George_MSN

George_MSN has 24 years experience and specializes in Home Hlth, Psych, Nsg Hm, Plasma Med Sup.

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1. Am I the only one who hates 12 hour shifts?

   George_MSN replied to jdubs99's topic in General Nursing

   One of the nurses at our (very busy) outpatient dialysis clinic recently worked from 5A to 1A (the next day) - 20 hour shift. I put in my first 18 hour shift. We're somewhat better staffed this month. Great thing is that time goes fast! Some of u...

2. I Am Not Alone

   George_MSN replied to waterpaint's topic in General Nursing

   A good way to figure out which review to take is to look at Amazon for the top rated books. The Saunders Review is by far the best-rated. There are even some reviews by those who passed in 75 questions even after failing miserably the first time (se...

3. Dementia Can Kill You!!

   George_MSN replied to BSN_after_40's topic in General Nursing

   I did geriatric home health for 7 years in the go-go 90's, intermittent visits - nothing scary except hearing gunshots a couple of times in the worst areas of Atlanta, and working in tenement housing. Big difference, however, between intermittent vi...

4. Help allnurses reach its Twitter goal

   George_MSN replied to Brian's topic in General Nursing

   This this week's Time magazine - the cover story is about Twitter, and the conclusion was that the web will become "twittified" :typing in one way or another (not just within Twitter).

5. Hate My JOB, please give me some perspective

   George_MSN replied to chevyv's topic in General Nursing

   :yeah:Exactly! And another thing she should be thankful for is working by herself. No politics or interpersonal grief and friction... Remember the old expression about the only difference between psych patients and the staff is who carries the ke...

6. Is c-diff seriously contagious?

   George_MSN replied to sprintin08's topic in General Nursing

   Well, my first "tweet" on Twitter.com. Joined at the behest of Allnurses.com founder and fearless leader! And my first tweet was about C. Diff - go figure... > I have the same handle on Twitter (George_MSN) as I do on Allnurses. There is a cove...

7. Insomnia meds for psych patients?

   George_MSN replied to medsurgrnco's topic in Psychiatric

   Fairly recent news stories about Ambien use in England: Many front desk workers at hotels were instructed to keep towels on hand because of the high rate of nude sleepwalkers in the lobby (British men apparently have the tendency to sleep in the nud...

8. Have you seen Zyprexa, Risperdal, Remeron...make a difference?

   George_MSN replied to Jo Dirt's topic in General Nursing

   Remeron (mirtazapine) - Nursing 2010 Drug Handbook, still does not list the off-label uses, and this is the most used drug handbook (but not necessarily the best). Many patients of all ages (even those in late teen years, a black box warning age gro...

9. Insomnia meds for psych patients?

   George_MSN replied to medsurgrnco's topic in Psychiatric

   Remeron (mirtazapine) is not just for underweight insomniacs (as far as the off-label uses). Even when used as an antidepressant, many users find it to be more effective than Zoloft w/ less ADR's (adverse drug reactions).

10. Help allnurses reach its Twitter goal

    George_MSN replied to Brian's topic in General Nursing

    Way to go Brian. This is a splendid way to raise public awareness of nurses & nursing! Let your peeps know when the goal is achieved.