Patient'sPerspective

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1. New RN, pregnant

   Patient'sPerspective replied to Beaus_mom's topic in General Nursing

   First, congratulations x 2!!!:yeah: Call your state's anti-discrimination commission to ask about what laws will protect you, since you can't do FMLA. In my state, I get unlimited unpaid leave while physically disabled from pregnancy, and that has s...

2. Things you'd LOVE to be able to tell patients, and get away with it.

   Patient'sPerspective replied to AngelfireRN's topic in Relations

   Actually, my brother's girlfriend was traveling in France when she did have a freak accident. When she came to, she started talking to the paramedics in French.

3. *Weird* Patient Allergies

   Patient'sPerspective replied to cherrybreeze's topic in General Nursing

   It's this attitude that really scares me. Multiple pain reliever allergies are not that rare--30% of asthmatics are allergic to NSAIDS/aspirin and 3% of those allergic to Tylenol. So about 1/90 asthmatics are truly allergic (ie, hives, angioedema, fu...