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    Are you doing fecal transplants very often?

    hiddencatRN replied to Vtachy1's topic in General Nursing

    In theory, I think it's great. It's just really, really gross to think about in any detail. Really
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    Are you doing fecal transplants very often?

    hiddencatRN replied to Vtachy1's topic in General Nursing

    Let me translate: Brother brought in a sample: brother crapped in a cup and brought his crap in to the hospital. WHIZZZ in a blender: poop milkshakes! installation: Brother can and probably will, for...
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    Going green makes me red in the face

    hiddencatRN replied to abbaking's topic in General Nursing

    Trader Joe's is actually really affordable. We love to shop there because we can get fancy foods and organic foods for cheap. They have really good stir fries, their tartar sauce is SOOOOOO good, and...
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    Top three patient complaints?

    hiddencatRN replied to Anna Flaxis's topic in General Nursing

    Now I'm curious- what sort of demographic does your hospital serve? I work at an inner city hospital in the middle of a pretty poor area. We get plenty of economically disadvantaged folks who are...
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    Top three patient complaints?

    hiddencatRN replied to Anna Flaxis's topic in General Nursing

    Can't tell if joking or
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    What field of Nursing has the least, and most math?

    hiddencatRN replied to PreStudent101's topic in General Nursing

    Your patient has a fever, weighs 17.5 kg. Tylenol is 15mg/kg/dose and comes 160mg/5ml. How many mls do you give the patient? And now they're getting X mg of an antibiotic; if the max safe dose per day...
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    Top three patient complaints?

    hiddencatRN replied to Anna Flaxis's topic in General Nursing

    Number one is "why is it taking the doctor so long to get here." Things I'd LIKE to say: "You've only been here for like 45 minutes, that's NOTHING." "It's taking so long because the doctor is busy...
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    Working with student nurses

    hiddencatRN replied to LisaRN1105's topic in General Nursing

    Busy, doesn't understand how what she said differs from what she meant, feels jumped on, scared away, doesn't know how to clarify what she meant. just hasn't checked the thread again yet, is over it,...
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    Working with student nurses

    hiddencatRN replied to LisaRN1105's topic in General Nursing

    I'm betting that something is missing in the poster's instructions. I'm guessing she's either not communicating the goals/instructions clearly or that she's not understanding them clearly from the...
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    Working with student nurses

    hiddencatRN replied to LisaRN1105's topic in General Nursing

    Helpful students keep us on the floor an extra 10 minutes? Uh, ok. Thanks for recommending we check out best practice guidelines and the Code of Ethics- please remind the nurses you work with in...
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    "If they really cared about their mom, they wouldn't of put her in a nursing home"

    hiddencatRN replied to Bruce_Wayne's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    When my grandfather was first placed in a home I was angry with my dad, aunts and uncle. I felt like they were neglecting him. But then I went to visit him and saw how much he had declined. He had...
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    Multi-shift problem discovered during hand-off.

    hiddencatRN replied to dudette10's topic in General Nursing

    Second. Don't borrow trouble. No harm came to the patient and you CAUGHT the error. I like the suggestion to do an analysis to find out what processes can be changed to prevent future errors, but I...
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    Working with student nurses

    hiddencatRN replied to LisaRN1105's topic in General Nursing

    Yep. Gloves are PPE- PERSONAL protective equipment. They enhance your barrier in case of fluids getting on them, and in case of a needle stick, they wipe off some of the blood on the needle so you get...
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    Working with student nurses

    hiddencatRN replied to LisaRN1105's topic in General Nursing

    I love having students. I never expect them to help me out, if anything I expect them to slow me down because I'll spend time explaining things. And that's OK: if I can take that time I'm happy to do...
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    Ok..vent..advise...dunno

    hiddencatRN replied to Sparrowhawk's topic in General Nursing

    That's really rough. How do other schedules look? Can you trade shifts to get less
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    Reflections needed on adrenalin junkie nurses

    hiddencatRN replied to nightengalegoddess's topic in General Nursing

    I would address it directly with the nurse. "It was inappropriate to push me out of the way so you could do compressions. I could have been injured, and it was disrespectful to the patient and the...
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    Are you doing this at work?

    hiddencatRN replied to vivasmom's topic in Emergency

    Yes Yes Yes No Sometimes Yes Yes Sometimes Yes We have respiratory and medics but it frequently works out where they are busy with another patient when you need
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    what's up with "best ever scrubs"??

    hiddencatRN replied to doc_ertle's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    They seem to be minimal on the pockets. I like having a decent amount of pockets, and not at the breast level, and Best Ever's solution is to make....a pocket skirt. Instead of a top with more...
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    Denied admission for BSN program

    hiddencatRN replied to Simply Complicated's topic in Online Distance Learning

    So how do you know it wouldn't enhance your understanding of disease processes and nursing? I took chemistry prior to A&P and it's knowledge I still draw
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    Magnet status? Hospitals choosing BSN new grads. Important!!!! over ADN??

    hiddencatRN replied to mirc88sl's topic in General Nursing

    Well, at a hospital that only hires BSNs, ADNs can expect to make $0 there. The going rate in the city for a new grad is in the $27ish an hour range, so that's significantly more than nothing....
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    Magnet status? Hospitals choosing BSN new grads. Important!!!! over ADN??

    hiddencatRN replied to mirc88sl's topic in General Nursing

    I suggest you trot on over to the new grad forum and tell them all that if they stop being "picky " they "probably " could get a
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    Magnet status? Hospitals choosing BSN new grads. Important!!!! over ADN??

    hiddencatRN replied to mirc88sl's topic in General Nursing

    Actually, in my area they can and do explicitly not hire ADN nurses in several hospital systems. Why on earth would you think an employer can't set an education requirement for a position and then...
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    Magnet status? Hospitals choosing BSN new grads. Important!!!! over ADN??

    hiddencatRN replied to mirc88sl's topic in General Nursing

    Agreed. I live in a magnet-heavy area and haven't picked up on magnet facilities being bad places to work. Only time I hear that is on AN. Within the hospitals that are magnet, some have reputations...
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    Watchers vs. Doers

    hiddencatRN replied to KeepItRealRN's topic in General Nursing

    Eh, except you kinda did. All of you phrases about doers doing the grit work and even the two terms you picked, with the nonbedside nurses as passive while bedside nurses do the Real Work.... I'm...
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    The problem with floating ER Nurses

    hiddencatRN replied to crabalot's topic in Emergency

    At my hospital, floats are taken from over staffed/low census units. So we never float in the ED- we're one of the units that usually GETS nurses pulled from other