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    Celebrities who were formerly nurses...

    adrienurse replied to Gldngrl's topic in General Nursing

    Paul Brandt He was a pediatric nurse in
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    Celebrities who were formerly nurses...

    adrienurse replied to Gldngrl's topic in General Nursing

    yeah, she worked in the Picabo ICU, didn't
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    Festivus

    adrienurse replied to hogan4736's topic in General Nursing

    and now for the
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    Staffing for 40 Patients?

    adrienurse replied to burger914's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I have personally never been in charge of more than 25 LTC patients during a day shift. 8-10 patients per CNA seems a little high as well. Sounds like a whole lot of running around and not a lot of...
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    oh I'm so conflicted

    adrienurse posted a topic in General Nursing

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    Pain Medicine for a dying patient ...

    adrienurse replied to Tweety's topic in Pain Management

    You're describing my day to a "T" Give the medication, we all deserve to die peacefully and without
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    Nursing Student Dies in auto accident

    adrienurse replied to BNS_Rob's topic in General Nursing

    Yes this was very sad. I'm a fellow Winnipegger as well -- U of M, class of 98. I saw her picture in the newspaper and she looked like such a sweet girl. And so close to finishing her degree too....
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    Myth Or Fact?

    adrienurse replied to Tweety's topic in General Nursing

    Tweets, I think this has to do with the fact that male nurses are historically more likely to advance in the profession (for any number of reasons), and thus are on the higher end of the pay scale....
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    12 STD's of Christmas

    adrienurse replied to Dave ARNP's topic in Nursing Humor

    Ah man! I wanna share that, but don't know anyone sick enough to appreciate it Cept you guys of
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    Do you carry a change of scrubs?

    adrienurse replied to mlolsonny's topic in General Nursing

    anybody who's ever been pooped on at work wished they did. I once had to go around in a pair of old pants that were sitting in the back of my car waiting to be taken to "Sally
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    flu shot

    adrienurse posted a topic in General Nursing

    Did you get
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    Advice for the "hygiene" talk...

    adrienurse replied to Mrs.B's topic in School

    Okay let him take the lead in this issue. Find out about his home situation. Approach the issue gently. It's good to find out what's going on at home, is there a bigger issue here? Poverty?...
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    Survey: Do you think hospitals should require a uniform code for nurses?

    adrienurse replied to Brian's topic in General Nursing

    Last year I got the very unpleasant job of reworking our Nursing Dress Code. I took it to Nursing Practice council and it was decided to allow street clothes as well as uniforms on the unit. Guess...
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    Tiny cracks/cuts on my fingers! Dry Hands! Too much handwashing ! OOooww! Help !

    adrienurse replied to passing thru's topic in General Nursing

    I hear you sister, actually, I think I'm having the best year ever for my hands. But they are always chronically chapped in Winter. Some things that might help (nutty but they help me) 1. Do not...
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    itchy residents

    adrienurse replied to Nancy45's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Atarax for geriatric patients is not a good idea, you're going to start having falls. Is this a recent thing? Did your facility recently change soap products or laundry detergents? Could this be an...
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    flu shot

    adrienurse replied to adrienurse's topic in General Nursing

    Our Occupational Health Nurse gives them out or else I get it from my family doctor. I felt kind of crappy after getting it, but had a nap and felt much
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    BuSpar, Xanax, or other Alternatives For Anxiety?

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

    Paxil has been very good for my anxiety. I'm a much easier an less demanding person to be around. I tried Buspar for a very short term period during an acute episode. As far as I remember, it agreed...
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    flu shot

    adrienurse replied to adrienurse's topic in General Nursing

    There seems to be a nasty strain this year. The experts keep saying that we're all due for a serious
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    'Have your views on aspartame changed? DO you use it?"

    adrienurse replied to passing thru's topic in General Nursing

    I think sugar substitutes do worse things for you than consuming the sugar ever
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    "but she's so nice!"

    adrienurse posted a topic in General Nursing

    I
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    What field of nursing would you NEVER consider working?

    adrienurse replied to PMHNP10's topic in General Nursing

    Respiratory :: can't stand phlegm. Interesting that I swore that I would never never work in geriatrics while I was a student (I hated my rotation), but here I am in
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    What field of nursing would you NEVER consider working?

    adrienurse replied to PMHNP10's topic in General Nursing

    I'm an LTC nurse. I worked peds Psychiatry and Man, that was scary. Never would go there again. Also Any kind of nursing that is all about the procedure and not about caring for the person...
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    "but she's so nice!"

    adrienurse replied to adrienurse's topic in General Nursing

    What bothers me is that the Director (ie her boss) is aware of what's going on and is doing nothing. Should I make an appointement to talk to her as well. This makes me sound like such a door mat I...
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    need info on parkinsons

    adrienurse replied to D. R. Hurley's topic in General Nursing

    I work on a Dementia Special Needs unit and we deal with a lot of people who have parkinsons because of the associated
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    Weeping leg ulcers

    adrienurse replied to adrienurse's topic in General Nursing

    Just found out that it was probably caused by the fact that one of the T.E.D stockings had been missing for a few days and she had gone without on her affected leg. Grr, how easy would it have been...