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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 continue, hold or d/c, then on admit he will order med...

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 isn't that bad from what I know. Get this, he went...

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? Creature

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 muscle cramps in her arms, neck and legs. He pre...

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 chart at me. What makes them think they can get a...

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 to her about this, but she is set in her ways. Cr...

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 that seeing she had just finished Macrobid which n...

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. I mean tired. Has anyone else tried this drug? ...

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 past 21 years(I'm 35 so you do the math;) ) doesn...

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 I could no longer do patient care - which I love....

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 know, but if I knew of a really good one I would c...

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 take care of. When I worked nights I was charge nu...

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. I worked acute care and ER for 7 yrs. I loved the...

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 else. Your license is on the line. I don't think you...

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 walk you through procedures anymore? I graduated ...

It will get easier. I think most people either pass out or get queasy about needles, blood, etc. The more you are exposed to it, the easier it gets. Don't let that stop you from going into nursing. As for Turtlesoup and the dog decapitation - what...

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 squeezing his testicles be considered acceptable? The...

I don't think it was fair of your instructor to make you the go between. Your best bet is to do your work and help others if they ask for it. Just ignore these girls. Clinicals are rough. It's just a hectic part of nursing school that you have to...

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 they were your parent or relative. That has alway...

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 was kept at the nurses station and it was dispense...

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 what got me through. Hang in there. It's worth ...

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 hospital where you worked the med/surg floor and d...

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 as if they were my family member. I remember taki...

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 initiated it if was needed. Don't be too hard on ...

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 church daily. She has more of a social life than I d...