CCU NRS

CCU NRS

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  1. Why a Philadelphia hospital gave in to a racist demand?

    CCU NRS replied to NRSKarenRN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    She doesn't have to go elsewhere she is entitled to treatment right where she is and has a right to refuse care from anyone she deems

  2. please help!!!

    CCU NRS replied to WI_cna's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    BUMP for WI_CNA please don't let the harsh responses offend or frighten you

  3. Why a Philadelphia hospital gave in to a racist demand?

    CCU NRS replied to NRSKarenRN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    No every Pt has rights and unfortunately some Pts are racist that does not make the facility racist for honoring their wishes. Racism has been alive for a long time and will continue to live forever...

  4. Why a Philadelphia hospital gave in to a racist demand?

    CCU NRS replied to NRSKarenRN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Isn't it the Pts right to refuse to be taken care of by anyone s/he

  5. Effexor Withdrawl

    CCU NRS replied to kathygirl8's topic in General Nursing

    Your post interst me very much because you state you love feeling normal, I am glad to hear that, My question I guess is isn't that a lot of times the reason others quit taking anti-psychotic and or...

  6. Crime Victim says she's a Job Victim

    CCU NRS replied to colleen10's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Definately strange, because someone targets you, you become a danger to be near, well there you go, the victim is always to

  7. Hi! I'm Tweety Your Critical Care Med Surg Nurse (Or long waits for ICU beds)

    CCU NRS replied to Tweety's topic in General Nursing

    BUMP again what is boarder

  8. question for you... this is really bugging me .

    CCU NRS replied to jnette's topic in General Nursing

    yeahi feel much better

  9. question for you... this is really bugging me .

    CCU NRS replied to jnette's topic in General Nursing

    Ok everyone has been all nice and considerate and I don't want to freak you out but Abdominal aortic anuerysm is very serious and very dangerous and if you can feel a pulsing in your abdomen you need...

  10. Time Management Tips

    CCU NRS replied to MMouse's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    That is a hard thing to devise, first off they are sort of feild specific, and secondly they require a routine in my opinion. I work CCU I begin each day with report, then I see my Pts and assess them...

  11. Walk to a healthier you

    CCU NRS posted a topic in General Nursing

    Does Walking 15 Minutes per Day Keep the Obesity Epidemic Away? Simulation of the Efficacy of a Populationwide Campaign Posted 03/04/2004 Alfredo Morabia, MD, PhD; Michael C. Costanza, PhD Abstract...

  12. Nursing Shortage? Not really!!!!

    CCU NRS replied to tiliimnrn's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    When I was a kid, 10/11 I started working throwing papers, I had to mow lawns in the summer and throw a paper route all year long because I wanted spending money, I rode motorcycles and i wanted yo...

  13. Nursing Shortage? Not really!!!!

    CCU NRS replied to tiliimnrn's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    Not trying to offend anyone I was actually refering to the kids that are still in HS at this point and that all I seem to see is a mix of kids that want everything they want free and without working...

  14. Hi! I'm Tweety Your Critical Care Med Surg Nurse (Or long waits for ICU beds)

    CCU NRS replied to Tweety's topic in General Nursing

    hmmmmm What is a boarder nurse, I have never heard this term, is it like they float a nurse from ICU to your floor for the PT or they give it to a nurse that can work

  15. Nursing Shortage? Not really!!!!

    CCU NRS replied to tiliimnrn's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    I can see this problem growing with time as well because the new Generation of "kids" coming up are fatalists and have zero work ethic, I mean I guess with all they have seen they just figure the ship...

  16. Collodial silver?

    CCU NRS replied to BRANDY LPN's topic in General Nursing

    I always apply a couple of old addages to this type of thing. If it sounds too good to be true then it probably is If it walks like a duck and quacks like a duck it ain't a damn

  17. Forgot to have TB test read!

    CCU NRS replied to hock1's topic in General Nursing

    Did you work that day and did you discuss your TB test with anyone and say something like I need to go get it read and they just looked at your arm and said your negative? What I am saying is if was...

  18. Hi! I'm Tweety Your Critical Care Med Surg Nurse (Or long waits for ICU beds)

    CCU NRS replied to Tweety's topic in General Nursing

    Agree i too hate this, we can be on divert in CCU and some doc in our professional building will send someone and we have to accept them because if the doc is admiting them to CCU it is emergent, so...

  19. please help

    CCU NRS replied to shllby1's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Just checking if the box was brand new there should have a tape or some closure that had to be broken to open for use have you forgotten this or was it not a brand new

  20. Forgot to have TB test read!

    CCU NRS replied to hock1's topic in General Nursing

    Are you nurse? Did it get red or raised or have any induration? then you read it, explain to the employee health nurse what you saw and that is was

  21. HELP!!! (me as RN?)

    CCU NRS replied to Future-Male-RN?'s topic in New Jersey Nursing

    Male RN was LPN for 8 years. You will not be automatically sterotyped as gay if you become a nurse, if that is you greatest fear you should not worry. Nursing is hard work but it is also rewarding. Do...

  22. please help

    CCU NRS replied to shllby1's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    was it a box of unused lancets? I mean do you think someone used it and then put it back in the box? If you can be fairly certain that it was a new lancet No worry at all. If the 9 residents are truly...

  23. open visitation in critical care units

    CCU NRS replied to grits's topic in General Nursing

    To OP I would just make it clear to all visitors that they will need toleave without argument or hesitation any time you ask them to I would explain all rules which include no food or drinks in rooms,...

  24. please help!!!

    CCU NRS replied to WI_cna's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    You are entitiled to your opinion, however you did not just say CNAs should not pass meds but you were less than kind shall we say, your original comment was: ""Thick" blood? No such thing. Another...

  25. How do you get patients to give you a "very good?"

    CCU NRS replied to MrsWampthang's topic in Emergency

    I mean IV starts are not really that painful it is a big stick that hurts for about a minute, people need to feel that pain to understand the importance of protecting the site and to keep from havning...