Chinesedog

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1. Only Crusty Old Bats will remember..

   Chinesedog replied to Pepper The Cat's topic in General Nursing

   I gave Demerol about a year ago, I got Phenergan IV 7 months ago during my c-section. I think I did a Carafate slurry once or twice but I mostly remember everyone on the giant bottles of the messy emulsion. One thing they stopped briefly after I beca...

2. Hospice & ghosts -

   Chinesedog replied to blondebabe0625's topic in Spirituality

   All I know is, if you take an EMF reader to a place such as a nursing home, certain rooms will be full of activity. If you think your patient is hallucinating, use the meter to check out the room, I verified that yes, there really was "something" sit...

3. Was told to consider not being a nurse?

   Chinesedog replied to rainbow09's topic in General Students

   When you are in clinicals, you are working under another nurse's license. Not one, but two nurses brushed off the incident as nothing. And the third is telling you to drop out?? If anything, the two senior nurses should be held accountable. If they w...

4. Need advice re: Reporting suspected drug diversion

   Chinesedog replied to CloverPark's topic in Professionalism

   Simply report, and follow your facility's protocol- unless a situation arises which could point to you being accused of the discrepancy. In that case, it may be in your best interest to seek employment elsewhere as a worst case scenario. Davita?? Tha...

5. Finally decided to quit nursing

   Chinesedog replied to jennjen512's topic in Professionalism

   There is still a nationwide shortage of nurses and it's only getting worse. I don't know what states you mention that supposedly have more than enough. A few years ago it was in a crisis, they were importing nurses from the Philippines and Kenya to w...

6. So what's going to happen to health care now?

   Chinesedog replied to Rocknurse's topic in General Nursing

   I don't know about you, but years before the ACA went into full effect there was a multistep transition we had to go through. It changed our entire operation a bit. The first thing I learned as a nurse was "costs, costs, costs" and how area hospitals...

7. Psych nursing vs BSN

   Chinesedog replied to marijad92's topic in General Nursing

   Yes, in some places in the US you can get certified as a ... (example) pediatric nurse, but it's not necessary. All you need to be a psych nurse here is to get a job which involves psychiatry. Also, if you venture beyond LPN it really helps to get yo...

8. Infertility/ discounts or good insurance

   Chinesedog replied to mimiluvscakes's topic in Stress 101

   And don't worry much about FMLA. It's illegal for them to fire you for being pregnant. I never took my FMLA, I just said "I'm having a baby and will need some time to recover". Nurses are hard to find and expensive to hire. If you have infertility, i...

9. Infertility/ discounts or good insurance

   Chinesedog replied to mimiluvscakes's topic in Stress 101

   hmm, vintage post. I just joined and the posts are ancient, but I see a reply from about a month ago. I will say that the best way is to quit being a nurse and work for Bank of America. their version of Aetna pays for IVF. Or take an awesome, life-ch...