MrChicagoRN RN

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    St Anthony's Chicago

    MrChicagoRN posted a topic in Illinois Nursing

    Small Community Hospital in ChicagoDoes anyone have any experience with
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    Pre-Employment Health Screening

    MrChicagoRN replied to HP32's topic in Nurse Disabilities

    Simple Anxiety is a normal response to a stressful situation. If that's what you have experienced, you have no obligation to disclose. Your condition was situational and self
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    Did you ever use being male as a part of your being hired?

    MrChicagoRN replied to Doindia's topic in Men in Nursing

    Bringing up being a male in a female dominated profession will not go over well. It will only come come across as arrogant, and your applications are likely to be tossed. It may be OK to say you...
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    what are chemical restraints?

    MrChicagoRN replied to sassyann8585's topic in Psychiatric

    I think it's great that you are asking the question of the patient, but it's the term that concerns me. To be in alignment with CMS & TJC definitions, they might want to come up with other...
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    Can nurses collect unemployment?

    MrChicagoRN replied to dsanto3's topic in General Nursing

    Own up to your mistakes, take responsibility, be able to verbalize what you've learned from the experience, and what you will do differently this time
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    what are chemical restraints?

    MrChicagoRN replied to sassyann8585's topic in Psychiatric

    then you'll note that your quote states they follow CMS definition of chemical restraints. Read your quote again. Your definition also refers to "standard treatment and dosage for the patient's...
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    Do you bring a portfolio to interviews?

    MrChicagoRN replied to CrazyGoonRN's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    I have a brag book that I bring that helps me remember some of projects. I may review it in the waiting room, and never open it in the interview, or I may pop it open to a select page to illustrate...
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    what are chemical restraints?

    MrChicagoRN replied to sassyann8585's topic in Psychiatric

    It's not my definition: CMS DEFINITIONS: Physical restraints are any manual method or physical or mechanical device, material, or equipment attached to or adjacent to the resident?s body that the...
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    what are chemical restraints?

    MrChicagoRN replied to sassyann8585's topic in Psychiatric

    No, it's not a chemical restraint because you are giving it to induce a therapeutic effect, and to do what Ativan is intended to do. A chemical restraint is given for a purpose other than it's...
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    restraint question?

    MrChicagoRN replied to sassyann8585's topic in Psychiatric

    A limb restraint is a limb restraint. if you've been unsuccessful with verbal deescalation, quiet environment, etc that leaves seclusion (requires continuous observation) and then after that wrist and...
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    Nurse brutally beaten in a Brooklyn Hospital

    MrChicagoRN replied to HGTVrn33's topic in Nursing News

    Nothing new I could find, other than mention of emergency surgery. I'm guessing things will be moving slowly as Ms Lynch struggles to survive, and hopefully recover, while the wheels of justice...
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    Nurse brutally beaten in a Brooklyn Hospital

    MrChicagoRN replied to HGTVrn33's topic in Nursing News

    there are a few thousand gun threads on here. One of the most recent: https://allnurses.com/nursing-activism-healthcare/concealed-carry-nurse-811973.html Start one, join one, but why hijack this...
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    Calling all nurses: Enough with the high-velocity urination contest!

    MrChicagoRN replied to CheesePotato's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    It's not the velocity, it's the distance that
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    backstabbing

    MrChicagoRN replied to shmedium's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    In some places they write their times out on a whiteboard so people don't waste time searching for someone on break. Also prevents some one from always "just started my lunch 10 minutes
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    Would you apologize, if you'd done nothing wrong

    MrChicagoRN replied to imintrouble's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I'm sorry we did not meet your
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    Thank you for removing spam so fast

    MrChicagoRN replied to SHGR's topic in General Nursing

    There's this guy.... If you send the funds via Western Union, you'll get the financial surprise of your
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    Student Nurse "Help me!" Threads

    MrChicagoRN replied to Emergent's topic in General Nursing

    You don't remember writing that? Actually, everybody's say the same thing, a fill in the blanks
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    Waiting on a job offer

    MrChicagoRN replied to Charlie92's topic in General Nursing

    Depends where they are in the process. Are you one of the first, or the last to be interviewed? i try to remember to tell applicants when I'll be making a decision, but it's always ok to ask, what's...
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    Student Nurse "Help me!" Threads

    MrChicagoRN replied to Emergent's topic in General Nursing

    From Rowan & Martins Laugh In "you bet your sweet bibby" yes, Butt-Tocks is the accepted
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    Student Nurse "Help me!" Threads

    MrChicagoRN replied to Emergent's topic in General Nursing

    And her pic
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    Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing Class

    MrChicagoRN replied to Buddytink's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    You don't memorize them all individually Learn the categories, antipsychotics, atypicals, SSRI, etc know which types are most common, their indications, uses and potential s/e. Then, fit the name...
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    Student Nurse "Help me!" Threads

    MrChicagoRN replied to Emergent's topic in General Nursing

    You still win, because everyone on the internet is special and unique. Everything you post is original, no matter how many times it's been posted before. Thats the magic of the
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    Student Nurse "Help me!" Threads

    MrChicagoRN replied to Emergent's topic in General Nursing

    Either way, take a deep breath & say, "the binder is here on the shelf, or I can look it up
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    Student Nurse "Help me!" Threads

    MrChicagoRN replied to Emergent's topic in General Nursing

    Wow! In this thread, 39 of her 82 posts are all from one person. i guess this is all about her! Nothing like a good old fashioned thread jack, is
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    Nurse brutally beaten in a Brooklyn Hospital

    MrChicagoRN replied to HGTVrn33's topic in Nursing News

    From one of the links: The beating stopped after another nurse walked in the room and saw what was happening. Jones locked himself inside of a bathroom until the police arrived and locked him up. It...