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rph3664

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  1. 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

    Try being a pharmacist in a store where the director - who is not a pharmacist - has declared that telling someone not to come back, for any reason, is a firing

  2. Things that make an ER nurse go hmmm...

    rph3664 replied to AnnieOaklyRN's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    It wasn't the mom's other babies that died around 6 months of age, it was mom's siblings. Unless the mother is relatively young and grew up in the area, it's unlikely that this baby would be seen by...

  3. Nurses who became famous

    rph3664 replied to Epona's topic in General Nursing

    Becki Dilley, mother of America's first surviving sextuplets, is also a nurse. The drummer for the Bay City Rollers (don't recall his name right now) became a nurse after he left the band, but lost...

  4. How to add insulin to an IV Fluid Container

    rph3664 replied to HoShKyLo's topic in General Nursing

    If the pharmacy is open, we're the ones who should do that. Unless there is no pharmacist on duty, there is NEVER an indication for a nurse to do this, especially not on the

  5. Will I be neglectful and selfish?

    rph3664 replied to 3rdgenRN2B's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    There's a difference between both spouses working because they need the money or health insurance, or Mom isn't happy as a SAHM, or they have no spouse, and someone who works because they are...

  6. Nurses who became famous

    rph3664 replied to Epona's topic in General Nursing

    And how would your husband know this? I, too heard once about a retired Mediao star who after leaving the field went to nursing school and is now IIRC a nurse practitioner who takes care of Media...

  7. How do you assess this video of fainting public official?

    rph3664 replied to FireStarterRN's topic in General Nursing

    Not to mention long-standing rumors that Shrub started drinking again, and Laura is not living at the White House? Hey, at least it wasn't a reprise of what Bush v. 1.0 did in Japan! Remember how...

  8. What is the opposition to Universal Healthcare

    rph3664 replied to ChicagoRN2010's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    If your husband's insurance costs $950 a month (does his employer not subsidize it at all?) that would probably be the majority of your income if you are eligible for state aid! Good heavens, who's...

  9. Things Patients Have Taught Me NOT To Do

    rph3664 replied to Trixxy's topic in Nursing Humor

    :lol_hitti That HAD to be true! You can't make things like that

  10. 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

    There may be hospitals that have things like this - in the peds unit, of course. Or maybe their whole experience with hospitals is what they have seen on television. I once had a neighbor who, when I...

  11. Elevated K+--insulin?

    rph3664 replied to EJSRN's topic in General Nursing

    Our nephrologist ordered 10mg albuterol (4 times the standard dose) for hyperkalemia recently. I had never heard of it, but she said it's a relatively new treatment. The ER orders 10 units of regular...

  12. Weird Interview...What do you think?

    rph3664 replied to michael79's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Wow. That recruiter did you a HUGE favor! What's an IJ

  13. Laser Tattoo Removal

    rph3664 replied to Scrubby's topic in General Nursing

    Did she have it done in a parlor? In Iowa, it is illegal for a licensed artist to tattoo someone before age 21, and 18 in Illinois. My uncle has a large scar on his forearm that looks like a burn...

  14. Running multiple IV antibiotics at one time

    rph3664 replied to sonnyluv's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks for the kind words. We get asked about this sort of thing all the time. Some of the Godzilla-cillins should not be run with aminoglycosides because even though they are chemically compatible,...

  15. Strange things people present to the ER with....

    rph3664 replied to klcrn1987's topic in Emergency

    How did it get there? Was he vacuuming naked and fell into the candy

  16. A Definite Over Stepping of Boundaries

    rph3664 replied to scribblerpnp's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    Okay.

  17. A Definite Over Stepping of Boundaries

    rph3664 replied to scribblerpnp's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    It's also very possible that they escaped punishment because they also knew each other from somewhere outside the health care

  18. Strange things people present to the ER with....

    rph3664 replied to klcrn1987's topic in Emergency

    17 day old baby: umbilical cord fell

  19. Zofran ODT in kids

    rph3664 replied to bjaeram's topic in Emergency

    Zofran, ODT and other dosage forms, is available generically and is not very expensive. IMHO, using Zofran for a child with a stomach virus is like using an elephant gun to swat a fly. If the child...

  20. To the girl who was texting all through chemistry class....

    rph3664 replied to polka-dot's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Assuming you can even find a pay phone any

  21. To the girl who was texting all through chemistry class....

    rph3664 replied to polka-dot's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    And what if a one of these jams a call for someone who just happens to be in the building for an unrelated purpose? Or a jammer is used in a mall movie theater and a physician who is in the mall...

  22. Many nurses on depression or anxiety meds?

    rph3664 replied to avsmch's topic in General Nursing

    Does your employer have a contract with an Employee Assistance agency? If they do, you can get several sessions of counseling (usually 5, some places allow 8) at no cost to you, and it is 100%...

  23. To the girl who was texting all through chemistry class....

    rph3664 replied to polka-dot's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Are her parents aware that she is wasting college fund money? Oh, I don't know that for sure, but it's a pretty safe bet that's what's going on. College instructors have a very good eye for who wants...

  24. To the girl who was texting all through chemistry class....

    rph3664 replied to polka-dot's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    That McDonald's coffee lawsuit was legitimate. There's stuff all over the Internet about it. There's a difference between someone having a cell phone because of a chronically ill child, and someone...

  25. Any nurses out there still wearing a cap?

    rph3664 replied to abbaking's topic in General Nursing

    Caps are discouraged but not prohibited at the hospital where I work, and there are several nurses who do wear them. Interestingly, all of them except one are younger than me. The older nurse works...