EmmaG RN

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    Name hospital and salary--everywhere

    EmmaG replied to mistydave's topic in General Nursing

    Exactly. Some years ago, a former manager with a ton of experience left her position and returned to the bedside as an hourly employee because she said with the number of hours she put in on a salary...
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    Riddle me this

    EmmaG replied to cmonkey's topic in General Nursing

    I'll be standing there with hair on end, feeling like I've been run over by a truck... and wonder just what the hell
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    Riddle me this

    EmmaG replied to cmonkey's topic in General Nursing

    Paperwork. Paperwork. Paperwork. Did I mention
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    I'm a Clinical Informatics Specialist!

    EmmaG replied to SuesquatchRN's topic in General Nursing

    See? Things happen for a reason. If you hadn't lost that last job in October, you'd never have found this uber cool job
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    Trashy blonde again...Question...Is it ok to ask...

    EmmaG replied to Emma123's topic in General Nursing

    They can (and will) ask your former employer if you're eligible for
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    I'm a Clinical Informatics Specialist!

    EmmaG replied to SuesquatchRN's topic in General Nursing

    Congratulations!!!!!!!!!!!!!I KNEW you could do it!!!!!!!!!
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    Did I do the wrong thing?

    EmmaG replied to glycerine418's topic in General Nursing

    And if the agency was aware of this (which they seem to be) they are going to get in some damned hot water. You don't want to mess with the Feds; they tend to take Medicare fraud pretty seriously... I...
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    Your getting payed to to be here...

    EmmaG replied to jessiern's topic in General Nursing

    Sometimes you just have to be blunt. I simply tell them that everything they are feeding the patient is going straight into their lungs, causing pneumonia and could kill them. Then I document what...
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    Your getting payed to to be here...

    EmmaG replied to jessiern's topic in General Nursing

    Next time something like that happens, write down the phone number of the DON and hand it to them. Then enjoy your
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    Not getting paid when I call off...

    EmmaG replied to RocknRollYogaRn's topic in General Nursing

    If you weren't told this at the time of the call-off, and no notice was given about this new policy, then seems to me they'd have to pay you for this one. Now that you know of it, they could hold you...
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    ER- HELP: Dumbest reason people go to ER

    EmmaG replied to DachRN's topic in Nursing Humor

    I'll never eat pancakes again
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    Anxiety of Nursing School....How do I deal?

    EmmaG replied to shorty28's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Excellent advice above. Regarding preparation for tests... don't cram. (that goes for the Big One too
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    Nursing Uniform Policy

    EmmaG replied to rustysflygirl's topic in General Nursing

    Why not 'street' clothes with a lab coat? Similar to what physicians and nursing management wear. I wonder if this would affect (however subtly) the manner in which we're treated and respected by...
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    What are the worst reasons to get into nursing?

    EmmaG replied to mayana's topic in General Nursing

    years ago, i would have run too. now, i'd catch it and immediately fling it back into his face. wouldn't be the first time i got poo on
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    Supporting charities through work

    EmmaG replied to bluesnurse's topic in General Nursing

    I've thrown those cards out. BTW, are we not allowed to say '___ Way'? Just curious... Edit: well, since a mod blanked it out, I guess not
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    Supporting charities through work

    EmmaG replied to bluesnurse's topic in General Nursing

    I have never contributed through work, and never intend to do so. I have charities that I contribute to privately, and it's certainly not any of my employer's
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    Nurses pushing a PCA pump for a patient?

    EmmaG replied to rn undisclosed name's topic in General Nursing

    That's been policy everywhere I've worked. Problem is convincing the family that they aren't the exception to the
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    what medication do i give when a patient is fasting?

    EmmaG replied to *naughtynurse*'s topic in General Nursing

    Exactly. Our anesthesiologists are really good about specifying what's to be administered pre-op. Careful, yes. But insulin shouldn't be automatically withheld simply because of NPO status....
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    Nurses pushing a PCA pump for a patient?

    EmmaG replied to rn undisclosed name's topic in General Nursing

    I fail to see how that would make her inappropriate for a PCA pump. I think the 1-10 scale is (for the most part)
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    Our Friends: the Ortho Surgeons!!

    EmmaG replied to hollyvk's topic in General Nursing

    At its 2006 Interim Meeting, the American Medical Association Organized Medical Staff Section (AMA-OMSS) referred OMSS Resolution 4 which called for the following: 1) that our AMA press Congress to...
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    Nurses pushing a PCA pump for a patient?

    EmmaG replied to rn undisclosed name's topic in General Nursing

    I've reminded a patient they have the button to push, but it's up to them to do so. However in my experience, the visitors/families are a bigger problem. They'll often watch the clock and push the...
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    I have my second interview

    EmmaG replied to SuesquatchRN's topic in General Nursing

    Woohooo!!!!!!!
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    How would you handle this, VERY lazy CNA!

    EmmaG replied to pink2blue1's topic in General Nursing

    Ok... Devil's advocate here... You say that she was doing a 'great' job, and now she appears to have done a complete 180. I'd like to see your manager investigate any physical (or other) reason for...
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    Mandatory inservices, meeting, etc

    EmmaG replied to FireStarterRN's topic in General Nursing

    One of my travel assignments was at a hospital that did mandatory inservices on all shifts. Their education department was staffed with people working all shifts (yes, even nights) so that staff did...
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    What is NS NOT compatible with?

    EmmaG replied to 2blessed2Bstressed's topic in General Nursing

    I think that is where some are getting confused here--- i.e. push vs