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  1. infusing k-rider ivpb

    Hello, all... As you all probably know, K riders burn at the IV site while infusing. Well, while working with another RN the other day, I was shown a method that supposedly eases the burning at the...
  2. Ancora State Psychiatric Hospital, NJ

    I would think It'd be difficult for you to comment on what a nurse does since it seems from your previous posts that your not a nurse. What job did you do
  3. I may possibly be getting a job as a cvicu nurse and would like to know how you prepare yourself for work before you leave home. I know that as a tele nurse there are certain must haves that I don't...
  4. Pet Peeve: Poor Grammar by Nurses

    That's interesting, because I learned it in English
  5. Pet Peeve: Poor Grammar by Nurses

    According to what I've learned, you do not end a sentence with a
  6. Spin off of dating patients. RN's dating docs?

    Yay!!! I love this!! so exciting for the married folks to get a little peek into dating life again. Good
  7. I am just asking, because a lot of people like to have that cup of coffee in the morning, but I am usually reluctant to comply due to the diuretic effect of caffeine, not to mention the fact that it...
  8. Thanks!!
  9. Perhaps I phrased that wrong. Water may have no vitamins and minerals, but it has an extreme nutritional value. It is the most beneficial medium in our entire body and I don't think many realize...
  10. I'm not judging anyone because they drink coffee!! I'm just wondering if it is medically safe for
  11. yeah, and any other drug addict is going to the shop of their drug of choice as well. Does that mean that it's ok for them to do and would not have affected their treatment in the hospital had they...
  12. I asked this question because I want to know what nurses out there think are the pros and cons to having caffeinated beverages on a tele unit that are based on medical fact, not our own beliefs about...
  13. um, as health care professionals there a lot of things that we don't give patients because they aren't good for them. How many times have you heard a nurse say that she wasn't really concerned that a...
  14. ok, so if you think it does effect their rhythm you don't give it
  15. I feel like most are responding based on our acceptance and love for caffeine, but not really focusing on the fact that caffeine is a drug. When not pregnant, I drink coffee and understand its...
  16. One cup of coffee def. gets my body moving not to mention my kidneys, and I'm young and
  17. Well, not let them have it because it provides no nutrition, and they could be having something that is far more beneficial to their well
  18. I'm pretty sure it's reg. coffee. I also see them send up diet pepsi, and we also stock reg and diet shasta cola on the
  19. Pregnancy is not a disease!!! (vent)

    Oh, I have no prob with mrsa or vre patients. The only patients I won't touch are the ones who come with the possibility of teratogenic effects on my baby like shingles, or tb. I'm sorry, but who is...
  20. Pregnancy is not a disease!!! (vent)

    Trust me my reading comprehension skills are not failing me. As usual the thread is morphing into something else. From just plain lazy coworker who happens to be pregnant to women who are pregnant...
  21. Pregnancy is not a disease!!! (vent)

    I get your point as well, but it's not so easy to just get another job. Who else will let me sit behind a desk and pay me my rn salary that I order to pay my bills. At my job, I asked for light duty...
  22. Pregnancy is not a disease!!! (vent)

    Oh, I completely agree that ppl should be careful about when and with whom they have children. That is another story completely, but there is a limited time when a woman can get pregnant. I would...
  23. Pregnancy is not a disease!!! (vent)

    Wow, sure is nice to know that we live in a supportive world. Plain laziness is not acceptable at work, but to tell someone not to have kids?!! You don't know their
  24. All CRNAs need to READ this

    However, if someone seriously made all those statements about nurses how could any nurse agree!! I agree with kmm. Sometimes the political correctness on this board is highly annoying. Stick up for...
  25. ordered to give roxanol with resp. of 5

    However, it is nice to see a threat last for more than two