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rph3664

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  1. L&D nurses? Are you all for natural births?

    rph3664 replied to MIcrunchyRN's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Really? You might want to check out the thread of women - nurses - who bragged about how hard they kicked their doctors when he (or she!) came in to deliver the baby.

  2. Strange things found on (or in) a pt.

    rph3664 replied to squeakykitty's topic in Emergency

    Did the husband have Alzheimer's or some other kind of

  3. Things Patients Have Taught Me NOT To Do

    rph3664 replied to Trixxy's topic in Nursing Humor

    Had a "friend" working on the floor, maybe? Did anyone catch him in the utility

  4. DKA- how often do you see the same ones

    rph3664 replied to HyperRNRachel's topic in Emergency

    Our DKA FFs usually have pumps, and they say they haven't missed a dose but their pumps say otherwise. What did this guy do, go home and eat nothing but candy? Oh,

  5. Any Red flags for a LTC NOT to tak the JOB

    rph3664 replied to worf's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    That's true no matter what kind of facility it is - whether LTC, insurance company, factory,

  6. Is It OK for Nurses to Do These Things?

    rph3664 replied to Plagueis's topic in General Nursing

    I have packaged LTC meds. If the facility uses those little plastic things, they have 8 compartments with an extra dose for those situations where the patient spits it out or it's dropped on the...

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

    rph3664 replied to DachRN's topic in Nursing Humor

    The really sad thing is that a lot of the women are abusive too (which in no way implies that they deserved what happened to them) and I understand that abuse of children, staff, or other clients is...

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

    rph3664 replied to DachRN's topic in Nursing Humor

    I don't know how common it is, but some shelters have that policy because many of the women are (justifiably) uncomfortable around all men. They believe that a teenage boy might seem threatening to...

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

    rph3664 replied to DachRN's topic in Nursing Humor

    yes, it is a crime, and like i said, one that law enforcement doesn't take seriously for precisely that reason. did you know that some shelters do not allow boys over the age of 12? is that...

  10. Medicaid Spend-Down Requirements?

    rph3664 replied to VickyRN's topic in General Nursing

    My experience with this is that it's mostly used by people who are income-eligible for Medicaid but otherwise own too much property to qualify, and are unable to work because they are elderly or...

  11. "Secret" HIV Vaccine in use?

    rph3664 replied to Annisme's topic in General Nursing

    http://www.princeton.edu/~paw/archive_new/PAW04-05/15-0608/features1.html This story is more recent. He does have Hepatitis C; I'll see if he needed, or got, a liver

  12. "Secret" HIV Vaccine in use?

    rph3664 replied to Annisme's topic in General Nursing

    There are numerous such "remedies." The best known is the Hoxsey Treatment, which had its own clinic with licensed doctors and nurses in Dallas in the late 1950s and now operates out of Tijuana....

  13. "Secret" HIV Vaccine in use?

    rph3664 replied to Annisme's topic in General Nursing

    http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,945423-1,00.html He's 52, not 60. My bad. The book's not quite as old as I thought it was. It's still a staple in used book stores. Must have been a...

  14. "Secret" HIV Vaccine in use?

    rph3664 replied to Annisme's topic in General Nursing

    There are some people who do indeed appear to be immune to AIDS (mostly hemophiliacs) and it appears that their ancestors were immune from bubonic plague because of the same gene. The best known...

  15. Funniest Complaint on Press Ganey Scores

    rph3664 replied to nursebrandie28's topic in General Nursing

    We would do things like add a 5th check box (excellent, good, fair, poor, and [feces]y) or list our address as "1 Billion Moon Crater" or things like

  16. What was the MOST ridiculous thing a patient came to the ER for?

    rph3664 replied to JUSTYSMOM's topic in Emergency

    She should have taken it back to the pharmacy. We would have replaced the cap, and maybe even the drug itself (nobody takes Cipro for fun) if there was any question about its safety. What are some...

  17. How can an adult leave a child in a hot car?

    rph3664 replied to Patrick57's topic in General Nursing

    And a female hospital CEO in Boone, Iowa a few years back. It's just that people with more money or education are more likely to get away with

  18. I was slapped by a doctor!

    rph3664 replied to cluelessRN81's topic in General Nursing

    Thank you for the

  19. How can an adult leave a child in a hot car?

    rph3664 replied to Patrick57's topic in General Nursing

    I once worked with a woman who probably had adult ADD and was so easily distracted, I honestly believe she could have genuinely forgotten her child(ren) in the car and hope that she was never left...

  20. turning non-emergent pts away

    rph3664 replied to Jennifer, RN's topic in Emergency

    or, for that matter, a visit to a regular physician and the time to make the

  21. Hospice Nurse Transporting Patient Medications

    rph3664 replied to Mazzi's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    I have worked with hospice nurses in Iowa and Illinois, and in both states, the nurses routinely picked meds up from the pharmacy and delivered them to the patients'

  22. My boss is stealing narcotics......

    rph3664 replied to celticwoman61's topic in General Nursing

    This is a terrible situation! Keep us all

  23. Customer Service and 24 hour visitation

    rph3664 replied to abbaking's topic in General Nursing

    My hospital has about 20 basic cable channels, in addition to network, PBS, and a local independent Christian station. They also have "The Newborn Network" in OB only, a weather channel that runs a...

  24. what areas of nursing would involve the least poop wiping?

    rph3664 replied to hapiyogi's topic in General Students

    A nurse, who was childless, once told me that when she was doing her OB rotations, her non-nursing friends all said, "That would be so fun!" and it wasn't for her. She said that she never got peed...

  25. Does GPA matter in terms of getting a job?

    rph3664 replied to firstyearRN's topic in General Nursing

    I'm very aware that an A student earned those grades. But that alone doesn't mean they are more or less competent than someone who had to struggle to stay off academic probation (like me, for...