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  1. 501 ways to know you've been on allnurses.com too long!

    burn out replied to Roy Fokker's topic in Nursing Humor

    134. When you would rather be on allnurses than having sex with your husband. 135. Afterglow is a smoking a cigarette while on allnurses.com after having sex with your husband. 136. Trying to read...

  2. Does your facility still use Vest Restraints?

    burn out replied to UM Review RN's topic in General Nursing

    They are there if we need them but for the most part no one uses them..wrist restraints work better but even then our policy is to remain restraint free. If our patient is sedated on the vent we are...

  3. Questions about wasting NARCS ????

    burn out replied to BrnEyedGirl's topic in Emergency

    Sorry but I am the pain in the butte that will be finding someone to waste with me. I have been burned too many times by co-workers that I trusted and never would have thought would steal drugs..I...

  4. How Would You Handle Pt Anger r/t Wait?

    burn out replied to UM Review RN's topic in General Nursing

    Why can't you tell a stable patient that you had a critical patient that needed attention? We are nurses not hand maids. On my way to the other patients room I might ask the tech to take a pillow to...

  5. My son needs help. The system isn't working!

    burn out replied to Dixiecup's topic in General Nursing

    I think I was married to yur son..or at least someone like him. I had to take his two children (ages 1 and 3) and leave him. I could not let him destroy his life and those two babies and mine. What...

  6. Some questions about Nursing

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

    honey, don't waste your time and money. Your don't need a nursing license to do what you want. Why not try going for a Medical Assistant, less time in school, less money up front and they work in...

  7. any comment?

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

    Hey kid, you are not alone, many of us have been exactly where you are. Sometimes I think being a nurse and picking abusive husbands or significant others go hand in hand..probably some co-dependent...

  8. Take action, or not?

    burn out replied to Works2xs's topic in General Nursing

    As long as you stay in the situation and do nothing about nothing will change. Get ready and Pucker Up for your

  9. "Funny Codes"?

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

    and a nurse-what a super

  10. any comment?

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

    You have found yourself in a positin that many of us have had to deal with and rearange our lives over...the hospitals never had any mercy on us and I doubt if they will make an exception for you. I...

  11. Interpreting these PT/INR, APTT, and D-Dimer results

    burn out replied to leesespieces's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    I am not surprised that the CT scan was neg for PE. Most of the lab is to rule out. the physician has to be sure that the resp distress is in fact from the pneumonia and not something else going on...

  12. Physicians for a National Health Health Program

    burn out replied to HM2VikingRN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Sounds pretty good so far..still a bit skeptical. But whomever supports legislation such as this will probably be our next

  13. vents and sedation?

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

    Why are you even putting them on the vent them? Most of the time we put a patient on the vent because they are so weak and sick that they can't maintain their own airway and in this case they are...

  14. What is a nurse?

    burn out replied to Tiwi's topic in General Nursing

    A nurse is anything and everything the patient wants them to be. A nurse will jump through hoops to get "their" patient what they ask for or need. They will take on an army to protect their patient...

  15. Which is correct method admin meds via GT

    burn out replied to Kashia's topic in General Nursing

    I guess there is text book and there is real world. If I was giving these pills orally they would all be given at the same time and would all end up in the stomach at the same time I see no...

  16. unrealistic family of dying resident

    burn out replied to maah's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Is the comcern about the antibiotics or the morphine. By all means give the morphine, to stop antibiotics ..isn't that withholding medical

  17. Speaking of adenosine

    burn out replied to TazziRN's topic in Emergency

    Did it work, did the pt go asystole? I would have loved to have seem the look on his

  18. Post-traumatic nurse disorder ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?

    burn out replied to CaLLaCoDe's topic in General Nursing

    the most I've had is waking up and not knowing if it is day or night , or if I am late for work or even suppose to be at work. One time I dreamed that I was on the toilet and peed the bed though

  19. Does seniority = superiority

    burn out replied to TigerGalLE's topic in General Nursing

    No you don't want to pretend you know what you are doing but show what you do know. There are other people you can use as resources. Ask the unit secretary if you have the right surgery papers then...

  20. Does seniority = superiority

    burn out replied to TigerGalLE's topic in General Nursing

    Would you like some cheese to go with that Whine? You are on orientation, you will shortly be performing this job on your own. You have all the puzzle peices you just need to put them together, you...

  21. Generational Differences: kindly share your opinion/experience

    burn out replied to yuuki's topic in General Nursing

  22. night shift not calling critical lab values

    burn out posted a topic in General Nursing

    OMG I think I got someone fired. Picture this.. Yesterday I went in at 7 am and the patient severe copd with MI on heparin now with acitve GI bleed. Am lab and gases showed ph of 7.20 co2 68 po2 131...

  23. Doctors that think they are god...

    burn out replied to DebRN06's topic in General Nursing

    Yes I too have heard these very moving words. I have witnessed beautiful deaths as well as agonizing ones. I have witnessed death of strangers as well as death of loved ones. I have witnessed so much...

  24. why do tea bags do for nipple care when breastfeeding?

    burn out replied to GingerSue's topic in General Nursing

    I don't know about nipple care but I've heard tea bags are good for stopping oral cavity bleeding say if someone is bleeding from teeth extraction or any kind of oral surgery- just moisten the tea...

  25. night shift not calling critical lab values

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

    Ng tube hooked up backwards = patient tubing connected to vaccum port on cannister, vaccum tube connected to patient port on cannister - does not work. The patient lasted two more days then the...