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  1. Prevacid and G.Tubes

    How do you get the Prevacid granules to go down the G.Tube without clogging the damn thing up? Thank
  2. Fentanyl placement?

    Ive always understood that Fentanyl patches can be placed anywhere,chest back etc. But we have one nurse,who recently went to a Pain Seminar,that insists the patch must be place ot the torso,as it is...
  3. Shortcuts

    It would be helpful for me to know,when your jamming at work and unexpected crises comes up on the floor,then you start falling behind,lets say falling behind with meds, what shortcuts do you take to...
  4. How to stay organized

    Im not the most organized nurse there is,maybe ive got AADD,or whatever,but Im trying I get flustered when lets say Ive got 3 IV antibiotics that have to be given Q 4 hrs,and Ive got to keep track of...
  5. Please dont laugh but I sometimes have a problem figuring out what the IV med book is saying. For example,say Im giving IV Ancef,and the book says "Each 1 Gm or fraction thereof must be diluted with...
  6. Can attitudes be taught?

    There is alot of unprofessional behavior among nurses,nurses gossiping,putting others down behind their backs,backbiting,unsupportiveness,etc.,and Im guilty of it also. Is it possible to give an...
  7. Getting it on the MAR: How hard is that?

    Your orders arent being transcribed to the Mar because of the human factor,human error.No matter what process you have in place,people will screw
  8. is rudeness a prereq.?

    Yes,for those nurses who are unhappy with themselves,their jobs and their lives,rudeness is a
  9. How do you cope with death?

    I cope with death with belief,the belief that death is not the end of
  10. I Quit My Job Today! I'm so relieved!

    Hi Fran,Im using the idea of self righteous anger as the same with righteous anger,I see you seperate the two. Both of them imply that Im right,my cause is right and could be applied to anyone...
  11. Nursing can be stressful,[duh]. I think what adds to this stress is personalizing what happens to us at work. For many of us nursing is "who we are",our identities are caught up in our roles as...
  12. I Quit My Job Today! I'm so relieved!

    Fran,I cant address your entire post,but Ill share something personal.For me anger,self righteous or not,is my spiritual enemy. Anger,especially the self righteous kind,is a cover,it covers up my...
  13. I Quit My Job Today! I'm so relieved!

    Aloha Chearful, you cant go wrong if you follow the bold St.Augustinian saying,"Love and so what you will."
  14. I Quit My Job Today! I'm so relieved!

    Cheerful,I have been in a similar situation,trapped in a room,closed doors with DON and 2 supervisors,but if there are no witnessess to the wrongs of these people then its your word against theirs. I...
  15. Nursing,"Who you are"? or "What you do"?

    Thank you for your thoughtful replies to this probing question. I would like to articulate nursing as "who we are". By this I mean we need to justify our existence,"who we are" through our...
  16. I Quit My Job Today! I'm so relieved!

    Wow,It must be great to be able to tell your employer,"take this job and shove it" and sometimes and somedays I wish I could...But I dont have that luxery,family,mortage,dog,cat,fish,etc.and...
  17. Racial discrimination in Nursing....

    Discrimination?Shes working isnt she Barbie? If shes busier than others ,then others might be lazy.Tracing our ancestry? We all trace our ancestry back to africa,even if your Irish,like
  18. I've Had It! Nursing is NOT what it use to be!

    I hope I dont sound Unsympathetic to your plight,but in my opionon Nursing is not the Profession to be in if you are seeking acknowledgment,recognition or praise,this is my opinion based on my...
  19. Authoritarian HN

    There are different management styles,and I believe one can attract more bees with honey,but the the authoritarian management style of some HNs always rubs me the wrong way,my problem with authority?...
  20. Just chill baby

    My wife and I ,both nurses,sometimes work on the same floor,therefore she has seen me in action. While she says Im a good nurse,she also says I panic,or I freak out,or I get to overly nervous or...
  21. IV Bolus not so simple

    Today Dr. ordered a patient to receive a Bolus of 500cc of NS. The IV was running 75cc/hr via IV pump. A nurse tried to run the IV bolus, thru the pump,because all she had was IV pump tubing,but she...
  22. IV Bolus not so simple

    More helpful replies,thank
  23. IV Bolus not so simple

    Well thank you for replies. I wonder why we dont have a P and P on
  24. Fentanyl placement?

    McCaffery is the Goddess of Pain Management. Ill go with her
  25. Nurses rat on nurses

    Somewhere ,from someone,I was once told that some of us need to put down others so they can feel good about themseves,self esteem issue. Do fire men have a healthy self esteem and do nurses have a low...