dedjim

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1. Nurses Will Eat Anything

   dedjim replied to bobnurse's topic in General Nursing

   When I worked in Kotzebue, Alaska, folks would sometimes bring in muktuk. Now THAT was hard to get down. And you mustn't refuse when a sweet little old eskimo lady offers you a piece. It'd be impolite. Fortunately they were little bitty pieces. (BTW...

2. what other degrees do you have outside of RN

   dedjim replied to Carotid's topic in General Nursing

   BA in Political Science with a concentration in Soviet Studies. How useless is that?

3. unprofessional behavior in RN community

   dedjim replied to miphillli's topic in Professionalism

   I've never been offended by the Charge that comes into the report room, well out of earshot of any patients or family and starts out with :What a f****** day! Hearing my colleagues express themselves like this doesn't bother me, it's just understanda...

4. Layoffs tomorrow!

   dedjim replied to RNKitty's topic in General Nursing

   Doesn't this just tan your hide? If nurses can get enough heat worked up to get a branded sneaker manufacturer to drop their demeaning ads and issue an apology to nurses, why can't we get the heat turned up on issues like this? It OUGHT to be on the ...

5. Is there/should there be a gay/lesbian nurses association?

   dedjim replied to inquiringnurse's topic in General Nursing

   Hey, Don't apologize. I saw nothing wrong with the question either. I've known plenty of gay/lesbian nurses in my 20+ years of nursing. I think you see rather less discrimination against homosexuals in nursing. Mostly we just care if they are good nu...

6. Prep for the NI Exam

   dedjim replied to rninformatics's topic in Informatics

   BTW. Angela Lewis, who moderates this board and whose post you replied to, is one of the "Names" in American Nursing Informatics. Can't get it from a better source!

7. Prep for the NI Exam

   dedjim replied to rninformatics's topic in Informatics

   For a better idea of the range of activities an informatacist, look at these: http://www.nursing-informatics.com/ http://www.ania.org/ http://www.imia.org/ni/index.html I manage a clinical information system for a small rural hospital in Alaska. I de...

8. Doctor and Nurse "At Your Door"

   dedjim replied to nightingale's topic in Entrepreneurs

   Most of the "legalities" result from taking Medicare/Medicaid money and from contractual requirements of insurance companies. Other than that the provider has a duty to abide by the professional standards of care, policed by the BoME, and the busines...

9. Doctor and Nurse "At Your Door"

   dedjim replied to nightingale's topic in Entrepreneurs

   Well, for me, If I end up in a hospital it is probably going to be for something very significant. If that is the case I would rather have a specialist or hospitalist conducting my care rather than a GP. No reflection on my primary provider's skills ...

10. How often do you replace your Drug Guide Handbook?

    dedjim replied to EvelynRN-BSN's topic in General Nursing

    Yep Carenotes is a good app. The only thing is that you have to interrupt what you are doing, sit down, log on, navigate to CareNotes then search for the med. I like whipping out the PDA while I'm standing in front of the Pyxis, waiting for it to ope...

11. How often do you replace your Drug Guide Handbook?

    dedjim replied to EvelynRN-BSN's topic in General Nursing

    I recently set up 2 PDAs for use in our Barcode eMAR on the Acute floor of our little hospital and added UDG and... um... some Lab reference, name is escaping me...dang, this getting old is a pain... Anyway, I was going to add an ER reference but the...

12. How often do you replace your Drug Guide Handbook?

    dedjim replied to EvelynRN-BSN's topic in General Nursing

    The way drug companies are shoving product onto the market you're nuts not to replace the thing every year. OR you can get yourself an inexpensive PDA and load UDG or DAVIS or ePocrates and it will update every month. (even sooner woth some guides) A...