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Hello JayJay, They had her on half a 25mcg patch? Did they cover 1/2 the patch or did they cut it? I can't believe that there was a nurse who actually followeed that order. Of course, you'd think for what they charge for each patch(approx $37.00/patc...

Hi RN-PA, I am unable to take any of the AD's in the SSRI category due to the fact that I experience a phenomenon known as serotonin syndrome. My sister is currently struggling with weaning off Effexor- a really hideous medication when you are late w...

Call the state Elder Abuse hotline and also call the Ombudsman. Pts can NOT be threatened with being moved. Thank God you are a person with integrity and are willing to risk possible consequences if need be. However, that said...it is also against th...

Hello, I can only speak from my experience as a chronic pain patient but the instructions for using a Duragesic patch specifically say that the patch must be pressed firmly against the pts skin with the palm of the hand for 30 seconds, making sure th...

The hospital where I worked offered combinations of 4s, 8s, 12s and in RARE cases 16s. There was a very popular program where one would work every mon thru Fri from 3pm to 7pm and then another nurse would work every Mon thru Frid from 7pm to 11pm. Th...

And a Good Morning to you, also. Allrightey then. Get some ice chips for me to munch.Thank you for your uh, tongue lashing Nursie30. That sure was nice of you. There's NO need for you to direct your hostility towards me and others who don't share you...

Manyquestions, I truly do not think you should choose nursing. It requires so much empathy for the human condition. If you feel that you don't want to spend time a$$wiping, I don't hold out much hope for you when say you have to empty a disgusting su...

The LTC where my Mom is unfirtunately a resident has an RN just like Rustyhammer's exhippie nurse description. The only exception being his hair isn't long but looks like it was inflated with air and sprayed to stay in that big poof. He flat out DOES...

I would like some advice from LTC staff and others including any LNC's regarding an incident which happened to my mother. In January at change of shift from days to evenings a CNA put her on the toliet and left her there alone. She was told to ring t...

WOW! What an ignorant, mean lowlife who crawled out from underneath a rock. Don't you wish you could have said, "Move out of my way, Bimbo! You aren't nearly as powerful as you think you are!" PieWACKet - you are a person after my own heart! Way to g...

Good Morning, I am so glad to see this subject. I believe that in my area it is a HUGE problem regarding the actual meaning of DNR. DNR is NOT synonymous with DNT-Do Not Treat! My Mom was having an MI and the nurse told the EMT when she called 911 th...

Hello Roland, I can't answer your question because I don't know. Plesae accept my condolences on the death of your Mom. I would just say to trust your gut feeling as a nurse. If it feels really wrong it most probably is. It seems as if the doctor was...

Hi, I live in St. Louis and unfortunately am no longer practicing. My area of specialty was Neonatal Services/Special Care Nursery. Eight years ago I was injured and have subsequently developed Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy- RSD and Fibromyalgia/CFIDS...

I don't blame you a bit for wanting to leave this hospital. I have no respect for any supervisor who won't get their hands dirty and give a hand. They take advantage of you because you are from an agency. You must give them notice though. It would be...

Thank you to all of you. I definitely need and will gladly take any prayers you can spare. I NEVER thought that I would look and feel this old before I actually became that old!. Just about everything that can go wrong- HAS gone wrong with me. I am o...

Good Morning, Words can't begin to describe how much I miss working as an NICU nurse. You describe those feelings deep inside that we all have felt at least a gazillion times and each time is as special as the time before. I had to give up my beloved...

Good morning, I am disabled RN so am not privy to any caregiver/provider inservices given on HIPAA. But, I would like to ask if anyone knows what could happen to an LTC facility for using old lists of the Medicaid patients in my Mom's division and in...

Hi, Count me in. I have RSD/TOS/Fibro?CFIDS and a gazillion other weird things. Got hurt on the job lifting and developed RSD which started a chain reaction of one thing after another. I'm currently having to take narcotics for the pain although even...

Hi, I am certainly no expert but am willing to venture a guess. Your low estradiol could be indicative of approaching menopause, premature ovarian failure or PCOS- polycystic ovarian syndrome, along with other possiblities. You can also have many of ...

Hello All, Warning!LOL I always have SO much to say. Please don't leave yet!Hehe! Thank you to each of you for your vote of confidence in my words. How very kind of you. I was really worried that my reply would be found offensive by some although tha...

Hello All, What a great thread! Many points were made on which I'd like to offer my opinion. I, too am a chronic pain patient from an ojt injury lifting a small patient on a vent. It has now been 8 years since my life completely changed and mostly NO...

I have to reply both as a nurse with office experience although not a lot and as a patient. It seems to me that when a surgeon of any kind arranges to have coverage for vacation that there ought to be some procedure in place for their fairly fresh po...

Hello again Konni, My daughter has arrived and I asked her about Springfield and if she can think of anything else I should tell you but she only has a few ideas in addition to mine. Correction: St. John's is an ELEVEN hundred bed hospital and is a r...

Hello Sis, I am so sorry to read of your father's diagnosis. Unfortunately, my experience with my brother's bilateral small cell lung Ca is not at all good. However, it was also 23 years ago. He was diagnosed in early June on a Monday.He had a thall...

Hello, I can tell you what little I know about Lester Cox and St. John's Hospitals.These are just tidbits in no particular order. My daughter attended Southwest Baptist University School of Nursing which has it's students do clinicals at St. John's. ...