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nope, I don't wear any rings at all but I do work with people that wear 2 or 3 on every finger would you want their germie hands coming in and taking care of you

Today we mourn the passing of an old friend, by the name of Common Sense. Common Sense lived a long life but died recently in the United States. No one really knows how old he was, since his birth records were long ago lost in bureaucratic red tape. ...

My uncle graduated the PA program at Trevecca many years ago and has been teaching some of the Radiology program at Trevecca. I live in East TN, about half way between Chattanooga and Knoxville. I work at a hospital in Knoxville. Rachel

it is Sunday and ID nurse is in the hospital we know something is up pt in ER, admitting for r/o SARS is this over kill????? he is in Contact Isolation, Droplet Isolation and Airborn Isolation in Negative pressure room (used for TB) we are told to we...

I have no idea what type of isolation that he is supposed to be in, but our ID nurse has put in in the 3 listed above. We normally only have patients in one class of isolation, not 3.

oops, above should be 'log' in name not 'long' name as I mistyped

what is wrong with the old pyxis that we have you put in your long in name/number then your pass word we have to change our password every month and that gets confusing I just change it back and forth from the same 2 rachel

zoeboboey, I'm in East Tennessee http://www.pbase.com/rach1966

our schedule is the same every 2 weeks and if you need off you switch with someone our work week starts on Monday so this week off Mon/Tue, work Wed/Thur/Fri off Sat/Sun next week work Mon/Tue, off Wed/Thur/Fri work Sat/Sun we have 2 rotations and ...

NurseWeasel, good to hear you have a wonderful time in Australia, one of the best places on earth (or I think so). will you be posting your pictures on a web site for all to see? Rachel http://www.pbase.com/rach1966

you have got to hear this

As I lay on my bed, thinking about you, I feel this strong urge to grab you and squeeze you, because I can't forget last night. You came to me unexpectedly during the balmy and calm night, and what happened in my bed still leaves a tingling sensation...

I would not recommend it as a career either I do love what I do, but most people don't want to work, they think that they are too good to put someone on a bedpan or help turn someone over or help pull someone up in the bed or feed a little old person...

I write on my hand all the time and if others say something about it, I just tell them it is my palm pilot. Rachel

thanks for this idea, I made up 50 bags for our busy 49 bed Med-Surg unit and most loved them. Rachel

I have something that I did on MicrosoftWord, tried to post here but it would not work it is one page per person, but you can delete the middle of the first page and put several on one page let me know if you want a copy of it since I can't post it h...

I like the above idea with the lunch bag

I have never went to a funeral of a patients. but something that really touched me my bother's child (nephew) had cancer, found it at age 14 months, died at age 16 months old. I was so impressed with the childrens hospital with the teaching of inject...

yep, always wear them for all IV's and Lab draws and cleaning up pts and anyone that is combative. I can't stand to see people start IV's without gloves on. it is the people that you don't know what they have that you have to worry about.

my doctor said to do my first at 35 for a base line, then my next will be at age 40. Rachel

I did charge for 8 yrs on a busy 49 bed med-surg unit on the 3-11 shift. I took a full load of 8-12 pts, some days no CNA or Secretary. you never had time to round with doctors, if by chance you were in a room when a dr came in, then you heard the...

I don't know what our policy is, but we give it all the time on a med surg floor.

I thought she was born in New Zealand???

with electorlytes, if there is a big change from the last draw, they will reject the first draw and ask you to redraw it and if you forget to put the time and your id number on it then it is a redraw on any blood sample where I work.

we have to have: Pt name Med Rec Number Date and time Person's Id that drew it (we were making 2 people sign the sheet and blood braclet saying it was done right before sending it to the lab) and if you miss one thing on it after sending to the lab, ...