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  1. U.S. Citizen staying in Canada and working in Buffalo?

    You can work here and live there, you just have to explain that you are going to work everytime you cross the border. My family does it, but they are Canadian citizens and work in the US. The Passport thing won't take effect for another year or so. ...
  2. New job and scared

    I have been working as a nurse for ~8 yrs and I just cried the other day (starting a new job)! I was so nervous, felt like I should know everything already- as did the preceptor- and I totally lost it. Cried like a baby! Hope you can picture me cry...
  3. My experience in the ER- long rant-sorry

    Yes, we were taken into the back. It's not a problem waiting to be seen by doc, I was just upset that nobody(nurses) ever came back to check on him. I couldn't have gotten a nurses attention unless I went strolling around the department, which I thou...
  4. My experience in the ER- long rant-sorry

    Thanks for your response. I struggle with the fact that during resp season, I look at all the people coming into our ER and think- can't these freaks just take some tylenol and stay at home? It was hard to sit and think we were wasting their time and...
  5. I would love opinions on this one- Yesterday hubby wakes me and tells me he hurt his back. He is lying on the floor and can't move without 10/10 pain. How he got up the stairs I have no idea. This is unusual for my very stoic, it never hurts THAT bad...
  6. OH Yeah, I had it all together

    Thanks for the laugh, I needed it today!!
  7. Chronic nausea in a 12 year old

    I had the same as a 12 yr old, but it turned out to be stress related ulcers. I was always so nervous, shy, worried (over pretty much nothing) that it caused all the nausea. I took Zantac and Gaviscon for years, but finally grew out of it. I admit th...
  8. Mamma's Boys (vent)

    The problem with these guys is they will never change! Their mothers ruined them, and undoubtly they will find some poor, low self esteem woman to take care of them for the rest of their lives! :uhoh21:
  9. Neglect...LPN was fired, RN was not

    We team also, and although we do not split assignments(as is done on other floors), the LPN is responsible for own actions under scope of practice, with RN responsible for 'overseeing' LPN. Ultimately the RN has to be sure the LPN is competently prov...
  10. Post Hep. B Vac. Series and testing for Antibodies

    I had titres drawn during post needle stick workup- discovered i needed a booster... and so it continued. After my FOURTH booster, then titre, etc I gave up. The employee health nurse said it is possible that some people can have neg titres, no matte...
  11. HIPPA question for friend with POA

    all pts have a record number. it's what the hospital uses to id, bill etc. it is on every chart, sticker etc. Admission forms, instructions, anything with pt major info is stamped with the number. We have the same problem- some nurses ask for it, so...
  12. HIPPA question for friend with POA

    We require a medical record number when someone is callling for info. The pt/parent can give this number to people they will allow to call for info. Many parents have freaked when we won't tell them anything when they call after leaving, but we offer...
  13. Ready for the floor

    just wanted to say hi! and best wishes to another buffalo nurse. all the info is overhelming at first but you will get the hang of it. Best of luck
  14. Where do Insulin Gtts go in your facility?

    we have DKAs all the time. qhr bloods drawn and physically taken downstairs to the lab, with a full assignment!
  15. Pediatrician's with children vs. Peds. without

    Just as so many people say to me "when you have kids" ...it doesn't make you better nurse/doctor if you have kids. What about the ones who can't but love kids so much they choose to work with them as a full time job? Also brings the argument of havi...