Valanda

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   Migraines and work

   Valanda replied to Price 2002's topic in General Nursing

   I keep hearing everyone say that if you have a valid prescription for meds that show up positive on a drug screen, then everything will be fine if that drug shows up on a drug screen. I just wanted to say that it may not be as simple as that. One of ...
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   How can an adult leave a child in a hot car?

   Valanda replied to Patrick57's topic in General Nursing

   My sister has ADD, and I could see her leaving her kids in the car without realizing it. When her first child was about 2 months old, she had just finished shopping, set her son on top of the car in his carrier, then loaded all her groceries. She sat...
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   Most RN's first borns?

   Valanda replied to lvs2nrs3535's topic in General Nursing

   This question came up about a week ago at my new job, a Detox facility. We found it interesting that there are 12 nurses on staff, and 9 of them are first-borns. All of our parents were dysfunctional for various reasons.
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   I need a waterproof abdominal wrap for a tot...

   Valanda replied to Mabel 29's topic in General Nursing

   THis is what I have used in the past to cover ostomy appliances and feeding tubes for showering. Never tried it for swimming, but it might work. http://www.alibaba.com/product-free/12180682/Seal_Tight_Shield.html
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   How many still paper chart everything

   Valanda replied to chenoaspirit's topic in General Nursing

   I just started a new job in a detox unit, and everything is paper. Not only is everything paper, but everything has to be written in 2 - 4 places. The DON actually insisted I fill out an incident report for a work-related injury because after 2 days...
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   Need tips for working double weekend

   Valanda replied to pachyta's topic in General Nursing

   I think the biggest one for me is to always sign every med out right away, no matter how busy you are. If someone is taking a med qid, it gets difficult to remember if you have given that same med to that person 7 times or 8 times over the past two d...
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   Jobs for burned out Nurses?

   Valanda replied to imburnedout's topic in General Nursing

   For a couple years, I worked for a national home health equipment company. I loved doing travel plans for people who were on oxygen. We would pour over maps and locate oxygen suppliers nearby, I'd contact those companies and negotiate contracts to e...
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   Switched to dayshift, now cant sleep at night!

   Valanda replied to chenoaspirit's topic in General Nursing

   If you do find an answer, let me know! I've worked nights for 19 years. Once I tried to switch to days and had the exact same problem. Had to go back to nights. I even tried staying up all night, all day and evening, then going to bed after being awa...
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   charting exact time

   Valanda replied to strugglingnurse's topic in General Nursing

   Also, I always sync my watch to the time clock at the beginning of each shift. Seems to me that the clock I get paid by is the one that counts!
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    charting exact time

    Valanda replied to strugglingnurse's topic in General Nursing

    I have to agree with RN1989. I often write on the inside of my lower arm. Just quick notes like time and abbreviation for what happened. I have managed to lose little scraps of paper too easily, at least if the info is on my arm it doesn't get los...
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    LPN passing meds all over the place!

    Valanda replied to KarynicaRN's topic in General Nursing

    I can be a little evil at times, but if other avenues don't work, I'd suggest a "planned accident". Bump into that cart good and hard and watch the meds go flying. The nurse will quickly learn that her practice is unsafe and can possibly cost her alo...
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    Calling Docs by their first name...

    Valanda replied to zamboni's topic in General Nursing

    After my mother graduated from Veterinary school, I had to call her Dr. Mom for years after. Needless to say, I find it very hard to call Doc's by their first names. Even if they ask me to call them by their first name, then it's "Dr. Lisa". I gues...
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    Easter is not a holiday?????

    Valanda replied to Ms.RN's topic in General Nursing

    I do get holiday pay for Easter, but what I'd really like to see is holiday pay for Mother's Day. At least when I worked LTC, that was the worst day of the year. Seemed like all the kids from across the country would decide that Mother's Day was the...
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    This is why ERs are used as PCPs

    Valanda replied to beachbum3's topic in General Nursing

    Thankfully my MD still uses voicemail. I've known her since I was 14-yrs-old, and I can just tell the desk to put me through to her voicemail. For most things, she'll just call in a script for me or my kids. My husband is a different story tho, sh...
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    Ever have a patient comment on his lack of size?

    Valanda replied to FireStarterRN's topic in General Nursing

    When I worked for a DME company, one of my responsibilities was to teach men how to use the penile pump for erectile dysfunction. Because it uses a ring, size does have to come up. I frequently heard comments such as, "I'll probably need the smallest...