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  1. Port-a-cath

    guest317 posted a topic in General Nursing

    I have had very limited experience/exposure with port-a-caths and Huber needles so I am asking for information. The family member of a friend had a port-a-cath implanted to receive chemotherapy. The...

  2. Is it wrong to leave a job during orientation?

    guest317 replied to Lovethenurse2b25's topic in General Nursing

    While in orientation, if you know that it is not the place for you, by all means, leave. If you see that the facility or policies are not something you can work with, then there is no sense wasting...

  3. The Healthy Side of Disgust

    guest317 replied to J.Adderton's topic in General Nursing

    I worked in nursing jobs where the patients came to me with all bits and pieces put back together! I could never have survived working in the ER. Of course, wound care was something completely...

  4. Nurses secretive about getting another job

    guest317 replied to Emergent's topic in General Nursing

    "Karen" doesn't need to share her job choices with anyone. It is her business and maybe she feels people would be asking too many questions. As long as she can keep up with the work demands and the...

  5. Women's Right to Choose

    guest317 replied to River&MountainRN's topic in General Nursing

    Abstinence is the best policy and when society began saying it was okay to have sex outside of marriage and promoting that kind of thinking, the problems only intensified. When I went to school we...

  6. Women's Right to Choose

    guest317 replied to River&MountainRN's topic in General Nursing

    I guess I am in the minority here. I've never had children, nor do I want any, but personally I would not choose to have an abortion. I know that there are some terrible things that happen in the...

  7. When you thought it was patients you needed to watch...

    guest317 replied to smf0903's topic in General Nursing

    So, he "snapped." Wonder if I could have used that excuse to turn off IV pumps that alarmed every two seconds for a positional IV. No sooner do you reposition the arm and turn to walk out of the...

  8. New Nurse, morality question.

    guest317 replied to car48's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    While I am puzzled by so many responses that say to leave it alone, my opinion is different. Enough said. I don't want to set up and argument or get fussed at for my values. If I were you, I would...

  9. Bringing in the Boys: How to Attract More Male Nurses

    guest317 replied to Melissa Mills's topic in General Nursing

    I agree with many of the commentators. There should be no "enticing" men into the field of nursing. Male nurses tend to go into the specialty areas where there is not as much of a shortage as is...

  10. Nurse Sick and FIRED: Exploring Nursing Absenteeism

    guest317 replied to allnurses's topic in General Nursing

    Although I was never fired for absenteeism I was placed on a 90-day probation with the "threat" of termination if I called in during those 90 days. As a Type 1 diabetic with severe gastroparesis...

  11. Long hair at the bedside

    guest317 replied to kakamegamama's topic in General Nursing

    I find it extremely unprofessional for hair to be dangling down in the patient's face, or over food. Hair should always be neat, tidy AND up and off the neckline!!! Off the collar to be exact. No...

  12. Best thing about being a nurse?

    guest317 replied to LM838's topic in General Nursing

    The best part of being a nurse for me has always been the opportunity to comfort people at a vulnerable time. Maybe it is their first time in the hospital or they are undergoing a major surgery....

  13. Patients Say the Darnedest Things - WIN $250! Nurses Week Contest 2018

    guest317 replied to Brian S.'s topic in General Nursing

    Oh my goodness!!! I am in tears laughing so hard!!! That was just too funny!!! Absolutely

  14. Annoyed by commercial

    guest317 replied to jodispamodi's topic in General Nursing

    When I worked on a med-surg unit a patient load of 8 was usual and customary. When I worked night shift in a nursing home it was one nurse for 60 patients with 3 aides, if you were lucky. To me it...

  15. "Dancing Doc" Video....Just When You Think You've Seen It All...

    guest317 replied to Sarah Matacale's topic in General Nursing

    I saw this on the news last night and my first thought was, who are the assistants?? If they are nurses then I am totally disgusted that, being patient advocates, they allowed this unprofessional...

  16. Patients Say the Darnedest Things - WIN $250! Nurses Week Contest 2018

    guest317 replied to Brian S.'s topic in General Nursing

    I was working nightshift on a diabetic renal unit, but we often got various medical cases transferred in from the intensive care units. This one night I had an elderly man who had a stroke and was...

  17. Nurses Week Giveaways - WIN Up To $4,000! Nurses Week 2018

    guest317 replied to Brian S.'s topic in General Nursing

    The patient called because his/her roommate with dementia has been finger painting on the walls with

  18. Church Health Clinic: Making it Work

    guest317 replied to jeastridge's topic in General Nursing

    In 2016 I presented the concept of Faith Community Nursing in my church. It was approved and I took a course through Eastern Mennonite University on Faith Community Nursing. In Feb. 2017 I was...

  19. Funniest Slips

    guest317 replied to Tootsboots's topic in General Nursing

    oops!!!!! Too

  20. Who cleans the poo?

    guest317 replied to leilo0's topic in General Nursing

    I find it rather amusing that there has been so much discussion about "who" cleans up poop! Sorry, but in the old days, from which I hail...the nursing staff, RN's, LPN's, CNA's cleaned up everything...

  21. Accepting verbal orders from another nurse?

    guest317 replied to amberrenae, RN's topic in General Nursing

    Sorry, I am rather hardcore about this. Even if it was a nurse I knew well, I would not take his or her verbal order for this. At the time you give the medication, if there is no documented order,...

  22. Demoted from ICU to IMCU

    guest317 replied to TiffanyB1313's topic in General Nursing

    morte - I did not miss the point about the writer indicating "they" lied about her. We do not know that for a fact. I am not saying this nurse lied about it, but it is a one sided report. If in...

  23. Demoted from ICU to IMCU

    guest317 replied to TiffanyB1313's topic in General Nursing

    It is my professional opinion that no new graduate should ever be hired to work in any critical care location. That means ICU, ER, NICU, etc. A new grad needs to hone his/her skills so that they are...

  24. What is your Nursing Super Power?

    guest317 replied to adventure_rn's topic in General Nursing

    When I was actively working in the acute care setting my super power was being able to find venous access in anyone. My primary care setting was diabetic/renal and we had many dialysis patients with...

  25. Treated Like Black Plague

    guest317 replied to Nurse Beth's topic in Career Advice Column

    Dear Treated... I applaud your decision to reinstate your license and re-enter the work force. I understand how difficult it must be to find a job and the frustration you feel. Having worked with...