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  1. Extreme Fatigue in a 26 y/o Female

    Sharann - Thank you for your post! It reinforced that I am doing the right thing. We intend to keep looking until an answer is found... hopefully soon! As I said earlier I am even willing to take my...
  2. Extreme Fatigue in a 26 y/o Female

    Mandarella - Thanks for these sites. When you are learning about autoimmune diseases with all their complications, you can't get enough good
  3. Extreme Fatigue in a 26 y/o Female

    KidluvinRN - thank you for your post. I appreciate your concern and ideas. So sorry if I offended anyone or broke any rules. That certainly was not my intention. My reason for initially posting...
  4. Extreme Fatigue in a 26 y/o Female

    Thank you for your post Mandarella. Tell me more about the Provigil. I am not familar with this
  5. Extreme Fatigue in a 26 y/o Female

    HairstylingNurse, Thank you for your post! I, too, have Type 1 Diabetes and Graves Disease. I use an insulin pump which works GREAT for me. As for my daughter, they check her glucose frequently and...
  6. Extreme Fatigue in a 26 y/o Female

    Thank all of you so much for your thoughtful and thought provoking posts. My daughter called earlier today crying because she had called the doctor to get her lab results and the office nurse's...
  7. Out with "Nurse" In with...?

    Down here in the South it would have to be "Hey,
  8. I am the JCAHO Coordinator at our hospital so I am in charge of getting ALL staff, physicians and volunteers ready for unannounced survey in 2006. Some ideas of what I have been doing to prep staff...
  9. Elitism anyone?

    I love the Motto, Jen! If its OK with you, I may borrow it some
  10. Funny Overhead Pages

    The hospital I used to work at had an educational program each month that they called Grand Rounds. Invariably, the operator would announce, "Attention Employees Ground Rounds will begin at 2
  11. The Bad Old Days

    These are good thoughts. If we offered more "rest" and TLC, would it be preventative? I don't know. I remember when my twins girls were born in 1978 I stayed in the hospital for 13 days... My OB...
  12. The Bad Old Days

    I graduated in 1977 and went to work on a 36 bed Med/Surg floor in a brand new hospital with all the latest equipment. Well, the hospital had been around since the early 1900's, but the building was...
  13. Nurses wearing white

    I've never seen anyone in a law office wearing what too often looks like "pajamas" with Sponge Bob Square Pants or Puppy Dogs and Kitty Cats or any one of a number of "cutsie" motifs either. White...
  14. Meet the Fockers

    I saw the movie this weekend, too and laughed and laughed... but I did cringe each time a joke was made about male
  15. Hospitals near Columbus, MS

    Snow... Hummm isn't that that white stuff we Mississippians see on Christmas Cards and Bing Crosby sings about in "White Christmas" ???... HaHa The Mississippi University for Women (now co-ed) has an...
  16. Hospitals near Columbus, MS

    Thanks for taking my statement as it was meant... as a funny... And come visit us sometime. The fact that it is rural and agricultural isn't for everybody. But... several nurses who were...
  17. Hospitals near Columbus, MS

    Don't let someone who has never been to Mississippi scare you away! Especially a Canadian who knew somebody at the Columbus Air Base - which is totally different world! [No offense Z's Playa]...
  18. What does your spouse do?

    Very interesting thread! My husband has worked for General Motors / Delphi Electronics for 28 1/2 years as a factory worker. The plant where he works makes the wiring harnesses that go in dashes...
  19. 'Moral values' and organ donation

    I agree with Stevielynn, how do you know people who voted for Bush are not organ donors? How do you know people who voted for Kerry WERE organ donors? I am an organ donor and I voted for Bush. My...
  20. I need help - badly!

    I'm with ya Crunch. It's not a bad thing.... just habit forming. I can't get through the day without my allnurses
  21. Jacho

    OK, I found a place on the JCAHO Web Site Home Page called Careers. Go there then you can go to "Surveyor Career Opportunities". It answers alot of questions. Good
  22. Jacho

    So do you mean you would like to be a JCAHO Surveyor? One of the people who goes into healthcare organizations and survey? Now that is something that I know little about... But there has to be...
  23. Jacho

    I agree with the posters above! Get a manual, its called CAMH costs about $500.00 and go online to http://www.jcaho.org. If you have any specific questions let us know. I am the JCAHO Coordinator...
  24. SMOKE FREE HOSPITALS inside and out

    Maggie, how will your hospital enforce this policy? I think it is a great idea, but we can't even get our visitors and patients to go to the designated smoking areas. I hate having to go through...
  25. History and Physicals

    Age old problem TCherie... If you find a solution, I want to know too ! ! ! So far we have tried the following and had improvement but still not 100%: 1. Pre-Printed forms with all required...