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  1. Abilify

    rph3664 replied to Orca's topic in Psychiatric

    It's also being used a lot for treatment-refractory depression when the next step is ECT, and in many cases it is working. I have also heard that some people on the autistic spectrum have a dramatic...

  2. Medicaid. Is it being abused?

    rph3664 replied to SWFlorida's topic in Emergency

    And it's very possible that Hogan4736 may have been ineligible for Medicaid and HAD to rely on purchased

  3. Things Patients Have Taught Me NOT To Do

    rph3664 replied to Trixxy's topic in Nursing Humor

    It's not a good idea to use it as an enema either, even if you are severely

  4. The baby that was born twice!

    rph3664 replied to LizzyL&DRN's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Fetal surgery has been going on for quite some time. I've heard of it being used for hydrocephalus, spina bifida (by far the most common), and a blocked bladder. There have been a few cases where...

  5. 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

    p.s. Where do you work that the Walgreens wait is 45 minutes? Around here, it's the next day. No kidding. And people with the cigarettes and cell phone who say they can't afford their own meds...

  6. 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

    except for one thing. Sometimes, knowing a non-drug allergy is important because it can be linked to drug or excipient allergies. When I worked in retail pharmacy, I got requests all the time for...

  7. 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

    Allergic to oxygen? What was her dog's name, Clostridium

  8. Medicaid. Is it being abused?

    rph3664 replied to SWFlorida's topic in Emergency

    I used to live in a city of 300,000 where very few dentists took Medicaid. The newspaper decided to investigate as to why, and believe me, the dentists stood in line and told their stories! The gist...

  9. Sibling Visitation Rules Exist For A Reason...

    rph3664 replied to Sweeper933's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    And that they have to pay for it out of pocket, and cannot use bankruptcy to discharge that

  10. Work situation not unique to health care

    rph3664 replied to rph3664's topic in General Nursing

    if i've ever heard a man refer to caring for his own kids as "babysitting", i can't recall it. i've heard men (and women too) describe it that way until they have their own kids, and women have...

  11. can't do nightshift anymore..on the verge of having nervous breakdown

    rph3664 replied to inthesky's topic in General Nursing

    Our overnight pharmacists work seven 10-hour shifts in a row, and then have a week off. A few years ago, one of our overnighters left and a man who's about 40 with a wife and three kids decided to do...

  12. C-Sections on the rise.

    rph3664 replied to Halinja's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I just remembered another nightmare home birth story. Some years back, I read C. Everett Koop's autobiography, and he said his mother labored 92 (as in ninety-two) hours before he was born, and I'm...

  13. Work situation not unique to health care

    rph3664 replied to rph3664's topic in General Nursing

    I should also add that this woman uses the word "babysitting" in reference to caring for her own children.

  14. How is a pharmacist unique in the care of patients?

    rph3664 replied to Matt000's topic in General Nursing

    We sure do! 99% of what we do is quite routine, but it's that 1% that justifies our 5 or 6 years of

  15. Work situation not unique to health care

    rph3664 replied to rph3664's topic in General Nursing

    We have a technician who talks incessantly about her children, but we let her because she is going through a very nasty divorce and those kids are the only thing that's kept her going. (Dated 4 years...

  16. Work situation not unique to health care

    rph3664 replied to rph3664's topic in General Nursing

    I have a friend who was complaining that her 14-year-old son was driving her crazy. She knew it was a phase but she was almost considering sending him to live with his dad - it was that bad. I...

  17. C-Sections on the rise.

    rph3664 replied to Halinja's topic in Ob/Gyn

    p.s. Of course, we are not talking about NECESSARY c-sections. My oldest uncle was born at home, and had they been in a hospital, Grandma would have had a c-section. I don't know what happened, but...

  18. C-Sections on the rise.

    rph3664 replied to Halinja's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I hear stories like this and wonder why doctors would torture patients like this when they're just going to do a section anyway. This reminds me of an now-retired OB in the city where I grew up who...

  19. C-Sections on the rise.

    rph3664 replied to Halinja's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I have heard that there is a philosophy called "too posh to push" and it's especially prevalent among wealthy Brazilian women; their c-section rate exceeds 90% Has anyone else heard about this? Yes,...

  20. Amphetamines+Clinicals = Allowed?

    rph3664 replied to miwachiru123's topic in General Nursing

    I know of a couple of pharmacists who have ADD/ADHD and take Concerta or Adderall. It enables them to do their jobs better, and like I said earlier, if it's used legitimately, no big deal.

  21. No more internet access

    rph3664 replied to racing-mom4's topic in General Nursing

    Part of our training involves being able to recognize what's legitimate and what isn't. Nursing asks us to look up drug information all the time, and if it's for a patient, I'm always happy to print...

  22. My pt. punched her SO...

    rph3664 replied to shortstuff31117's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I know a woman who is going through a very nasty divorce with three kids (I'm pretty sure they never really liked each other outside the bedroom) and one day, STBX came by to pick the kids up for a...

  23. No more internet access

    rph3664 replied to racing-mom4's topic in General Nursing

    We have two pharmacists who should have been fired (but weren't because one of them is, for reasons I have never been able to figure out, exempt from disciplinary action) because they were watching TV...

  24. Help A Highschooler--wants 2 Be A Nurse

    rph3664 replied to indiawhitaker's topic in Ob/Gyn

    India, it sounds like you're interested in OB nursing because you think it will be "fun." I'm sure it can be, but are you aware that you will also be dealing with things like fetal demise (babies that...

  25. Career ending mistakes?

    rph3664 replied to emsillystudent's topic in General Nursing

    This is indeed the case for Illinois. And you do not have to be an Illinois resident for this to happen,