lamazeteacher

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    "Eat Your Spinach" Nurses: How commonplace?

    lamazeteacher replied to is5512's topic in General Nursing

    Different nurses use different styles of communication. Force feeding and labelling don't happen to be in my repertoir of ways to have a patient who is cooperative and informs me of changes in...
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    So confusing, some articles say serious, this one minimizes!!

    lamazeteacher replied to oramar's topic in Disaster Preparation

    Quote from referrred link by OP: "...........flu viruses are known to mutate rapidly, the research team noted, so this one must be watched closely in case it changes to become easier to spread. Even...
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    How Bad Is It Going To Get?

    lamazeteacher replied to indigo girl's topic in Disaster Preparation

    silvergirl: Please be part of the solution, and write to your Governor and other government representatives about your state health department's neglect, in regard to the reporting of all cases of...
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    NP discusses MJ on national TV ????

    lamazeteacher replied to Misslady113's topic in General Nursing

    We nurses have all taken an oath to uphold confidentiality for our patients, long before HIPPA was initiated (which allows private information to be given to just about anyone asking for it). That...
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    How Bad Is It Going To Get?

    lamazeteacher replied to indigo girl's topic in Disaster Preparation

    "pp should avoid heavily populated crowds" quote from Silver girl VP Biden is known for speaking his mind before figuring out the consequences for himself, since his viewpoints didn't mirror those...
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    False Negative Swine Flu Tests

    lamazeteacher replied to indigo girl's topic in Disaster Preparation

    Early s/s of H1N1 include a severe sore throat, with some induration, cough, fever, possible nausea and fatigue. Its onset is sudden. There may be secondary, later and more serious s/s involving life...
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    Telephonic Nurse Case Management for Blue Cross

    lamazeteacher replied to amjbrick's topic in Case Management

    amjbrick: I was a "disease manager" in Obstetrics last year at Wellpoint, the company owned by Anthem, BCBS, and their many other insurance companies. During my interview with them I asked if it would...
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    Things you'd LOVE to tell the doc and get away with it....

    lamazeteacher replied to nerdtonurse?'s topic in General Nursing

    congratulations on ridding humanity of another inadequate medical practitioner! i'm so sorry you went through that. you wrote "we had to have a {_______ ___ perform an appendectomy on) my 13 yo son's...
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    Things you'd LOVE to tell the doc and get away with it....

    lamazeteacher replied to nerdtonurse?'s topic in General Nursing

    It seems to me that you've been around the prisoners too long, and have adopted their lingo and attitude! Professionalism will go a longer way toward having the respect and cooperation of professional...
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    Canada - Recent Severe Flu Cases Worry Health Officials

    lamazeteacher replied to indigo girl's topic in Disaster Preparation

    Uh, what's a "mosh pit"? (At the risk of having a generation gap.) Indigo girl: I really appreciate the support given VP Biden. I agreed heartily with what he said (but then, I have no political...
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    No Prior Existing Conditions but Dead Anyway

    lamazeteacher replied to indigo girl's topic in Disaster Preparation

    if anyone is concerned about vaccine and tamiflu availability, this course could provide a lot of answers..... new emergency use authorization online course an emergency use authorization (eua)...
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    LATERAL Violence. How Nurses treat Nurses!

    lamazeteacher replied to Medic/Nurse's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    To: strongwilled, regarding your post # 76 It sounds like the issues of the new LPN can be mitigated somewhat by kindness. See what you can do about showing concern about her pregnancy, offering to...
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    Evidence of swine flu risk to pregnant women rises

    lamazeteacher replied to indigo girl's topic in Disaster Preparation

    Read more about the new method of reproducing vaccines. This process doesn't use eggs, an added advantage for persons allergic to them. It is faster, and allows sufficient amounts of vaccine within...
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    Should I go for a BSN or RN-MSN since I hace a BS degree already?

    lamazeteacher replied to NC Girl BSN's topic in General Nursing

    "If you had a BS degree and wanted to become a nurse educator" quote from OP Since you're at an ideal age to continue your education (having done several types of HC), I'd check out the requirements...
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    LATERAL Violence. How Nurses treat Nurses!

    lamazeteacher replied to Medic/Nurse's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    If anyone doubts the long term effects of bullying, read Jody Picoult's book "Nineteen Minutes". In the story told therein, PTSD is the condition of a teenager who was terribly bullied throughout...
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    No Prior Existing Conditions but Dead Anyway

    lamazeteacher replied to indigo girl's topic in Disaster Preparation

    "Jim Schissel said Sam had been sick for about 10 days and appeared to be recovering when Saturday morning he stopped breathing." quote from first link given on this page, by indigo girl Denial and...
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    LATERAL Violence. How Nurses treat Nurses!

    lamazeteacher replied to Medic/Nurse's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    "Just how long will lateral (and vertical) violence be tolerated in nursing?!" quote from post#144 by DeLanaRN It's been present and advantageous for some, for so long that it seems that the answer to...
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    Things you'd LOVE to tell the doc and get away with it....

    lamazeteacher replied to nerdtonurse?'s topic in General Nursing

    Have any of you who work with "hospitalists" found them more congruent with nursing staff members? The private physicians seem to mess up every good care plan, contradicting anyone who doesn't agree...
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    LATERAL Violence. How Nurses treat Nurses!

    lamazeteacher replied to Medic/Nurse's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    When I worked on a unit, the nursing instructor came to a meeting, and asked which of us would like to have a student nurse perform care for a patient we were assigned. She had more than enough...
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    JERK DOCTOR!

    lamazeteacher replied to rn4babies63's topic in General Nursing

    Morning-Glory: All the above posts arer correct (except maybe the one that said you should "write him up"). That would not only fan the flames, it would officially declare war between you and that...
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    How Will Universal Health Care Change Nursing?

    lamazeteacher replied to arelle68's topic in General Nursing

    "I don't feel it is fair for people who work to be punished for having children." quote from Toomuchrock I'm not sure how the above comment resulted from a "toothless old man"'s viewpoint that having...
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    Maybe a dumb question about physician errors

    lamazeteacher replied to DolceVita's topic in General Nursing

    I agree with the above posts, but wonder why no one suggested calling the MD to question his/her order (nicely). It could be that it had been a very busy day, and he/she was thinking of a different...
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    What would you have said to this CNA

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

    She was fired, as the post above states. Attitudes are formed over time (good and bad), and it takes time to change them. The anger that was demonstrated by the CNA must have occurred other places in...
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    No Prior Existing Conditions but Dead Anyway

    lamazeteacher replied to indigo girl's topic in Disaster Preparation

    Any time such a tragic thing as an unexpected death of a six year old occurs, the media need to come together for information, so the "whisper game" doesn't start. How awful for the parents. However I...
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    Should I Carry Nursing Malpractice (Liability) Insurance?

    lamazeteacher replied to sirI's topic in Nursing Career

    Unless the NLRB (National Labor Relations Board) was talked into paying for