chaschata

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1. Dog on the floor, what do you think?

   chaschata replied to mappers's topic in General Nursing

   I am in the hospital 3 - 5 times a year and one of the doctors that rounds in the evening brings his dog along -- a Labador, and leaves him at the nurses station. For those who are able and likes dogs, this includes me, go to the nurses station and ...

2. Why did you join allnurses??

   chaschata replied to madwife2002's topic in General Nursing

   To make the nurse's life easier when I am in the hospital under their care, which is frequently -- hospital etiquette, I guess you could say. And there is a lot of good up to date information on this site for patients. God bless all the nurses ou...

3. Dealing with an uncooperative patient?

   chaschata replied to Lotte242's topic in Education

   [color=#339966]sometimes it is just the way the nurse(s) comes across to the patient. i was in the hospital for eight (8) days a couple of months ago. on the 4th day two (2) rn’s walk into the room, neither one identified themselves nor did they stat...

4. You Just Can't Fix Stupid!

   chaschata replied to VivaLasViejas's topic in General Nursing

   I have the book, it is my hospital book, freaking amazing isn't it, you have to wonder.

5. Do you actually wear gloves/gowns/masks ?

   chaschata replied to Nepenthe Sea's topic in General Nursing

6. Heparin SC admin

   chaschata replied to HURN's topic in Medications

   Last time I was in the hospital the doctor ordered Heparin, prior hospitalizations I always received Lovenox. The Heparin burned like heck, the first thing I did was to rub it and that was a big mistake, it took the burning sensation to a whole new ...

7. How many visits until you label a frequent flyer or drug seeker?

   chaschata replied to z's playa's topic in Emergency

   what exactly is a frequent flyer? is that someone who shows up to the er and there is not anything wrong with them. on the other hand, is that someone who shows up to the er and they are truly ill or in need of medical assistance, but show up often...

8. Acetaminophen

   chaschata replied to curious4life's topic in General Nursing

   What the heck is Ultram? I was in the hospital for a week with a bad COPD thing going on and of course was on steroids, the steriods gave me a bad headache so I asked for a Moltrin because I prefer not to take Acetaminophen. I asked what it was and...

9. Who Should Pay This

   chaschata posted a topic in General Nursing

   i was reading the thread “cash before chemo: hospitals get tough” and it made me think about the hospital coughing up the dough to pay for my medication i need because they were so careless as to put me in a room that had a c-diff patient in several ...