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    Medication Aides

    adrienurse replied to R.L.Silva's topic in General Nursing

    Incomprehensible to me, especially since I am working in a PCH that doesn't even employ
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    Medication Aides

    adrienurse replied to R.L.Silva's topic in General Nursing

    I'm not familiar with medication aides, I don't think they're legal where I'm from. I don't see how they can be very safe. Seems like just another quick fix from the
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    American vs. Canadian Nursing?

    adrienurse replied to Natalieboo's topic in General Nursing

    Wow this is unusual, it's usually the other way around -- Canadian nurses going to the States. Hope you stay a while! I am a graduate of the University of Manitoba faculty of nursing. I have no...
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    What is the chemo smell?

    adrienurse replied to mario_ragucci's topic in General Nursing

    When I used to crush meds I'd always insist on wearing a mask. I once accidentally inhaled a bit of clonazepam and got really dizzy with a pounding headache. Now we have a machine that stips the...
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    What is the chemo smell?

    adrienurse replied to mario_ragucci's topic in General Nursing

    I remember having surgery in 95 and 91 and, I swear I could taste the general anaesthetic for up to a year afterwards. Just kind of stays in your cells. I can even recall the taste
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    Pregnant and working as RN

    adrienurse replied to tcolleen's topic in General Nursing

    Yeah, must be in the allnurses.com water. I'm staying away from
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    What is the chemo smell?

    adrienurse replied to mario_ragucci's topic in General Nursing

    I don't really work around chemo, I know that cancer itself has a smell. I've smelled it before and can always pick it out. Even on people who are palliative and therefore haven't been diagnosed. I...
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    Paperwork Hell

    adrienurse replied to Joules's topic in General Nursing

    What I hate is when you've already charted something, but not in the place that counts and then you forget to put it in the nurses notes because you had it in your mind that you'd already done it....
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    Paperwork Hell

    adrienurse replied to Joules's topic in General Nursing

    At my previous job, you had to fill out a form EVERY time you suspected a patient had symptoms of infection, so you could justify why tests were being done. I mean come on. It was a form that was...
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    Sick at work, AND disappointed!

    adrienurse replied to hapeewendy's topic in General Nursing

    I'm just spending way too much time on this bb. I had a dream that night that I was puking at
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    whistleblower protection

    adrienurse replied to woo 2's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    FYI RE: Winnipeg Whistleblowing Incident Official Inquest Report: www.pediatriccardiacinquest.mb.ca/ch07/preparing/nursing.html Nursing prespective:
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    Sick at work, AND disappointed!

    adrienurse replied to hapeewendy's topic in General Nursing

    We are nurses. If anyone has the knowledge to judge whether or not we are sick, it's us -- don't you
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    whistleblower protection

    adrienurse replied to woo 2's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Although this is a little bit off topic, the following is a prime example of how things can go very wrong for nurses, and how knowing your rights is so important. I wonder if any of you are aware of...
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    Sick at work, AND disappointed!

    adrienurse replied to hapeewendy's topic in General Nursing

    Reminds me of a time when I had the flu and a blazing headache while at work on the night shift. Worked as evening supervisor in 300 bed PCH and was the only RN on that night because we were already...
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    Bossy Unit Clerks

    adrienurse replied to NancyRN's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Our ward clerk is a saint. She's on holidays, boy did i have a crappy day! She is definately the brains of the
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    Nurse fantasies

    adrienurse replied to zumalong's topic in General Nursing

    1. no more night shifts 2. afternoon siestas for nurses 3. Nurses can take their generousely alloted breaks in a relaxing place where they will receive free massages from scantilly clad men (or...
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    Night shift nurses are lazy and NICU isn't real nursing!

    adrienurse replied to NICU_Nurse's topic in General Nursing

    The point is, I'm assuming that you are a rational person who is aware of your needs and have no behavioral problems. Not all people are. Sometimes these people are patients. Sometimes a unit will...
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    Night shift nurses are lazy and NICU isn't real nursing!

    adrienurse replied to NICU_Nurse's topic in General Nursing

    That's really easy for you to say because you are not caring an 80 lb, falls risk, rummaging alzheimer case hollering at the top of your lungs that the coleslaw's not gonna be ready on time for the...
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    Night shift nurses are lazy and NICU isn't real nursing!

    adrienurse replied to NICU_Nurse's topic in General Nursing

    Nurses, please. Do not play into this mindset and feel that you need to justify the area that you love. I gave up a long time ago trying to justify why I chose to go into geriatrics right after...
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    Lunch breaks

    adrienurse replied to moonshadeau's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    I work 8 hr shifts and the facility does not allow us to leave the building. There were so many complaints to the above, how can a facility force you to do something during a time in which they are...
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    Nursing, No Longer A White Woman's Job?

    adrienurse replied to Gomer's topic in General Nursing

    Big fricken deal. I don't understand how this would bring concern to people's mind. Those who feel threatened by change in the face of any profession, whether actual or perceived, have bigger...
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    Re: Movies with Nurses

    adrienurse replied to skwirm's topic in General Nursing

    IS it just me, but does the TV show Scrubs make you want to
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    Burnout after only 10 months...is that possible???

    adrienurse replied to rndiva1908's topic in General Nursing

    Change is good and there are CRAPPY jobs out there that eat nurses alive. I've been there (3 jobs in 4 years). Keep faith that you will find a good match. I think this is a common problem for new...
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    Don't you love it when the doctor compliments you?

    adrienurse replied to deespoohbear's topic in General Nursing

    P.S. Most doctors don't give complements very often. So when they say it, they mean
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    Don't you love it when the doctor compliments you?

    adrienurse replied to deespoohbear's topic in General Nursing

    Hey, I'll take all the complements you can deal out. I have been a nurse now for 4 years, and I finally feel like I'm coming into my own. Nursing really got off to bad start for me due to a poor...