originalred

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1. Employment drug screen to include nicotine

   originalred replied to originalred's topic in General Nursing

   and did i mention those of us who wear corrective lenses... or walk with a limp or do not have a daily BM? all reasons that an employer could refuse to hire a good nurse. Forgive me for posting the question

2. Employment drug screen to include nicotine

   originalred replied to originalred's topic in General Nursing

   and when u find ur self working all alone dont whine. Those of us in the real world will be working somewhere that understands the real world... just me

3. Employment drug screen to include nicotine

   originalred replied to originalred's topic in General Nursing

   im sure your eating a double bacon cheeseburger as you read this. I wonder if they will fire me for speeding a little on the way to work when im on call. Does your family have a history of cvd or diabetes?? ur next as we promote health. Do u wear sun...

4. Employment drug screen to include nicotine

   originalred posted a topic in General Nursing

   Is there a hospital in Dallas that refuses to hire nurses that test positive for nicotine? Im all for not smoking but as a term of employment?? Where will it stop? Elevated Cholesterol... Genetic screening... Its getting out of hand. Or is it just me...

5. You might be a PACU nurse if...

   originalred replied to mustanggirl's topic in PACU

   thats why im calling report... they need to have a bm. discharge criteria for pacu

6. stupid question?

   originalred replied to brownbook's topic in PACU

   Missing a little. Have worked with surgeons that used no local... pt wakes up in pacu miserable.... use local= much less narcs needed. I would never use a doc that did not use local.

7. Travel nursing near Wichita Falls, TX....

   originalred replied to HajaRN12's topic in Travel

   Denton presby

8. Thinking about traveling... any advice?

   originalred replied to Brennaj's topic in Travel

   Give aureus medical a call. they have been good to me

9. Is this a good offer in Cali???

   originalred replied to Sharmaine616's topic in Travel

   Dont be afraid to ask for more. housing counts. but gas, food...

10. propofol

    originalred replied to popbob's topic in Emergency

    Attitudes changing on propofol yet??

11. propofol

    originalred replied to popbob's topic in Emergency

    Great post tridil2000. Well put. I,m sure you will NOT be popular on this thread for long. Hang in there.

12. propofol

    originalred replied to popbob's topic in Emergency

    rn29306. I would rather suck it up and take care of my patients if 2, 5, or 3 more years of school would close my eyes to the rest of the world. There is an old saying about an ostrich but I will not get into it here. Open your eyes and look at the n...

13. propofol

    originalred replied to robrn's topic in Gastroenterology

    We have been following the info and direction offered at drnaps.org. It is great to find a site where you are not threatened with legal action and called unsafe cowboys pushing anything, anywhere... We too use propofol for thousands of cases a year a...

14. Agency LPNs doing IV Push

    originalred replied to 2rntish's topic in Infusion

    In Oklahoma the RN can "delegate" to the LPN tasks that the RN feels the LPN is compotent in. At our facility starting IVs has never been a question. They are checked off in orientation and if they are not comfortable, we send them to endoscopy to be...

15. propofol

    originalred replied to popbob's topic in Emergency

    Hang in there guys. Our BON recently had a review of our practice act and RN administered propofol for endo... THEIR anesthesiologist stopped the rebuttal being offered by the BON exec after our Docs presented their data, and wanted to review our dat...