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    DNR bracelet with DNR written on it. HIPAA???

    FireStarterRN posted a topic in HIPAA Challenges

    I was at a committee meeting today. We discussed color coded bracelets that our hospital is considering. One of them is a blue bracelet for DNR patients. It was mentioned that they also want to write...
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    I think peri/rectal swabs are a humiliating 'welcome' to the hospital

    FireStarterRN posted a topic in General Nursing

    On some units we are starting MRSA screening on all new admits. They have to agree to it, of course. We are supposed to do a nasal and a peri-rectal swab. I was on a unit that just started doing this,...
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    Is it ever okay to quit a nursing job without notice?

    FireStarterRN posted a topic in Nursing Career

    How do you feel about the ethics of quitting a nursing job without notice. Add a comment if you so
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    Archetypes in Nursing

    FireStarterRN posted a topic in General Nursing

    It seems like everywhere you go in nursing there is a similar cast of characters. The Slacker This nurse always operates at less than 100% and is a master delegator whose genius is being able to...
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    Prescription narcotics or benzodiazepines while working?

    FireStarterRN posted a topic in General Nursing

    Should a nurse be working while on Ativan, Xanax, Lortab, Percocet, or some other prescribed medication that may impair a person? I always thought this was a no no, even with a prescription. Don't...
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    Pet Peeve: Poor Grammar by Nurses

    FireStarterRN posted a topic in General Nursing

    One thing that is nails on chalkboard to me is when I hear my fellow nurses use double negatives and other blatant grammar mistakes. I'm speaking of English as a first language, domestically born and...
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    SBAR tool-- new requirement for report and calling MDs, is my paranoia justified?

    FireStarterRN posted a topic in General Nursing

    I just found out about yet another new implementation that will be instituted at our hospital, which is an SBAR process form. We will be required to fill out one of these forms whenever we call a...
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    No free immunizations during pertussis outbreak in county

    FireStarterRN posted a topic in General Nursing

    MY county is having a pertussis outbreak alert. There have been a number of confirmed cases and the schools in the county are not sending children on any events to other schools. All field trips and...
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    Does it bother you to address MDs by their title of Doctor?

    FireStarterRN posted a topic in General Nursing

    Wherever I've worked, we always call doctors 'Dr So and So'. I've never been anywhere where they are called by their first name. They call nurses by first name. I'm old-fashioned in this way. I feel...
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    Nurses crossing picket lines

    FireStarterRN posted a topic in Collective Bargaining, Union

    I was talking some nurses today, a friend of mine and two of her nurse friends, one of whom I had never met. She was telling me about when she worked 9 nights straight during a strike somewhere, and...
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    Pregnancy Denial-- a real psychological disorder?

    FireStarterRN posted a topic in Ob/Gyn

    I was reading about the woman on trial in France for killing and freezing her newborn babies. Some are claiming she suffered from a psychological disorder known as 'Pregnancy Denial'. Has anyone seen...
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    Cloth isolation gowns.

    FireStarterRN posted a topic in General Nursing

    I did an agency shift yesterday at a hospital that has cloth gowns for use in contact isolation rooms. It was great! They are much more comfortable and easier to use. You throw it in a laundry bin...
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    ANA national headquarter officers' salaries

    FireStarterRN replied to FireStarterRN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    I thought a >$450,000 salary for the CEO quite generous. I'm sure the ANA, and other unions such as it, have quite stable financial bases. I assume much of their financial solvency comes from the...
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    ANA national headquarter officers' salaries

    FireStarterRN posted a topic in Activism, Healthcare

    I posted in another section about the sad death of Mary Doolittle in the Washington DC metro crash. She was employed by the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) to 'support the world's nurses'...
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    really disappointed after my trip to the BON

    FireStarterRN replied to picurn10's topic in General Nursing

    Can anyone go and watch the BON in action? Are these hearings open to the
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    How Will Universal Health Care Change Nursing?

    FireStarterRN replied to arelle68's topic in General Nursing

    I believe that universal health care should be guaranteed for the basics, with individuals having the option to supplement as they see fit. Employers could continue to offer supplemental insurance...
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    Make requests into right ear

    FireStarterRN posted a topic in General Nursing

    This might be useful info for us nurses! This study says that making a request of someone in their right ear is more effective. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/8116321.stm So, how could we apply...
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    Are things picking up for agency nurses?

    FireStarterRN posted a topic in General Nursing

    I got a call from a new recruiter from an agency I had done one shift for last year. I had had a very negative experience and felt like the former recruiter was highly unscrupulous. According to this...
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    Things You'd Like To Tell Visitors . . . . and get away with it

    FireStarterRN replied to Ruby Vee's topic in General Nursing

    TV remote in lady parts? How utterly
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    Make requests into right ear

    FireStarterRN replied to FireStarterRN's topic in General Nursing

    Interesting. I wonder if they could do a study of people like you, sort of like separated at birth twin studies. The workings of the brain are quite mysterious and
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    Are things picking up for agency nurses?

    FireStarterRN replied to FireStarterRN's topic in General Nursing

    I wasn't thinking of giving up my per diem job but maybe picking up a few shifts elsewhere. I was suspicious at getting this call out of the blue with the claim that agency work is picking up. From...
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    Make requests into right ear

    FireStarterRN replied to FireStarterRN's topic in General Nursing

    That sounds like a classic case of 'selective hearing' Many men suffer the same
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    Make requests into right ear

    FireStarterRN replied to FireStarterRN's topic in General Nursing

    Would you consider yourself less open to suggestions/requests than your average
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    PCA pumps

    FireStarterRN replied to Mbshil's topic in General Nursing

    The PCA orders will call for a TKO rate. Everything should be on your order sheet. The TKO rate is in order to dilute the narcotic and keep it from sitting in the vein in between doses. It acts as a...
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    Required Nursing Uniform

    FireStarterRN replied to pbstrums's topic in General Nursing

    Incidentally, we do have a choice of different styles. The logo of our hospital in embroidered on our scrub top. Some of the styles have a loose fit, others a more tailored