SKM-NURSIEPOOH BSN, RN

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    Termination of employment for failure to initiate CPR

    SKM-NURSIEPOOH replied to NRSKarenRN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    why just two weeks ago, my friend, who is a lpn in albany, ny, told me something similar had occurred in her facility!!! in her situation, a resident (ltc facility) was found sometime overnight by...
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    Bossy Unit Clerks

    SKM-NURSIEPOOH replied to NancyRN's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    i would ask your nm to set-up a staff meeting (as this will involve & affect other clerks/nurses including those who have to routinely float) in order to incorporate some sort of protocol that can...
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    Nursing, No Longer A White Woman's Job?

    SKM-NURSIEPOOH replied to Gomer's topic in General Nursing

    that was well researched & so eloquently said....great
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    Nursing, No Longer A White Woman's Job?

    SKM-NURSIEPOOH replied to Gomer's topic in General Nursing

    ...your point regarding how these types of thread turning either silly or ugly. and i do understand why some people are "tired" of that type of behavior...that's why i'm saddened by some of the...
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    Nursing, No Longer A White Woman's Job?

    SKM-NURSIEPOOH replied to Gomer's topic in General Nursing

    ...or dismissive remarks that could have been more sensitively given...it feels like being censored. i believe that folks here are mature enough to discuss the topic of racism with constructive ideas...
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    Nursing, No Longer A White Woman's Job?

    SKM-NURSIEPOOH replied to Gomer's topic in General Nursing

    the fact of the matter is that this profession was predominately held by white females historically (i'm not making any racist judgments or comments here so please, hold the flaming)....the nursing...
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    Feeling incompetent

    SKM-NURSIEPOOH replied to AnotherRN's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    ...doing a rn-refresher course sound like a winner to me...if you have the time, energy, & money for it...of course. if you're still located in the same city or town where you graduated from,...
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    Allnurses.com history?

    SKM-NURSIEPOOH replied to OBNURSEHEATHER's topic in General Nursing

    ...i have to agree with everyone who posted thus far....allnurses.com is by far, the best nursing bbs that i've encountered...& i've visited approximately five of them so far.... this one is the...
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    RN to MD....possible or not?

    SKM-NURSIEPOOH replied to zinacef's topic in General Nursing

    when i was a little girl, i always dreamed of being a doctor or a nurse. i didn't dream that i would ever become a nurse because i was one of those...what people called...slow in some areas. i used...
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    Nurses week Cheap gifts from admin.

    SKM-NURSIEPOOH replied to nilepoc's topic in General Nursing

    http://www.animationcity.net/animcity.htm kiddos to bob &
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    Nurses week Cheap gifts from admin.

    SKM-NURSIEPOOH replied to nilepoc's topic in General Nursing

    please!
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    Nurses week Cheap gifts from admin.

    SKM-NURSIEPOOH replied to nilepoc's topic in General Nursing

    here-here!!!
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    What was most embarrassing moment as a nurse?

    SKM-NURSIEPOOH replied to night owl's topic in General Nursing

    rlmao!!! :rotfl: :chuckle
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    Do you watch Medical shows?

    SKM-NURSIEPOOH replied to old-master's topic in General Nursing

    yes he was a hottie on emergency...but i think he was even hotter on loving which turned into the city before it was cancelled. i love middle-aged men with "a touch of gray". wasn't marcus welby's...
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    Do you watch Medical shows?

    SKM-NURSIEPOOH replied to old-master's topic in General Nursing

    i like "emergency vets" too!!! i forgot about that show...damn, i do watch too much tv...haaahaaahaaa.
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    Do you watch Medical shows?

    SKM-NURSIEPOOH replied to old-master's topic in General Nursing

    i enjoy watching: er - love it...love it....love it :blushkiss...not for the reality of it but for the all of the things that those characters go though in their personal lives as well on the job....
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    As an OB nurse, do you feel like your med/surg experience will go to waste?

    SKM-NURSIEPOOH replied to teresab_2000's topic in Ob/Gyn

    ..just had to see it again...lol!!! now, i'll run for cover!!!
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    Bubble gum myth or truth?

    SKM-NURSIEPOOH replied to proud2bme's topic in General Nursing

    pile-up in our colons & that we would need enemas & milk of magnesia (sp?)- :uhoh21: yuk :chair: - to get it out. we were also told that we would get worms if we ate chocolate candy during...
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    Straight pay for 12 hour shifts?

    SKM-NURSIEPOOH replied to susanmary's topic in General Nursing

    ...anytime worked past 8 hours per day (regardless of full or part time employment will receive over-time rate), or all work performed in excess of 80 hrs in 2 weeks (except those hrs for which time...
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    What was most embarrassing moment as a nurse?

    SKM-NURSIEPOOH replied to night owl's topic in General Nursing

    ...i know exactly what yuo :imbar mean!!! ha :chuckle :roll while i went to guatemala in '1998 for an us humanitarian mission, i assisted this dentist whose panamanian & is fluent in spanish....
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    Do Day Nurses Really Feel that Night Nurses Do Nothing All Night?

    SKM-NURSIEPOOH replied to Brita01's topic in General Nursing

    where i work, all three shifts have duties unique to them, something like what fgr8out laid-out above. in my facility, which is a ltc facility, both days & evening shifts have x2 staff nurses...
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    Lethal injection nurse???

    SKM-NURSIEPOOH replied to Zhakrin's topic in General Nursing

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    hiccups

    SKM-NURSIEPOOH replied to amyBSN's topic in General Nursing

    ...there's 112,000
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    hiccups

    SKM-NURSIEPOOH replied to amyBSN's topic in General Nursing

    ...but I wouldn't recommend having post-op patients doing this ...using the gag method. The Phrenic nerve directly affect the involuntary diaphragm movement which causes the hiccups. The theory is...
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    the nurse/porn connection...........

    SKM-NURSIEPOOH replied to hapeewendy's topic in General Nursing

    ...former Prostitutes having being made to work with the sick. My twist on this is going back to the time where people (particularly kids) playing...."Doctor" & "Nurse" or "Post Office"...