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    How do you wash your scrubs?

    kids replied to gumby1411's topic in General Students

    I machine wash in warm with regular laundry soap and add a non-chlorine, fabric safe bleach (like Clorox2, Biz, OcyClean) if they are especially dirty and tumble dry on medium heat. 20 years of...
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    hand written signs

    kids replied to RNOTODAY's topic in Operating Room

    I do agree that management needs to address the pigs who pee on the toilet seat and don't clean it up or people who don't dispose of their trash or soiled laundry appropriately. I disagree that it's...
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    Posting advice: "I can't do this, ...I don't understand you"

    kids replied to cmonkey's topic in General Nursing

    I agree completely. I 'get' that most posters come here to unwind but come on. You're saving at best a couple of key strokes when you use text speak. I don't even care so much about punctuation, but...
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    question about giving meds thru PEJ tube

    kids replied to Lola77's topic in General Nursing

    This. And it reduces the chance of interactions within the syringe. It's the way I was taught 20 years ago, has been the P&P every place I've worked and is an expectation of the State surveyors....
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    RN On-call car plates/sign on cars

    kids replied to RelloydRN's topic in General Nursing

    I think you'd be surprised how many of us have never intentionally broke a traffic law. Some of us don't believe in picking & choosing what laws we want to
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    How I found a job.

    kids replied to stripec30's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Be very careful doing this, know the hiring process where you're applying. At my hospital the recruiters screen the applications/resumes and pass on the best matches for a telephone interview with...
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    Med error!

    kids replied to LINJOH8571's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    This isn't a simple error, it could very well end up being reported. Meds have to be stored in their original container unless relabeled by a pharmacist. You should NEVER dump one bottle into another...
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    Why hospitals continue use incentive spirometry

    kids replied to Blackheartednurse's topic in General Nursing

    I have a nursing book that endorses a paste of betadine & sugar as treatment for decubitis ulcers. Here is a somewhat ugly to read html version of of a power point comparison between the use of IS...
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    chlorahexidine dressing kits

    kids replied to IVmama58's topic in Infusion, Intravenous

    If it was one patient I can see where a change in habit could have an effect but this is 6 patients. No real change in the weather also some of these patients are 150+ miles apart in a region with a...
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    HIPAA--Mixed up discharge papers

    kids replied to JeanettePNP's topic in HIPAA Challenges

    I'd notify the hospital and ask them what they want to do with the paperwork. It's not about good karma or bad, it's not about getting someone in trouble (or not). ANY breakdown in the system can be a...
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    chlorahexidine dressing kits

    kids replied to IVmama58's topic in Infusion, Intravenous

    Interesting. Are your kits branded? The kits I'm using are 'ACTASEPT with 2% CHG solution' and are put out by Medical Action Industries. They don't say where they are manufactured or imported from....
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    Called into the office, told I'm a slob.

    kids replied to danceswithsnakes's topic in General Nursing

    I've seen people mention sandals, I really think sandals are inappropriate in healthcare also. Even if you aren't doing direct patient care if you have any patient contact you risk body fluids not to...
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    Anyone having trouble with min. hours to retain licensure?

    kids replied to hereagain's topic in Oregon Nursing

    Oregon State Board of Nursing RN/LPN Licensure InformationWhen is your license up for renewal and when did you complete the reentry program? The hour requirement amounts to 4 hours per week over 5...
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    Doc beings medical student without permission

    kids replied to BETSRN's topic in General Nursing

    Folks, you're bumping a 5 year old post from a banned
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    To dispense or not to dispense?

    kids replied to celticwoman61's topic in General Nursing

    It really doesn't matter what "we" consider it, what matters is what the state you practice considers it. In the 2 states I work in it's considered no different than punching them into a cup and...
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    Time of the month in light colored scrubs

    kids replied to jkmk's topic in General Students

    Same here, not even following child birth. I guess we were really
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    PSA Healthcare

    kids replied to goodstudentnowRN's topic in Florida Nursing

    I wouldn't wish PSA on anyone no matter what their offer. But hey, if you want to work for the lowest wages in town with crappy benefits, be assigned to cases you're not qualified to care, have zero...
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    Tubal Ligation Failure

    kids replied to KY RN's topic in General Nursing

    It's not just you. I am blessed to have 3 children but I suffered several pregnancy losses. I had a ligation of my one functional fallopian tube because I couldn't cope with another loss. When my...
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    Spouse Turning Nonsupportive During NP School

    kids replied to danceswithsnakes's topic in General Nursing

    Two questions for the OP before I can answer... Was the decision to continue on to grad school a decision you made alone or was it a decsion made with your husband's input? Does your husband have a...
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    Identifying yourself as an RN when flying commercial

    kids replied to RelloydRN's topic in General Nursing

    Look VERY closely at the user name, that user's name is spelled with a lower case r, yours with a capital
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    nurses with spinal fusion and current area of practice

    kids replied to happy76's topic in Nurse Disabilities

    S1-L2 fusion and an scheduled to extend the fusion up to T10 in June. I do home health 20-30 hours a week and have a niche position in a Peds ER another 24-32 hours a week. I use a wheelchair for...
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    Head Injury Question

    kids replied to kb1234's topic in General Students

    Hypovolemia would be my fast guess
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    Just started Nursing School and could be homeless!!

    kids replied to cjveronica's topic in General Nursing

    In your first post in your other thread you said: later in that same thread you said: https://allnurses.com/general-nursing-discussion/fired-456845-page2.html#post4130651 So how many kids is it?...
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    I need some advice on suctioning trachs

    kids replied to Blackcat99's topic in Private Duty

    Peds Pvt duty was my thing for many years. If you haven't already seen it this site http://www.tracheostomy.com/ can be a HUGE resource for reconciling hospital -vs- home. I know of 2 nation-wide...
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    MIC gastrostomy tube question

    kids replied to Blackcat99's topic in General Nursing

    I'm confused by what you're reading, Mic-key feeding tubes don't have more than one ports (or lumens). They have a valve on the side for the balloon and a hole in the center for connecting the access...