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  1. sorry wannabecrna...you are wrong.I know a lot of GI docs (not as a nurse) and most skip the dubious benefits of sedation for their own endo procedures. Many patients (myself included) specify fentanyl only (yes, we request this and the doc approves ...
  2. Drug Screen Question

    You have a valid rx, end of story. You have to prove that you have a valid rx; nothing more. Don't mention why you are taking/took the rx, it's none of their business, that's between you and your doctor. I take occasional vicodin for back pain; ...
  3. DNP required soon?

    My financial planning group just had a dinner meeting and since we are a mixed group of providers (almost all with a medical or academic degree and work in the same large university med center)...I posed the question: "should anyone in our hospital w...
  4. random drug tests

    My second job is as a hospital pharmacist and they told me that I might be subject to random drug tests...what a sad state of affairs. I have had back surgery, but I'm no druggie. My PCP thinks that this policy is stupid; I had her sign rx's for hy...
  5. anesthesiologists for GI moderate sedation?

    I reciever a letter from the endo center that was to do my colonoscopy stating that an anesthesiologist would perfom the sedation. Fine, since propofol will be used, I'm comfortable with an MD, not a RN (CRNA) doing this. My wife (she's an MD) arrive...
  6. Bad Idea???

    Interesting thread: I just had an encounter with a GI doc (MD) and she was the most caring, friendly and personable doc that I have ever met. At age 57,I fly for a major airline (not a nurse,allnurses can ban me if desired), and my health has been b...
  7. with all due respect wannabecrna-it's a common sense issue...any any of the doocs at your facitlit...really, you ask for ref???
  8. recent colonoscopy experience

    Skip the Versed and be sure to write: "I'm not consenting to midazolam" on the consent. Midazolam (Versed) is given to cause amnesia, has no effect on pain and is seriously implicated in long-term memory loss/PTSD even at low doses given for colonos...
  9. If you specified no sedation/analgesic only and they gave you sedation, you probably have a cause of action. It's terrible that anyone whould lie to a patient like this. I have had 3 colonoscopies and always spoke with the doctor first and verified...
  10. DNP required soon?

    with all due respect to nurses/crna; at my hospital, only physicians will introduce themselves as "doctor"....doctor in a hospital setting means physician, pure and simple.
  11. Starting to get depressed... (Vent)

    You might want to consider asking your doctor if some of the new electronic diagnostics (sensors that you wear and a computer records) before you accept a painful condition. My own "plantar fasciitis" turned out to be a spinal issue (infected disc).
  12. Able to become nurse?????

    Cerda: try to patient with the meds, almost all patients have their doses adjusted for optimal effect and this takes time. A nurse on my staff has ADHD; once she got on the right meds at the right dose her entire world changed for the better. Be su...
  13. Am I the only one?!!

    In the Federal Healthcare system once an employee is past probation they can basically use sick leave as they choose as long as they have some....and many use it as fast as they accrue it; it's totally frustrating. Employees over 50 rarely call off, ...
  14. Anyone ever heard of anything like this?

    This sounds like a bluff; however it seems to indicate a hostile work environment at best. Time to update one's resume.
  15. Sexy nurse image in Hooters ad

    Hooters, Flatliners Grill, Bennie Hill TV show, all stereotype the nursing role. Same for flight attendents. Both shattered when you are sick or when the plane is on fire.