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rph3664

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  1. termination

    rph3664 replied to susan5864's topic in General Nursing

    I've heard of KCL and Lasix being next to each other in decades past in a dispensing cabinet, which resulted in many patient deaths, and THAT'S WHY straight potassium is mixed in the pharmacy. Nurses...

  2. terminated

    rph3664 replied to lynn0808's topic in General Nursing

    Speaking as someone who has been fired more than once because of falsified disciplinary records, I can say that ITA with the dates/rehire only policy UNLESS there really is something to back it up...

  3. Relationships between residents

    rph3664 replied to Altra's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    And it wasn't like she was at risk of getting pregnant, either which is not uncommon in the MR/DD or TBI

  4. Funniest Complaint on Press Ganey Scores

    rph3664 replied to nursebrandie28's topic in General Nursing

  5. Work situation not unique to health care

    rph3664 replied to rph3664's topic in General Nursing

    An update: The situation is getting so bad, I'm almost considering saying something to our manager about getting her a referral to Employee Assistance. I asked about that one other time with someone...

  6. High school student wanting to be a nurse!

    rph3664 replied to chocoholic1324's topic in General Nursing

    Bump! I'm not a nurse but certainly know plenty of them, and since it's summer, you might want to contact your local community college and inquire about their CNA (certified nursing assistant)...

  7. Funniest Complaint on Press Ganey Scores

    rph3664 replied to nursebrandie28's topic in General Nursing

    Would you fill it out the way my friends and I used to fill out restaurant service cards when we were teenagers?

  8. How much do you put in your 401K and other questions

    rph3664 replied to JessicaSN's topic in General Nursing

    One other thing. People who have fallen on hard times because of things out of their control like downsizing or huge medical bills don't complain, at least not like those who did it to themselves....

  9. How much do you put in your 401K and other questions

    rph3664 replied to JessicaSN's topic in General Nursing

    People who live beyond their means in order to keep up appearances do not fool anybody, or impress anybody either. I also know far too many people who spend their money on fun things first and pay...

  10. terminated

    rph3664 replied to lynn0808's topic in General Nursing

    And that's true no matter what line of work you're

  11. Disposing of medications at time of death

    rph3664 replied to RubyRN,CHPN's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    I once heard about someone who wanted to bury the deceased family member's meds in the backyard.

  12. Funniest Complaint on Press Ganey Scores

    rph3664 replied to nursebrandie28's topic in General Nursing

    Some of the overnight nurses speak so little English, it could potentially compromise patient care. We would be better off having no nurses than those people. That, IMHO, was a legitimate

  13. How much do you put in your 401K and other questions

    rph3664 replied to JessicaSN's topic in General Nursing

    I don't go around asking my co-workers if they have a 401(k), but the tiny number who do horrifies me. I contribute 15% because I can afford it, being single and childless, and it gives me a HUGE tax...

  14. $4 prescriptions

    rph3664 replied to woody62's topic in General Nursing

    We had problems with that even before Medicare Part D(isaster). I was working in retail pharmacy when that plan was announced, and tons of people asked us why we pharmacists were almost universally...

  15. Anyone can get into Nursing.

    rph3664 replied to indiawhitaker's topic in General Nursing

    BUMP India, we all want to see a post from you saying you've ditched the

  16. Waiting time for Kirkwood College in Iowa City

    rph3664 replied to divsky's topic in General Nursing

    ........assuming it's not under

  17. Things Patients Have Taught Me NOT To Do

    rph3664 replied to Trixxy's topic in Nursing Humor

    Well, THAT'S a variation on the Mile High Club!

  18. amniotic fluid embolism

    rph3664 replied to Almabella's topic in Ob/Gyn

    There was a story in my local paper a while back about a mother and baby who died from this, and nothing could be done for either of them. It was not at my hospital. The mother was 14 years

  19. Sickest you have ever been, and still expected to work.

    rph3664 replied to AngelfireRN's topic in General Nursing

    My brother is not a healthcare worker, but when he was in college, he worked briefly at a laundry because the hours were very flexible and the job paid fairly well. One night, he went to the ER with...

  20. Anyone can get into Nursing.

    rph3664 replied to indiawhitaker's topic in General Nursing

    This issue hasn't been brought up in this thread, and if it has, I didn't see it. Are you having sex with this lowlife? If you are, you MUST use protection! If you get pregnant, he WILL disappear and...

  21. Ob-gyn.

    rph3664 replied to indiawhitaker's topic in General Nursing

    I don't know if that comment was addressed to me, but I was telling the young lady what becoming an OB/GYN entails. India, you must be a physician to be an OB/GYN. You could also become a...

  22. Ob-gyn.

    rph3664 replied to indiawhitaker's topic in General Nursing

    Are you the high school student who is interested in OB nursing? To become an OB/GYN, you have to get a bachelor's degree, go to medical school, and then do a residency in an OB/GYN program (not sure...

  23. Medicaid. Is it being abused?

    rph3664 replied to SWFlorida's topic in Emergency

    What about the fathers of all these children? OTOH, I've learned that if one parent is really dysfunctional, usually the other one is too. Much of the time, the father is in jail and the mom has...

  24. Medicaid. Is it being abused?

    rph3664 replied to SWFlorida's topic in Emergency

    There were several visibly pregnant girls in my class, and others who had children, when I graduated in 1981. Only a few years earlier, they would have been expelled as soon as the news was out, and...

  25. Medicaid. Is it being abused?

    rph3664 replied to SWFlorida's topic in Emergency

    What about someone who is in a happy marriage and they are thrown into poverty, or temporary hardship, because their spouse died? That happens every