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  1. When Your Patient is an Addict...How to Deal

    CanadianRN2017 replied to Nurse Beth's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks for the post... I have felt some of the same things early in my career. What I like about my current place of employment is that POD2 the if dilaudid is changed to subs Q4-6 hrs for the next...

  2. ADN or BSN: What's the Big Deal?

    CanadianRN2017 replied to allnurses's topic in General Nursing

    The letters don't make the difference... I have many BSN deal rather poorly with patients, as well as ADN, what did make a difference was the commitment to ensure excellent patient care. Both ADN and...

  3. ADN or BSN: What's the Big Deal?

    CanadianRN2017 replied to allnurses's topic in General Nursing

    IMHO, it really does not matter ADN/BSN unless you plan on going into management or research. The BSN program where I live does not even require the students in the program to take a pharmacology...

  4. Maybe nursing wasn't for me?

    CanadianRN2017 replied to em3120's topic in First Year After Licensure

    i think your best best is to complete your studies, and may be take a float position in the hospital for different areas to find the one you like the best, Get some needed experience, and then branch...

  5. I didn't become a nurse to feed people's addictions. Do *nurses* have the right to refuse

    CanadianRN2017 replied to Thankgodforativan's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    But it actually has been reasonable, and it is good that you posted as I am sure many others have the same thoughts.

  6. I didn't become a nurse to feed people's addictions. Do *nurses* have the right to refuse

    CanadianRN2017 replied to Thankgodforativan's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Her pain is whatever she says it is.... Also, being an addict gives her a much higher tolerance for many pain Meds we administer. We are not judge/jury, we are patient advocates... Unless it would be...

  7. I didn't become a nurse to feed people's addictions. Do *nurses* have the right to refuse

    CanadianRN2017 replied to Thankgodforativan's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    In this job, we are told that a patients pain is what they say it is... That being said, a drug user "GENERALLY" has a much higher tolerance for many pain Meds that we administer. Add that to her...