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    sedation and driving

    live4today replied to bkleja's topic in Gastroenterology

    I had a colonoscopy last summer. I was told that someone had to be present during the procedure as well as drive me home. If this was not the case, the procedure would have to be rescheduled. One of...
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    Isn't this a joke?

    live4today replied to ZZTopRN's topic in General Nursing

    Hello movingalong :) Yes, I was under sedation. I don't remember a thing. Now that is the kind of colonoscopy to have. :rotfl: I was taken from my outpatient room wide awake and taken to the...
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    if only for one day......

    live4today replied to babyktchr's topic in Ob/Gyn

    :rotfl: :rotfl:
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    Opinions about staffing please....

    live4today replied to nursemaa's topic in General Nursing

    Eight patients per nurse is too many patients, and very unsafe -- I don't care how many LPNs and CNAs are on duty at the time. On a surgical unit.........no....on ANY inpatient ward..........,...
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    Serving the doctors?

    live4today replied to amber1142's topic in Ob/Gyn

    In helping docs.........I see it as helping my patients........teamwork, not that of bowing down to the docs every request.:) I've worked with many wonderful docs that I never minded doing anything...
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    Isn't this a joke?

    live4today replied to ZZTopRN's topic in General Nursing

    I had a colonoscopy as an outpatient last summer at a hospital in Indianapolis. A few days after my procedure, I received a professional looking card in the mail letting me know what a pleasure it was...
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    A quiz to help you choose your nursing specialty...

    live4today replied to SoulShine75's topic in General Students

    Dermatologoy, Opthamology; Otolaryngology :) Those are my top three choices. Guess I'm in the wrong field after
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    I love nursing but I'm too busy to:

    live4today replied to UM Review RN's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    :rotfl: :rotfl:
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    You Know You Live in California When ...

    live4today replied to Sheri257's topic in California Nursing

    lizz........your post cracked me up! :rotfl: I used to live in California, and I can visualize very easily all 13 of those! :rotfl:
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    med-surg...medical unit or surgical unit?

    live4today replied to hunny_pye's topic in Medical-Surgical

    I have worked mostly medical and surgical units throughout most of my nursing career, and have always preferred surgical patients over medical patients. Today's patients seem much much sicker with a...
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    Group One background checks in Texas

    live4today replied to edgreen's topic in Texas Nursing

    :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl:
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    Nurse who appeared on Dr. Phil suspended

    live4today replied to imenid37's topic in General Nursing

    I saw the show when it aired, and was waiting for Dr. Phil to tell the parents the children would be placed in a temporary foster care home, or with relatives until the couple received the help they...
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    if only for one day......

    live4today replied to babyktchr's topic in Ob/Gyn

    There's not enough space on allnurses.com for me to say the things I've been wanting to rant about as a nurse. :rotfl: Okay....I'll try to remain calm and use as few words as possible. To the docs...
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    Support Group for Nurses???

    live4today replied to nurturing_angel's topic in General Nursing

    I agree with cursenurse. It's a great idea, but lighten up on the title as cursenurse already said. :) You could hang posters in healthcare clinics and on hospital bulletin boards (with their...
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    Update on my struggle......

    live4today replied to xokelly2's topic in First Year After Licensure

    :balloons: Congratulations Kelly! Good luck on your new
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    Question of the Month: Should All Adjunct Faculty Have a Masters Degree?

    live4today replied to VickyRN's topic in Nursing Educators, Faculty

    Yes, all Adjunct Faculty should have a master's degree ALONG WITH recent clinical experience in the area they are teaching. Having no clinical experience could possibly hinder their ability to...
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    Which TV programme to watch & learn?

    live4today replied to letina's topic in General Nursing

    Truthfully? There aren't any t.v. shows (real or otherwise) that will show you the hell bedside nurses endure in this country. The only way you are going to see it for yourself is to come here and job...
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    Examples Of Good Nursing Notes

    live4today replied to angel5113's topic in General Nursing

    I'm currently not privy to any nursing notes since I'm between jobs right now. The nursing notes that I'm most familiar with are narrative or SOAP...and the awful checklist examples. Many...
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    Self-Scheduling

    live4today replied to Marie_LPN, RN's topic in General Nursing

    I've worked at places that permitted self-scheduling, and everyone loved it! I don't recall any major problems with it. If too many people asked for the same day off, and there wasn't enough staff to...
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    Working for agency

    live4today replied to Anurseguy's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    cons............no benefits and getting cancelled too much. pros.............working when you want (as long as you don't get cancelled), more pay per hour, and not having to deal with the hospital...
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    Examples Of Good Nursing Notes

    live4today replied to angel5113's topic in General Nursing

    Welcome aboard allnurses angel! ? Having graduated back in the late 1980's, where I went to college the nurses were taught how to chart. At that date and time, narrative charting was in use. I...
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    hippa

    live4today replied to blitzen's topic in General Nursing

    That's a serious HIPPA violation, and should not be tolerated under any circumstances. What were they thinking? Or
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    Hospital ward cleared for Kylie Minogue

    live4today replied to kbclary4's topic in General Nursing

    My thoughts
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    Are you a nurse from a dysfunctional family?

    live4today replied to jenpstudentrn's topic in General Nursing

    Yes. Maybe Planet Earth is for the dysfunctional people, and some other planet we've yet to be made aware of has the "functional people" living on it. :rotfl: Maybe we are on Planet Earth to learn how...
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    Sask. family furious that 84-year-old dad waited 52 hours in emergency room

    live4today replied to nbnurse95's topic in International Nursing

    One of my twelve grandchildren was nearly born in the hallway in front of the nurses station due to "no room on the ob unit". Lots of laboring moms, and no rooms made a few moms have to labor it out...