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    Not allowed to say "I was busy w/ another pt"

    RedWeasel replied to General E. Speaking, RN's topic in General Nursing

    I didn't read all of these but what bothers me is that they reprimanded you for it...it is one thing to take the pts complaints and give balloons to make the pt feel better but to give such credence...
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    You know your pt is a jerk if........

    RedWeasel replied to traumamomtx's topic in General Nursing

    we had one patients family member (oh I won't forget her) who stopped at the nurse's station to tell us that the man in the next room was 'playing with his thingy and I just thought you should know.'...
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    Listing Credentials After Name

    RedWeasel replied to Summaboy's topic in General Nursing

    I feel with the tendency for our employer to get us RNs to get a BSN (Bachelors are so prized there), and for those said BSNs who want pp to know they have a bachelors, and do put BSN RN behind their...
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    RN-Attention Deficit Disorder-Nonhyperactive

    RedWeasel replied to elliejayRN's topic in Nurse Disabilities

    I dont ADDvertise it to pp.....still a stigma i think.....pp judge you....or think you are stupid....and yet we find ways to get everything done....as quick as others....we adapt....and just try to...
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    Is this a HIPAA violation?

    RedWeasel replied to shoegalRN's topic in General Nursing

    I do find it odd though, that although HIPPA is drilled into all staff from day 1, why do I always find Pt Stickers in the trash can in pts rooms? Does staffthink all trash is burned and won't be out...
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    Is this a HIPAA violation?

    RedWeasel replied to shoegalRN's topic in General Nursing

    this is beside the point but a miscarriage is termed a spontaneous abortion, so depends on whether the employee was a nurse or someone who saw 'abortion' on a chart and jumped to conclusions that it...
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    Med Surg NIGHTMARE

    RedWeasel replied to jewelsg627's topic in General Nursing

    Right now you are learning it in a book, someday you will come face to face with those things you are learning about. Truthfully you can know all about something, but until you experience it, you will...
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    A True to Nursing Movie

    RedWeasel replied to skinc1's topic in General Nursing

    VERY good point! funny but
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    big bad nursing myths busted

    RedWeasel replied to adrienurse's topic in General Nursing

    Here is one we could get started-----"Doctors secretly wish they were smart enough to be
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    big bad nursing myths busted

    RedWeasel replied to adrienurse's topic in General Nursing

    Rehab nurses dont do IVs, We are bootcamp for pts, our pts are easy because they aren't as acute and have to do their own care, (tell that to my brain injuries with gtube, trach and is violent), we...
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    IV PB meds-- silly question, but need to know!

    RedWeasel replied to RNcDreams's topic in General Nursing

    I only read the question, no responses, but this is a pet peeve of mine....When I orient new nurses, if we are hanging an IV ATB or whatever, and it is say 250 ml, I make them enter the Amount To Be...
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    What is a code gray?

    RedWeasel replied to abbaking's topic in General Nursing

    we have code GREENS for angry combatives (security used to wear green uniforms), code STRONG is an armed intruder/visitor...code BLACK is bomb threat-----from what I have
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    10 things you say at work lay people could get arrested for

    RedWeasel replied to sharann's topic in Nursing Humor

    maybe i said this already...."Can I give you oral?" When being unable to tape report and you have to give the oncoming nurse verbal
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    RN-Attention Deficit Disorder-Nonhyperactive

    RedWeasel replied to elliejayRN's topic in Nurse Disabilities

    I am really surprised at how many of us are out there..but Nsg is perfect for ADDers.Iwish theyd get rid of the H in ADHD because the hyperactivity is only one symptom of the disease..and we don't all...
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    What color is your stethoscope tubing?

    RedWeasel replied to browneyedgirl71's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    i would LOVE a classic LITTMAN in the PLUM but they only come in the cardiac steths....my favorite is my ORANGE LITTMAN I have had for 3 years....it has my name imprinted on it so even tho everyone...
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    What color is your stethoscope tubing?

    RedWeasel replied to browneyedgirl71's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    Just curios, does anyone else feel frustrated by the fact that the chest pieces on some are so heavy -compared to the binaurals-and they slip off your neck all the time? I have an older litewt littman...
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    What color is your stethoscope tubing?

    RedWeasel replied to browneyedgirl71's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    I have an dark orange sprague. a bright orange sprague, an bright orange littman, a royal blue littman, a red littman--I had to order new tubing since true red only comes on peds or infant littmans...
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    Muscle aches with the flu...

    RedWeasel replied to jessiern's topic in General Nursing

    I had all those symptoms last week, woke up a week ago after dreaming I was at work, begging to go home with my sore throat, I woke up in tears....I called my doc. Got in at 1630! He asked if I had...
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    What Is Your Most Gross, Yucky, Disgusting Nursing Horror Story?

    RedWeasel replied to yazisizit's topic in Nursing Humor

    i had a dr pick up a pts hand and try to get her to pick dried blood out of her own nose---he also asked her if she could powder her own gtube site (?) she had many fxs and was in dire pain-and they...
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    What's Your Best Nursing Ghost Story?

    RedWeasel replied to steffck's topic in General Nursing

    okay this is even weirder....I now know that at that time my niece was on the way into the world--born 12 hours later....still on my dad's birthday....(my nephew had been born a month before this--12...
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    DNR tattoos...

    RedWeasel replied to MerdalRN's topic in General Nursing

    i just imagine many pts changing their minds when they suddenly really cant breathe and have chest pain or whatever and dont really want to die right there.....that way .'today'...they will think it...
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    Share Your Saying

    RedWeasel replied to angelique777's topic in Nursing Humor

    capitol!--that is
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    Precepting new nurses

    RedWeasel replied to bklynborn's topic in General Nursing

    what do you mean because she was a rehab nurse? Just curious. We usually have 7-8 pts so we are very organized. No offense but it sounds demeaning -to me. We work hard and have complicated pts. too....
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    What's Your Best Nursing Ghost Story?

    RedWeasel replied to steffck's topic in General Nursing

    Ok I should be going to bed--and I am, but I was sorting through a box in the kitchen when the two overhead lights went off. The porch light and driveway light stayed on--used same switch plate. I...
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    orientationg new nurse

    RedWeasel replied to Ms.RN's topic in General Nursing

    When I oriented my first new nurse, basically they said, "Find out what she knows and observe her day one," but come on! I think they should know you know the basics! Talk to them. I know some pp feel...