Nurse Ratched RN

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    Oh crudmonkies...whoops

    Nurse Ratched replied to babynursewannab's topic in First Year After Licensure

    If it makes you feel better, I wouldn't know a bag of albumin if it jumped up and bit me . I'm constantly in awe of ICU
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    Spots on lung X-ray

    Nurse Ratched replied to LisaG21's topic in General Nursing

    Could be lots of stuff - not all of them bad and my thoughts are with you. Sometimes you get harmless calcified granulomas from old histoplasmosis or TB. Blood vessels turned on end caught from...
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    Accepting or not accepting the client which jeopardizes the license the most?

    Nurse Ratched replied to Roland's topic in General Nursing

    JMO - no one should ever get two isolation pt's unless everyone else already has one. On first blush, it sounds like your wife was hosed by the more seasoned nurses who either didn't realize she was...
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    HPV vaccine on the horizon

    Nurse Ratched posted a topic in Ob/Gyn

    (But not without controversy...) Merck and GlaxoSmithKline, pharmaceutical leaders in the vaccine business, are expected to bring to market nine new vaccines by 2010. Five of them are geared toward...
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    Pharmacist strike

    Nurse Ratched replied to Stitchie's topic in Illinois Nursing

    I can tell you that pharamcists at my place of employ are well acquainted with the situation - Walgreens offered striking pharamacists a *20%* increase in pay - again - it wasn't about the money....
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    Need Documentation Help!!

    Nurse Ratched replied to purple_rose_3's topic in General Nursing

    It doesn't matter how long you've been a CNA - the powers that be KNOW that a nurse's job is completely different. You need more than three days orientation. Unfortunately, they are desperate to get...
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    DON threatened the Nursing Staff - pending Dennis landfall

    Nurse Ratched replied to pensacola_LPN's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I'm not sure that "bite me" would adequately convey the message to management if they attempted to pull this on me, but it's the best I can do and still be within TOS
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    man holding wife still during epidural dies!

    Nurse Ratched replied to smk1's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I suspect they still would sue, but be less likely to win. Once the lawyers are done with it, I'm sure this will lead to all expectant daddys having to wear padded
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    I'm going to ask....

    Nurse Ratched replied to OBRNinTN's topic in Nursing Career

    Either way :). Lots of times there are postings for specific jobs that you can express interest in. Sometimes it's recommended that you send your resume to the nurse manager of a particular unit...
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    Alzheimer's Pt...and consent form

    Nurse Ratched replied to Annor's topic in General Nursing

    No one can legally sign for him EXCEPT him unless you have someone with guardianship or health care representative status (and copies of same - not just their say-so...). If you have ANY questions...
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    Legal Rights as a RN with DUI conviction

    Nurse Ratched replied to ERRN2005's topic in General Nursing

    The OP's question was answered early on. The BON can do whatever it wants to ensure in its own mind that people who may have substance issues don't cause harm to patients. You _must_ consult an...
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    What are my rights..

    Nurse Ratched replied to beausud's topic in General Nursing

    I re-read the original post - clarifiying my answer - my brain read "Should I refuse (to take) this pt" not "should I refuse this (request by the patient)" - sagarcia is of course correct that there...
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    What are my rights..

    Nurse Ratched replied to beausud's topic in General Nursing

    First, you need to fill out an incident report for employee health (whomever carries your worker's comp) in case this turns into something. Second, you shouldn't refuse a pt because he/she is...
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    Jury duty...

    Nurse Ratched replied to RNmaria's topic in General Nursing

    I received the form to fill out - sent it back in with a notation under "any reason why you can't serve" saying I was a FT nursing student and missing class/clinicals would be a major burden. They...
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    Military vs civilian nursing curicculum?

    Nurse Ratched replied to Weebils-Wobble's topic in Government, Military

    You're not banned. If you can't start a new topic, are you trying to start one in a premium member format? That's the only restriction you would have. I'm not at all sure that there is a military...
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    Help finding some critical issues in nursing...

    Nurse Ratched replied to TigerFan8503's topic in General Nursing

    I would recommend steering clear of issues like euthenasia and stem cell as those are really more medical (not nursing) issues. Short staffing. Importation of nurses from other countries to alleviate...
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    Idea's for a unit movie "scrubdance" film festival

    Nurse Ratched replied to Keely-FutureRN's topic in Nursing Humor

    All the ideas that pop into my head would just get you sent to sensitivity training
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    insurance

    Nurse Ratched replied to meaton1421's topic in General Nursing

    I'd be interested in knowing what discounts hospital employees receive on their medical care at their facilities as well. (75% here off uncovered charges.) Our health insurance (not through the...
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    Can any RNs tell me if this is true

    Nurse Ratched replied to geminiskittels's topic in General Nursing

    What you're getting here are people's opinions, nothing else. All that matters is what your state board says. The dept of health (probably the division of long term care) typically oversees CNA's....
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    ssri withdrawl?

    Nurse Ratched replied to elizabells's topic in Psychiatric

    Two suggestions: call your doctor and see if he/she has samples to carry you through, or transfer your script (even temporarily) to a pharmacy that does have it (even if you have them just fill it for...
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    Respiratory Therapist Question about obtaining license to work in NEW MEXICO, I have

    Nurse Ratched replied to cartkr66's topic in General Nursing

    http://www.rld.state.nm.us/b&c/rcb/Rules%20&%20Law/Proposed%20Changes/16.23.3%20NMAC%20Proposed%20changes.pdf Looks like that's not an option according to this...you need to have a license...
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    Order Clarification

    Nurse Ratched replied to Cqc_Cqb's topic in MICU, SICU

    At our facility, pts can be transferred within the hospital with same orders, EXCEPT when transferring to psych. "Transfers" to psych are actually treated as a discharge/readmission even tho the pt...
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    Reaction to mosquitoe bite?

    Nurse Ratched replied to NicInNC's topic in General Nursing

    Part of the problem is likely that a 5 years old has minimal self-control, so will scratch when itching, worsening the problem. Hope the munchkin is better soon!
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    Too Many Crabby Nurses!!

    Nurse Ratched replied to lisa41rn's topic in General Nursing

    Many of us do just fine, don't eat our young, and are fabulous nurses...without religion or a god in our lives. We don't generally discuss our faith or lack thereof at work, though, so you may not...
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    Vaccination & Titers question

    Nurse Ratched replied to AllieRat's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Also will add - if your pediatrician has documentation of a childhood case of chickenpox, I would think that would be enough? Do you still have to have