stillcrazy

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1. Smoking

   stillcrazy replied to AngieH2's topic in General Nursing

   Precisely, Babs!! I also hear about how it causes increases in healthcare costs, etc. While no doubt this is true, my God, shall I list all the other things that we do to our bodies that also cause increases? Why don't they mandate it that all of ...

2. calcium citrate

   stillcrazy replied to ageless's topic in Urology

   We have a patient who is "allergic" to Heparin, so cannot use Heparin recirc, bolus or infusion pump on her. We tried the citrate and found absolutely no difference in terms of clotting of the extracorporeal circuit compared to our regular 2.0-2.5 b...

3. Just When You Thought it was Okay - Death Rates Linked to Nurses' Education

   stillcrazy replied to KristinWW's topic in General Nursing

   What distresses me is that the A.N.A. is the instigator for much of the "degree bashing". They continually infer that only "BSN prepared nurses" are professional nurses and that just crawls all over me! I'm damn proud of my Diploma and wouldn't cha...

4. Smoking

   stillcrazy replied to AngieH2's topic in General Nursing

   AMEN!! Well said!! We ALL have things to improve upon. I find it offensive when someone who weighs 300 lbs wears a skin tight outfit that makes them look like a sausage. But that's their right! (Please, 300 lb people don't get mad - I have many o...

5. I got a DUI

   stillcrazy replied to snoop's topic in General Nursing

   Tweety, I agree with every word you just wrote! Also have to apologize for not reading further when you had added a comment about statistics.

6. Things that make you go "EEEWWW"

   stillcrazy replied to VivaLasViejas's topic in General Nursing

   I gotta say the worst I ever had was when I worked Medical ICU and we had a GI bleeder that just wouldn't quit. The doctor decided to take a roll of Kerlix and saturate it with Factor VIII and then stuff it up this guy's rectum and by God, THAT woul...

7. How much do you make?

   stillcrazy replied to plumrn's topic in General Nursing

   Hemodialysis staff nurse Nurse since 1982 but out of the profession for many years Re-entered nursing 1 1/2 yrs ago. $21.88/hr

8. I got a DUI

   stillcrazy replied to snoop's topic in General Nursing

   I would be interested to know where Tweety gets his statistics about most DUI's being alcoholics. I would venture to say the exact opposite is true. I am a recovering alcoholic and know that a DUI does NOT necessarily indicate alcoholism. I see pe...

9. Where do you nurse?

   stillcrazy replied to beckymcrn's topic in General Nursing

   I work in a Dialysis Clinic. We run 3 shifts of patients, 25 at a time, 6 days/week.