CO2emission

CO2emission

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  1. I want her fired!!!!

    CO2emission replied to HisTreasure's topic in General Nursing

    What you say in a very calm voice is (with lots of witnesses)"We have some really sick patients here and unless you keep your voice down, I am going to have to ask you to leave because you are...

  2. Happy International Nurses Day!

    CO2emission posted a topic in General Nursing

    to all the nurses everywhere in the world, for your caring, compassion and commitment to humanity, have a very happy international nurses day on monday, 12th may. as we celebrate, let us think about...

  3. venting

    CO2emission replied to labrador4122's topic in First Year After Licensure

    It's not and it gets

  4. Virginia Tech

    CO2emission posted a topic in General Nursing

    hi all, this is being screened on monday night in australia. i don't know the time where you are. i hope you can watch it. you should be able to on www.abc.net.au/4corners those who know my posts also...

  5. venting

    CO2emission replied to labrador4122's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Don't you worry about being the best employee, you just be the best nurse. You have learned! You have learned about the sort of person you don't want to be. Let it wash over you, smell the roses and...

  6. When failure is labeled success; Socialized Medicine

    CO2emission replied to DarrenWright's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Bowling for Columbine meets Sicko Hi.... I'm not too sure that I made reference to law abiding but since it has been raised, 1 in 100 US citizens are now incarcerated in jail; I'm sure they were all...

  7. When failure is labeled success; Socialized Medicine

    CO2emission replied to DarrenWright's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Sorry you don't get it perhaps this will help make the connection Cost of firearm violence Direct costs Medical costs $2 -$2.3 billion Administering criminal judicial system (including...

  8. Do you talk about allnurses.com at work?

    CO2emission replied to Brian's topic in General Nursing

    I put sometimes. I quite often talk to my colleagues about the subject matter. Sometimes I use at as a teaching tool because it is a good example of social learning and knowledge sharing. I also used...

  9. MedMath answer a med error?

    CO2emission replied to jackson145's topic in General Nursing

    My apologies, I have a very low tolerance for ethnocentricity... also be careful how you use emoticons and..... if you agree with something you can say "I agree". Cheers

  10. MedMath answer a med error?

    CO2emission replied to jackson145's topic in General Nursing

    who's we? most of the other posts "say" kvo, which i think is an accepted international standard. is "say" the same as "medical order"? my post indicated in quite easily understood english that 125mls...

  11. MedMath answer a med error?

    CO2emission replied to jackson145's topic in General Nursing

    :no:125mls/hr is not KVO by any stretch of the imagination. This is an unacceptable order. KVO means the smallest amount "To Keep the Vein Open" not FOP "Fluid Overload the

  12. The Doctor said WHAT?

    CO2emission replied to nurz2be's topic in General Nursing

    That is so 30 years ago! In any working environment there needs to be a team approach and a core value of respect. Many doctors don't have great diversity of social skills because of the amount of...

  13. When failure is labeled success; Socialized Medicine

    CO2emission replied to DarrenWright's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Thank you for your thoughts and research. The last resource cited makes the interesting point about the way crimes are reported and how the definitions of violent crimes have been widened in some...

  14. When failure is labeled success; Socialized Medicine

    CO2emission replied to DarrenWright's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    gun deaths - international comparisons gun deaths per 100,000 population (for the year indicated): homicide suicide other (inc accident) usa (2001) 3.98 5.92 0.36 italy(1997) 0.81 1.1...

  15. When failure is labeled success; Socialized Medicine

    CO2emission replied to DarrenWright's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    I'm not too sure but I live in a country where firearms are illegal and we rarely see firearm wounds in hospitals, we don't have (touch wood) children that turn up at school with them and certainly...

  16. When failure is labeled success; Socialized Medicine

    CO2emission replied to DarrenWright's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    How scary is that??? Buy a gun..... if you couldn't buy a gun then perhaps government law enforcement agencies could cope and healthcare would be better able to

  17. The VA Hospital System.....like universal healthcare?

    CO2emission replied to Athenas83's topic in General Nursing

    Volunteered????? All of them???? Which history book was that in? "Dealing" with people???? And as for those that expect the system to bend over backward for free, well they obviously deserve to be...

  18. Cheney would "probably be dead by now" if not for his federally funded health care

    CO2emission replied to pickledpepperRN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    oh dear! if i could ask you to observe my country of origin and reread my posting perhaps you might politely answer my question. even if the country of origin was an oversight the question would be a...

  19. Cheney would "probably be dead by now" if not for his federally funded health care

    CO2emission replied to pickledpepperRN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    An excellent comment, if I understand it, about the right to a publicly funded and standardised system for schools. My comment really referred to healthcare but I would like to add in regard to...

  20. Cheney would "probably be dead by now" if not for his federally funded health care

    CO2emission replied to pickledpepperRN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    To compare human health to running a car is a great example of a culture that values the price of oil above the price of health care. It should be a constitutional right for all to have equal access...

  21. Pet Peeve: Poor Grammar by Nurses

    CO2emission replied to FireStarterRN's topic in General Nursing

    Language is instrumentalist to education and learning. It is the prime tool of communication. A command of the nuances of language allows precise interpretation of what is actually being conveyed....

  22. Pet Peeve: Poor Grammar by Nurses

    CO2emission replied to FireStarterRN's topic in General Nursing

  23. Pet Peeve: Poor Grammar by Nurses

    CO2emission replied to FireStarterRN's topic in General Nursing

    Oh dear!!! Perhaps Allnurses needs a spell and grammar check. Maybe dictionaries in Australia are different or perhaps the unit is in China. The creativity with the integration of future and past...

  24. Designing a referral form for a MET team

    CO2emission posted a topic in MICU, SICU

    Hi critical care nurses, I'm looking for ideas or resources to guide me in designing a referral form or checklist for ward nurses when a patient deteriorates and a review or consult is need from ICU...

  25. Designing a referral form for a MET team

    CO2emission replied to CO2emission's topic in MICU, SICU

    Thanks for that danamobile, Often valuable time is wasted because we have to quantify "worry" but there is little argument when we use the MEWS (Modified Early Warning Score). If you GOOGLE this...