Pat_Pat RN

I've had sticks, but no one every came back positive for anything. That would be scary.

Have you taken a class through ALA? That would be your best bet. A positive test not only depends on the size of the induration, but on the person being tested. Here, I grabbed this off the 'net:

WRONG! We most certainly are our brother's and sister's keepers.

I met both my wives online. I met my current wife in college via the Unix 'finger' command the first time around, Purdue, 1994. We dated for a couple of months, nothing serious. Several years later I met my first wife on an email group about ZR2 equi...

Your employer should have a policy covering this.

Oh I know, I didn't meant they weren't real seizures. It's just that the calls for the ambulance is always "25 y.o. male having seizures." Like they have a seizure disorder...they don't mention the "drug overdose".

Our "gift" was a little insulated lunch bag, a ear-muff/headband thing and....a pen. But, someone from administration was here every evening to make sure night shift got in on the food and such. They area really very good to us here. We are a tiny ...

Gee, I wonder why.

I've worked both ER and Med/surg and it IS a thing to admit people at shift change, which is ridiculous in my opinion. As the OP said, it is a safety concern.

We've supposed to have a whole week of stuff, but it is for "Hospital Week", which I guess is next week? There is a banner on the nurse's station today, other than that, nothing yet. ETA, just found this hanging on the break room door: Monday, Speci...

Ignorance of the law is not an excuse.

Don't exactly follow your question, but.....we check everyone admitted if they have been in another facility within 30 days (even if it was OUR facility) or if they have a long-term MRSA flag in the chart. Hope this helps.

Usually 120's/70's. HR is always in the 80-90 range.

Lots of heroin and spice causing "seizures".

That's the way I did it. Worked on the ambulance as an EMT-B. Moved to a UC job to get a raise and better hours.. Then went to nursing school and continued for a few years as a nurse there.

Is that legal?

That is when it was, but they had 50 people that did it, not an isolated incident. It also spanned 2-3 generations in some cases.

I can't really tell you what to do to get over it. I've used meds and therapy with minimal success. Right now I'm feeling pretty good. I have lots of hobbies to keep my mind busy. I have been on as much as 300mg of Effexor XR and 2mg of Xanax XR....

Me too.....and I'm not even in the bathroom.....

I did not claim than anything wasn't "real". I have generalized anxiety and chronic major depression. This is the kind of thing I was talking about. I don't recall ever sayin it wasn't a "valid medical need". That's why I put it in quotes. As...

Flustrated.

Big Pharma makes money from people taking drugs for psychiatric disorders. Big Pharma puts pressure on [whoever makes new psychiatric disorders] to make a new disorder so they can come up with a new drug to treat that disorder.

Time management; you're doing it wrong.

Yes, what they said ^^^. Panic attacks. I have them, usually when I have to travel more than about an hour from home. Or if doing something "different" than my usual routine. It is horrible, terrible thing and I DON'T have mine under control. There ...