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  1. I worked in a private top of the line detox that was closed and merged with the psych unit. I got the same thing a lot. I...
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    Forum: Addictions Nursing
  2. I read it a while ago and felt it wasn't very radical. That said, I think they have some good ideas about how to improve...
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    Forum: Nursing Educators / Faculty
  3. There's SMART, which is more cognitively-based than spiritually-based. Self Help Substance Abuse &amp Addiction Recovery |...
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    Forum: Addictions Nursing
  4. Exactly what I was going to say... I was thinking the oral potassium as an example too...
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    Forum: Nursing and Patient Medications
  5. Me too. Most of our patients are on potassium replacement protocols that specify either oral or IV. I can order liquid or...
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    Forum: Nursing and Patient Medications
  6. If it is going to cost more, you may need a doc's order, esp. LTC
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    Forum: Nursing and Patient Medications
  7. In Canada, so maybe that's the difference but it has never been a problem. I just tell pharmacy that the patient cannot...
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    Forum: Nursing and Patient Medications
  8. When I have a patient ordered oral potassium who can't swallow pills, I call the pharmacy and have them send liquid KCl...
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    Forum: Nursing and Patient Medications
  9. I have a weekly email huddle that has about 10 points of interest. I send it out every Friday afternoon and it contains all...
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    Forum: Nursing Management
  10. Sorry, but this is kinda a pet peeve of mine. The word (at least in the US) is lozenge. Hearing "lozenger" gives me...
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    Forum: Nursing and Patient Medications
  11. I think the person to ask is your risk manager or Educator, if you are in a facility. If this is homework, I would lean...
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    Forum: Nursing and Patient Medications
  12. I believe a nursing diagnosis should drive the nursing process. You collect data (assessment), then define the patient's...
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    Forum: Nursing Educators / Faculty
  13. Two mornings ago I received a distraught phone call from my mother telling me that my dad, who is suffering with end stage...
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    Forum: Nurses Rock
  14. Go to NIDA site. They are free and terrific. I am looking towards getting corrections nurses involved in addictions...
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    Forum: Addictions Nursing
  15. Download Audiobooks online at Audible.com
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    Forum: Excelsior College Online Nursing Degrees
  16. Changing the form is going from IV to PO or subq. Crush a PO tablet and it's still going in PO, right? As long as you're...
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    Forum: Nursing and Patient Medications
  17. I guess it would depend on the situation....we crush to put in a suspension solution or water to give to our kids because it...
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    Forum: Nursing and Patient Medications
  18. I studied for 6 months to prepare for the CARN examination."Rudman's Questions and Answers on the CARN Examination" from the...
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    Forum: Addictions Nursing
  19. Good to know...thanks for the heads' up! :)
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    Forum: Addictions Nursing
  20. I received a letter in the mail a couple of weeks ago celebrating my being certified. I wasn't in work today so I don't...
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    Forum: Nurse Colleague / Patient Relations
  21. I don't think you should have been discreet. I think it should have been a big noisy deal to single out and celebrate the...
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    Forum: Nurse Colleague / Patient Relations
  22. I'm double ANCC Certified. I studied hard
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    Forum: Nurse Colleague / Patient Relations
  23. Schooldistrictnurse, RN, BSN, NCSN!!!! I passed the national certification exam!
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    Forum: School Nursing
  24. There will always be people with more. But there will always be more people with less.
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    Forum: General Nursing Student
  25. What keeps you going? I carry a copy of the little engine that could in my back pack. I think I can, I think I can ...
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    Forum: General Nursing Student
  26. Wow... Bitter much?? I'm sorry - but I'm tired of people trying to dumb down the BSN. How can more education be a bad...
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    Forum: Registered Nurses: Diploma / ADN / BSN
  27. Got a call today. Interviewing for Ortho SNIP TOMORROW!!!!!! Nervous but excited. A shadow interview (shadow for an hour and...
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    Forum: North Carolina Nursing
  28. I want to respond to the OP's comment that the preceptor was not "warm and fuzzy" - LOL. As a nurse educator, I train...
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    Forum: First Year After Nursing Licensure
  29. Here in MN we have started a new nursing groups from a new format called IM&R, Illness, Management & Recovery. Look it up...
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    Forum: Psychiatric Nursing
  30. As my mind sometimes does, I've wondered a bit off topic while reading the posts. I'm old....er. The days when I awakened...
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    Forum: About A Nurse - Nursing Cartoon Series
  31. I still remember when we wore white dresses! Oh, and caps! Then I worked in an ICU, in scrubs, but still wore that darned...
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    Forum: Nursing and Professionalism
  32. The way I see it, a uniform is a tool. It is a tool to make you easily recognizable, look competent. When you are 5'3"...
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    Forum: Nursing and Professionalism
  33. The dissociative mind is really amazing, it's exactly what the trauma survivor needed at the time. Unfortunately, it...
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    Forum: Psychiatric Nursing
  34. I just get frustrated when the patient who wants/is prescribed pain meds refuses to follow the rules. If we call you in for...
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    Forum: Addictions Nursing
  35. Yep lol. I now realize that I have to ''sell myself'' and even butter up my resume just to get a foot in the door. Before...
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    Forum: Nursing Job Search Assistance