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    Nursing Diagnoses: Useless Statements secondary to Professional Insecurity

    clemmm78 replied to Fribblet's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    I had to teach this in in-services and it was hard to teach because I, too, don't believe in Nursing Diagnosis. Care plans? Yes. Nsg dx? No. Yes, if the patient has a cast and is in traction, our...
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    Male Nurses

    clemmm78 replied to BackfromRetirement's topic in General Nursing

    I just wrote an article about this. While fewer than 6% of nurses are male, almost 50% of CRNAs are male. They tend to go to school at higher levels or pursue higher levels of education. They tend to...
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    White Supremacist patients

    clemmm78 replied to vashtee's topic in General Nursing

    Being a nurse in a professional situation is not when you come up with witty
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    screaming doctors....how can we handle them?

    clemmm78 replied to KSU-SN's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    This needs a team effort to end because it has gone on so long he feels it is appropriate and allowed. 1- document 2- report 3- do not tolerate. If you turn around and walk away, without saying a...
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    Who plays the "I'm a Nurse Card"?

    clemmm78 replied to Doc Lori, R.N.'s topic in General Nursing

    I think that it's unfair to label people as insecure if they tell attending staff that they are nurses. When I was working clinically, I liked knowing if I was dealing with a nurse. I felt there was a...
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    Who plays the "I'm a Nurse Card"?

    clemmm78 replied to Doc Lori, R.N.'s topic in General Nursing

    Depends on the situation. I don't announce it, but it is often revealed during the course of the hospital stay by something I've said or done. Not intentionally - not a serious "only a nurse would say...
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    Just interviewed a nurse who *loves* her job

    clemmm78 posted a topic in General Nursing

    What a refreshing treat I just had. I'm writing an article for which I needed to interview a couple of nurses. I just got off the phone with a home health nurse who, 20 years into her career, still...
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    Is Nursing a really difficult course to take?

    clemmm78 replied to ice2012's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Actually, there's more than one
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    Quick question for night-shift nurses

    clemmm78 replied to AZO49008's topic in General Nursing

    I just used a regular flashlight but pointed it up at the ceiling, so it wasn't directed at
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    RPNs/LPNs vs. RNs

    clemmm78 replied to rant's topic in Canada

    So what I'm reading is that my three years of college to get my RN isn't worth any more than the RNA (registered nursing assistant here in Quebec) who went to a two-year technical program. Then why on...
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    How many times do you try to start an IV before calling in reinforcements?

    clemmm78 replied to belgarion's topic in General Nursing

    I don't care who she is married to. There must be something written down about how many are allowed. That is not best practice and if I was the patient, I would have turned into a raving patient (or...
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    Nursing Education, Not Training!!

    clemmm78 replied to scoochy's topic in General Nursing

    I don't let things like that bother me. Life is too
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    The best nursing advice you've ever received

    clemmm78 replied to findingmywayRN's topic in General Nursing

    Without your back, you are nothing. Do NOT do anything that could wreck your back. Even the patient on the floor can wait a few extra minutes for more
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    Posting advice: "I can't do this, ...I don't understand you"

    clemmm78 replied to cmonkey's topic in General Nursing

    I can handle some spelling and grammar errors, but "u" instead of "you" and "4" instead of "four," drive me batty. But, the worst - and I absolutely will not take the time to try to read them, are the...
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    Sharing Personal Information at Work

    clemmm78 replied to Urban_Durga's topic in General Nursing

    I'm afraid I agree with the other responses. Whether someone is married or not, or has kids or not isn't going beyond professional boundaries. Sometimes it helps for coworkers to know this. You never...
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    HR in 40s. Doc insisting on dig IV

    clemmm78 replied to General E. Speaking, RN's topic in General Nursing

    Hopefully your actions were well documented. I ticked off a dr royally for something similar and I documented it. I didn't give the medication (a dose 10 x the usual of a sedative) and the psych...
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    Just sharing some good and happy news

    clemmm78 replied to Reigen's topic in General Nursing

    Congratulations to your daughter for both the graduation and the new
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    Potassium tablets!

    clemmm78 replied to Acarter2618's topic in General Nursing

    A scored pill is different from a capsule though. I just don't understand why the pills have to be so darned big. I'm sure if they put their mind to it, a much smaller form could be made. Maybe some...
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    Patient requesting to use adult briefs during colonoscopy, rather than cath?

    clemmm78 replied to Pplexed's topic in General Nursing

    I, too, immediately thought condom cath. Why can't you use one if it's a big
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    Pick your battles with your LNA.....

    clemmm78 replied to bluemorningglory's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Ah, this is something near and dear to my heart. I use a version of my middle name, NEVER my first name. I know that when I'm sitting in some nsg home years from now, some nurses or aides will call me...
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    Called into the office, told I'm a slob.

    clemmm78 replied to danceswithsnakes's topic in General Nursing

    I didn't say she was denying it, but repeating that she likes to wear shoes that we know aren't appropriate isn't really showing that she accepts what they are
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    Called into the office, told I'm a slob.

    clemmm78 replied to danceswithsnakes's topic in General Nursing

    Sorry, but your choice of shoes is inappropriate in a healthcare setting. How on earth could you react if there was an emergency? Even if you aren't doing hands-on care, if there was a fire or some...
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    The retro nurse's outfit has returned

    clemmm78 replied to cicatrixx15's topic in General Nursing

    I checked the date of the article to make sure it wasn't dated April
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    your nursing decison

    clemmm78 replied to dark40's topic in General Nursing

    I chose nursing as I felt that it was a profession that would always be in demand. For sure, there are times when it is harder to find a job as a nurse, but nurses will always be needed in some
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    Med aides giving insulin

    clemmm78 replied to smarti15's topic in General Nursing

    I used to work in a facility where someone else took the blood sugars and told me the results - I gave the insulin. I didn't accept that and insisted on doing my own blood sugars. I felt that too many...