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    When we were younger new flegling nurses :D

    clemmm78 replied to Silverdragon102's topic in International Nursing

    glass bottles for IV fluid. To be fair, they were phased out just as I was starting in 1978, but I do remember
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    Is The NCLEX That Hard?

    clemmm78 replied to PMFB-RN's topic in General Nursing

    You know, many people, including myself, criticized the Quebec order of nurses when they introduced the simulation exams instead of the full multiple choice RN exams I wrote. Maybe they are further...
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    How are Inpatient Hospices and Palliative Care Units set up?

    clemmm78 replied to nursesaideBen's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    We are a stand-alone palliative care, not affiliated with a hospital. We have nine beds. During the day, usually two RNs and an RNA plus volunteers. Here, an RNA can do pretty well anything an RN can...
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    Bed Baths, I dread giving them.

    clemmm78 replied to GardenDove's topic in General Nursing

    Believe it or not, I love them. It gives me time for one on one time with the patient. After not working days for years and years (or so it seemed), I did a few days at our place to get to know the...
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    can you be a mom and nurse?

    clemmm78 replied to perhisia's topic in Nursing Career

    When I was pregnant with my first child (now 19), I had a regular 8 to 3 job in a school for physically handicapped children. I gave that up to go work evenings. That allowed me to be home with the...
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    Why do other floors think OB isn't real work?

    clemmm78 replied to lannisz's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I get that with palliative care. Comments like "it must be nice to only have 9 patients and two of you to take care of them," and stuff like that. Sure, try handling 9 patients when two are actively...
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    Is becoming a nurse harder now?

    clemmm78 replied to clemmm78's topic in General Nursing

    I have to disagree with you there. I never, ever had a patient admitted for just tests, exhaustion or just for a
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    Is becoming a nurse harder now?

    clemmm78 replied to clemmm78's topic in General Nursing

    llg, you have a point. Actually several . Internet research wasn't available and I remember writing out all those details from library books or borrowed books. We did have a lab, thank goodness, but...
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    checking MAR

    clemmm78 replied to Fancy Face's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    It depends on the error. If you give a med that is obviously an error (i.e. 50 mg of morphine instead of 5), you should have known to double check against the orders as the dose is not the norm....
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    Wiping Butt...

    clemmm78 replied to Chicagoan's topic in General Nursing

    perhaps a career in statistics is more up your alley? On the slight chance it's not a troll, very minimal time spent wiping
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    If not bedside, where do you work?

    clemmm78 replied to UM Review RN's topic in General Nursing

    Although I work part-time in bedside nursing (three shifts per week), my full time job and love is medical writing and
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    Pain Management: The 5th Vital Sign

    clemmm78 replied to Zizka's topic in General Nursing

    Sounds to me like you're preaching to the choir. I give prns whenever needed, as dictated by the
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    does this every worry you?

    clemmm78 posted a topic in General Nursing

    In our palliative care, we call family members if patients have a sudden change for the worse and, of course, when they pass. When this happens in the middle of the night, especially in bad weather,...
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    does this every worry you?

    clemmm78 replied to clemmm78's topic in General Nursing

    Hi Cheryl, I've been reading in Hospice but I find my situation very different - or maybe I'm imagining it - from most who post there. I work in a 9-bed palliative care residence and our place becomes...
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    does this every worry you?

    clemmm78 replied to clemmm78's topic in General Nursing

    Family is more than welcome to stay in our residence; we are set up for that. I'm thinking of those who live in town and want to go
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    does this every worry you?

    clemmm78 replied to clemmm78's topic in General Nursing

    This is one of our biggests debates on our unit. Do you tell someone that their loved one is dead, or do you tell them to come in at once and then tell them once they arrive? I am on the tell them the...
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    A day in the life of a Registered Nurse....

    clemmm78 replied to RNsoon!'s topic in General Nursing

    2330 to 0730 Palliative care here, 9 patients. Get to the residence about 2315 if I've been off a few nights, five or ten minutes later if I'm on a stretch. If it's been a quiet evening, I chat with...
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    Dog and Pony Show --A Nursing School Rant!!

    clemmm78 replied to Ohmygosh's topic in General Nursing

    Sorry, but what is
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    Is current thinking on pain control creating drug addicts?

    clemmm78 replied to GardenDove's topic in General Nursing

    But you can't say that the meds for the migraines caused the addiction. She may have had an addictive personality anyway and would have gotten addicted to something else. There's no way of ever...
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    Is current thinking on pain control creating drug addicts?

    clemmm78 replied to GardenDove's topic in General Nursing

    I have to echo this. My migraines are excrutiating, but because they don't (usually) include nausea, I continue to function. At the point that they're the worst, I wouldn't think that pain can ever be...
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    Nursing in Quebec

    clemmm78 replied to noon's topic in International Nursing

    As a Quebecer, born and bred, I find that last post
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    Is current thinking on pain control creating drug addicts?

    clemmm78 replied to GardenDove's topic in General Nursing

    Considering that pain is extremely subjective and that psychological (phantom, etc) can be just as excrutiating as physical, I don't feel that there can be a protocol or one way of thinking in terms...
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    Deathbed visions

    clemmm78 replied to SCRN1's topic in General Nursing

    Frequently. In our palliative care, we see many patients who see relatives or visions before they pass. I can't say I've ever seen a patient upset about it other than if they were trying to reach the...
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    They Think I'm Working Christmas??

    clemmm78 replied to jodyangel's topic in General Nursing

    That's kind of harsh. Taking that way of thinking, slavery is a good idea because usually the masters provide a roof over your head and some food. I think finding out what hours you are working five...
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    Canada or US

    clemmm78 replied to backbone's topic in International Nursing

    That's way too broad a question. It all depends on what you are looking for in your life as an RN. Since I'm in Montreal, my answer is Canada. WOuldn't make sense for me to answer