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    Roaches are going to drive me out of home care!!!

    sanakruz replied to hoolahan's topic in Home Health

    phn92- Were the environmentalists able to eradicate them?(KILL KILL...) I think Hoolahans client needs something like this. Yes furball incredulous IS a word (A good one
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    Roaches are going to drive me out of home care!!!

    sanakruz replied to hoolahan's topic in Home Health

    SNAKES!!!! (in a cage,
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    Roaches are going to drive me out of home care!!!

    sanakruz replied to hoolahan's topic in Home Health

    I've worked in facilities with the suckers- See em on the NOC shift crawling on detnures... YOW. And they always spray, so they are endemic. I saw a roach in NYC on the sidewalk stop and LOOK BOTH...
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    Roaches are going to drive me out of home care!!!

    sanakruz replied to hoolahan's topic in Home Health

    After we are all nuked out of exsistance, Roaches will inherit the Earth. I'm totally convinced of this. Roach feces are the main culprit in asthma among city kids. KILLL THEMMMM!!!!!! Isnt htere some...
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    Anxiety and low self-esteem

    sanakruz replied to IloveSnoopy's topic in General Nursing

    I am sending you a
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    Anxiety and low self-esteem

    sanakruz replied to IloveSnoopy's topic in General Nursing

    How is your
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    Songs that you can relate to nursing.

    sanakruz replied to tattooednursie's topic in General Nursing

    Here's one for acute psych units: "Send Lawyers, Guns, and Money." by Warren Zevon ....For the most truculant client not visiting on a voluntary
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    how do you keep a nursing cap on?

    sanakruz replied to PowerPuffGirl's topic in General Nursing

    Having shaved my head for religious reasons , I now use Aileen's Tacky Glue. Effective enuf for government
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    Stay Away From Texas

    sanakruz replied to parisgirl's topic in Travel

    ....Deep in the heart of,
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    Am I just being petty?

    sanakruz replied to huggietoes's topic in General Nursing

    You are right and they are all the very wrongest they can possibly be. Nuff said. Let em
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    Santa Clara County Hospitals

    sanakruz replied to Purple_RN's topic in General Nursing

    Well looks like 2 thumbs up for VMC! Both Stamford and El Camino have great psych units. Another place is Sequoia in Redwood City. I worked there years ago through registry and liked it
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    Question

    sanakruz replied to CliveUK's topic in Psychiatric

    Hey iknow this thread is old but... There was a psych hosp. in CT. that was well renowned (forget the name) where they used body bags. The individual was kept in the line of sight of all, other pts...
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    Santa Clara County Hospitals

    sanakruz replied to Purple_RN's topic in General Nursing

    Valley Medical Center on Bascom Avenue has a great neuro and a renowned burn unit. It can be a tough place to work. The pt. pop is poor and multicultural. Very much in need of nurses that are on the...
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    An other nurse flat told a lie about me

    sanakruz replied to catrn10's topic in General Nursing

    Nightowl- I see many on this board who can be identified in that link. catrn10- How
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    Unit staff meetings...

    sanakruz replied to deespoohbear's topic in General Nursing

    These things are agonizingly painful to all involved. Make a news letter and sent it e-mail. All
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    advanced maternal age

    sanakruz replied to Liann's topic in Ob/Gyn

    caroladybelle- I had my last at 38. It was abreeze, really. "older" mom's more at risk for gestational diabetes. My best friend had her last one at 43- She had a section and the sx nicked her...
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    Charting Bloopers

    sanakruz replied to AHarri66's topic in Nursing Humor

    Here's one I saw today. "Minor is 18 years old" This was the probation depts way of letting me know a change occured.....Thanx,need to
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    Still encountering racism on the job

    sanakruz replied to ucandoit's topic in General Nursing

    Come to California- We need and love all nurses. Bilingual needed especially: 1)Spanish 2)Vietnamese 3)Russian 4)Mandarin 5)Farsi These are just the top
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    resperidol

    sanakruz replied to lynn1967's topic in General Nursing

    You are right nonetheless memphispanda. Risperdal is a "atypical" antipsychotic and as a result many think it's superior to haldol, mellaril, stelazine et al. It can cause extra pyramidal symptoms...
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    resperidol

    sanakruz replied to lynn1967's topic in General Nursing

    Dont go for it. She had psychosis induced by the stimulant adderal. I am not an MD but i'm telling you to do as fab4 suggests It's spelled RISPERDAL (risperidone)
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    What Is Your Most Gross, Yucky, Disgusting Nursing Horror Story?

    sanakruz replied to yazisizit's topic in Nursing Humor

    This whole thread has reached the pinnacle of pukedom. I'm outta
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    Background Investigations

    sanakruz replied to Kikumaru's topic in Correctional

    I had to give a urine sample much as you described to work for a private acute psych facility. The rationale being that others have used" fake "specimens (like an offspring"s smuggled in urine) and...
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    What Freaks You Out?

    sanakruz replied to JennieBSN's topic in General Nursing

    Yep- trach lewgies!!!! Why would you have to clean an eye like that? did she wear alot of
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    Blood Glucose Monitoring

    sanakruz replied to Tweety's topic in General Nursing

    Here in CA a CNA does not do bG monitoring, no way. Guess it varies from state to state. I think CNAs could very well handle such a task- But these poor women and men are already under paid and over...
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    An interesting question about product placement

    sanakruz replied to mattcastens's topic in General Nursing

    TV will rot your