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I work on a 35 bed Tele unit. Our usual assignment is 5-6 pts. Sometimes we have an aide, sometimes not, so we do most of these things ourselves. When I first started, their were no aides on night shift and we also were lucky enough to draw labs. ...

Ahhh the memories... I actually had an instructor say to me (on multiple occasions) "People like you do not become nurses." She never was able to tell me what exactly she meant by that. I sort of ignored that idiocy. Turns out people like me *shoc...

1. How do you maintain them?How do you prevent infection? Prevent them from obstructing? Prevent any adverse problems? The key to maintaining a PICC is flushing them religiously...I have seen those suckers clot off after thirty seconds of no flow on ...

That sounds like something I get all the time...I have always attributed it to being a mouth breather when I sleep. The only thing that has helped is putting a petroleum jelly on the corners of me mouth before I go to bed. DON'T use Carmex...I tried ...

Hmmmm. Well, first I would like to say, bravo to you for not responding to me in private, and instead bringing it to this board (where it didn't belong, hence the PM) so that everyone could hear one side of the story. I shall reply in kind. I do n...

But according to your first response, it wasn't faith anyway. That point aside, you are right, it's not exactly the same. It is faith nonetheless. I will not spar with you about whose faith is more real or difficult or what have you. Then perhap...

Well, YOUR definition of faith aside....faith is an unquestioning belief that does not require proof or evidence; complete trust, confidence, or reliance; ANYTHING BELIEVED (culled from Websters New World College Dictionary, 3rd edition). In other w...

Thanks you guys...it meant a lot to see the variety of you that got my back on this thread. It's people like you that make me keep my faith in humanity. THIS BOARD RAWKS!!!! Now, where is that tequila already?? Indeed.

OK Peeps, it's time for that quoted rebuttle you so kindly provided instructions for. I believe in PLENTY. As an Atheist, I believe that the concept of a "god" is in place because the human mind is unable to adequately handle chaos. When somethin...

Just out of curiosity....why are y'all suddenly so bent on getting this thread closed? I thought it was actually starting to get somewhere... Indeed.

Hrrrrrrmm uhhh gaaahhhh ok. Indeed.

Since everything else has already been said (thanks AmberNoel and sbic!!!) I just felt the need to comment on this because it struck me...not trying to cause an argument, but to use this in debate with an atheist is kind of useless because that state...

Thank you AmberNoel. You said everything I wanted to say, and much more eloquently to boot. It is not the same, in this country, to be an Atheist and live day to day as it is to be a Christian and live day to day. Do Atheists call your home? Chri...

I agree to an extent, but...would you be protesting if it were the other way around? In my own experiences, when that situation is reversed, I hear an awful lot of that "deal with it" mentality. My favorite quote in these situations has got to be "...

I just want to say that I really doubt that those of you who took offence to this man being openly Atheist, and even expressing his views on Christianity, wouldn't bat an eye if he were a Christian openly expressing his views on Atheism. Indeed.

Where I work, it's also the standard 2 hours before the shift begins. Only, after 4 call offs you get a verbal warning, 5 another verbal, 6 a written and so forth...all of them with "counselling." I personally think this is a little odd. But after...

Tension? Nay, just a bit of light-hearted sarcasm in response to a statement that sounded like you were looking "down your nose" as they say. I am unable to keep me sarcasm in check anymore, nothing personal....we are not our words, our words are m...

BWAHAHAHAHA, now will you please send us "confused little individuals" off with a pat on the head and a cookie? Welcome to the boards y'all. Hope you enjoy your stay at allnurses and remember, most people won't even talk down to you! Indeed.

About the breastfeeding-makes-babies-smarter thing...my siblings and I were all given soy formula from day one (mum is SUCH the closet hippy) and we turned out ok. It's like that Mozart thing......as if Mozart or breastfeeding are the responsible pa...

The KVO rate is usually a matter of policy at each hospital. Look it up next time you get to work.......ours is officially 40cc/hr. As for a keeping it wide open, I would think that is exactly what it says...run it wide open. I have only ever seen...

From the way I understand it, JCAHO doesn't have any actual power to do something drastic to a hospital. They just take their findings to another governing body (usually the state). If I am not mistaken, this just happened in New Jersey, got a hosp...

Most of the nurses that wear clogs where I work are men. The female nurses seem to be fond of Dansko's...they make a pair that looks like a clog from the front but has a closed back. Everyone swears by them. Me, I'll stick with my Spalding's that ...

JCAHO doesn't give a flying frog about staffing. When they were here last month, our staffing didn't change one bit and we still passed with flying colors. Which just goes to show you that you can safely add JCAHO to the list of the billions of for...

I realize all of this has been said in one way or another on this board, but I just have to vent. For the past month or so, the unit I work on has been shortstaffed on nights at least 50% of the time. The thing is, we haven't lost anyone...we actua...

A little update for ya...still no staff meeting because (you'll love this)...our manager went on vacation. All I know is that I want a raise if I am going to continue doing this for the rest of my life. :stone Indeed.