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    So you thought your ER experience was bad? - this is long but certainly ices the cake

    adrienurse replied to SK-222's topic in General Nursing

    being given 2 vicodins and several mgs of morphine is inadequate pain
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    How long for maternity leave?

    adrienurse replied to chanceny's topic in Health, Stress Management

    Believe it or not, in canada all employed persons(who have worked an X amount of hours) can choose to take a year off (Either one of the spouses -- the man can be off if the women is the main...
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    Drug Use on the unit

    adrienurse replied to xerox's topic in Psychiatric

    Personally, I think it should be dealt with the same way that it does in the community. Nurses should be mindful though that marijuana use is essentially an attempt (misguided albeit) to medicate...
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    Vastus lateralis IM site

    adrienurse replied to Skwidward's topic in General Students

    yep that's the one,
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    Vastus lateralis IM site

    adrienurse replied to Skwidward's topic in General Students

    Here I googled this
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    Stuck by Used Insulinn Needle

    adrienurse replied to jlhayes's topic in General Nursing

    okay what? If you're looking for a sign that this isn't a good place to be working that would be it, I think. I may be naive an have been bred on Canada's universal healthcare practices but how the...
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    Florence against men

    adrienurse replied to MountainMan's topic in General Nursing

    Perhaps the very act of promoting her ideas at the time was seen as man hating. Medicine at the time was very male centric. And that's where the idea that she hated men came
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    Florence against men

    adrienurse replied to MountainMan's topic in General Nursing

    Whether or not she died of syphilis, I don't know. Many people died of syphilis back then, and many people had it and spread it. Nobody understood what it was, how to control it or how it was...
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    OB/gyn abbreviations

    adrienurse posted a topic in Ob/Gyn

    Hi I'm here to learn more about this area of nursing because I'm trying to change my nursing specialty and this area interests me. I wonder if it's possible for you to help me with some of the...
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    Florence against men

    adrienurse replied to MountainMan's topic in General Nursing

    :trout: there's also a lot of people who say Flo was a prostitute and prescribed sex with patients as treatment -- doesn't mean it's
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    Is LTC really this bad?

    adrienurse replied to Sheri257's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I wonder if this poster has ever tried looking after an elderly person with complex needs at home with few resources? I'd like to see the choice of putting someone in a home as a choice rather than...
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    Is LTC really this bad?

    adrienurse replied to Sheri257's topic in Geriatric, LTC

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    postpartum/antipartum nursing

    adrienurse posted a topic in Ob/Gyn

    Hi. I've been a geriatric nurse for the last 8 years or so and I'm looking for a new challenge. I was feeling ambitious so I set about applying for a position in NICU and was learning and working...
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    laser hair removal nurse

    adrienurse replied to cshelly12's topic in General Nursing

    LOL it's called
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    Trouble c accents at work?

    adrienurse replied to Suninmyheart's topic in General Nursing

    I have a tendancy of repeating what I've been told to myself in order to understand it. It makes me sound dense I know, it also insaults people cause it sounds like I'm trying to correct their...
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    You Know You're an Old(er) Nurse If . . .

    adrienurse replied to hollyvk's topic in General Nursing

    I remember when I was a kid and my mom was DON of a small rural hospital. We used to bake cookies for the nurses who had to work during christmas and wrote their name on them in icing. Doesn't seem...
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    Why are Newbies Such Whiners?

    adrienurse replied to Ruby Vee's topic in General Nursing

    When I was a nursing student I just couldn't fathom why a nurse would want to mess with my "learning experience" by not being enthousiastic about working with me. Nowadays students and new orientees...
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    Fake Nails on Nurses, Yay or Nay?

    adrienurse replied to Patience's topic in General Nursing

    Ewww Gros is all I can say. Personally I also think they look trashy, but that's another thread. I might be old-school but for work I keep them short and
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    What's in a name?

    adrienurse replied to stillpressingon's topic in General Nursing

    I have a resident with dementia who will only let us use the mechanical lift if we call it a "tractor". I also like to call fancy walkers
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    When they can't (or won't) walk anymore...

    adrienurse replied to Jo Dirt's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Okay I don't know anything about the politics of medicaid hooha or whatever (being canadian). I have some questions related to his loss of ambulation though. What was determined to have caused the...
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    You Know You're an Old(er) Nurse If . . .

    adrienurse replied to hollyvk's topic in General Nursing

    I have an aunt who took her LPN training in the 70's and then switched to selling tupperware in the 80s. Well anyway, I got a call from her about a year ago from northern Alberta (you have to...
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    Come to America to Have your Baby!!

    adrienurse replied to hope3456's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Why is people coming in from other countries a bad thing? In case you haven't noticed birth rates in North America are down and the senior population will have a hard time being supported by working...
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    I need advice from LTC nurses

    adrienurse replied to Ms.RN's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Have worked LTC for 8 years, pm me if you want. I'm usually here. I'm not sure what the problem is though and who's having it. I'm especially confused by 2bz4me's
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    Has anyone ever been assaulted by a patient?

    adrienurse replied to OUBobcat94's topic in General Nursing

    People are lucky I don't get injured easily (prolly because of my accident prone nature and the fact that I'm always hurting myself). I have little hands and I always seem to be getting into...
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    Adhd

    adrienurse replied to romiia's topic in General Nursing

    I've suspected there's some of it in