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rph3664

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  1. Blind in both eyes, but how do they know?

    rph3664 replied to motyandproudofit's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    I hope nobody takes this disrespectfully, but my sister has a blind dog and this child's blindness was probably diagnosed in a similar manner to the dog - by shining light into their eyes and watching...

  2. Would you have done the same? Recieved wrong prescription.

    rph3664 replied to RN BSN 2009's topic in General Nursing

    You did the right thing. This has happened to all of us pharmacists at some time, and it's horribly embarrassing. As long as you, and we, tell the truth, nobody's going to get in trouble. BTW, once...

  3. Things you'd LOVE to be able to tell patients, and get away with it.

    rph3664 replied to AngelfireRN's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I've seen those in stores! They are available to the general public as

  4. Things you'd LOVE to be able to tell patients, and get away with it.

    rph3664 replied to AngelfireRN's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I go through this with my dad all the time. He was once given a 5-day course of prednisone and refused to take it because his drug guide said it could cause diabetes and osteoporosis. Yeah, if you...

  5. Vintage nursing uniform

    rph3664 replied to Epona's topic in General Nursing

    How times have changed! Nowadays, a size 20 1/2 pattern would feature a plus-size

  6. Vintage nursing uniform

    rph3664 replied to Epona's topic in General Nursing

    Have you looked on Ebay? You might want to look for a sewing forum and inquire

  7. Omnicare Pharmacy-discuss

    rph3664 replied to ktwlpn's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I did some relief work for Omnicare when I lived in Iowa (I won't say which city). It was fine for a few days at a time, but no way could I have worked there all the

  8. He doesn't realize my dreams

    rph3664 replied to dipsett08's topic in General Nursing

    If your boyfriend doesn't work, then you are almost certainly better off financially WITHOUT him

  9. FREE TUITION - FREE BSN - University of Arizona

    rph3664 replied to nursing123098's topic in Arizona Nursing

    This is quite likely a program to aid people who are pursuing second careers. MHO. One of my pharmacy preceptors got his degree under similar circumstances; in the early 1970s, one of the University...

  10. "End Stage" Untreatable Obesity

    rph3664 replied to medgirlRN's topic in General Nursing

    You really shouldn't be. They aren't much different from any other obese post-surgical patient. Our patients went to the ICU after surgery, and were almost always transferred to the med/surg floor...

  11. Should the illness of an "important person" be revealed?

    rph3664 replied to Anxious Patient's topic in General Nursing

    You're right, that term is very nebulous, but I would consider a public figure to be someone that people who don't know them know who they are. It might just be in their town, like the mayor or a...

  12. Can I do volunteer work as a nurse?????

    rph3664 replied to katr1313pay's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Does your city have a volunteer-staffed free clinic? Those places always need nurses, and even if you don't have a nursing license, there are many other duties you could

  13. Should the illness of an "important person" be revealed?

    rph3664 replied to Anxious Patient's topic in General Nursing

    Only if they want it. And their children are off limits in this regard (Jett Travolta,

  14. "End Stage" Untreatable Obesity

    rph3664 replied to medgirlRN's topic in General Nursing

    Then you are certainly in good hands! Lots of people think this is the easy way out, but it isn't. Keep us posted on how you are

  15. "End Stage" Untreatable Obesity

    rph3664 replied to medgirlRN's topic in General Nursing

    A teenage daughter, and another daughter who was about 8 years old. It's not mentioned in the show, but those kids were from an early marriage. The elderly black man who was briefly interviewed early...

  16. "End Stage" Untreatable Obesity

    rph3664 replied to medgirlRN's topic in General Nursing

    Those DHC shows have depicted people who had lymphedema from their obesity, so in addition to having excess fat, they had incurable third spacing. One of them had a leg that alone was estimated to...

  17. ER- HELP: Dumbest reason people go to ER

    rph3664 replied to DachRN's topic in Nursing Humor

    Was he en route to McDonald's or the Sirloin

  18. ER- HELP: Dumbest reason people go to ER

    rph3664 replied to DachRN's topic in Nursing Humor

    Judge Judy once said that the saddest cases in her family law court involved parents with mental retardation. She said, "A lot of them don't know how the process works, but they have children anyway."...

  19. Things you'd LOVE to be able to tell patients, and get away with it.

    rph3664 replied to AngelfireRN's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    A woman asked a FEMALE nurse to do that? That's just weird, whether either is a lesbian or

  20. Is cleanliness cultural?

    rph3664 replied to JeanettePNP's topic in General Nursing

    About 10 years ago, I worked briefly in Waterloo, Iowa which had a large Bosnian refugee population. The "had" is deliberate; I understand a large percentage of them went back home when the situation...

  21. Do you have a unit-based pharmacist?

    rph3664 replied to labcat01's topic in MICU, SICU

    That's what I thought. You post on a lot of the same boards that I

  22. Do you have a unit-based pharmacist?

    rph3664 replied to labcat01's topic in MICU, SICU

    Are you in the United States? JCAHO requires that hospitals that perform cardiac procedures (caths as well as open hearts) have a pharmacist on site 24 hours a day. My hospital's pharmacy was closed...

  23. Do you have a unit-based pharmacist?

    rph3664 replied to labcat01's topic in MICU, SICU

    It's very unusual for a hospital smaller than about 200 beds to have 24-hour coverage unless they are very specialized. Critical access facilities may even have coverage for only 40 hours per week....

  24. Vaccinations & Opinions on Them.....

    rph3664 replied to robynnelpnstudent's topic in General Nursing

    I live in an area with a sizable Amish population, and many of them are not vaccinated against this or that. We've seen some very tragic and totally preventable things as a result of

  25. Can an employer penalize you for calling-in due to illness?

    rph3664 replied to NursingAgainstdaOdds's topic in General Nursing

    I once worked with a woman - a mother of three grown kids, still happily married to their father - who believed that a man being absent from work because of a spouse's or child's illness should be a...