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1. need some nurse to nurse medical advice

   wolfgirl replied to jrbl77's topic in General Nursing

   Have you been checked for strep? The "white patches" would have me concerned. And, please, by all means, stay home. You don't need to "spread the joy".

2. What's Your Best Nursing Ghost Story?

   wolfgirl replied to steffck's topic in General Nursing

   no honking way!!!!!!!! that is the second scariest one i have read!!!!!!!!!

3. What's Your Best Nursing Ghost Story?

   wolfgirl replied to steffck's topic in General Nursing

   OK, that's disturbing....

4. What's Your Best Nursing Ghost Story?

   wolfgirl replied to steffck's topic in General Nursing

   Yes, I am curious about this, too.

5. What's Your Best Nursing Ghost Story?

   wolfgirl replied to steffck's topic in General Nursing

   Hey! Tell her not to forget about me when she starts handing out those numbers!

6. What's Your Best Nursing Ghost Story?

   wolfgirl replied to steffck's topic in General Nursing

   I have to agree. This is--by far--the scariest one I have read so far, and I am on page 13.

7. What's Your Best Nursing Ghost Story?

   wolfgirl replied to steffck's topic in General Nursing

   I would so love to see those pictures.

8. Letting CNA pass your meds, bad idea?

   wolfgirl replied to walla189's topic in General Nursing

   I don't know about your state, but here in WI that type of task is not within the scope of practice for an NA. This is a sure-fire way to lose your license.

9. RN's vs LAB

   wolfgirl replied to chaosRN's topic in General Nursing

   I am fortunate in that I have never really had these types of problems. My opinion as to why this is happening would be that we have become such a litigious society that everyone needs to CYA and triple document everything. In Wisconsin, a nurse was ...

10. Ive lost all faith in the medical field. Please help!

    wolfgirl replied to chenoaspirit's topic in General Nursing

    Is there any reason why you can't relocate? There are tons of good hospitals out there--yours sounds like something out of a Stephen King novel! I would get out of there yesterday--even if it means working a job you're not particularly crazy about fo...

11. What is your usual nurse-patient ratio in your unit?

    wolfgirl replied to extreme's topic in General Nursing

    I work at a university hospital, on the rehab unit. We typically have 4-6 patients at night, no NA. Usually we don't need one, but sometimes it's just plain nuts. I came from another unit in the hospital, a surgical unit, and the typical ratio was 5:...

12. Need some help/advice

    wolfgirl replied to wolfgirl's topic in General Nursing

    So, everyone, it turns out that all the stuff he pulled was not "harassment". My manager informed that what he did was "bad behavior". And I get to go to a "communications" class ("your co-worker is your customer). I have been informed, however, that...

13. Need some help/advice

    wolfgirl replied to wolfgirl's topic in General Nursing

    Well, I went to the meeting, and it turned out to be kind of a "storm in a teacup". My union rep was awesome (and I did get to meet with her before the meeting). But now the whole night shift is divided into two "camps", so to speak. So I am basicall...

14. Things Patients Have Taught Me NOT To Do

    wolfgirl replied to Trixxy's topic in Humor

    Never smoke a cigarette while carrying around an O2 tank (you'd think that one would be a "duh", but I've seen it).

15. Need some help/advice

    wolfgirl replied to wolfgirl's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks for all of the advice--some of the things that have been mentioned are things that I thought of (like the tape recorder) but was unsure as to the legality of it. There have been no other reprimands, and all of my past reviews have been favorab...