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I'm in derm, too! Once or twice a week we do procedures (usually after a superficial biopsy and we need a wider margin, though lots of cysts lately). The daily is rooming patients, assisting with...

I wanted to mention a possibility that may be overlooked. I definitely agree that: patients should be medicated for pain routinely, especially post-op. Patients should be encouraged to take pain...

This is very true. I used to like to tell people, "There is no medal for bravery." I also reminded them, as is true for many orthopedic post-ops, that because physical therapy is going to be part...

In my experience, almost all nursing jobs will state "ability to lift 50 or more pounds" in the job description, but most use it as a safety net. I've HAD nursing jobs where I've lifted over 100 lbs...

Just when you think you may have finally found a little slice of nursing heaven where everyone gets along and works as a team. Okay. I'm not that innocent. There's always going to be that one...

Hi, I just moved here from LTC/Geriatric specialty and this forum is soooooo much nicer!! :) (If you ever worked in LTC, you know exactly what I mean!) This is a completely COMPLETELY new kind...

I have not tried this yet, but prior to starting my new nursing job, I fantasized about making balloon animals for kids after vaccinations, etc. This is ridiculously easy to do - I taught myself a...

I know there exists more than one thread that discuss legal staff/patient ratios, but I couldn't find any answers specifically addressing specifically: how many SKILLED residents per licensed staff?...

I just wanted to clarify, I said food service industry, not "fast food,"... Not that there's anything wrong with it, but I've never worked in fast food. I'm talking about everything from...

An excellent question that does not have a simple answer, but it has to do with oppressed culture and expectations. I highly, HIGHLY recommend "Ending Nurse-to-Nurse Hostility: Why Nurses Eat Their...

I'll start with the word "complain" and go from there - I won't say we don't gripe, but a lot of the posts I see are not necessarily complaints, they're stories from disheartened nurses who wanted to...

I agree with the aptly named NurseFrustrated. I got tired of staff nurses making comments about "the real world," as a student nurse. But I was doe-eyed, hopeful, enthusiastic and a perfectionist...

I'm interviewing for a job in a doctor's office, and have no experience. I'm ready to be asked why I'm moving from LTC to doctor's office, and I think a poetic version of the truth is appropriate: ...

I'm talking about the needle size when I'm referring to gauge/", should've been more specific....

Drug book says 25 gauge and 3/8" syringe for heparin, no rationale. Anyone wanna fill me in? At a previous job, insulin syringes were routinely used (still 1 ml)...

If they ask you to speed it up, you only need one line: "Do you want me to do it fast, or do you want me to do it safely? You can't have it both ways." If they question why you can't get it done...

Omigosh. To the crushed percocet/water/central line nurse... did the patient die??

Wait, I wanted to make a distinction here, because I am reading a lot of comments about the lack of professionalism in "cartoon" scrubs - the OP stated "colorful print scrubs." What if the print is...

Come join us for this almost-daily topic in Geriatric/LTC specialty... I'm sorry to sound negative, but the short answer is you'll probably never be within your time constraints. Let's assume you're...

Erie77 said it very well, and is correct. 40 residents is astronomically too many, and while routine may help, there ARE people who just don't like to take their meds - whether or not you knew to...

stool meds: colace lactulose miralax metamucil reguloid (ick) senna/senna-s milk of magnesia (!) stool meds can be difficult to accurately regulate in LTC. You must rely 1) Your aides...

"One unit actually has a group of nurses nicknamed the "mean girls" apparently 4-5 of them will try to make life hell on a new nurse if they don't like them, not really bullying them but talking bad...

Is this subject too hot to handle, or no one has experience? I am so anxious to hear from someone who has been there...

a witty retort - lol - as in, "she's a real pistol" - not firearms! probably a silly name for someone who doesn't really believe in guns.