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rph3664

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  1. family dynamics of disabled children

    rph3664 replied to ArwenEvenstar's topic in Pediatric

    Veering OT: I know a woman who has hemiplegia from a stroke. She refers to herself using all sorts of politically incorrect terminology. I cringed the first time she referred to herself as a "crip"...

  2. Medical schools that admit Nurses?

    rph3664 replied to Apollorn's topic in General Nursing

    Being a nurse might be an advantage, since you have medical experience and knowledge, but you must have all the other classes and meet GPA standards, etc. That was certainly true for the nurses I have...

  3. What is NS NOT compatible with?

    rph3664 replied to 2blessed2Bstressed's topic in General Nursing

    I wouldn't recommend

  4. What is NS NOT compatible with?

    rph3664 replied to 2blessed2Bstressed's topic in General Nursing

    i was unable to post for a while yesterday and wondered

  5. What is NS NOT compatible with?

    rph3664 replied to 2blessed2Bstressed's topic in General Nursing

    Here I am! :w00t: We sometimes mix bicarb with NS, but more commonly we use dextrose or D5 and some other saline combination. I did discover a while back that bicarb is NOT compatible with lactated...

  6. The homless guy in room 12

    rph3664 replied to Agnus's topic in General Nursing

    Or they aren't allowed to see them for some very good reasons. I doubt that a person weighing 500 or 600 pounds was at a soup kitchen, simply because they aren't going to be mobile enough to get...

  7. The homless guy in room 12

    rph3664 replied to Agnus's topic in General Nursing

    My parents are both 74 years old, and my mom grew up in a house near some railroad tracks. Men would often knock on the door and ask for some food, and Grandma would make eggs, toast, and coffee, and...

  8. What percentage of your students are on ADD/ADHD meds?

    rph3664 replied to rph3664's topic in School

    My local newspaper recently did a story saying that 30% of the students in our local school district have an IEP. What does that tell you? BTW, this is a mostly white, middle class, English speaking...

  9. What percentage of your students are on ADD/ADHD meds?

    rph3664 posted a topic in School

    I'm curious as to whether this is nationwide or just my area (upper Midwest). The schools around here are VERY aggressive when it comes to having kids evaluated for this, and I have NEVER heard of a...

  10. Stupidest reason to go to ER

    rph3664 replied to DachRN's topic in Emergency

    Forgot something. I got it at the library. It's not worth the paper it's printed on, and is nothing more than advertising for his subscription-only

  11. What percentage of your students are on ADD/ADHD meds?

    rph3664 replied to rph3664's topic in School

    This is contrary to my personal experience, regarding the people I know. It's almost like a badge of honor any more, which I don't understand. Certainly it's nothing to be ashamed of, but it isn't...

  12. Has anyone seen the movie "Night Nurse"

    rph3664 replied to HyperRNRachel's topic in Emergency

    And I'll bet it was about as realistic as portrayals of nurses in modern TV shows and movies.

  13. Stupidest reason to go to ER

    rph3664 replied to DachRN's topic in Emergency

    Actually, that's not such a bad idea. Then the doctor would know what was going on and how to treat it. Shortly after 9/11, a scrawny cat showed up in my neighborhood, and he's curled up on my couch...

  14. Stupidest reason to go to ER

    rph3664 replied to DachRN's topic in Emergency

    Did you see Suzanne Somers on Larry King a few evenings ago? She was talking about all the supplements she's on, and how they work. It was obvious that she did not know what she was talking about,...

  15. Stupidest reason to go to ER

    rph3664 replied to DachRN's topic in Emergency

    ((((((hugs)))))) There's a post elsewhere on this board about a woman who went to her doctor on a Monday with a gangrenous leg. The doctor asked her why she didn't call 911 when the symptoms began...

  16. Stupidest reason to go to ER

    rph3664 replied to DachRN's topic in Emergency

    Has anyone here ever read "Intern" by Dr. X? This book was a big best-seller in the mid-1960s, and the author was later revealed to be Dr. Alan Nourse, who also wrote science fiction and medical...

  17. Multiples for Media Attention and Community Help?

    rph3664 replied to pirap's topic in Ob/Gyn

    PKTessler, your statement about mothers going back to work didn't apply to the Dilley family. Becki, the mom, went back to work as a nurse and Keith, her husband, was a SAHD for several years because...

  18. Multiples for Media Attention and Community Help?

    rph3664 replied to pirap's topic in Ob/Gyn

    It's also entirely possible that both are only children whose parents are deceased. I could, of course, be very

  19. Has anyone EVER seen a patient come off CRRT alive?

    rph3664 posted a topic in Dialysis, Renal, Urology

    The hospital where I work recently hired a nephrologist who sometimes orders this. We have NEVER seen a patient who had this treatment leave the hospital alive; the fact that they were moribund when...

  20. Nurses children and vaccinations, how do you feel?

    rph3664 replied to Mistify's topic in General Nursing

    Is this about that story where 12 autistic children had a large amount of measles virus in their intestines - with NO controls, etc.? It never fails to amaze me how some people consider that story to...

  21. Multiples for Media Attention and Community Help?

    rph3664 replied to pirap's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I would imagine that a lot of high order multiples are conceived (naturally or otherwise) that we never know about because they are miscarried very early on. When the McCaugheys were born, the local...

  22. Nurses children and vaccinations, how do you feel?

    rph3664 replied to Mistify's topic in General Nursing

    Some of the "vaccines cause autism" people have said that the doctor said, "If you don't give your kid this shot today, I will report you to CPS" (child protective services). Is it true that doctors...

  23. Nurses children and vaccinations, how do you feel?

    rph3664 replied to Mistify's topic in General Nursing

    I'm not a big Neil Young fan, so I did not know that about him. Might it have contributed to his having two disabled children as well? He could possibly have been a victim of the Cutter incident,...

  24. Nurses children and vaccinations, how do you feel?

    rph3664 replied to Mistify's topic in General Nursing

  25. darwin award

    rph3664 replied to mint_julep7's topic in Burn

    I'm not a nurse, but we once had a drug seeker who had been cut off by so many doctors, she took matters into her own hands. She doused herself in lighter fluid and struck a match. She died not long...