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  1. Partial foot amputee needs advice

    MU/WVUGRADRN replied to chevyv's topic in Nurse Disabilities

    I am a below knee amputee and was fortunately blessed to get a job in my hospital that suits my needs. I have worked for 4 years after my amputation and have missed one week in those four years...

  2. Do travel nurses have any choices other than "general floor" nursing?

    MU/WVUGRADRN replied to forest2525's topic in Travel

    Our operating room has plenty of travelers. A long time ago we had more travelers than we did permanent staff (fortunately that has

  3. A question about TB medication

    MU/WVUGRADRN replied to Nursing4Sure's topic in General Nursing

    I know several nurses who have positive TB tests. When the rest of us are screened with the TB test, these nurses have their chest xrays done. As long as their chest xrays are negative they do not...

  4. Help with Hospital Policy

    MU/WVUGRADRN replied to MuleMarine's topic in General Nursing

    What is your facility's policy about needle sticks? I believe at our hospital, if there is a needle stick, the patient does not have to give consent for HIV testing. No charge to pt since is done...

  5. Unit Clerks are Useless!

    MU/WVUGRADRN replied to HUCtoRNBScN's topic in General Nursing

    Jenni H I hate you are having such a tough time at your job. People write dissertations about how and why people treat others poorly.Others give lots of advice about how to manage people who do...

  6. Team Nursing

    MU/WVUGRADRN replied to RN2B07's topic in General Nursing

    I'm an "old" (experienced) nurse and we did team nursing a long time ago. I loved

  7. Lap chole

    MU/WVUGRADRN replied to cndrn's topic in Medical-Surgical

    :yeahthat:

  8. Working as a supervisor

    MU/WVUGRADRN replied to lmonet82's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    Just an idea: Occasionally make your rounds WITH the staff person. Just say something like "Let's make rounds and see how things are with your patients" or "Would you like to go with me as I make...

  9. Let's play I Remember When.....

    MU/WVUGRADRN replied to RNSue's topic in General Nursing

    Love this thread. Glad it has been resurrected. I graduated in 1968. Previous postings bring back so many memories. Let me add a couple of my memories: Almost failing clinicals one day because my...

  10. On hanging blood...

    MU/WVUGRADRN replied to spejsa's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Let me share my transfusion horror story: Our policy was to stay with the patient for the first 15 minutes of the transfusion. VS were to be done q 15 min x2. I stayed with the pt. After about 2-3...

  11. RANT!! He left a dirty needle on my table!

    MU/WVUGRADRN replied to nursejohio's topic in Ob/Gyn

    phriedomRN Obviously you are not the only one with this problem. Get the support of your peers (there is power in numbers). As long as nurses do not do anything about doctors' bad behavior (or...

  12. Considering LNC

    MU/WVUGRADRN replied to tnbutterfly - Mary's topic in Legal

    Has anyone begun to take the AALNC legal nurse consultant on line course yet? If so, what do you

  13. making the transition to management

    MU/WVUGRADRN replied to shearan's topic in Nurse Management

    When I took my management position I asked a fellow friend manager for advice about how I could succeed. Her quick response: Don't go to lunch with the same people every day. I chuckled, but...

  14. Can somebody please explain what happened in my clinicals yesterday? (Long)

    MU/WVUGRADRN replied to debrasDD99's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I hope that you learned from the BEST thing (and the WORST thing) from this scenario. The BEST thing: a nurse identified that this patient should be taken to the OR to explore this wound. The...

  15. JCAHO Prep quiz or game

    MU/WVUGRADRN replied to Debrajo MSN's topic in Nurse Management

    JCAHO Jeopardy is also an idea. A board with responses and the staff needs to come up with the correct answers. Some sort of reward for earning big points with right answers.

  16. Question about Gravida and Para??

    MU/WVUGRADRN replied to CityKat's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    If gravida always equals para why do we even list both? How do you list how many live births the woman has had? Our computer assessment sheet lists gravida (list a number), para (list a number),...

  17. Recovery Room Nurse

    MU/WVUGRADRN replied to Catfish RN's topic in Operating Room

    Each facility will differ, but in my experience there were instances that I did have do some lifting of patients in the PACU. Remember patients are under the influence of anesthesia. You may have...

  18. how do you introduce yourself to patients?

    MU/WVUGRADRN replied to panamama's topic in General Nursing

    Are there NO ancillary personnell in your facility?? What about housekeepers, dietary, etc that have patient contact? My mother once asked the housekeeper for pain med as well as the dietary staff...

  19. Whose responsibility To Get Informed consent for Surgery?

    MU/WVUGRADRN replied to copycat's topic in Emergency

    IT IS THE SURGEON'S DUTY TO GET INFORMED CONSENT. :yeahthat: I worked in a hospital in Colorado. It was HOSPITAL POLICY that the surgeon got the consent signed. It was wonderful! The surgeons...

  20. pain management after surgery

    MU/WVUGRADRN replied to HyperRNRachel's topic in General Nursing

    If it is any consolation to you, I've had days like this. AH, the life of a nurse. At least these days are in the minority. Just a thought: Did anyone consider muscle spasms causing the pain...

  21. how do you introduce yourself to patients?

    MU/WVUGRADRN replied to panamama's topic in General Nursing

    What about this one: Hello, my name is _________ and I am the RN who will be caring for you today? Lots of reasons to be

  22. A right to work state?

    MU/WVUGRADRN posted a topic in General Nursing

    I work in a hospital in South Carolina. Any time I question why things are done the way they are done, I get the response "SC is a right to work state". No one seems to be able to explain what this...

  23. A right to work state?

    MU/WVUGRADRN replied to MU/WVUGRADRN's topic in General Nursing

    Siri, Great link. Thanks. Explanation short and right on point. All postings have been great. Have much better understanding. Still can't figure out how the correlation happens "if you talk...

  24. Research Topic Ideas

    MU/WVUGRADRN replied to CaliAlli's topic in General Nursing

    You do not indicate what venue your research needs to be: clinical, management, education??? When I was doing research for my masters I ran across an article that asked patients, nurses and doctors...

  25. Physical function test???

    MU/WVUGRADRN replied to luvmy2angels's topic in General Nursing

    This started me wondering: I once worked with an LPN who was an amputee. Her left arm was amputated mid shaft forearm. I had my doubts, but she could work circles around other nurses. I was...