dee122381

dee122381

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dee122381 specializes in Med/Surg/Tele.


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  1. "Your job is to make me happy"

    I liked a quote i once read regarding ED nurses, but it could apply to all patient care nurses: My job is to save your ass, not kiss it!
  2. Hello, I am currently getting my BSN and am taking a Nursing Informatics course. Once of our assignments is to compare two EMR systems in terms of: * Features of each system (barcode, CPOE, etc.) * Security of patient information on each system * Pat...
  3. My thoughts exactly, Laurie52. The best way to advance nursing as a profession is to advance the education requirement. A 2-year ADN program is not going to get the respect that Master's or Doctorate's degrees get.
  4. Just curious...

    Sub-urban, I suppose... I work in Wildomar.
  5. Just curious...

    I live in California, and started at $28.50 working as a new grad RN in a hospital.
  6. And as nurses, it is our duty to educate the public about the differences between nurses and non-nurses, not to just go along with what has always been. We need to stand up for and protect our profession.
  7. Tylenol IV

    Crazy, just a couple of years in nursing school, we heard horror stories of nursing students pushing IV Tylenol. Everyone knows you don't give Tylenol IV!!! But I guess now (in the US), it can be given IVPB. Just goes to show how healthcare is an eve...
  8. Learn To Say It Correctly!!

    My sentiments exactly.
  9. Learn To Say It Correctly!!

    "As desired" is an English phrase. "Ad lib" is an abbreviation of the Latin phrase "ad libitum," which means "at pleasure" and "at one's pleasure, as much as one desires, to the full extent of one's wishes" (https://www.medicinenet.com/script/main/ar...
  10. Learn To Say It Correctly!!

    i always correct people when they say "copd exasperation." i just say, "exacerbation, uh-huh?" i think my co-workers are getting exasperated with me.. ;P
  11. What HAVE you said to patients???

    A male patient was continually getting "fresh" with the nurses. Upon reassessing his pain after administering pain medicine: RN: Do you feel better? pt: If you give me a kiss, I'll feel better. RN: You need to start treating your nurses with some res...
  12. Learn To Say It Correctly!!

    I guess I like to avoid "conflick"...
  13. Learn To Say It Correctly!!

    My employer offered a class on conflict resolution. The lecturer kept pronouncing it "conflick".. He even wrote it on the board in big letters "CONFLICK".. I was like, "Holy cow! What do I do? Do I raise my hand and tell him? Do I wait until after cl...
  14. A interesting teaching method...

    i should show this to my husband so he knows what to do if something were ever to happen to me.. it seems like it might be an effective teaching method..
  15. I love this thread! It's very interesting.. A lot of these examples are still debated at the hospital where I work.. I think I'll do some research of my own and see what change I can affect.. This is the first thing that came to my mind when I saw...