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1. Jcaho Medication Reconciliation

   creature replied to SEOBowhntr's topic in Medications

   We have been doing this for awhile. We came up with our medication reconciliation form. It gets started in the ER. The nurse writes the patient's home meds, the doctor goes over each and checks continue, hold or d/c, then on admit he will order med...

2. bigeminy info please!

   creature replied to sissiesmama's topic in General Nursing

   I do UR and IC the last 3 years, so I'm not up on my ACLS, but do they still give Lido for this if symptomatic? Creature

3. newly diagnosed

   creature posted a topic in General Nursing

   My 37 year old brother was recently diagnosed with Hep C. He has been on interferon and ribavirin for about four weeks. He is having horrible muscle cramps in his legs, anorexia and fatigue, which isn't that bad from what I know. Get this, he went...

4. Had my first doctor scream at me today

   creature replied to TigerGalLE's topic in Relations

   Sorry about that. There are alot of arrogant doctors out there who think they can talk to nurses any way they want. I wouldn't talk to my dog the way some have talked to me. I had a doctor throw a chart at me. What makes them think they can get a...

5. suggestions to docs

   creature replied to creature's topic in General Nursing

   Thanks for suggestions. I have talked to her about cleaning and wiping front to back. Her problem is she wears nylons constantly and also showers once a week and in between washes up. I have talked to her about this, but she is set in her ways. Cr...

6. suggestions to docs

   creature replied to creature's topic in General Nursing

   Hi everyone, I called his office and asked about getting lytes done and he refused. I then scheduled her an appt with her regular doc. What a joke hey? Her last culture showed E Coli so he went by that seeing she had just finished Macrobid which n...

7. Want to quit smoking!!

   creature replied to creature's topic in General Nursing

   Thanks everyone for your advice and support. I'm getting pumped up to quit now. My quit date is this Friday. It's probably a good thing its on the weekend. My boyfriend, who I've been with for the past 21 years(I'm 35 so you do the math;) ) doesn...

8. Want to quit smoking!!

   creature posted a topic in General Nursing

   I just started taking the new drug Chantix 4 days ago to help me quit smoking. They say the usualy SE are nausea, constipation, weird dreams. Since I have been taking it I have been extremely tired. I mean tired. Has anyone else tried this drug? ...

9. Bad Back

   creature replied to creature's topic in General Nursing

   Thanks to the Doctor rbrice and congrats on graduating. I have always been afraid to go to a chiropractor since I had the lumbar fusion because of the hardware. I don't want to be any worse off you know, but if I knew of a really good one I would c...

10. Bad Back

    creature replied to creature's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks Greg and Jenny for the advice. I live in a small rural town and the hospital jobs are very limited. We don't even actually have an ICU. We have a monitor bed unit which the med/surg nurses take care of. When I worked nights I was charge nu...

11. Bad Back

    creature posted a topic in General Nursing

    Are there any nurses out there who have had an on the job back injury? I would like to hear your experiences. Mine were not so good - almost lost my job. I was on a lifting restriction and was told I could no longer do patient care - which I love....

12. I need your help! :)

    creature replied to JDunk's topic in Men

    Go for it. This world needs caring people who love stress and working long hours. Ha! But seriously, try it. There are so many aspects of nursing. If you don't like doing one you can try another. I worked acute care and ER for 7 yrs. I loved the...

13. suggestions to docs

    creature posted a topic in General Nursing

    I just want to know how other people feel about this. Maybe I'm just a chicken, anyway... I took my grandmother to the doctor yesterday because she has recurrent UTIs and also she was complaining of muscle cramps in her arms, neck and legs. He pre...

14. Should I ditch this J-O-B??

    creature replied to BriBriRN's topic in General Nursing

    The nurse patient ratio for that kind of care sounds very dangerous. Why don't they have more nurses? You have wonderful experience that would get you hired anywhere. Look around for something else. Your license is on the line. I don't think you...

15. YOU as a Pt-what would you allow a student nurse to do?

    creature replied to KellNY's topic in General Nursing

    I think I would allow them to do any procedure as long as the nursing instructor was there by their side to make sure they didn't screw up. Have things changed or doesn't the instructors observe and walk you through procedures anymore? I graduated ...