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  1. Intramuscular injections- drawing back

    Freedom42 replied to minnimouse's topic in General Nursing

    Good point. Is it possible that we're not all on the same page re: drawing back versus aspiration? I didn't recognize the difference until I read the aforementioned article in Applied Nursing...

  2. Intramuscular injections- drawing back

    Freedom42 replied to minnimouse's topic in General Nursing

    My school teaches us not to draw back on IM injections but to perform the Z-track method. Here's what my fundamentals book says (Taylor, Lillis, Lemone, Lynn): "An outdated practice is the drawing up...

  3. USM Accelerated BSN???

    Freedom42 replied to Nerdy RN's topic in General Nursing

    I've had a very different experience at USM. If I had it all to do again, I'd go elsewhere. But there is no other affordable alternative in southern Maine. First, I question the admission figures...

  4. Being a tutor, good idea or not?

    Freedom42 replied to Scooter321's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I took a 10-hours-a-week teaching assistant's job in anatomy and physiology last fall. I immediately regretted. Think about it: You're being offered the job because you're a great student. Now think...

  5. How to tell a drug rep to shut up?

    Freedom42 replied to DucatiNP's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    What exactly can you learn while eating a "drug dinner," the cost of which is foisted on your patients, that you cannot learn from a presentation that doesn't involve turning you into a billboard?...

  6. How to tell a drug rep to shut up?

    Freedom42 replied to DucatiNP's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    One can also choose not only to say no but to urge others to stop padding their patients' bills by forcing them to pay for your "drug dinner." Because that's just what you're doing when you accept...

  7. This Should Make You Feel Good About How Much $$$ You Make

    Freedom42 replied to JoeTheNurse's topic in General Nursing

    This is an old thread -- but obviously a provocative one. For the record, CBS published a story in February 2008 that said the average wage for Ford employees before it bought out 16,000 jobs was $28...

  8. Filed a Grievance against my Manager....now I'm worried

    Freedom42 replied to Lori75's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I disagree. I've read a lot of posts on this board that imply that standing up for yourself and your pay check somehow conflicts with being a good nurse. Yes, nursing is a profession that demands high...

  9. Filed a Grievance against my Manager....now I'm worried

    Freedom42 replied to Lori75's topic in First Year After Licensure

    So if a hospital breaches its contractual obligations to employees, and those employees stand up for themselves, they don't care about the patients? Interesting

  10. Filed a Grievance against my Manager....now I'm worried

    Freedom42 replied to Lori75's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I think llg's advice to write a letter to the union and copy the manager is excellent. You can nip the grievance -- and the expenses that accompany it -- in the bud, and do so in a gracious manner. I...

  11. Stumped on a priority question

    Freedom42 replied to RNFutureRN's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    Interesting. We were taught that IV morphine follows aspirin and nitro, respectively, only if the pain has not been relieved. For what it's worth, we work out of Wagner, John and Kidd's "High Acuity...

  12. Stumped on a priority question

    Freedom42 replied to RNFutureRN's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    According to my instructor, OD is not an issue with nitro. She says the only reason there's a three-dose limit is because you don't want someone with chest pains taking dose after dose before they...

  13. I'm Training a New Hire at $1 less an hour!

    Freedom42 replied to eldragon's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    . Come on. Have you ever heard of anyone being fired for exercising their First Amendment right to talk about their pay check? I find it hard to believe that accepting a wage means you forfeit your...

  14. Please help with this math question!

    Freedom42 replied to OncNurse_08's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    So, presuming there's a typo in there, let's try this: mcg/kg/min x weight in kilos x 60 minutes divided by mg/ml x 1000 mcg/ml = mL/hour 7 mcg/kg/min x 58.63 x 60 = 24062.33 divided by 1 x 1000 = 24...

  15. Please help with this math question!

    Freedom42 replied to OncNurse_08's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    Are you sure that's not supposed to be 250 mg per 250

  16. Malpractice insurance = bad idea?

    Freedom42 replied to Guitar_Heroine's topic in General Nursing

    My instructors contend that the first thing a hospital will do if you're accused of malpractice is argue that you are responsible for your own conduct and acted independently in case of wrongdoing. In...

  17. Starting School, Do I disclose my status???

    Freedom42 replied to mummasheesh's topic in Nurses Recovery

    I question whether the OP's school even has the legal right to ask that question as a condition of enrollment. Asking about convictions is another matter: Those are public record. But past medical...

  18. Waive benefits for an increase in base pay?

    Freedom42 replied to username2008's topic in Emergency

    It's not just the health insurance that you need. What happens when you're injured on the job after waiving disability coverage? And I don't understand why you don't think you need coverage for...

  19. Malpractice insurance = bad idea?

    Freedom42 replied to Guitar_Heroine's topic in General Nursing

    There's a big difference between a settlement and a judgment. It doesn't matter whether you have insurance or even money in the bank. A judge can attach your future earnings, effectively ordering you...

  20. New nurse making job unbearable!

    Freedom42 replied to shelly304's topic in General Nursing

    I don't question your descriptions of her behavior. She sounds obnoxious. But I do question your manager's handling of the situation. I think it would have been more appropriate to meet with each of...

  21. New nurse making job unbearable!

    Freedom42 replied to shelly304's topic in General Nursing

    I can certainly understand how the OP and her co-workers would be fed up with this young woman's behavior. But I also agree with an earlier post: This new nurse behaved in this way because her...

  22. Vacation Time

    Freedom42 replied to jmcan999's topic in General Nursing

    Student here. For what it's worth, I'm surprised -- and disappointed -- that some folks are shocked that a nurse gets 7 weeks off (theoretically, anyway) in the form of paid time off. That's not much...

  23. GPA drop due to illness. Am I in trouble?

    Freedom42 replied to Koala33's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    A lot of schools offer academic forgiveness if you ask for it: They agree to drop your lowest semester's grades and recalculate your GPA without it. I'd suggest finding out if the schools to which you...

  24. What can we do?

    Freedom42 replied to handyrn's topic in General Nursing

    If you're confident that this DON is saying about former employees is slanderous, then I would see an attorney and pay him or her to write a letter telling her to cease and desist or face legal...

  25. Why wouldn't you chart this??

    Freedom42 replied to Poopsie Gigglebuns's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks for your reply,