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  1. Doctors that think they are god...

    burn out replied to DebRN06's topic in General Nursing

    I think that perhaps you are in the wrong area of nursing because unless the patient is a DNR that is what we do in hospitals ...keep people alive at all costs. Until we have legislation that makes...

  2. sexual harrassment

    burn out replied to ChristinaV's topic in General Nursing

    Anyone that knows of the sexual harrassment and does nothing is also guilty of sexual harrassment esp. if it is the DON. Perhaps this is why they are such good friends then it becomes QUID PRO QUO...

  3. Tell us what was your first day as a CNA like...?

    burn out replied to DeeDee143's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    breathe through your nose and you smell it, breathe through your mouth and you taste

  4. Mandatory Overtime

    burn out replied to cmjdlj's topic in General Nursing

    why not lobby your state legislatures like other states have to get laws prohibiting mandatory overtime for nurses. One principle that help change the law here is if you can be ticketed for driving...

  5. night shift not calling critical lab values

    burn out replied to burn out's topic in General Nursing

    Well I faced her at work and at first had a hard time looking her in the eye knowing she was going to get fired but then she made the comment "He is going to die anyway" and I glared at her...I am...

  6. night shift not calling critical lab values

    burn out replied to burn out's topic in General Nursing

    I've got to get ready for work now and go face her again..for another round. Darn I should have called in sick but I was to busy on allnurses.com. Wish me

  7. Geodon?

    burn out replied to NurseErica's topic in General Nursing

    I have given geodon for migrains and to knock out a confussed combative patient but not for

  8. When is a situation considered an Emergency?

    burn out replied to I want to be a nurse's topic in General Nursing

    I have never started a dopamine drip for someone with pain the only symptom, or coded someone because they were in pain only. Pain is a symptom not a disease process. Please explain to me the...

  9. BOA's !!!

    burn out replied to nurse79's topic in Ob/Gyn

    ICU nurse here...what is BOA ..I thought I was going to learn about

  10. Chronic COPD'er, 1 lung, 02 @ 6L/min. What would you do?

    burn out replied to DutchgirlRN's topic in General Nursing

    I agree 100% if the patient is competent without suspected hypoxia or

  11. ACLS question

    burn out replied to TurismoDreamin's topic in General Nursing

    ACLS certification is not something that you can go out and buy. Assuming that they let you in the course you still have certain skills and tasks that must be passed. There is a written test, there...

  12. Chronic COPD'er, 1 lung, 02 @ 6L/min. What would you do?

    burn out replied to DutchgirlRN's topic in General Nursing

    Nursing judgement came into play when you were called to the house by the family. The biggest question the nurse has to ask is "WHAT IS MAKING THE SAT SO MUCH LESS THAN NORMAL?" AND the most common...

  13. Ethical dilemma r/t documentation

    burn out replied to Murse901's topic in General Nursing

    I would redo them as asked with todays date and time, then accompany them with an incident/safety report (which I have photocopied before turning them in) about the two previously written but missing...

  14. Chronic COPD'er, 1 lung, 02 @ 6L/min. What would you do?

    burn out replied to DutchgirlRN's topic in General Nursing

    I agree that the drop in the sat is not as significant as the pco2 in a copd'er. The first and biggest problem for a COPD'er causing a low sat is high co2 levels normally that their bodies get used...

  15. What do I tell her?

    burn out replied to HisHands's topic in General Nursing

    Personally , I would keep my mouth shut to the DON, it could back fire and anything you say to her or admit to her could further be used against you. The best thing your girlfriend could do is to see...

  16. Chronic COPD'er, 1 lung, 02 @ 6L/min. What would you do?

    burn out replied to DutchgirlRN's topic in General Nursing

    Let's look at it from another angle then. Say the medics listened to the hhRN and left the oxygen at 2.5 l and when the patient got to the hospital and an abg was drawn and the pco2 was 152 and the...

  17. do any of you like codes??

    burn out replied to ryanfocker's topic in Men in Nursing

    I like to prevent codes...the outcomes are better. i like to take a pt that is circle-ing and see if I can turn things

  18. I really, really feel like calling it quits

    burn out replied to shining_star28463's topic in General Nursing

    quitting is not an option. If you quit you will regret it for the rest of your life, you will always wonder could I have made it if I stayed. Dig your heels in and do what is requested of you and...

  19. Telemetry monitoring

    burn out replied to Bwick's topic in Cardiac

    As the RN over that patient you are responsible for the ekg reading and interpretation. You are the one with the broader knowledge base, the one licensed, and the one the law will hold accountable....

  20. When is a situation considered an Emergency?

    burn out replied to I want to be a nurse's topic in General Nursing

    Pain is a subjective symptom not anything I have ever seen anyone actually die from(even tho many people think they are). Have you ever read an obituary where the patient died from

  21. Med Error

    burn out replied to MULEKATE's topic in General Nursing

    A patient once had a list of home meds,(names only no dosages/frequency) the doctor was in a hurry and told me to just find out the dosages and frequency and write the order down. I told him that was...

  22. Opened The Window And In Flu Enza

    burn out replied to CHATSDALE's topic in General Nursing

    Did it enter yo

  23. Chronic COPD'er, 1 lung, 02 @ 6L/min. What would you do?

    burn out replied to DutchgirlRN's topic in General Nursing

    When working with copd patients we all know that they can normally run a higher co2 than a normal person, even higher than their o2 levels and there is always the 50/50 rule but we also know that when...

  24. Are there any dancing nurses out there?

    burn out posted a topic in General Nursing

    I am sitting here watching a ballroom dancing competition on television. How much fun it looks like. I began to wonder if any nurses dance? Are there any ballroom dancing nurses out there? How did...

  25. Chronic COPD'er, 1 lung, 02 @ 6L/min. What would you do?

    burn out replied to DutchgirlRN's topic in General Nursing

    I don't mean any disrespect or to flame anyone but I think you were out of line. First with the decision to call 911 and the medic arrived you needed to back out of the situation..you did your job...