gauge14iv

gauge14iv MSN, APRN, NP

ICU, ER, HH, NICU, now FNP

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  1. New grad still looking!

    gauge14iv replied to communitynp2B's topic in Texas Nursing

    Internships are generally offered twice a year - in June, and January. You missed the June ride is the problem. Re-appy everywhere and get yourself hooked into a January internship. It shouldnt be a...

  2. New grad still looking!

    gauge14iv replied to communitynp2B's topic in Texas Nursing

    Internships are generally offered twice a year - in June, and January. You missed the June ride is the problem. Re-appy everywhere and get yourself hooked into a January internship. It shouldnt be a...

  3. A graduate nurse..........

    gauge14iv replied to debRNo1's topic in Nursing Humor

    MD Terminator - based on your sigline - uh - paragraph - you would really enjoy the Sweet Potato Queens Big ass cookbook and financial planner if you havn't read it already. I highly recommend it for...

  4. Drowning Nurses Given Cement Overshoes

    gauge14iv replied to RN-PA's topic in General Nursing

    Man that stinks - we are in the process of miving our facility to e-mar as well. I agree that there are definately snafus but overall the nurses seem pretty pleased with it once they have used it for...

  5. Drowning Nurses Given Cement Overshoes

    gauge14iv replied to RN-PA's topic in General Nursing

    You guys need a GROUP of people from various departments to fix this - our Meditech documentation team is probably close to 60 people.... Lots of resources, experience and ideas in a bigger

  6. Drowning Nurses Given Cement Overshoes

    gauge14iv replied to RN-PA's topic in General Nursing

    imenid37 - it sounds like the trouble is with the powers that be at your place who decide what should be required info for your charting system....Join that committee!!! Meditech is basically blank...

  7. Drowning Nurses Given Cement Overshoes

    gauge14iv replied to RN-PA's topic in General Nursing

    Your computers need to go mobile and even meditech lets you see more than 3 meds at a time and print a shift

  8. Pharmaceutical Companies are taking YOUR money!!

    gauge14iv replied to Dave ARNP's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Somebody is taking action - interesting article.... !Artilce about consumer group suing drug company over prices.... and I agree wholeheartedly about the free market comments - if drugs were a free...

  9. Pharmaceutical Companies are taking YOUR money!!

    gauge14iv replied to Dave ARNP's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Which is why I'm currently studying to take the international boart cert for lactation in

  10. Pharmaceutical Companies are taking YOUR money!!

    gauge14iv replied to Dave ARNP's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    I wholeheartedly agree with the fact that mass advertising of Rx's needs to be reduced - that is where the whole things needs to start. However, when one rep brings in lunch at least once a week for...

  11. Pharmaceutical Companies are taking YOUR money!!

    gauge14iv replied to Dave ARNP's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Fair enough. I wouldnt pretend to know something about CCU without doing some further research first, we all have our own areas of expertise. This just happens to be one of mine. I think you will...

  12. Pharmaceutical Companies are taking YOUR money!!

    gauge14iv replied to Dave ARNP's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    You said yourself that you didnt know much about this topic - I suggest you do some further reading. there are a number of research articles available at http://www.nofreelunch.org for your perusal....

  13. Pharmaceutical Companies are taking YOUR money!!

    gauge14iv replied to Dave ARNP's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    No fights being picked - just letting folks know that they really aren't getting this for free - if you were to do any research on this at all, you would feel the same way. The money that pharm...

  14. must allow nursery observation?

    gauge14iv replied to threesacharm's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Check out this thread re formula and pharm companies: Pharmaceutical marketing

  15. Pharmaceutical Companies are taking YOUR money!!

    gauge14iv replied to Dave ARNP's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    And would it make any difference for you to know that YOU and I and everyone else who pays for prescription drugs and insurance premiums is buying that lunch? Its sorta like when the local utility...

  16. Pharmaceutical Companies are taking YOUR money!!

    gauge14iv replied to Dave ARNP's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Hmmmmmmmmm Post #299 quote: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Originally posted by gauge14iv Ok - here is the new thread for the Pharmaceutical...

  17. Pharmaceutical Companies are taking YOUR money!!

    gauge14iv replied to Dave ARNP's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Even the recent medicare prescription coverage that just passed really serves to benefit pharmaceutical companies. If you havn't been to http://www.nofreelunch.org than go!!!! Here is some VERY...

  18. Pharmaceutical Companies are taking YOUR money!!

    gauge14iv replied to Dave ARNP's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    ok - here is the new thread for the pharmaceutical industry stuff.... permission to copy relative material from this thread to that thread asssumed unless told otherwise..... (thread split, merged and...

  19. Pharmaceutical Companies are taking YOUR money!!

    gauge14iv replied to Dave ARNP's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    From another thread....moved here for relativitys

  20. Pharmaceutical Companies are taking YOUR money!!

    gauge14iv replied to Dave ARNP's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    I know the half of it alright - if consumers knew the half of it, there would be blood in the streets! It really is a patient advocacy issue. Some states are already passing laws to disallow certain...

  21. Drowning Nurses Given Cement Overshoes

    gauge14iv replied to RN-PA's topic in General Nursing

    Medittech LOOKS like it's DOS based, but it isn't. Here's there deal - Meditech CAN suck, or it can ROCK! Each facility decides how they want it to look, what they want it to do and how they want it...

  22. Pharmaceutical Companies are taking YOUR money!!

    gauge14iv replied to Dave ARNP's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Heh - I have to respond to this - One of my pet peeves is all the freebies the Rx and Formula companies give away and then Rx prices are so high in this country. 59% of an Rx companies profits are...

  23. Medical Christmas Carols

    gauge14iv posted a topic in Nursing Humor

    Anybody got any good ones? We had a whole book of them at a hospital where I used to work - I'll hang a few of the better ones here - ADD

  24. Medical Christmas Carols

    gauge14iv replied to gauge14iv's topic in Nursing Humor

    Thats AWESOME!!!!!!!! I found a few more - I will post them tomorrow,

  25. Will RN's, LPN's be affected by the new OT rules?

    gauge14iv replied to Mr_D's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Dear Working Families e-Activist: A lot happened this weekend in the fight to stop President Bush's overtime pay take-away. After weeks of strong-arming, President Bush succeeded in keeping the ban on...