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1. migraine faker at the ED!

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

   I've suffered from migraines since I was 13, I'm not 57. I've been on all kinds of different meds. Nothing worked until Imitrex came out. Before that, I frequently had to go to the ER for an injection. My migraines were horrible. I was totally incapa...

2. Drug Abuse Among Us??

   bail replied to luanne101's topic in Safety

   I disagree that "euphoria" creates an "impaired" nurse. Some people are on a natural "high" because they are happy, love their jobs, and their own endorphins have kicked in. An induced "euphoria" from drugs, yes, that probably could cause "impairment...

3. Drug Abuse Among Us??

   bail replied to luanne101's topic in Safety

   Last December, on the unit where I worked in a mental health facility, "they" said narcs were missing. We were all drug tested, mine was negative, as were others. However, because "they" couldn't find what they were looking for, they terminated three...

4. LPN Scope of practice/Picc lines-just moved to Indiana

   bail replied to krissiee's topic in Safety

   When I worked in the hosptial in South Bend, Indiana, LPN's did everything the RN's do. Hang blood, IV's, heparin locks, PiCC lines, but we couldn't acutally start an IV line.

5. 4 year old bipolar????????

   bail replied to TinyNurse's topic in Psychiatric

   I am a psych nurse. While I cannot make a diagnosis, this does not sound like bipolar disorder to me. I agree with another post with regard to a seperation anxiety disorder, or something like that. Are you as a family getting counselling as well? Is...

6. 4 year old bipolar????????

   bail replied to TinyNurse's topic in Psychiatric

   Was this child diagnosed by a psychatirc pediatrician? I am a psch nurse, and I can't make a diagnosis, but this does not sound like bipolar to me. I agree with another post, with regard to a sepeartion anxiety disorder of some type. How is the child...

7. Stealing drugs!! what's your opinion?????

   bail replied to mystc42's topic in General Nursing

   Hi again, Thanks Lilgirl and Lemonhead................I'll take the advice seriously..........I just had to vent..............please keep me in your thoughts.............thanks :)

8. Stealing drugs!! what's your opinion?????

   bail replied to mystc42's topic in General Nursing

   Hi again, I told you all that I had been terminated from my job, for I am specualting, suspicion of taking narcs, even though my drug screen was negative. I also reported having witnessed another nurse altering the narc sheets, reported that, and not...

9. missing drugs

   bail replied to bail's topic in General Nursing

   P-RN Sounds much like the place where I was just terminated!! Yep, same kinds of things, I know...........all too well..............you have to be one of their "team players"...........

10. missing drugs

    bail posted a topic in General Nursing

    Alert: to every nurse out there................I tested NEGATIVE on my urine drug screen...............I was terminated from my job yesterday..................they never said exactly why, but drugs are missing............I work that unit, along with ...

11. Stealing drugs!! what's your opinion?????

    bail replied to mystc42's topic in General Nursing

    Lemonhead...........I read your recent post with much interest. I agree with you that there is a difference between "abuse" and "addiction". Has anyone out there with a prescription med for pain, ever taken a little MORE than prescribed a time or tw...

12. Stealing drugs!! what's your opinion?????

    bail replied to mystc42's topic in General Nursing

    To Lemonhead and all others, I am deeply touched by your story.......and appreciate your honesty. Where I work, and where narcs are allegedly missing, we use a sign out sheet, one big sheet with all the narcs written on it. We sign out the narc on a...

13. Stealing drugs!! what's your opinion?????

    bail replied to mystc42's topic in General Nursing

    Lemonhead, thank you so much for your advice.........I take it very seriously..........a question, did you at any time ask if your urine was positive or negative at the beginning of things? and did you see a copy of it?

14. Stealing drugs!! what's your opinion?????

    bail replied to mystc42's topic in General Nursing

    Hi, Thanks for your input.......it's very nervewrecking......we are all on edge.......as far as the drug screens, they told us "no news is good news", and it's been over a week, and none of us have heard anything about the drug screens. The administ...

15. Stealing drugs!! what's your opinion?????

    bail replied to mystc42's topic in General Nursing

    I work in a psych hopsital. All nurses on my unit were drug screened this last week, because allegedly some narcs came up missing. Now, if all drug screens are negative, what else can the employer do?