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I am lucky to be working for(for 10 years now) a hopsital that doesn't much do this stuff. If we ask for supplies, it is the time it takes to get it delivered that we wait. The PTO is pretty straight...

Only you can answer that. Ask yourself these questions, then be ok with your answers. How much do you want it? Do you want it now? Which do you value more? Is it ok to stay where you are? Achieving...

Awesome reference! Thank you!

If itching at the site was the only complaint, I would stop the blood for a sec, flush fast with 10 or 20 of NS..."That hurt?"..if IV bad..new IV and resume. If not, continue and watch, closely. I...

I have given blood many times through a 22. No problem. Just stay on it and watch for pump beeping showing you that it needs to be flushed. Flush at the closest port with NS. Let 'er run some more....

It depends. I work at two hospitals. One large, one small. At the larger one, cell phones are supposed to be in lockers for the whole shift, never on you. Most don't lock them in lockers, but...

I was called upon to assist in making a decision as to who can give informed consent for blood. This was the information I was given at the time of the call: Pt was admitted through ER to OR,...

This is actually written in the policy at a very small rural hospital that I work PRN at. It has been around since hospitals hve existed.

1 month, the place was horrendous. Beyond that, mostly several years each.

Aids make the best nurses. They make the best bosses too. They've been there and they willingly jump in and do things other nurses concider benieth them. Kudos!

Worked with a little LVN at a rural hosp, new nurse, who also had never cooked for herself(brought potted ham when asked to bring canned ham to thanksgiving night potluck at wk) She would go clean...

Nope..doesn't matter. Are you licensed to practice with good references? Yes? Well, then I'll be making you that job offer.

I kind of get the feeling that maybe you cared for this patient thinking that she was a layman and maybe didn't give 'perfect' care and now you are wondering how much she caught you on. If my...

I would not feel decieved. I have had this happen, and I react with "Cool! That makes explaining your plan of care a whole lot easier".

Ok, I do get why she is in this position. In AL, the patient is responsible for themselves. They are concidered competant and oriented, although maybe a bit forgetful. Technically, the poster is not...

Thank you all for your ideas and thoughts and stories relating to this. I actually come from a Southern Baptist background, this is why I mentioned that. There was nothing that she was saying that I...

Because she KEPT ON....this subject began while I was admitting her on her first night there.....this morning, the other nurses there in report discussed this, and she didn't do this to anyone else....

I work float pool at a larger hospital, and 2 days a week I have been in acute care rehab(mostly ortho). I have a patient who began to ask multiple questions about myself and evey other nurse here as...

You laugh or you cry. Dealers choice.

It's funnier when you do this and THEY have to hold the phone away from their head to recheck that they didn't jsut call you at work(again) because the first time mom's baby coughed ...again.etc.

I have answered the phone at home "This is Gina, can I help you?"..especially if I see "Wise ICU" on the caller ID. It triggers something. Otherwise..I have woke up listening for call bells thinking...

Tiny bubbles...for the art lines.

Time for living. I have had this ID for 8 years now. It reminds me to take time to live while I am here.

Because this was actually a prescribed treatment in the dark ages, I suppose a turnip might burn..they're kind of spicy raw when you eat them..same concept I guess. I have learned to be nice to...

was put on wellbutrin 150 bid for postpartum depression by pmd..worked wonders and i quit smoking...oh yeah..and breast fed all 4 of mine for 2 yrs each..find a diff doc...Gina