NurseRotten

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  1. Song lyrics that remind you of nursing...

    NurseRotten replied to grace90's topic in Nursing Humor

    Lately two new songs have been reminding me of nursing: Jordan Sparks' No Air - Tell me how I'm supposed to breathe with no air, no air, no air.... and Leona Lewis' Keep Bleeding You cut me open and...

  2. Song lyrics that remind you of nursing...

    NurseRotten replied to grace90's topic in Nursing Humor

    Van Morrison - How Long Has This Been Going

  3. Any info on west houston medical center.

    NurseRotten replied to kolalobitos's topic in Texas Nursing

    If you are seeking a Nurse Internship consider some of the hospitals in the Texas Medical Center in Houston. A number of the hospitals have magnet designation, so you can trust that they are...

  4. Song lyrics that remind you of nursing...

    NurseRotten replied to grace90's topic in Nursing Humor

    For the AMA patients, and those who have had unfortunate complications that made their hospitalization lengthy. Daughtry "Home" I'm staring out into the night, Trying to hide the pain. I'm going to...

  5. What is YOUR surgical floor like?

    NurseRotten replied to Chaoticdreams33's topic in Medical-Surgical

    My Med/Surg Unit 40 beds Ratio 6:1, free charge on days Telemetry We are the catch-all for the whole hospital. Whatever doesn't fit somewhere else gets dumped on us. Bariatrics, ortho-spine surg,...

  6. Song lyrics that remind you of nursing...

    NurseRotten replied to grace90's topic in Nursing Humor

    Night Fever by the BeeGees. Or another one that reminds me of Viagra Jump, by VanHalen "I get up... and nothing gets me

  7. TPAPN:a Four Letter Word?

    NurseRotten replied to 1964RNfromTX's topic in Texas Nursing

    That's probably because the Texas BNE was established to protect public health, not the nurses. The orginization's mission is to make sure that each person with a license to practice nursing is...

  8. the houston dilemma-need your help!!

    NurseRotten replied to taapple's topic in Texas Nursing

    I live 26 miles south of downtown Houston and 23 miles North of Houston. Although I live in a the 'burbs, I experience a nice mix of family oriented fun. But there is also plenty of singles...

  9. 48 Pre-Discharge Notification of Right to Appeal

    NurseRotten posted a topic in Case Management

    In rounds an MD asked me for ideas on how our hospital can implement a process for notifying Medicare patients of thier right to appeal their upcoming discharge. We are struggling to get physicians...

  10. Sopranos Finale - How well was nursing portrayed?

    NurseRotten posted a topic in General Nursing

    Now that the Sopranos series has come to an end, what do you think about the portrayal of nurses in the series. The series showed nurses in the ICU when Tony was shot, in the psych settings where AJ...

  11. Song lyrics that remind you of nursing...

    NurseRotten replied to grace90's topic in Nursing Humor

    Stone Temple Pilots' Creep "Take time with a wounded hand cause it likes to heal... I'm half the man I used to

  12. Sopranos Finale - How well was nursing portrayed?

    NurseRotten replied to NurseRotten's topic in General Nursing

    http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/520714 This article is titled "What Do Nurses Really Do?" It was written by Suzanne Gordon. You have to register to use the site, but it is a fabulous read. This...

  13. Sopranos Finale - How well was nursing portrayed?

    NurseRotten replied to NurseRotten's topic in General Nursing

    My husband is a funeral director. I think that the series Six Feet Under did an awesome job of portraying life in a funeral home. And what about ER??? Although sensationalized, ER does a pretty...

  14. Sopranos Finale - How well was nursing portrayed?

    NurseRotten replied to NurseRotten's topic in General Nursing

    I am not inferring anything. I was just describing the situation. People were asking if nurses were portrayed in the Sopranos, so I was just jogging the memory from some scenes that I remember. And...

  15. Sopranos Finale - How well was nursing portrayed?

    NurseRotten replied to NurseRotten's topic in General Nursing

    About the ending, supposedly, three endings were created for the series so that even the production crew would not know how the series would end. I estimate that the three alternate endings will all...

  16. Sopranos Finale - How well was nursing portrayed?

    NurseRotten replied to NurseRotten's topic in General Nursing

    Earlier this season, Junior was at the high-priced psych facility. He and the young Asian man that he befriended pulled off a scam to avoid the psych meds. They showed a nurse doing her med rounds...

  17. What do you never leave home without?

    NurseRotten replied to RNCRNA2BE's topic in CCU, Coronary, Cardiac

    iPod!

  18. Bad Rep for Med Surg

    NurseRotten replied to kellyskitties's topic in Medical-Surgical

    The original poster of this thread asked how we can change the perception of med/surg nursing. My experience in nursing school was that ICU was "the bomb." I knew right away that ICU nursing was not...

  19. How do you build up stamina for 12 hr shifts?

    NurseRotten replied to SoundofMusic's topic in General Nursing

    When I was in nursing school I worked as a CNA at a nursing home. In order to pay my daycare I had to work 32 hours a week. Granted, this can be tough while going to school fulltime, I managed to...

  20. Nurses not doing assessments

    NurseRotten replied to gucci rush's topic in General Nursing

    Wow! Up to 18 patients with only one nurse. Gotta love socialized medicine. Remember that, US nurses, when you

  21. bariatric compression bandage

    NurseRotten replied to adrienurse's topic in General Nursing

    Smith and Nephew has a 4-layer product called Profore. But I think it is

  22. Second-career? what was the first?

    NurseRotten replied to goldie66's topic in General Nursing

    Fair warning: You might still feel like a waiter if you work Med\Surg. Patients who call you to the room for one thing will, no doubt, think of something else for you to bring as soon as you get...

  23. Gastric Banding

    NurseRotten posted a topic in General Nursing

    I need a primer in gastic banding. Do you have any tips for care that is specific to

  24. Dilantin/Phenytoin Question

    NurseRotten replied to UM Review RN's topic in Patient Medications

    Dilantin IV can also cause Steven-Johnson

  25. Change in IV Phenergan Policy

    NurseRotten replied to RNKPCE's topic in Patient Medications

    Giving Phenergan in a IVPB 50 cc bag is alot faster than looking for a vein and starting a new IV when the site goes bad. Side note: Our formulary requires that orders for Zofran be changed to 4 mg...