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  1. How about your favorite Old Wives Tales related to health?

    beautifulb replied to NurseyTonyaLPN's topic in Nursing Humor

    What an interesting topic! I know that I have heard of a few but I really can't remember. One that does stick out, and I don't know if it is an old wive's tale or not, but, eating Chinese food will...

  2. I have insomnia!!!

    beautifulb replied to beautifulb's topic in General Nursing

    Thank you all for your replies! I never tried Valerian Root. It sounds like it may be the way to go. Benadryl either makes me wired or gives me a hangover effect the next day. And then of course,...

  3. addicted patients

    beautifulb replied to nurscee's topic in General Nursing

    What kind of a facility do you work in that the pts recieve "tons of dilaudid"? I have always been taught that a pt. can not get addicted from only several days of use and if taken appropriately....

  4. Sometimes it doesn't seem worth it (then I remember the nursing home)

    beautifulb replied to Jo Dirt's topic in Home Health

    Hopefully when the new DON is caught up with everything things will begin to fall into place. Pretty freaky when the police and lawyers are

  5. Syringes with no needles - garbage or sharps container?

    beautifulb replied to Hoozdo's topic in General Nursing

    Did I say trash enough?:icon_roll Okay, I will stop being

  6. Syringes with no needles - garbage or sharps container?

    beautifulb replied to Hoozdo's topic in General Nursing

    Okay, my bad. I didn't read through all of the posts before I posted. It sounds like I am the only one that throws the larger syringes in the sharp box. I guess my thinking is is that if someone...

  7. Syringes with no needles - garbage or sharps container?

    beautifulb replied to Hoozdo's topic in General Nursing

    I think it is just safer to throw a syringe in the sharps container. I don't want to provide easy access for drug users. A question is though, What does everyone do with the 30cc and 60cc syringes...

  8. how do you introduce yourself to patients?

    beautifulb replied to panamama's topic in General Nursing

    I introduce myself by my first name. It is the first thing I say when I meet my pt. "Hi Mr. So, my name is Beth. I am going to be your nurse today...". It is such an automatic thing that sometimes...

  9. Unsafe situation? Need advice, please.

    beautifulb replied to BabyRN2Be's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I have never heard of a place like that. It seems like a lot of responsibility. Is there a DON? Actually, is there even a nurse? Discuss with them your concerns. "Are you right for nursing?"...

  10. Free Online CEUs

    beautifulb replied to LPN1974's topic in General Nursing

    No, LPN1974, that site you told us about seems great! I was actually going to start looking for sites that do that and you did it for me.

  11. Sometimes it doesn't seem worth it (then I remember the nursing home)

    beautifulb replied to Jo Dirt's topic in Home Health

    No. This is definitely not reasonable. So many things are wrong with this picture. And you only get paid $75 -- and your on call?! That is way too much to do. I know you have been having a hard...

  12. Do nurses get MRSA easily?

    beautifulb replied to RNcool's topic in General Nursing

    There is an outbreak at the local prison up

  13. How much did you start as a nurse and when.

    beautifulb replied to ZASHAGALKA's topic in General Nursing

    In 1994 I made $16 and change as an RN in LTC/Rehab. I believe that the pay went up and extra dollar an hour for the 2-3 yrs I was

  14. New hosptial computer systems pull nurses away from patient care

    beautifulb replied to lee1's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    We had 4 hrs of inservice time for the computers. For the first few days the nurse educators (the 3) roamed around the hospital to offer guidance...during the day shift. At night we had 1 computer...

  15. The most embarrasing thing you've done at work!

    beautifulb replied to ClaireMacl's topic in Nursing Humor

    This is terrible! A few weeks ago I was assessing a confused pt and asked him what year it was. He responded that is was 1996. I looked at him and said "I'm sorry, it's 2004." pause, pause, pause....

  16. Levaquin IV and Hypotension

    beautifulb replied to Happy-ER-RN's topic in General Nursing

    I have never experienced that with Levaquin. I will be on the lookout now. One thing I have experienced with Levaquin though is that some pt.'s can become confused. A few times the Levaquin had to...

  17. question for all of you who made it

    beautifulb replied to HeartsOpenWide's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Work as a

  18. My fear....I need advice

    beautifulb replied to Smiley:)'s topic in General Nursing

    I used to have a fear of sputum. With just the sound of suctioning I would feel as if I had to pass out. Knowing that as a nurse I would always have to deal with sputum, I started working in a...

  19. Help with a patient who wants to end her life

    beautifulb replied to oxyjen's topic in General Nursing

    Also, it is important for a chaplain to be involved. Cdk001 brought up a good point - what if the family is afraid to d/c life support b/c of their religious beliefs? They may feel that taking her...

  20. VRE and MRSA screening

    beautifulb replied to ragingmomster's topic in Ob/Gyn

    So, every pt. that comes into the hospital is on contact precautions? That seems kind of extreme. How many gowns do they go through? Goodness. One place where I worked did MRSA and VRE swabs on the...

  21. The White Wall

    beautifulb replied to belfry's topic in General Nursing

    I can not believe that he did that. That is just plain right wrong. It was assault and battery let alone unproffesional, extremely unprofessional. Administration needs to do something about

  22. Travel vs permanent employment

    beautifulb replied to UM Review RN's topic in Travel

    Mainly the main benefit that I got as a traveler was the chance to travel. I agree that the money that I made wasn't very much more than the staff nurses. However, some will say that the money that...

  23. Nursing with a Southern Accent

    beautifulb replied to natron20's topic in General Nursing

    Personally, I love the southern accents. I traveled for a little bit down south and then realized that I picked it up when I came back home to Yankee country. It wasn't as pronounced as I am sure...

  24. Favorite, Fun, Weird, and Scandalous Symptoms and Diagnosis...

    beautifulb replied to doctordefender's topic in Nursing Humor

    All this just reminds me of when I was in nursing school years ago. I found some of my old nsg. notes and the way that I spelled things back then, OH MY, it is a surprise that I passed. I can't...

  25. I didn't get all this education to wipe behinds!

    beautifulb replied to SeekingNur's topic in General Nursing

    Whiping behinds is a part of the job. While they are on their side you can assess their sacrum and coccyx. Along with that, you can assess their back which could show rashes that no one has reported...