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    BuSpar, Xanax, or other Alternatives For Anxiety?

    sphinx replied to RN-PA's topic in General Nursing

    Everyone has given you some pretty good ideas, which I can't really add to. Paxil and Lexapro are both helpful not just with depression but with anxiety. You have tried Paxil and do not want to go...
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    Anyone know anything about wound care please help

    sphinx replied to angelbear's topic in General Nursing

    I too am surprised that homecare hadn't been brought up before now. I work in homecare, and we get cases like yours *all the time*. I know that not every agency is the same, but we have homecare...
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    How soon is too soon to return to nursing after lap chole?

    sphinx replied to Marlo2bRN's topic in General Nursing

    I was out 3 weeks......felt fine surgery-wise after 2, but had a hideous case of thrush that wouldn't give up. So that 3rd week was great. Follow your MD advice, and also what your body tells you! If...
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    violence in home visits

    sphinx replied to STM's topic in General Nursing

    thank you
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    violence in home visits

    sphinx replied to STM's topic in General Nursing

    LOL, nope, still
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    violence in home visits

    sphinx replied to STM's topic in General Nursing

    Where I work, if we feel a home is unsafe, we leave immediately if we are already in the home. If we haven't gone in, we don't go in. We have a security guard that is available to our nurses to call,...
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    Seasonal Affective Disorder

    sphinx replied to VivaLasViejas's topic in General Nursing

    I have a light box, the company is called nu-you lighting. When I got it 3 years ago, I researched light boxes on the internet and it was the cheapest I could find. (I can't remember the website, or...
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    Inflamed uvula?

    sphinx replied to NICU_Nurse's topic in General Nursing

    I had this once, and it turned out I had thrush! Started in the back of my throat and worked it's way up. A bad case too! But in my case I'd just had surgery, and the inflamed uvula may have been...
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    what qualifies?

    sphinx replied to kcrnsue's topic in Home Health

    At my agency nurses never do venipuncture to draw labs. We only draw labs from lines. All our labs are set up with a local lab who comes to the home to draw the blood. Whatever their payer is, is...
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    Roaches are going to drive me out of home care!!!

    sphinx replied to hoolahan's topic in Home Health

    *shudder* I have a major roach phobia too......I had one guy who also had tons of roaches scurrying around his couch, walls, etc in the living room. Didn't know it at first, was sitting delicately on...
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    irritable bowel syndrome?

    sphinx replied to Liann's topic in General Nursing

    I have IBS and was always under the impression it was stomach pain related to bowels (hence the name), and can be diarrhea, constipation, or alternating between both (that's me). I have also had other...
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    wellbutrin side effects

    sphinx replied to NurseJessica's topic in General Nursing

    My only problem has been a fine tremor, which I can certainly live with!!! Compared to other antidepressants, this med has had the least amount of side effects. Good
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    Removing Staples....

    sphinx replied to hoolahan's topic in Home Health

    We remove staples post TKR all the time....yeah, it always seems to be a real senstive area. Some people do seem to have a lower pain threshold than most, but sounds like you did the right thing. It's...
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    Home Health Admission Time

    sphinx replied to Maerzie's topic in Home Health

    It would take me around 3 hours average too, on CHHA patients. MY OB patients, with less paperwork, were a bit less time, unless they were a new hyperemesis pt who needed a PIV and a complete IV...
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    Typical Day For A Home Health Nurse | Life of a Nurse

    sphinx replied to hoolahan's topic in Home Health

    For an interesting twist, after 2 years in the field, the past month I've been learning an office job, and I can give ya a brief run down of my day. (I work with a team that covers 1/3 of our county,...
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    Is there anything I can do with an ASN degree besides floor nursing?

    sphinx replied to deespoohbear's topic in General Nursing

    I'd recommend homecare, but it is VERY heavy in paperwork. I'm one of those odd people that enjoys paperwork to a certain extent, thought "oh, no problem", and even better thought it'd be great since...
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    Is anyones facility so short staffed that they feel guilty calling in sick?

    sphinx replied to tattooednursie's topic in General Nursing

    Well, I admit to not having read this whole thread, but having been sick as a dang dog most of the week I did pick up on some bits. Monday evening I started with severe abdominal...