Nurse Ratched RN

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    AWOL-seen any patients using this yet?

    Nurse Ratched replied to needsmore$'s topic in Emergency

    http://www.awolmachine.com/page-2.htm Here's the company's site - will have to look elsewhere for the downside stuff, I'm sure, but probably won't have to look
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    AWOL-seen any patients using this yet?

    Nurse Ratched replied to needsmore$'s topic in Emergency

    OMG - just heard about this today for the first time and here it is. I'll see what I can find out - I wanted to check it out anyway
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    Anxiety Attack

    Nurse Ratched replied to HannasMom's topic in General Nursing

    Please consider giving a call to your psychiatrist or PCP - whomever is prescribing your Effexor XR - ASAP. Best of luck to you - remember, even good things that are major life changes (like...
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    Appropriate interception or invasion of privacy?

    Nurse Ratched replied to talaxandra's topic in General Nursing

    In my own mind (which you can't read, darnit :)) I was making the "ends not justifying the means" argument. Specifically, just because she happened to be correct, does not excuse her from her wrong...
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    ER abuse was encouraged last night

    Nurse Ratched replied to Snowy's topic in Emergency

    That's just totally freaky. I mean, from the cyclists standpoint, it wasn't an auto accident, it was a bike accident!
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    Appropriate interception or invasion of privacy?

    Nurse Ratched replied to talaxandra's topic in General Nursing

    It was wrong to open the envelope. Were this a court case, that's all that would matter. Doesn't matter what the crime is - if the evidence is obtained illegally, tough. On a psych unit, the envelope...
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    What's Your State Hospital Policy R/T BPD/O?

    Nurse Ratched replied to autumn-moon's topic in Psychiatric

    General rule: get 'em out as soon as possible. (This of course, means the true borderlines, not the ones who just annoy you like a person with BPD .) My rule on my shift: borderlines assigned to me...
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    birth control and a lump( kinda graphic i guess)

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

    Bummer. Maybe a latex sensitivity. BTW - forgot to comment on the other issue. My money is on the bartholin cyst as well. I'm told they are terribly painful. Call your gyn Monday, please!
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    UCLA shifts....One month day, one night?

    Nurse Ratched replied to nursepearl's topic in California Nursing

    Fascinating scheduling. I would think the biggest advantage is the elimination of shift in-fighting. Hard to carry on at the other guys when you switch places q o month
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    what does c=rn mean?

    Nurse Ratched replied to 2ndbach's topic in General Students

    No flames coming from this direction, zambezi. :) I remember my classmates using the expression mostly in reference to classes they were obliged to take that had no bearing on whatever their...
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    birth control and a lump( kinda graphic i guess)

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

    Are condoms and a spermicide out of the
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    what does c=rn mean?

    Nurse Ratched replied to 2ndbach's topic in General Students

    LOL - that brings back memories. That refers to the notion that one must get a minimum of a C grade in classes to get credit for the class in the nursing program and ultimately be able to graduate and...
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    Acute Rhabdomyolysis?

    Nurse Ratched replied to adidas99's topic in General Nursing

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    Acute Rhabdomyolysis?

    Nurse Ratched replied to adidas99's topic in General Nursing

    http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/000473.htm I've seen it in our addictions population. Very dangerous. Always elicits an "oh, crap" when you realize someone has
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    Signing new grad contract?

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

    Amazing. I can't believe they actually get people to sign these contracts. This must be an incredible hole to work in if they have to resort to
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    Raunchy advertisement

    Nurse Ratched replied to Repat's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Agreed - let's keep on track here
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    Signing new grad contract?

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

    What I'm getting, though, is that this is NOT a sign on bonus. Am I reading it wrongly? If they want you to pay back the money you earned working while orienting should you decide this is not the...
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    Geri Psychiatric Nursing

    Nurse Ratched replied to finness's topic in Psychiatric

    med-surg is invaluable in geropsych. the old adage goes: "if the only tool you have is a hammer, every problem looks like a nail." there are dozens of geri-specific health concerns that can cause...
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    What would you do in my situation...?

    Nurse Ratched replied to Nurse Ratchet's topic in General Nursing

    Kindly take the poster's stated age into account when responding. Recall that you may have been undecided on career options and still financially or otherwise dependent on parents at that time....
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    health insurance

    Nurse Ratched replied to telemetrynurse's topic in General Nursing

    Do you have chronic conditions or just need catastrophic coverage? You might also check in the student nursing forum where they discuss this - many students are required to have insurance before they...
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    flex clinicals?

    Nurse Ratched replied to cnelle101's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Exactly as MLOS said. Nursing school is different from most college majors in that we have far fewer scheduling options, particularly later in the
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    Excelsior Scam?

    Nurse Ratched replied to rasberrikiss's topic in Excelsior College

    I have to agree with the previous posters. 72 hours (3 business days) is the standard time given for people to back out of business deals, which is what you entered into. I presume this was in...
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    Visitor complaints at LTC

    Nurse Ratched replied to Blackcat99's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Most facilities have family "suggestion" or "complaint" forms - maybe you could keep a little stack of them handy and, after empathizing with the complainer, invite them to submit their concerns to a...
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    Validity of NCLEX-RN certificate

    Nurse Ratched replied to noworry's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    Have you paid your licensure fees in a state since
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    Job decission

    Nurse Ratched replied to NannaNurse's topic in General Nursing

    I have to seriously question the ethics of a place that won't allow you to give notice to your current employer. Sounds like a hard sell job to me. I'm sorry I don't know the specifics of your...