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rebelwaclause ASN, RN

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  1. Does your hospital have a morgue?

    We do...However it only holds two. I guess the design engineers didn't think more people could die at any given
  2. sleeping staff

    ^5 Good_Queen_Bess. People who have posted saying sleepers are negligent and irresponsible are just trying to be martyrs of some sort. If my eyeball's are to be on each one of my patients the entire...
  3. sleeping staff

    ^5. Why is this a issue? Because those who aren't doing something bad..."sleeping" for the topic of this discussion, want to feel as though they are better than those who sleep and/or just want to...
  4. Public and Private Hospitals - whats best?

    Private hospitals tend to have more $loot$, more "new" stuff and more snobbery. Public hospitals are overlooked and under-funded, but have spunk and intellect because of the deficit AND dedicated...
  5. Roaches are going to drive me out of home care!!!

    I'm feeling faint reading this..... I'd have to go on pysch meds to visit roach infested homes. Or be heavily sedated. Either way - I'd be fired because my charting would look like childs play. Hang...
  6. sleeping staff

    ZZZzzzzzz.......
  7. Any advice for newRNstudent

    Congrat's....Now my advise? Run fast...To another career.
  8. sleeping staff

    ^5...(again)....
  9. sleeping staff

    This is interesting. Is it more of a "I don't do it so you shouldn't either?" issue? What's the difference if someone goes to the other side of the building to smoke a cigarette for a half hour? They...
  10. Tax Write Offs, items and costs needed for Nursing School

    I think tax write-offs are STATE specific. Here in Cali, Textbooks aren't a write-off (to my understanding. Correct me if I'm
  11. irritable bowel syndrome?

    I have a question to those on this thread (Thanks Liann). A family member was told her 12 year old son has it, based on the fact that he has had scant amounts of bleeding from his rectum for about a...
  12. resperidol

    >>>Medscape DrugInfo.com RISPERDAL ORAL Patient Handout RISPERIDONE - ORAL The following information is intended to supplement, not substitute for, the expertise and judgment of your...
  13. When signing off duty and giving report about my assignment to oncoming staff, I usually advise of what I did for the patient during my shift (ie...Meds, dressing's, any treatments or pre-op prep),...
  14. Do most pass NCLEX the first time?

    What happens if you "flunk" the RN Boards too many
  15. ER Nurse is Being a JERK to EMS...

    Sounds like a paramedic dumped her sometime in her life, and she's never quite gotten over it Are you scared to write her attitude
  16. What Do You Want To Hear When Receiving Report?

    Yes...Isolation precautions is VERY important information to
  17. What Do You Want To Hear When Receiving Report?

    Man...That is interesting! Do your LP/VN's have assignments or are they delegated tasks to complete throughout the shift from the RN? Why does the RN give the report and not a
  18. What Do You Want To Hear When Receiving Report?

    High-Five Zoe, Thanks for the OR tip (No MORE long a$$
  19. What Do You Want To Hear When Receiving Report?

    I NEED THAT
  20. What Do You Want To Hear When Receiving Report?

    This is interesting susanmary. I agree, its frustrating when you go to do your assignment assessment and find spit amounts of IVF's left in the bag. (Uhgggg!). But, do I give the approximate amount of...
  21. What Do You Want To Hear When Receiving Report?

    Rats Sleepyeyes...I thought this was a great idea too. We tried it, and failed miserably. I'm off at 0730, new staff starts at 0715 (if they are on time...Ooooo...LATE STAFF...ANOTHER THREAD!). There...
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  23. What Do You Want To Hear When Receiving Report?

    Ok...You all are giving me great information. NancyRN...That's insane. I bet if you start claiming OT for this nonsensical practice, it will end. What is VERY important to report to oncoming staff,...
  24. What Do You Want To Hear When Receiving Report?

    See!That's my point...! I've got into big do-do trouble relying on a reporter to tell me what I could've reviewed in the patients chart myself. I kinda take most reports as a grain of salt now, I...
  25. What Do You Want To Hear When Receiving Report?

    Now that I think about it....Kardex's and the lack of it being updated is an entirely new