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  1. Let's call Oprah

    burn out replied to cinja's topic in General Nursing

    Unless we come up with some solutions or possible solutions no matter what televison program we would get on we would only sound like we were bi######. If we don't have the answers how do we expect...

  2. Has anyone ever had to go to court?

    burn out replied to LoriAlabamaRN's topic in General Nursing

    I have been to two depositions. One where my charting was very important in regards to and IV site and the second one I wasn't even that patients nurse and had done no charting but was in on the...

  3. ABC bird flu made-for-TV movie

    burn out replied to mtnmom's topic in General Nursing

    As if we don't have enough in real life to worry

  4. I'm not woman, hear me roar!

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

    Maybe it has nothing to do with your gender but your attitude. If you want respect you need to give respect and by the way you posted you certainly are not giving any respect to older women....

  5. Chest tubes

    burn out replied to Lisa CCU RN's topic in General Nursing

    Take off the suction and reconnect when the patient returns is how we do it where I work IF it is not portable. In most cases though the xray is done portable just to keep from pulling the darn thing...

  6. is this typical?

    burn out replied to shock-me-sane's topic in General Nursing

    Likewise I freaked out when they sent my premie grandbaby home , they just took her off all of the monitors and said here you have a healthy baby take her home. However, if we kept all the MRSA people...

  7. Nurse ANETHESTITIST

    burn out replied to sassychris's topic in General Nursing

    A CRNA is now at least in my state a Masters degree with a certificate in anesthesia . You have to have a bachelors but not necessarily a BSN. A Crna works under the Anesthesilogist (MD). For...

  8. MD orders, is this normal .......

    burn out replied to HyperRNRachel's topic in General Nursing

    What I usually do to make sure there is no mistake is to call the doctor to see if it is ok and then write a telephone order for it to be either started or write to not start the medicine .. it just...

  9. Defibrillators...

    burn out replied to CANRN's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    We keep a magnet on our refrigerator door to be used just for this purpose. Like they already said we sit it or tape it over the pacer/defib. and about 30-45 minutes it stops. We then take it off...

  10. one handed scoop

    burn out replied to holistic1's topic in General Nursing

    That is exactly how I was taught once upon a time when HIV did not exist and universal precautions were just a glint in someones's

  11. You have a what on your where?

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

    i love it. i bet they went for it. one night we had a paramedic that was working as a pct in icu. he was a big guy over 6 feet tall and at least 300 lbs. i had a patient with a high blood pressure...

  12. soooo confused about IV

    burn out replied to mani3433's topic in General Students

    Try not to get too stressed out and just remember the basics because in the real world the doctor orders what they want them to have no matter if you think it should be different or

  13. Serious Questions about Neglect Etc.

    burn out replied to GeriatricSunshine's topic in General Nursing

    I may be burnt out but I am not the one that told a lie. I will not be made a scapegoat for someone else that did something I consider ethically wrong and then has the nerve to sit back and judge...

  14. To be or not to be ( A BSN that is)

    burn out replied to physiologytutor's topic in Nursing Career

    If you are looking into just doing bedside nursing maybe unit managemenet type stuff then the AD program would probably would be enough but like Tweety said if you want to go further you would want...

  15. Serious Questions about Neglect Etc.

    burn out replied to GeriatricSunshine's topic in General Nursing

  16. Serious Questions about Neglect Etc.

    burn out replied to GeriatricSunshine's topic in General Nursing

    I am very tired and going to bed after I write this. These kinds of situations make me very angry. Apples shouldn't judge oranges and if you are not a nurse I don't think you should be judging them....

  17. What's Your Best Nursing Ghost Story?

    burn out replied to steffck's topic in General Nursing

    One night I was taking care of an elderly man that had a self inflicted gun shot wound to the head-he had been through surgery and in ICU on max support and was anticapated to die . The family had...

  18. As a patient, do you disclose your qualifications?

    burn out replied to lisalau's topic in General Nursing

    No I don't tell and I try to get out of taking care of patient I know is a nurse (I feel like JACHO sitting on my shoulder..too nerve

  19. Something thats bothering me tonight

    burn out replied to tattooednursie's topic in General Nursing

    So one person thinks you need improvement...we all can use a little improvement. Maybe even explore the idea a little bit about how could you improve your skills but unless the person making the...

  20. Have you ever refused to care for a particular patient?

    burn out replied to HappyNurse2005's topic in General Nursing

    Yes I won't take care of patient that has been physically or verbally abusive to me. I even tell them that I left an abusive husband and I did not come to work to take from them and be treated that...

  21. patient satisfaction

    burn out replied to RNLex's topic in Emergency

    Does insurances pay for patient

  22. assertiveness..

    burn out replied to blee1's topic in MICU, SICU

    Somewhere along the line I have taken a class in assertiveness. Like doris, I can be so assertive at work that it can almost be called aggression but in my own life I am a doormat. Everyone runs...

  23. MD orders, is this normal .......

    burn out replied to HyperRNRachel's topic in General Nursing

    Where I work this is a common order esp. for lovenox or heparin or coumadin. Usually the patient has underlying afib and is on an anticoagulate med which has been stopped to prevent bleeding for...

  24. Does anyone really use the care plan?

    burn out replied to psalm_55's topic in General Nursing

    We use care plans daily because they are computor generated for each patient and we use them to receive report with. All teh orders are put in the computor then that is made into a care plan for the...

  25. The 1st Time You Cried on the Job

    burn out replied to Eilana's topic in General Nursing

    I don't remember the first but I remember the last. I had worked night shift the night before and was taking care of a 5 year old little boy that had been hit by a coal truck after getting off the...