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  1. How to refer to self when writing a nursing note

    I work in a clinic setting, so I'm sure its a bit different, but my docs hate to read drawn out entries, so I stick to the absolute minimum necessary. I was taught in nursing school to just write the facts, and the less I add to that the better. Th...
  2. Dialysis, HIV and terminal Pts. Abuse?

    There is a difference between dialysis and transplants. If there were people standing in line waiting for dialysis and unable to get it because of abusers, it obviously makes sense to have a criteria of the perosn who most likely gets the benefit of...
  3. Who is responsible for paying for an ambulance?

    I dont know about the charge, but at my clinic, we always call 911 if we feel the patient needs it, regardless of if they want it. We dont even mention that on the phone, because for liability reasons we need to cover our tails. If we call, they co...
  4. Dialysis, HIV and terminal Pts. Abuse?

    "I am not spending my tax dollars on..." OMG ugh!!!!! I think its horrendous that we can discuss life and death using money as a reason to let people die. It truly makes me sick to my stomach. Now I am not saying that there are not situations whe...
  5. Back to Traditional Nursing Uniforms?

    To be perfectly honest, I think the white nursing uniform is beautiful and incredibly symbolic of what a nurse is. (female only of course, lol) I would love to wear a white scrub dress, cute little nurse hat, shoes with a little bit of a heel..... ...
  6. Do your hospitals have bed bug problems?

    I dont personally have a problem with bed bugs, but I can tell you its going around the east coast and its in SC.
  7. Fluid restrictions vs Patient rights

    I skipped the 500 pages of this thread... but since this was a response to my post... When I am a patient I AM NOT A CHILD!!! If a woman goes in to labor and goes into the hospital, the doc wants an epidural, pitocin, NPO. So would you say that if...
  8. Office Nurses!!!

    I work for a medical clinic, the only difference perhaps being that we get grants to care for the homeless at one of our clinics (but not all 4 for the most part) so that may factor in to the sheer amount of paperwork. Each doctor generally has 2 nur...
  9. Lvn's who became Rn's... how did you do it?

    I got my LPN and graduated last August. My plan was to go right into a LPN-RN bridge program from there, and get a job that worked around that. I ended up taking the first job I could, 8:30-5:30 m-f which pretty much nixed it for me. I figured I'd...
  10. Public Health and birth control

    I work in community health, which is similar to public health. Our services are free to the majority of our patients, we do free paps, mammograms, general care, STD/HIV testing/counseling, along with general care. I cant imagine being here, with th...
  11. Not smart enough to be a doctor?

    delivering a healthy baby is cake... Its more about staying out of the way. The human body is amazing that way. Thats a big difference from taking care of very sick babies in the NICU with wires and resuscitation and meds and random crashes. IMO t...
  12. Fluid restrictions vs Patient rights

    "not interested in helping themselves" Nice way to think about patients. sigh This is why I don't work in a hospital, and am terrified of being there. Patient rights are trampled, and to not agree with or abide by one choice means you are "not int...
  13. Dating someone from within ???

    I've dated in the workplace often, before I became a nurse. Its complicated, and it becomes way more complicated if it doesn't work out between you. If you are far enough away that you don't have to deal with eachother if the situation goes south i...
  14. Just sign for it

    This is a really scary concept. So what happens when suddenly someone is accused of stealing the meds? they were signed for, but there is no proof they were given to a patient and nobody can find them.... Would be very hard to protect yourself fro...
  15. Any New Grads working Per Diem?

    I was offered a per diem job about 2 weeks in to my job search. I took it, and got almost 40 hrs a week from it, and ended up with a full time job offer about 7 months later. Now that I'm "full time" I get more time off than I did as per diem, lol....