EmmaG RN

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    PLEASE read. I need help!

    EmmaG replied to heavenly14313's topic in General Nursing

    I understand where you're coming from, but in a situation such as this I think the school needs to stop and think about the circumstances involved. This person was blind-sided by all of this, and I...
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    Who makes your assignments?

    EmmaG replied to NurseCherlove's topic in General Nursing

    Here it's the oncoming charge nurse, which can make for a long wait to give (and get out of) report. It's especially frustrating to have them change the assignment multiple times after report finally...
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    can you add KCL to IVF?

    EmmaG replied to Ms.RN's topic in General Nursing

    Something tells me that is against
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    Level 1 Isolation

    EmmaG replied to amynahmed's topic in General Nursing

    I brought this up to our infection control nurse and she adamantly said 'no'. She said these bugs have been cultured out on all surfaces in patient rooms, and you risk contact with them even if you're...
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    Doctor Practices that Dump Patients

    EmmaG replied to FireStarterRN's topic in General Nursing

    I have no problem with physicians letting go patients who are non-compliant. Perhaps if more did
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    Doctor Practices that Dump Patients

    EmmaG replied to FireStarterRN's topic in General Nursing

    Here, a doc must give the patient a 30-day notice in order to "fire" them. I've seen it happen for all the right reasons (abusive, drug seekers and the like). Firing a patient simply because they...
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    Troubled Pts & Families

    EmmaG replied to ecnav's topic in General Nursing

    So true. I've seen that happen on more than one occasion that a suit was averted by a thorough admission
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    PLEASE read. I need help!

    EmmaG replied to heavenly14313's topic in General Nursing

    I think your school is going a bit overboard here. Yeah, it's a violation; probably more so because psych patients have an added layer of privacy guaranteed above that afforded by HIPAA. But given the...
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    Coumadin Education Resources?

    EmmaG replied to pagandeva2000's topic in Patient Education

    Here's something you could use; it has several different presentations, including a text form you could print out. http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/tutorials/coumadinintroduction/htm/index.htm...
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    Need a joke!

    EmmaG replied to Nurse K8's topic in General Nursing

    True. Also be careful of 'nurse' talk. Our graduation speaker was the hospital's ostomy/wound nurse. I'll leave it to your imaginations what he spoke of... but suffice to say, the audience was an...
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    Acetabular Labrum Tear: Worried :-(

    EmmaG replied to SICU Queen's topic in General Nursing

    http://www.dol.gov/esa/regs/statutes/owcp/stwclaw/stwclaw.htm
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    Acetabular Labrum Tear: Worried :-(

    EmmaG replied to SICU Queen's topic in General Nursing

    Just remember that the goal of WC carriers is to protect the employer (their client), NOT the
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    Troubled Pts & Families

    EmmaG replied to ecnav's topic in General Nursing

    Sadly, 'defensive' practice is the norm. Just document out the wazoo.
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    Acetabular Labrum Tear: Worried :-(

    EmmaG replied to SICU Queen's topic in General Nursing

    You're in my prayers, hun. I have had some minor WC issues, nothing to the extent you are experiencing. I had a neck injury that progressed to numbness and tingling in the arms and hands. Scared the...
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    Need a joke!

    EmmaG replied to Nurse K8's topic in General Nursing

    A nursing assistant, floor nurse, and charge nurse were taking their lunch break. In walks a lady dressed in long silk scarves, wearing beautiful jewelry. "I am Gina the Great", she exclaimed. "I am...
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    can you add KCL to IVF?

    EmmaG replied to Ms.RN's topic in General Nursing

    Years ago we did; now they are either premixed from the manufacturer or pharmacy does it. My ex-manager told me of a nurse she worked with in Texas who had an order changing the existing IV to the...
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    What do you assess?

    EmmaG replied to purpleiris's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I do a head-to-toe assessment. For me, I like to know the baseline I'm working with, and it makes it easier to pick up on a change in the patient's status. It also helps to compare to previous nursing...
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    Did Hillary really say nurses are glorified sitters ?..... No fact to support

    EmmaG replied to time4meRN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    I'm old enough to have remembered such a statement, and was a nurse at that time too (and long before). So by all means, please give us a citation. As reviled as Hillary is by many in this country,...
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    High BUN and Creatinine

    EmmaG replied to nialloh's topic in General Nursing

    Myeloma?
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    Yelled at nursing station by doctor

    EmmaG replied to longjourneydream's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Then I really don't understand his complaint. Thanks for
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    Insensitive Nurses

    EmmaG replied to tatarn2b2007's topic in General Nursing

    too
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    Insensitive Nurses

    EmmaG replied to tatarn2b2007's topic in General Nursing

    I'm at a loss as to why the person attacked wouldn't call the police and press charges... Good
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    Insensitive Nurses

    EmmaG replied to tatarn2b2007's topic in General Nursing

    The first was a crime. Punched her in the face??? WTH? I hope she was
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    Funniest thing a confused pt. has told you...

    EmmaG replied to GrnHonu99's topic in General Nursing

    Well, to her it WAS a 'UFO'. My own father is rather hard-headed and can be such a trip now, I am kinda dreading what is going to happen in the years to come. I am pretty certain he's going to be...
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    Yelled at nursing station by doctor

    EmmaG replied to longjourneydream's topic in First Year After Licensure

    You're right, and I apologize to her. That was not my intention in my post. I was focusing on the doc's