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  1. Charge Nurse in ICU

    pickledpepperRN replied to pjdRN's topic in MICU, SICU

    I only know the regulations in California. See the "RN Responsibility When Floating, number 24 on the link below: http://www.rn.ca.gov/policies/policies.htm#RN...

  2. National Nurses Week

    pickledpepperRN replied to Nursie30's topic in General Nursing

    ANA does have a catalogue. Try Lauras too. Pins and Tee shirts are the bargain for a large order.

  3. LVN/LPN scope in your unit?

    pickledpepperRN replied to pickledpepperRN's topic in Dialysis, Renal, Urology

    What concerns me is: 1. There is no list of medications considered routine. It says only," Including but not limited to anticoagulants and antibiotics." 2. Each facility may create a different...

  4. have you ever "written up" yourself in an incident report?

    pickledpepperRN replied to l.rae's topic in General Nursing

    I have written myself up many times over the years. Most recently I had a patient who literally got medications every hour. The pharmacy staff had been decreased on nights to just one person. I would...

  5. Songs that you can relate to nursing.

    pickledpepperRN replied to tattooednursie's topic in General Nursing

    "Thank the Nurse" by Joe Mc Donald. His parents were from Oklahoma. I think it comes from the heart. His wife and brother are nurses. http://www.countryjoe.com/nightingale/fnstore.htm...

  6. mask for MRSA?

    pickledpepperRN replied to Flynurse's topic in Infectious Disease

    Thank you sunnygirl! More: http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/hip/Aresist/mrsahcw.htm Guideline for Isolation Precautions in Hospitals" (Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 1996;17:53-80), should...

  7. Frightening events during chemotherapy

    pickledpepperRN replied to pickledpepperRN's topic in Oncology

    Thank you: I have only been to Georgia to attend the NTI (critical care education) in Atlanta. Being from southern California the woods were amazing to me. So many

  8. Frightening events during chemotherapy

    pickledpepperRN replied to pickledpepperRN's topic in Oncology

    Thank you! I did not hang the medication. My friend instructed me about safety measures like wearing thick rubber gloves to empty urine etc. I was just so nervous! And me a cardiac and open heart...

  9. Does your hospital plan for code blue events?

    pickledpepperRN posted a topic in Activism, Healthcare

    At several hospitals there is a policy to always keep an empty bed staffed in a critical care unit in case of an in- house code. Others staff to the minimum. They wait until there is a code. When at...

  10. Does your hospital plan for code blue events?

    pickledpepperRN replied to pickledpepperRN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Good! Does anyong think it should be any other

  11. Does your hospital plan for code blue events?

    pickledpepperRN replied to pickledpepperRN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Once the patient who had just been moved out of the ICU to make room for the post arrest coded! We had this patient in the hallway on a life-pak with a ventilator, Dopamine, etc. for several hours....

  12. a few more abbreviations?

    pickledpepperRN replied to frappachino's topic in General Nursing

    FAAN = Fellow of the American Academy of Nursing EKC = electrocardiogram EEG = electroencephalogram EMG = electromyogram EGG = birds and reptiles hatch from these Sorry, an orderly "GOT" me with this...

  13. Union or Fairshare?

    pickledpepperRN replied to shavsha's topic in General Nursing

    Suggestion: Join so YOU will be part of the decision making. You can hold office or at least vote. Please don't decide to stay out of the union then complain. Speak your

  14. I turned in my resignation today!

    pickledpepperRN replied to sharann's topic in General Nursing

    Just want to clear up a misunderstanding. The Hospital Association does NOT back up their dangerous unsafe ratio proposal with ANY STUDY! The California Nurses Association has a study using data...

  15. THESE NURSES SUCK!!!

    pickledpepperRN replied to SUBQ's topic in Nursing Career

    For a generic 'Assignment Despite Objection' form go to

  16. Nurses prayer

    pickledpepperRN replied to bedhead's topic in General Nursing

    Your family, you, and your aunt are in my prayers. I am glad you were able to cry. That you didn't have to cry alone.

  17. JUST SAY NO TO MNM

    pickledpepperRN replied to buck227's topic in General Nursing

    If I am broadsided on one of our famous freeways how will I tell the paramedics not to send me to an understaffed hospital? "Let the market decide" only works when customers have the choice not to...

  18. Union input please

    pickledpepperRN replied to bedhead's topic in General Nursing

    I have heard nurses who work two jobs one at a union hospital say about their non-union employer, "The nurses here won't organize. They haven't been abused enough yet." It is true that nurses call a...

  19. unions

    pickledpepperRN replied to bedhead's topic in General Nursing

    Not being from the northeast you may want to discount my opinion. In a democratic union like the NYSNA the activities of the union are determined by the participating members. Since your fellow nurses...

  20. LOUD MOUTHED AMERICANS!!!!

    pickledpepperRN replied to LORA's topic in General Nursing

    Well we do have the right to free speech in our Bill of Rights. Actually nurses I work with from the UK, Europe, Asia, the Phillipines, and Australia have been bold enough to teach me. They also...

  21. Mass Nurses vote to disaffiliate

    pickledpepperRN replied to Hardknox's topic in General Nursing

    CONGRATULATIONS! You were victims of early restructuring like us in California. Let's all support our nursing colleagues for thimking of #1. PATIENTS #2. NURSES What is good for patients is good...

  22. JUST SAY NO TO MNM

    pickledpepperRN replied to buck227's topic in General Nursing

    Isaac Asimov wrote an example that fits those nurses who just change jobs. "Two city boys were in the country when it began to rain. They ran under the shelter of a tree. One said, "What if it rains...

  23. JUST SAY NO TO MNM

    pickledpepperRN replied to buck227's topic in General Nursing

    Sure the government is far from perfect. They get money that makes them beholdin' to many groups including HMOs and hospital organizations. BUT, who wants to eliminate the water and food standards we...

  24. BSN minimum requirement

    pickledpepperRN replied to Lburns's topic in General Nursing

    BSN as entry into practice is a good idea with two drawbacks: 1. Those now in school or licensed must be "grandfathered" or we will have less RNs when we need more. 2. The University nursing programs...

  25. BSN minimum requirement

    pickledpepperRN replied to Lburns's topic in General Nursing

    BSN as entry into practice is a good idea with two drawbacks: 1. Those now in school or licensed must be "grandfathered" or we will have less RNs when we need more. 2. The University nursing programs...