PoppaD

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1. Maintenance helping with medical procedures.

   PoppaD replied to Nurse-C's topic in General Nursing

   Every hospital that receives federal reimbursement must comply with CMA regulations. The privavcy provisions per HIPPA are are prime concern to CMA. If you recall your own hospital orientation...there...

2. Maintenance helping with medical procedures.

   PoppaD replied to Nurse-C's topic in General Nursing

   All hospital staff and volunteers have to comply with

3. DNR patient coded

   PoppaD replied to adventuregirl's topic in General Nursing

   ditto

4. What is An Atrovent or Alburetol PILLOW?

   PoppaD replied to psychnurse1998's topic in General Nursing

   Like he said...different places have different slang terms for things. Heck, we call the saline ampules that we use to irrigate/lavage ETT's "bullets"...go figure! "Hey....somebody throw me a

5. Verbal abuse from a Nursing Aide

   PoppaD replied to BlearnRN's topic in General Nursing

   I would have instructed the NA to stop what she was in the process of doing and leave the pt's room immediately. There is not one thing that she can do that you cannot do; however, there are tons of...

6. Lack of Care with my Child

   PoppaD replied to alotascruggs's topic in General Nursing

   I TOLD all of them that she was a difficult stick. They proceeded to stick her about 20 TIMES... As a parent I am sure that it must have been traumatic for you and your child to have been stuck so...

7. Songs to play in the Waiting Room

   PoppaD replied to S.T.A.C.E.Y's topic in Emergency

   Psych waiting areas: "Do you hear what I

8. I work at Disney World now!!

   PoppaD replied to wooh's topic in General Nursing

   I was going to mention the same

9. Is a degree from excelsior.edu worth anything?

   PoppaD replied to spicychickensandwich's topic in General Nursing

   Lol....

10. Is a degree from excelsior.edu worth anything?

    PoppaD replied to spicychickensandwich's topic in General Nursing

    Folks...PLEASE!!!!!!!!!!!! The old us and them argument continues to divide us and it keeps our attention diverted from advancing our PROFESSION. Do we really need to have the BSN's acting s if they...

11. Is a degree from excelsior.edu worth anything?

    PoppaD replied to spicychickensandwich's topic in General Nursing

    Medic04... that's a big 10-4! We are absoloutely agreeing with each other...PoppaD is

12. Is a degree from excelsior.edu worth anything?

    PoppaD replied to spicychickensandwich's topic in General Nursing

    Two of the most important variables are the individual's occupational background and their work ethic. I know of one disaster of a nurse that graduated from Excelsior...she was a former EMT who could...

13. Who took the NURSE out of Nursing?

    PoppaD replied to celeste7767's topic in General Nursing

    First of all...I can only imagine what you and your husband have gone and are going through...I am sure that you have a terribly stressful situation. I pray that you and he will find the strength,...

14. Options for PNP

    PoppaD replied to vbgniner's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    My wife is/was a PNP...she teaches in an ADN program...she did the NP thing for a year....but she was in a bad practice where the MD's hated each other and she was caught in a catch-22 situation. She...

15. Best Scrubs for Fatties

    PoppaD replied to peds4now's topic in General Nursing

    I don't have much to add here except to say: THANK GOD FOR CHICS WITH HIPS!!!!!!