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  1. Administration lacks the reasoning ability of a 5 year old

    kanzi monkey replied to Guest219794's topic in General Nursing

    Sure. But what the OP describes is excessive. To safely care for patients there needs to be a paper/electronic trail that shows the doc's order, the patient's condition, the time the order was...

  2. Pre employment drug screen positive for pcp!!!!

    kanzi monkey replied to cocosmama's topic in General Nursing

    Have you thought you were Superman lately? Tied any solid iron pipes into pretty bows? If you're going to have a false + drug screen, you might as well test positive for PCP, because it's probably...

  3. Got to give you credit

    kanzi monkey replied to JustaPatient585's topic in General Nursing

    This is so spot on Jo. Thank you for your kind words Justapatient. By the way, you're not "Just a.." anything. You understand that we are not "Just nurses", and I understand that you are not "Just a...

  4. How long is too long to give "No PIV meds" in a PIV?

    kanzi monkey replied to Pat_Pat RN's topic in General Nursing

    If the pt is going home with PO vanco, then they can take it now because they have C-diff--oral vanco and flagyl (IV or PO) are usually the best choices. I don't know of any other circumstance where...

  5. MD as Preceptor?

    kanzi monkey replied to wrigh146's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    On the flip side, my PCP (who is an NP) is precepting a med student. If you find a good match, I don't think it

  6. Is this illegal?

    kanzi monkey replied to dalindinrcp's topic in General Nursing

    Oh I so wanted to show you how wrong you are. But I can't. You're right. I just asked my attorney friend, and he said pretty much exactly what you said. I am disheartened. Foiled again by my stupid...

  7. Is this illegal?

    kanzi monkey replied to dalindinrcp's topic in General Nursing

    The wage for this person's new job is higher than the CNA wage. Doesn't matter what was communicated, or if s/he had his/her act together enough to ask. S/he accepted the job, and therefore accepted...

  8. Am I In trouble?

    kanzi monkey replied to gwafuh_rn's topic in General Nursing

    It sounds like a systemic error to me--that is, everyone involved was partially responsible. But only for the missed dose--not the sepsis. Don't put that on yourself. As far as calling the doc with...

  9. Is this illegal?

    kanzi monkey replied to dalindinrcp's topic in General Nursing

    Say a person worked as a house-keeper at a hotel. That person gets promoted to CEO of the hotel. The paperwork takes a month to clear the bureaucratic channel, so the CEO gets a house-keeper's wage...

  10. Is this illegal?

    kanzi monkey replied to dalindinrcp's topic in General Nursing

    What is the LVN wage at her facility? That is, what will she be getting paid once everything gets straightened out? If that amount differs from the amount she was making as a CNA, and she has been...

  11. IV bolusing a fluid overloaded patient

    kanzi monkey posted a topic in CCU, Coronary, Cardiac

    Had a patient recently that had metastatic breast CA. She had very low u/o post-op (ORIF for a pathological fracture). U/o didn't pick up over the next 3 days. She had baseline edema, and a pleurex...

  12. ?thoughts?

    kanzi monkey replied to morte's topic in General Nursing

    "But we were aware that Ms. Chapman had complaints about her care and interactions with staff, and our patient advocates tried repeatedly to work with her to resolve those complaints," according to a...

  13. Boston Launches Flu Shot Tracking! *Tracking Bracelet*

    kanzi monkey replied to Goblin77's topic in Disaster Preparation

    How is this different from EMR? It's more private, in fact, than other medical records. I haven't seen one of these bracelets, but I'm guessing that they aren't really going to be worn as "tags"--it...

  14. Can I use my father with Alzheimer's as work experience on a resume?

    kanzi monkey replied to aquariusbridget's topic in General Nursing

    I don't think personal experiences are appropriate on a resume, but I can imagine the skills you've acquired while caring for your father could help you in an interview situation. If a moment arises...

  15. Doctor's Fiancee yelled at me

    kanzi monkey replied to QTpie86's topic in General Nursing

    *sips coffee*

  16. Doctor's Fiancee yelled at me

    kanzi monkey replied to QTpie86's topic in General Nursing

    Absolutely not. *sips coffee* *clicks to next

  17. Doctor's Fiancee yelled at me

    kanzi monkey replied to QTpie86's topic in General Nursing

    oh, who who who!?!?!? oh wait. hipaa. oh well, only a few to choose

  18. Drug Seekers

    kanzi monkey replied to al7139's topic in Addictions

    If you are treating the patient in the context of pain management, then there's not a whole lot you can do, medically, for that patient. And there's not a whole lot the doctors can do either. For...

  19. Which is of a more importance; acute pain or deficient fluid volume?

    kanzi monkey replied to Blackheartednurse's topic in General Nursing

    My recollection from taking a course for that beast of an exam is that pain was pretty much NEVER the priority answer--but I don't recall it being relegated entirely out of the physical

  20. Which is of a more importance; acute pain or deficient fluid volume?

    kanzi monkey replied to Blackheartednurse's topic in General Nursing

    No. Pain control is a physical need. Very much so. An entire field of medical study is devoted to pain--pathophysiology, classification, long-term and short term effects (both physical and...

  21. Which is of a more importance; acute pain or deficient fluid volume?

    kanzi monkey replied to Blackheartednurse's topic in General Nursing

    For school purposes, deficient fluid volume (circulatory compromise). In reality, if it's in the same patient, I might go with pain first (if the patient is able to show how much pain he is in,...

  22. Thin Blood and Blown IV's

    kanzi monkey replied to BrittanyWynnRN's topic in General Nursing

    I haven't heard this before. I would think it would be opposite--increased clotting time, less likely for the IV to clot off. I don't know how thinner blood would effect the vein stablity... I'll look...

  23. Accelerated BSN in New Zealand

    kanzi monkey replied to deadend226's topic in International Nursing

    Good for you. I'm jealous of your spontaneity :) I imagine once you get there things will fall into place, whether you choose to be a nurse or not. From my experience, it's a friendly country that...

  24. HELP! Floor Nursing = NOT for me

    kanzi monkey replied to skim410's topic in General Nursing

    I have 2.5 years of hospital nursing experience and I would not be prepared to work as an NP in an acute care setting. Others might feel differently with just as much experience. It's as you say:...

  25. HELP! Floor Nursing = NOT for me

    kanzi monkey replied to skim410's topic in General Nursing

    It's not that DE NPs are defensive (we're really not). But what you describe as "basic" nursing skills that all nurses in all specialties should have is misleading. If an NP is working on a hospital...