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    Conditions that must be treated ASAP

    RedWeasel replied to AGal110's topic in General Nursing

    Yes I have seen the after effects of it on someone a few years back... my description is gross so don't read it if you get queasy but heck this is a nurse site so I guess we will be okay..... I have...
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    Pt. nonresponsive on transfer to SNF

    RedWeasel replied to southernbeegirl's topic in General Nursing

    wow...at our facility though we have had very combative pts who just couldn't sleep so that finally when the meds were at an okay level they slept alot because the sleep deprivation was cumulative....
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    Things you'd LOVE to be able to tell patients, and get away with it.

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

    I would love to provide another digital stimulation for you (it is 2307) so that you have ANOTHER extra large bowel movement. No don't worry about that ice storm and the 16 below zero temperature that...
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    Things you'd LOVE to be able to tell patients, and get away with it.

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

    I would never say these because everyone has a right to their complaints because it is really never about what they are complaining about but they are just things that pop into your head when you are...
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    Is this a HIPAA violation?

    RedWeasel replied to shoegalRN's topic in General Nursing

    Our floor has to do "PRECAUTION MEETINGS" before our shifts with the previous charge nurse. We have about 40 rooms. Secretaries, CNAs, RNs etc all have to be there. The charge nurse goes through each...
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    Ever pull the wrong med from the right cubie in the Pyxis?

    RedWeasel replied to UM Review RN's topic in General Nursing

    How come those that fill the Omni are pharm techs who need no witness to fill it? We take a med out and have to waste it with a witness. What stops one of them from pocketing a med and then blaming it...
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    Can an employer penalize you for calling-in due to illness?

    RedWeasel replied to NursingAgainstdaOdds's topic in General Nursing

    Again If we only have 5 days. I think if we come in on off days for other sick nurses one of our sick days that we have used should fall off. Erasing it. People would not come to work sick knowing...
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    Can an employer penalize you for calling-in due to illness?

    RedWeasel replied to NursingAgainstdaOdds's topic in General Nursing

    I just read the teachers in our area are trying to get a raise...with all the major companies in our area laying off people it left a bad taste in my mouth. Yes they do alot but this is not the time...
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    Can an employer penalize you for calling-in due to illness?

    RedWeasel replied to NursingAgainstdaOdds's topic in General Nursing

    Also - if you think about it those who are required to work say 32 hours a week compared to someone who works 16 -they should be allowed more sick time since the percentage of time they spend at work...
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    Can an employer penalize you for calling-in due to illness?

    RedWeasel replied to NursingAgainstdaOdds's topic in General Nursing

    We used to have 5 days alotted, then they took one away which I found highly insulting...anyway I really wish they could give us 5 days...now, say you call in one day. Another day you are off and...
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    Things Patients Have Taught Me NOT To Do

    RedWeasel replied to Trixxy's topic in Nursing Humor

    I AGREE!!!!!! They run after guys with guns....who are on drugs and can really hurt a police dog BEFORE they realize the dog is 10 teeth into their buttocks....and then they get angry,....poor...
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    I'm supposed to wear an "Ask me if I washed my hands!" button?!

    RedWeasel replied to daisybaby's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    we have to now wear badges that say in big letters...ASK US...and in the bathroom there are a list of questions to start with.....yes we should add to those questions....how many times have I missed...
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    I really think I've been set up.

    RedWeasel replied to NurseCard's topic in General Nursing

    I am confused I guess. She should have told you where the baggies were found. We have an omnicell in a locked med room, but each pt also has a med drawer in there which are unlocked. Some meds are in...
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    Nurses who gossip and talk behind your back.

    RedWeasel replied to CrystalClear75's topic in General Nursing

    I am usually very cheerful, but I do 'discuss' issues. Especially when I am relief charge I talk with other seasoned nurses maybe re newer nurses. ("I can't believe she did this, I told her this,...
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    Help I'm being kicked out of nursing school!

    RedWeasel replied to miwachiru123's topic in General Nursing

    I mean we have had pts with chemo med cream...I have never administered it...just witnesses the admin and the disposal of the nitrile gloves into a chemo bucket. We have to sign our names in the...
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    Help I'm being kicked out of nursing school!

    RedWeasel replied to miwachiru123's topic in General Nursing

    did she have a locator or a vocera on that can track her movements? DId you as a student have a locator....If you can correlate times with when you were in the room, and when you left, if you both...
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    Help I'm being kicked out of nursing school!

    RedWeasel replied to miwachiru123's topic in General Nursing

    Sounds fishy to me....even if you were supposed to have had it she shouldn't have left you alone with it THAT is her responsiblilty...she has to witness YOU waste it....if not you witness her waste...
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    Inserting NG tubes

    RedWeasel replied to chenoaspirit's topic in General Nursing

    i go slowly--at first. I advance as they dry swallow. I usually get them to upright position throw like 3 pillows behind their head so their head is tilted down chin to chest almost (I say "tilt your...
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    44 year-old woman with DVT dies of PE--- ???

    RedWeasel replied to ShimmaShimma0304's topic in General Nursing

    our hospital is thinking about doing away with TEDS I heard. They help with edema, but research they said doesn't show they prevent DVTs. The best prevention is SCDS. We have many pts who cannot be on...
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    Things Patients Have Taught Me NOT To Do

    RedWeasel replied to Trixxy's topic in Nursing Humor

    Never apply capsaicin cream to your neck or whatever right after a shower....you won't do that twice
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    My son wants to be a nurse????

    RedWeasel replied to californiadreaming's topic in General Nursing

    I think it is a great idea....if he is thinking about it now then he probably has thought about it for a while now, now he is maybe just making a decision. I like to think he isn't just doing it for...
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    Registe (red) Nurse

    RedWeasel replied to RedWeasel's topic in General Nursing

    plus I have heard that with our shortage, companies are wooing nurses from developing countries with great jobs, so that not only are nurses dying they are leaving to provide a better life for...
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    Registe (red) Nurse

    RedWeasel posted a topic in General Nursing

    You know the (Red) campaign to make aids history in Africa...well they have all those shirts like desi(red) or inspi(red). I would like the Red pp or the Gap pp to produce shirts with Registe(red)...
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    Need Easy RN school Ny or Jersey

    RedWeasel replied to Dionyonce's topic in General Nursing

    i havent read all these responses but you could try a few classes at a less expensive community college and see how you do. Ask some of the current nursing students how tough the instructors are. (I...
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    Registe (red) Nurse

    RedWeasel replied to RedWeasel's topic in General Nursing

    if we all emailed or contacted them here maybe we could get something going...let them handle the legal issues.... contact [email protected] with registe(red) nurse in the subject line. (no i don't...