  23. Yeah, waaay retarded (in the sense you mean it) and so, so shouldn't have happened. People make mistakes, sure, but ......
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    Forum: First Year After Nursing Licensure
  24. I'm not a smoker, but this is insane to me. What about noncompliant diabetics, obese pt.'s with CAD, liver failure 2nd...
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    Forum: Nursing Activism / Healthcare Politics
  25. I understand. But if the purpose of Obamacare is to make healthcare more affordable and accessible to more people, why would...
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    Forum: Nursing Activism / Healthcare Politics
  26. I am not suggesting she have a third inhaler. I am suggesting she begin to assume responsibility for ensuring she has access...
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    Forum: School Nursing
  27. Yes, I have personally seen the two inhalers, one of which I then was placed in the health office.
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    Forum: School Nursing
  28. But, the things you mentioned are "nursing duties" in my opinion. I have assisted students with orthodontic issues and with...
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    Forum: School Nursing
  29. I did a year of school nursing. If you don't set boundaries with the students, teachers and parents you will be doing all...
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    Forum: School Nursing
  30. SERIOUSLY?! A teacher sent you a student to put an earring back in...that is just stupid, take then out and leave them out...
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    Forum: School Nursing
  31. This, a million times! I don't insert earrings. Regardless, probably 3 or 4 kids a day still come in and ask me to do it. If...
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    Forum: School Nursing
  32. I wouldn't send a child too young to handle earrings properly, to school, wearing earrings.
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    Forum: School Nursing
  33. Why would a parent send a child to school with earrings in, when they have to have them out for PE????? Not to mention, a...
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    Forum: School Nursing
  34. Not a school nurse, but I heartily agree with the OP. And sending the earring home in an envelope *may* impress upon the...
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    Forum: School Nursing
  35. Speaking from my experience with school nursing, I have to agree with OP. I don't think it's a matter of being annoyed by a...
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    Forum: School Nursing