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    Did you get their bath done? Seriously?

    kids replied to Bezoars's topic in General Nursing

    Somewhere on the boards is a thread asking if basic nursing care is a thing of the past. This thread pretty much answers the queston. It also answers my questions as to why, at my last facility job,...
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    Is nursing "care" a thing of the past?

    kids replied to AnneBlunnRN's topic in General Nursing

    The situation in the OP has to involve more than short staffing, not even the basics are being met. But it's easy to blame a myriad of troubles on short staffing, it take any responsibility off of a...
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    Shocked at Ph.D. pay scale!

    kids replied to MikeyJ's topic in Nursing Educators, Faculty

    $100k being a lot of money depends on the cost of living in the community. IMHO it isn't diddly when compared with the education required. My husband makes more than that working in telecom without a...
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    Giving pts. medications to take home at discharge

    kids replied to TorsadesDePointesRN's topic in General Nursing

    The pharmacy at my hospital recently adopted a policy of printing & applying 'to go' labels for inhalers, eye gtts, insulin/pens at discharge. I for one am glad for it. It has ticked me off for...
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    LAZY NURSES

    kids replied to ohioguy's topic in General Students

    Why is any of your business as the sitter to know whether it's lmw heparin or regular old
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    Pt wants his mom to do MY job.. advice?

    kids replied to PhilliesFan26's topic in Home Health

    From the sounds of it he is going to qualify for some amt of respite care whether or not it's utilized effectively, be it by you/your agency or another. Someone needs to be working with mom on saying...
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    Unlisenced assistive personell replacing nurse positions

    kids replied to Italia23's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Having worked as an RN in multiple doctor's offices I have never seen a nursing diagnosis in a chart nor have I ever written one.My State has regulated MAs for years and in my area the majority of...
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    Do you get discipline for not wearing ID badge?

    kids replied to tavia_yeung's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    Wearing your name tag and what it says on it may very well be State law where you live, it is in the 3 States I'm licensed to practice in. And yu do realize that even if your name tag doesn't have...
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    bi-polar and terminated

    kids replied to democrat's topic in General Nursing

    One word that turns up over & over again in the first post is 'altercation'. Bipolar or not, component of the OP's disease or not NO "accommodation" is going to allow you to create a hostile work...
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    Does anyone else feel this way?

    kids replied to Seth O Scope's topic in General Nursing

    Had it occured to you that it isn't laziness that keeps her from bing able to move her leg an inch to the left? Strap 100 pounds to one of your legs, now move
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    difficult patients

    kids replied to dlrrn2010's topic in General Nursing

    Get an order for her to self administer her eye drops and do her CBGs with nurse supervision. Give the lady back some control of her life. (I've always wondered why we don't allow patients to do what...
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    Mandatory Reporting Question

    kids replied to BabyLady's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Reporting your concerns to the social worker may not satisfy your obligations as a mandater reporter. Depending on your State reporting your concerns to the social worker is merely a courtesy, you're...
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    Is home health profitable?

    kids replied to brotherbear's topic in Home Health

    In my experience, a lot of times the agency isn't able to negotiate mileage from the contracting entity. My agency compensates by charging the contracting entity an insane amount of money and passing...
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    does sterling medical do the hiring for va clinics?

    kids replied to labbylove30's topic in General Nursing

    Sterling is a staffing agency. Their employees may fill slots at VA and other government facilities but it is a temp position and you remain an employee of Sterling. Something to keep in mind is that...
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    Missouri to Illinois reciprocity

    kids replied to frankie1220's topic in Illinois Nursing

    Link to page with the IL RN endorsement packet: http://www.idfpr.com/dpr/apply/Rn.asp And LPN:
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    It's NOT fair!!!!

    kids replied to *Karleena*RN*'s topic in General Nursing

    I have to disagree with bypassing HR. At my hospital system the only applicants eligible for hire are those who have been screened by HR first. It's the rule and has been since before I started here 5...
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    Disciplinary Action by the Board: Will I get a job?

    kids replied to Aproblemtoo's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    Some states lump CNAs with Nurses when it comes to "licensing". Both WA & OR refer to the State issued 'piece of paper' that allows CNAs to work as a license. For the OP it's going to depend on...
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    2 questions- pulse ox and pneumonia related

    kids replied to aduska86's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    The answer is B. Pulse oxmetry measures the percentage of blood RBCs saturated with O2. A person with an abnormally high Hgb/Hct will falsely register a low SpO2...they are getting plenty of oxygen,...
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    Unsafe agency, unsafe case. Need advice please!

    kids replied to SDALPN's topic in Private Duty

    If you don't go to the shift you're a no call - no show and will probably be terminated. If you do show you're accepting what you feel is an unsafe assignment. It's up to you what you want to live...
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    Rules regarding delegation

    kids replied to deftonez188's topic in Michigan Nursing

    They are State specific. In WA & OR the rules are on the BoN
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    test question!

    kids replied to BA_anthropology's topic in General Students

    Sorry, but I have to disagree with your instructor's approach. It contradicts things I learned in school and is an approach to the NCLEX that I was specifically taught to avoid, that is reading...
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    test question!

    kids replied to BA_anthropology's topic in General Students

    I can't tell that you're going into shock by looking at you unless you're past the point of compensation. The scenario you describe isn't relevant to the one presented in the question asked by the...
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    Tuberculosis Exposure

    kids replied to kritter01's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    I have had a "huge" reaction to a PPD. Further testing showed it to be an allergic
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    Head injuries/head bumps

    kids replied to katynurs22's topic in School

    It's always the one you don't call on that ends up being a pita. As an aside- when I was in the 5th grade I was sliding on the ice (on purpose) on the basketball court at recess and fell, hitting my...
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    Moving to Northwest Oregon

    kids replied to scaredtorelocate's topic in Oregon Nursing

    SWMC (and Legacy) in Vancouver is a 2 hour commute over mostly 2 lane roads from Astoria, the commute into Portland is mostly over the same roads. I make the drive every 4 weeks to do an infusion and...