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  1. Why Correctional Nursing??????????

    VegRN replied to Ga_LPN's topic in Correctional

    Hi Ga-LPN. Try doing a search on this topic, there are several other threads on the pros and cons (hahaha) of correctional nursing on this forum. There is actually one thread right below the thread...

  2. Fingerstick Glucose Testing-Do Alcohol Wipes Interfere w/ Results?

    VegRN replied to PsychRN-Kris's topic in General Nursing

    Amen to that. Our hospital has recently switched from alcohol to soap and water prior to getting blood sugar check. You know what ends up happening? Since most of the pts are bed bound, the blood...

  3. New here and venting already

    VegRN replied to Butterfly Faery's topic in General Nursing

    This is what i would have done as

  4. an inmate you seems think he owns the prison

    VegRN replied to nurse1972's topic in Correctional

    well

  5. Writing Up Inmates

    VegRN replied to Sheri257's topic in Correctional

    ...you did the right thing. And yes as the other poster said, word will get around that you are strict and aren't going to take any crap. You will reap the benefits of this. It's the other nurses...

  6. Confronting a co-worker

    VegRN replied to colleennurse's topic in General Nursing

  7. Nurse Rounding

    VegRN replied to Margeincharge's topic in Medical-Surgical

    Checking on each pt every 30 minutes with 4-5 pts? Are you kidding? I have worked at a high acutity m/s floor and the changes in pt conditions that I need to attend to would absolutely not allow me...

  8. Is this a big deal or not?

    VegRN replied to VegRN's topic in Medical-Surgical

    Thanks Kelli :) I guess I just don't understand what the big deal is. Maybe someone can enlighten me on what management is thinking. I didn't mischart anything, all narc's were accounted for. I had...

  9. Is this a big deal or not?

    VegRN replied to VegRN's topic in Medical-Surgical

    I charted the proper amount that I ended up giving to a pt. I did not chart more than the pt actually took. Also, I work in a psych lockdown unit so leaving meds at the bedside is also a serious...

  10. The positives in correctional nursing...

    VegRN replied to bighousenurse's topic in Correctional

    I have a few... 1. Not being ordered around by the pt or the family because of some "customer service" model of care that the hospital created. It's a prison, not a dayspa and it is well understood...

  11. Hep C exposure?

    VegRN replied to bandas's topic in General Nursing

    Exactly, if there is a policy "that wasn't being followed" why aren't they covering themselves by bending over backward? Although, I believe at many nursing schools, you have to sign a waiver saying...

  12. Hep C exposure?

    VegRN replied to bandas's topic in General Nursing

    What is your facility policy? According to the CDC (Center for disease control), you were NOT exposed. Hospitals should be following these guidelines. CDC define exposure as: "An exposure that might...

  13. Can you believe this?

    VegRN replied to ex1140's topic in Correctional

    How is it that the prison doesn't employ RN's? I thought that there had to be an RN supervising during each

  14. New to site, have a question

    VegRN replied to inmatern726's topic in Correctional

    hahhahahahahaaaa. Too

  15. Scrubs?

    VegRN replied to moncj66's topic in General Nursing

    I think there is another thread about this particular issue. I am 5"11" and wear cherokee tall flared scrubs. Inseam is 34 1/2

  16. Is their really a nursing shortage?

    VegRN replied to studentmalenurse's topic in General Nursing

    Well

  17. CNA Jobs $15-18 possible?

    VegRN replied to sexymonkeyboy's topic in General Nursing

    I can't imagine how the hospital justifies this. This is

  18. Understaffed and sick of it!!

    VegRN replied to kate1969's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    wow, that was awesome that the md advocated for the nurses instead of taking it out on the nurses. sad that it took an md to complain about it for things to happen though. back to the op issue. i...

  19. Lack of respect for nurses

    VegRN replied to nicuRN2007's topic in General Nursing

    I recommend Suzanne Gordon's books, she speaks to the frustrations that you feel. She isn't even a nurse but she is a journalist who is a big advocate of nursing and realizes the importance of it. It...

  20. Non-Nurses calling themselves a Nurse

    VegRN replied to sarajasmine's topic in General Nursing

    OMG, this is scary. On another note, might the state medical board be interested in this one? Some medical boards have been upset about NP's making dx, I wonder how they would feel about an NA...

  21. Home birth vs. hospital

    VegRN replied to rnmi2004's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Of course L&D nurses see the horror stories of births that didn't go right so that is the image they have of non hospital births. What about the majority of home births that go well? They don't...

  22. Total Loan Amount

    VegRN replied to sed8U's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    $190,000? Is this for grad school? Private undergrad? I am curious to

  23. The Circumcision Discussion

    VegRN replied to jmspeach's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Excellent post Alt John. My future husband was circumsized as a baby during his Bris. It was done for religious reasons, at his house when he was 8 days old and done by a special rabbi. He was happy...

  24. Vacation Time at your facility???

    VegRN replied to GardenDove's topic in General Nursing

    I can't believe that squeezing all of your monthly shifts into a 2 week period (versus 4 weeks) is acceptable. If you only signed up for a specific FTE then you should not have to forced to be...

  25. Nuva Ring questions

    VegRN replied to texasnursingstudent's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I liked nuvaring for the first few months I took it. I started using it because I developed "hormonal acne", acne on the chin, cheeks and jawline, which was a new thing for me and hard to get rid of...