Nurse Ratched RN

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    medical history

    Nurse Ratched replied to lpnstudentin2010's topic in General Nursing

    How about just ask your family doctor for one of their preprinted health history forms? Then you don't have to reinvent the wheel
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    What Exciting Thing is Your Management Doing For 'Nurses Week'???

    Nurse Ratched replied to Mystery5's topic in General Nursing

    The hospital is doing "hospital week" celebration. Usual cookout, etc., during daytime hours. My regular job isn't really doing anything extra special but (and I swear on a stack of Bibles this is...
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    Psychobabble ala Carte

    Nurse Ratched replied to UM Review RN's topic in Psychiatric

    Asking everyone to cool
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    I have a question about humor etiquette

    Nurse Ratched replied to gentlemother's topic in General Nursing

    I did what I thought was a humorous and loving tribute to my geriatric patients during a psych class. Prof didn't think so - thought I was laughing at them. Didn't fail me but ripped me one. It's...
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    Patient whose primary language is not English

    Nurse Ratched replied to mudd92's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    It's a bear to deal with cultural differences more than language differences. Case in point, we deal with a lot of Asian students who don't like saying no to authority figures (health care providers,...
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    Injections- still pull back?

    Nurse Ratched replied to angelbyte's topic in General Nursing

    Seems like most of us would have had at least one occasion where a pt may have experienced serious harm without the aspiration rule. I suspect the recommendation comes from the notion that in...
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    Psychobabble ala Carte

    Nurse Ratched replied to UM Review RN's topic in Psychiatric

    I had occasion to recently define borderline personality to a pt who stated she had been dx'd as such - I told her it was a learned tendency to get her (often-unhealthy) needs met in unhealthy ways....
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    applied for CNA job...and now a credit check?

    Nurse Ratched replied to twinbee25's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    Ditto. We had this discussion somewhere before and talked about credit status also affecting car insurance rates. For right or wrong, TPTB extrapolate a lot based on whether or not bills are paid on...
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    Tattoos and nursing

    Nurse Ratched replied to PrincessJessica's topic in General Nursing

    Use our search function with the words "tattoos" and "piercing" and you'll get a whole range of thoughts on the issue. I think you'll find the vast majority of us just want a competent co-worker....
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    Go to er/fastrack?

    Nurse Ratched replied to elizabells's topic in Emergency

    (mono?) Let us know what happens! Feel better soon
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    Keratosis Pilaris

    Nurse Ratched replied to bobnurse's topic in General Nursing

    Shouldn't be any problems with thinning since it's not
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    Keratosis Pilaris

    Nurse Ratched replied to bobnurse's topic in General Nursing

    Nice thing is AmLactin is now available OTC (check for recommendations on use on children.) You'll probably have to ask for it at the pharmacy counter, tho. It's usually worse in the
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    Back to school (already!) and other stuff from a Dec. 2004 grad

    Nurse Ratched replied to dianacs's topic in General Nursing

    I'm not a 12/04 grad, but you post struck a chord as I'm about to celebrate 5 years as an RN. It's amazing to me the twists I've taken in that time - going from geriatrics since age 16 to nursing for...
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    Anxiety attack or not??

    Nurse Ratched replied to hospitalstaph's topic in General Nursing

    The only thing that walks through my brain is the possibility of anemia r/t his ulcerative colitis, but I think he'd notice if he was bleeding out, plus a CBC would've been part of any basic blood...
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    Disposing of IV bags?

    Nurse Ratched replied to PJMommy's topic in General Nursing

    That's what we do.
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    Can nurses decline to be videotaped?

    Nurse Ratched replied to daisybaby's topic in General Nursing

    Another great reason to work psych
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    PSB Test

    Nurse Ratched replied to Mbambick's topic in General Nursing

    What is the
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    Not a real nurse??

    Nurse Ratched replied to xmaxiex's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    Can't sum it up any better than this. Closing this month's installment of RN's versus
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    Cough Cures

    Nurse Ratched replied to lpnstudentin2010's topic in General Nursing

    Consider seasonal allergies as a possible
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    Cough Cures

    Nurse Ratched replied to lpnstudentin2010's topic in General Nursing

    Depends on what's causing it (and there are dozens of possible reasons.) This time of year is rife with seasonal allergies. If that's causing your cough, you need to treat your allergies and make...
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    Marry before being an immigrant

    Nurse Ratched replied to nurse_in_me's topic in International Nursing

    This is a question for an immigration attorney. Good
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    New job and great news...

    Nurse Ratched replied to debRN0417's topic in Psychiatric

    Congrats on all counts :). Nice to know a few units are getting it right. What would you attribute this to? Do you feel like it's an overall attitude of the facility from the top down? Do you have...
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    Do you have a Weasel at work?

    Nurse Ratched replied to Judee Smudee's topic in General Nursing

    I use the weasel to get messages to the boss (who otherwise avoids staff lol) - anything you want him to hear, you just say around her
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    Cough Cures

    Nurse Ratched replied to lpnstudentin2010's topic in General Nursing

    What kind of a cough - the dry hacky kind, or the productive mucus-y
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    Anyone not get paid?

    Nurse Ratched replied to Mulan's topic in Agency Nurses

    I guess it depends on your relationship with this agency. Are you brand new to each other? Any word from other nurses about payroll issues? Are you willing to give them the benefit of the doubt...