EmmaG RN

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    90 day termination agreement

    EmmaG replied to goback's topic in General Nursing

    Ok, it's been a long night and I'm not thinking too clearly... but how does that get them out of paying overtime? The base would be less (if I'm understanding you correctly here) but they'd still have...
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    Do you remove occluded or infiltrated IV right away or wait until new start done?

    EmmaG replied to Suninmyheart's topic in General Nursing

    I'd ask her to explain how an infiltrated or occluded IV is 'better than
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    Do you think this was un-professional?

    EmmaG replied to pumpkin1984's topic in General Nursing

    MLOS is my
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    Is there anything else I can do for you? I have the time. (new hourly rounding sheet)

    EmmaG replied to FireStarterRN's topic in General Nursing

    That chair is less likely to be as contaminated as the computer keyboard, the phones, your pens, your stethoscope, the
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    Is there anything else I can do for you? I have the time. (new hourly rounding sheet)

    EmmaG replied to FireStarterRN's topic in General Nursing

    I worked a unit that used these hourly rounding sheets posted in the patient rooms. Every morning, the NM would collect them all and examine them to make sure they were completely filled out. If...
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    Do you remove occluded or infiltrated IV right away or wait until new start done?

    EmmaG replied to Suninmyheart's topic in General Nursing

    That is what I do most of the time. Of course it depends on the circumstances. I stop the infusion immediately
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    Things that are learned on the job

    EmmaG replied to fsaav's topic in General Nursing

    Yup. That is why I consider my LPN schooling to be outstanding. Before we graduated, we worked full shifts with a full load of patients. We worked 3-11 and did charge as well (even though in the real...
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    90 day termination agreement

    EmmaG replied to goback's topic in General Nursing

    That's just craziness. I'm not so sure it would be unenforceable, though. If someone were nuts enough to sign something like that, they'd probably get held to it. Once the judge stopped laughing,...
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    Is this illegal?

    EmmaG replied to megananne7's topic in General Nursing

    Whoa.
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    punishment advice.....please......

    EmmaG replied to Seamless LVN's topic in First Year After Licensure

    When I notice that a patient's respirations are irregular, labored, agonal, fast or slow, I count for a full minute. I also do so for all epidural patients--- we have standing orders for resps under...
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    Do you think this was un-professional?

    EmmaG replied to pumpkin1984's topic in General Nursing

    ..........
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    Counting the Pyxis bid

    EmmaG replied to Riseupandnurse's topic in General Nursing

    Perhaps it's done by pharmacy, not sure; but here at least, nursing
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    Counting the Pyxis bid

    EmmaG replied to Riseupandnurse's topic in General Nursing

    Where I'm working now, they use omnicell (I call it a 'pyxis' in a generic sort of way) and there's no counting. I've worked places that use an actual Pyxis-pyxis, and have seen them count 1-2 times a...
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    Things Patients Have Taught Me NOT To Do

    EmmaG replied to Trixxy's topic in Nursing Humor

    ROFL!!!The neighbors dogs are going crazy now... I'm laughing so
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    Racism in Nursing

    EmmaG replied to lpnnursingstudent33's topic in General Nursing

    I don't know what you've experienced and can't speak to that specifically, but I do know that much of what I've seen similar to what you're describing is a bias not so much based upon race as it is...
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    A different kind of Nursing injury

    EmmaG replied to miwachiru123's topic in General Nursing

    That depends upon the employer's carrier. I burned myself ('2nd degree') while heating food for a patient. My supervisor sent me to the ER and filed an injury report, but it was denied by WC because...
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    Ever pull the wrong med from the right cubie in the Pyxis?

    EmmaG replied to UM Review RN's topic in General Nursing

    Yep. More than
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    A heartfelt patient's (and future nurse's?) view on healthcare in the US

    EmmaG replied to EnduringFaith's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    "This is because private insurance bureaucracy and paperwork consume one-third (31 percent) of every health care dollar. Streamlining payment through a single nonprofit payer would save more than $350...
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    NO Pain medicines for my Mom!

    EmmaG replied to Hospice RNCM's topic in General Nursing

    Absolutely. As a nurse, the OP is a mandated reporter. I wouldn't hesitate to do
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    Resident with STD

    EmmaG replied to erika89's topic in General Nursing

    That's Federal law. If a state has more stringent privacy acts in place that's one thing, but HIPAA is the same in every
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    Things I'm losing it over

    EmmaG replied to Indy's topic in General Nursing

    At the very least, please contact EAP and talk to someone.
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    Glen Beck's hospital experience

    EmmaG replied to emmycRN's topic in Nursing News

    Oh good
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    Online BSN but I have pain when I walk.

    EmmaG replied to LearningRN's topic in General Nursing

    I have no advice about the programs, but you are in my prayers. That is a horribly painful condition. Mine did get better after a long time, and still flares if I'm not careful, but during the worst...
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    Glen Beck's hospital experience

    EmmaG replied to emmycRN's topic in Nursing News

    Point
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    Glen Beck's hospital experience

    EmmaG replied to emmycRN's topic in Nursing News

    What a mumbled jumble of nonsense. BTW, I still have these patches on me, these fentanyl patches... patches? as in plural? I can't really respond to most of his tirade because frankly, it...