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I just finished my med-surg 1 clinical this past December, and was so glad to be done with it. On my second week I had a really nice lady, and while I was doing my assessment her Dr had came into the room. I was so nervou...
csiyaoe replied to Spritenurse1210's topic in General Nursing
When we have repeat drug seekers come in, we joke and say to give them some Norsaline, and save the better drugs for people who need them. Norsaline = normal saline We never really do it of coarse.
I agree some doctors do have the worst handwriting skills ever. It's bad when you have to go through 4 other people just to make out that he wrote "ace bandage to L ankle". LOL, but I love the doctors I work with.
at are hospital we have wrist bands that print out of the printer and just tape around the wrist. Why not just have the color code for certain things like a patient having an DNR would be red and the printer just prints a red dot by the persons nam...
I've been an ER tech for 5 years, and it helped me make the desision to go back to school to become an RN. I love it, and now that I'm taking my pre classes, the nurses really help me understand and learn A&P. I was lucky to get the position b...
[color=dimgray]hello. [color=dimgray]i'm starting my second semester of pre-reqs for nursing school, and my colledge just opened a medical terminology class wich i'm thinking about taking. the only problem is that it is a online coarse. so my ques...
I don't think you can ever write enough on your nurses notes. I've always heard to write your notes as if you could go to court at any time, and you want them to know everything that happened exactly the way it did. I don't think you have to write ...