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  1. Jcaho Medication Reconciliation

    creature replied to SEOBowhntr's topic in Patient Medications

    We have been doing this for awhile. We came up with our medication reconciliation form. It gets started in the ER. The nurse writes the patient's home meds, the doctor goes over each and checks...

  2. newly diagnosed

    creature posted a topic in General Nursing

    My 37 year old brother was recently diagnosed with Hep C. He has been on interferon and ribavirin for about four weeks. He is having horrible muscle cramps in his legs, anorexia and fatigue, which...

  3. bigeminy info please!

    creature replied to sissiesmama's topic in General Nursing

    I do UR and IC the last 3 years, so I'm not up on my ACLS, but do they still give Lido for this if symptomatic?

  4. suggestions to docs

    creature posted a topic in General Nursing

    I just want to know how other people feel about this. Maybe I'm just a chicken, anyway... I took my grandmother to the doctor yesterday because she has recurrent UTIs and also she was complaining of...

  5. Had my first doctor scream at me today

    creature replied to TigerGalLE's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Sorry about that. There are alot of arrogant doctors out there who think they can talk to nurses any way they want. I wouldn't talk to my dog the way some have talked to me. I had a doctor throw a...

  6. suggestions to docs

    creature replied to creature's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks for suggestions. I have talked to her about cleaning and wiping front to back. Her problem is she wears nylons constantly and also showers once a week and in between washes up. I have talked...

  7. suggestions to docs

    creature replied to creature's topic in General Nursing

    Hi everyone, I called his office and asked about getting lytes done and he refused. I then scheduled her an appt with her regular doc. What a joke hey? Her last culture showed E Coli so he went by...

  8. Want to quit smoking!!

    creature posted a topic in General Nursing

    I just started taking the new drug Chantix 4 days ago to help me quit smoking. They say the usualy SE are nausea, constipation, weird dreams. Since I have been taking it I have been extremely tired....

  9. Want to quit smoking!!

    creature replied to creature's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks everyone for your advice and support. I'm getting pumped up to quit now. My quit date is this Friday. It's probably a good thing its on the weekend. My boyfriend, who I've been with for the...

  10. Bad Back

    creature posted a topic in General Nursing

    Are there any nurses out there who have had an on the job back injury? I would like to hear your experiences. Mine were not so good - almost lost my job. I was on a lifting restriction and was told...

  11. Bad Back

    creature replied to creature's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks to the Doctor rbrice and congrats on graduating. I have always been afraid to go to a chiropractor since I had the lumbar fusion because of the hardware. I don't want to be any worse off you...

  12. Bad Back

    creature replied to creature's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks Greg and Jenny for the advice. I live in a small rural town and the hospital jobs are very limited. We don't even actually have an ICU. We have a monitor bed unit which the med/surg nurses...

  13. I need your help! :)

    creature replied to JDunk's topic in Men in Nursing

    Go for it. This world needs caring people who love stress and working long hours. Ha! But seriously, try it. There are so many aspects of nursing. If you don't like doing one you can try another....

  14. Should I ditch this J-O-B??

    creature replied to BriBriRN's topic in General Nursing

    The nurse patient ratio for that kind of care sounds very dangerous. Why don't they have more nurses? You have wonderful experience that would get you hired anywhere. Look around for something...

  15. YOU as a Pt-what would you allow a student nurse to do?

    creature replied to KellNY's topic in General Nursing

    I think I would allow them to do any procedure as long as the nursing instructor was there by their side to make sure they didn't screw up. Have things changed or doesn't the instructors observe and...

  16. Deep Painful Stimuli and Nipple Twisting

    creature replied to georgescott6188's topic in General Nursing

    That is the craziest thing I ever heard. I never knew such a thing existed. What happened to the sternal rub? I don't understand how this could even happen. So if it was a male patient, would...

  17. I'm not "WIPING BUTTS"

    creature replied to KayceeLeeRN's topic in General Nursing

    I just hope there is a caring, compassionate nurse around when and if I ever need my butt wiped. It's annoying to hear that some nurses just go into this field for the money. Treat each patient as if...

  18. Wine Debate

    creature replied to TiggerBelly's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    My grandfather was in a long-term care facility and he was allowed a shot of whiskey everyday, which the family supplied. This was the one thing he looked forward to everyday. The bottle of whiskey...

  19. I need encouragement!

    creature replied to autopsy's topic in General Nursing

    I had a heck of a time getting through nursing school. You know what got me through, I would say to myself (they may sound crazy) you can always quit. The last year I was saying that alot, but thats...

  20. Anxiety Prob/3 months into job

    creature replied to keludtke's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Being a new grad, I think it sounds perfectly normal to feel a certain degree of anxiety. I felt that way through school and the first year of my job. Straight out of school, I got a job in a rural...

  21. Providing Medical Care To Child Molesters

    creature replied to mammaoftwo's topic in General Nursing

    I worked ER for six years and have taken care of all kinds. Yes its hard, but you have to put your personal feelings aside. Believe it or not, everyone is human. My philosophy is to treat everyone...

  22. Should I Have Stepped In??

    creature replied to leesespieces's topic in General Nursing

    That would have scared my half to death and I'm not sure I would have jumped right in the middle of all that either. Like the others have said police are trained in CPR and I would assume would have...

  23. vent: Mom's doc is a quack!

    creature replied to maolin's topic in General Nursing

    Dear Maolin, I feel for you. Luckily my parents are fairly young and free from any serious health problems, but I do take care of my 87 year old grandmother who still drives, plays cards, goes to...

  24. vent: Mom's doc is a quack!

    creature replied to maolin's topic in General Nursing

    Should have went right to ER. Any chest pain is considered an MI until proven otherwise in my

  25. Nurses are Pathetic!!

    creature replied to lorster's topic in General Nursing

    It sounds like you need a change of pace. Why don't you look into a different aspect of nursing. I had a back injury 4 years ago an am no longer able to do direct patient care because at our...