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    Gum Chewing

    lamazeteacher replied to NinetyNine's topic in General Nursing

    perhaps some readers haven't taken statistics classes, or haven't heard that in order for any study to be valid. it has to involve at least 1,000 people/samples and have a concurrent double blind...
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    Fingerprints for BON and Pyxis: Unable to Print or Scan

    lamazeteacher replied to Multicollinearity's topic in General Nursing

    Hospitals pay so much for equipment, that they loathe to change it, if it's still working for most people. Nurses whose fingerprints don't work on it, seem more dispensable than the old machine (I've...
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    Gum Chewing

    lamazeteacher replied to NinetyNine's topic in General Nursing

    Web MD's "research" involving 108 sixth graders is also not credible, and had no double blind study other than a casual reference saying: "Gum chewing was associated with a 3% increase in...
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    Gum Chewing

    lamazeteacher replied to NinetyNine's topic in General Nursing

    Give me a break, a study involving 40 people without an indication of their backgrounds in regard to habitual use of stress relief? No double blind study? This isn't worth any credibility! It's...
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    I Have a Bad Feeling About This Student - Am I Over-reacting?

    lamazeteacher replied to SunnyPupRN's topic in General Nursing

    quote from sunnypup's post #63 "..............what is the big secret? is it just that they don't want to deal with more work, or the parents? i am missing something, and i just don't get it. " you...
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    Help with Presentation ASAP PLEASE

    lamazeteacher replied to skittlebear's topic in General Nursing

    If the plea didn't sound so desperate, I wouldn't have gone to this thread. Excessive heat expands blood vessels, which could evenmtually lower blood pressure. that relaxes people and encourages...
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    Gum Chewing

    lamazeteacher replied to NinetyNine's topic in General Nursing

    Chewing gum stimulates production of more saliva and opening the mouth, which could lead to allowing drool to escape, which could spread an infection you may have. The habit is a uniquely American...
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    hippa and criminal trials

    lamazeteacher replied to oramar's topic in HIPAA Challenges

    On the form(s) the patients sign regarding HIPPA, there is a clause by which he/she allows any/all information in his/her medical records, to be given to the courts, law enforcement, Public Health...
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    Nursing, the field of medicine or customer service?

    lamazeteacher replied to jalvino1's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    great rant!! do you feel better, and have you figured out a way (other than banishing cooperative family members altogether)? most icus allow visitors one at a time for 10 minutes, and a rest with no...
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    Nursing, the field of medicine or customer service?

    lamazeteacher replied to jalvino1's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    midinphx: No, but I did work as a nurse for 50 years...... There are universal issues that have left us floundering in (urine?, hunger? attitude of "nothing can change"?)..... Well, things can and...
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    Nursing, the field of medicine or customer service?

    lamazeteacher replied to jalvino1's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    no nurse should ever be seen dallying at the nurses' station, when they're expected to be meeting patients' needs. either supervision is lacking there, or they could have been discussing a patient's...
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    Nursing, the field of medicine or customer service?

    lamazeteacher replied to jalvino1's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    so many times, staff sees families as a threat to their job, when they ask the impossible. please analyse whether their needs can be met by adjusting the time of day when something can be done, rather...
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    I Have a Bad Feeling About This Student - Am I Over-reacting?

    lamazeteacher replied to SunnyPupRN's topic in General Nursing

    Well that's just a "head in the sand" policy, if they don't want to deal. There are courses for teachers regarding situations like that and some states/school districts make it mandatory for all...
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    I'm very disturbed by this

    lamazeteacher replied to raindrop's topic in General Nursing

    Are post code discussions/evals not being done
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    I'm very disturbed by this

    lamazeteacher replied to raindrop's topic in General Nursing

    Sad to say, masks in every room aren't cost effective, which is why they're not there. Crash carts are supposed to be placed close to patients' rooms, and if there are many rooms on a unit, as many as...
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    "Fired for NO Reason"

    lamazeteacher replied to Ruby Vee's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    partial quote from ruby's post #495 1."....................i'm beginning to think that your repeated suggestions that there would be a kinder, gentler way wo achieve appropriate employment are merely...
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    Worst job interview ever... funny.

    lamazeteacher replied to MIcrunchyRN's topic in Nursing Humor

    ruby, i've experienced several worksites that had similar communication problems from the getgo. i did get those jobs and later wished that i hadn't accepted their offers. i was given a start date...
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    I'm very disturbed by this

    lamazeteacher replied to raindrop's topic in General Nursing

    REALLY??!! Or would you make it a practise to have a one way resuscitation mask in your pocket all the time, and be sure that the patient isn't DNR? Older patients have sustained very painful broken...
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    "Fired for NO Reason"

    lamazeteacher replied to Ruby Vee's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    Well, she'd have something in common with her patients, who escape reality by going into a pathological mental state in an avoidance
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    RN in a doctors office??

    lamazeteacher replied to KKB243's topic in General Nursing

    Most nurses had ideas about what they'd do following their graduation and becoming a R.N., yet they end up finding areas other than the ones they thought would interest them most, where they actually...
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    I'm very disturbed by this

    lamazeteacher replied to raindrop's topic in General Nursing

    Ye Gods, where is the doctor, who is supposed to get permission for DNR when someone in the twilight of their life, with Ca is admitted? Most hospitals have printed order sheets with a check box...
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    "Fired for NO Reason"

    lamazeteacher replied to Ruby Vee's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    Post # 487 begs the age-old consternation regarding those who balk at anything new. When I worked as an inservice coordinator and in infection control, I was often the "messenger" others wanted...
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    "Fired for NO Reason"

    lamazeteacher replied to Ruby Vee's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    Did the "end" of getting a job which may be suitable, justify the "means" by which that decision was made? I believe that there is a kinder, gentler way to achieve appropriate employment, without...
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    RN in a doctors office??

    lamazeteacher replied to KKB243's topic in General Nursing

    I hope that an RN goes over the H&P you take, with the patients. While I can appreciate that she delegates the work to you, something could be missed that wouldn't seem pertinent to you, but would...
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    Evidence of swine flu risk to pregnant women rises

    lamazeteacher replied to indigo girl's topic in Disaster Preparation

    When I saw the place was Brazil, where the 3 deaths occurred, my first thought was, Oh no, this is their second wave! As sad as it was, I was grateful to see that it was a late report of their first...