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    "Houston we have a problem" This just got very real

    RedWeasel replied to Esme12's topic in Disaster Preparation

    From NBC dot com: Dr. Thomas Frieden said officials at the agency are "deeply concerned" about the new Ebola case involving a female caregiver, because she was infected after Duncan was admitted ......
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    First Person To Person Spread Of Ebola In US

    RedWeasel replied to Blindsided's topic in Disaster Preparation

    from NBCNEWS. Com: Dr. Thomas Frieden said officials at the agency are "deeply concerned" about the new Ebola case involving a female caregiver, because she was infected after Duncan was admitted ......
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    First Person To Person Spread Of Ebola In US

    RedWeasel replied to Blindsided's topic in Disaster Preparation

    All they had her wear and are going to tell us to wear are surgical masks and face shields! Everyone else wears respirators and duct tapes seals closed! Even the ambulance medics who brought Dr...
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    Having a dog during nursing school

    RedWeasel replied to jiwonkim89's topic in General Students

    Or you could get a latch attached to the top of the door. Makes sense. Don't let your dog get hurt please! I don't want to be the one to hit him while driving because you didn't protect him. I...
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    Having a dog during nursing school

    RedWeasel replied to jiwonkim89's topic in General Students

    Also as an aside, always make sure your vet has a sprinkler system in place if you board them there. Again, I think of these
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    Having a dog during nursing school

    RedWeasel replied to jiwonkim89's topic in General Students

    I know this is icky but between work and classes I was gone about 12 hours too. I ended up having them stay in my linoleumed kitchen with a baby/doggy gate up to keep them in there. That way if there...
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    How to deal with a horrible clinical instructor?

    RedWeasel replied to chinacatSN's topic in General Students

    My only advice to you is document all these things in case you need them later on (if she tried to fail you---don't document patient names etc.). Now for the other advice that I got when I was a...
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    The worst thing I've ever seen on my L&D floor...

    RedWeasel replied to adpiRN's topic in Ob/Gyn

    She needed you that day to be calm and you sound like you were. We do keep calm in the heat of the moment. Sounds like you are cut out for it and have learned alot. I think if it didn't affect you so...
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    Rehab Nursing advice please...not a real nurse?

    RedWeasel replied to leolomb's topic in Rehabilitation

    Oh and I might add we have had pregnant women on the floor too! They have had strokes...but leave still pregnant, healthy and walking! You get everything in
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    what do you do during a tornado?

    RedWeasel replied to abbaking's topic in General Nursing

    I know! I just, after seeing Joplin's hospital....there is no way patients wouldn't be sucked out of the hospital! They need to be moved into the hallways! They moved them into the halls and that had...
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    Rehab Nursing advice please...not a real nurse?

    RedWeasel replied to leolomb's topic in Rehabilitation

    I have to say of course, we are an inpatient rehab facility IN the hospital. Our rehab IS IN the
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    Rehab Nursing advice please...not a real nurse?

    RedWeasel replied to leolomb's topic in Rehabilitation

    I disagree. Our patients are more acute than ever. We have alot of turn around too as we transfer patients off often who go
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    what do you do during a tornado?

    RedWeasel replied to abbaking's topic in General Nursing

    We used to have to put patients in the hall, now we pull beds away from windows, and leave patients in rooms and shut the doors. Eek. We have to change that after seeing the videos of the Joplin...
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    Rehab Nursing advice please...not a real nurse?

    RedWeasel replied to leolomb's topic in Rehabilitation

    As for your assessment skills, you have to be on your toes in rehab. Like I said you have traumatic brain injuries who have their bone flaps missing to accomodate for swelling in the brain. However,...
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    Rehab Nursing advice please...not a real nurse?

    RedWeasel replied to leolomb's topic in Rehabilitation

    Oh and it IS a SPECIALTY. I just got my
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    Rehab Nursing advice please...not a real nurse?

    RedWeasel replied to leolomb's topic in Rehabilitation

    PS YOU WILL LOVE
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    Rehab Nursing advice please...not a real nurse?

    RedWeasel replied to leolomb's topic in Rehabilitation

    hAHA -not a real nurse! oKAY First of all....other units often call our unit for help when they get old SCI patients to their units. Re autonomic dysreflexia how to transfer them, how to do a bladder...
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    What's my nursing specialty?

    RedWeasel replied to Nurzelady's topic in General Nursing

    They will ask you about one of your flaws or a time when you were upset by a coworker etc. They try to get you to be negative. What you want to do is turn the negative into positive. Instead of "One...
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    Facebook almost cost me my job

    RedWeasel replied to ReginaPhalange's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    DOn't put anything at all on there. Anything. I see others put things like "wow work was tough tonight" etc or "How many patients are on the floor now?" I am just flabbergasted. Just Don't. Nothing....
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    National Nurse's Week vs. National Hospital Week

    RedWeasel replied to kat7ap's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    We usually get a Nurses Week gift, have speakers all week long, and some nurse managers dress like Flo and walk around with a fake lantern and candy. That kind of sounds like a nursing school...
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    What paraphernalias a nurse must always have?

    RedWeasel replied to NurseMich.Elle's topic in General Nursing

    We need breathing treatments afterwards! Just
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    Help Please!!!

    RedWeasel replied to silverapple14's topic in General Nursing

    First, I love your beagle Canesdukegirl. Beagles rock. I have a fat one at my feet right now...her 12 year old heart is young at heart. Second...hmm another Silver on here...okay cool I guess....
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    What paraphernalias a nurse must always have?

    RedWeasel replied to NurseMich.Elle's topic in General Nursing

    I LOVE Monk!
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    What paraphernalias a nurse must always have?

    RedWeasel replied to NurseMich.Elle's topic in General Nursing

    Also keep a small bottle of Lysol in my bag. You know the nights when you can't get home soon enough? You don't even want to sit in your car for fear of what is crawling on you (again re those who can...
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    What paraphernalias a nurse must always have?

    RedWeasel replied to NurseMich.Elle's topic in General Nursing

    For some of my trauma patients, I always have in my locker or my float bag (bag with all the things I may need when I float and can't find on another unit like a manual BP cuff, tape, scissors, etc,...