goats'r'us ASN, RN

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  1. i haven't any stories of my own, as i've led a short and sheltered nursing life, but we have this show called Medical Incredible and tonight there was this wicked one where a kid was in a car accident...
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    Never understood nursing

    that's where we differ. i think some of the things that have been said are fightin' words. ah well. i can't be bothered keeping on reading and replying to this post given that the OP seems to have...
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    Has anyone here ever put a doctor in their place?

    when i was on my first grad placement, another nurse paid me 5 bucks to call a doctor with his patient's INR because she was too scared of him. funny thing was, i got on brilliantly with him, and...
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    Never understood nursing

    there is no PA site! you forget that we're lucky to have a big, sucessful site like this.. most professions dont. i'm a little disappointed in the way the replies to this have panned out. people...
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    i'm really worried about my friend..

    thanks for your kind words and advice. you're all right, i do feel like i need to come up with a big solution whenever i talk to him, and i always end up feeling worried and anxious because i can't....
  6. i just want to share this story because i feel very worried and a little lost and alone with it.. i have discussed this with another friend, and she's given me good advice, but it's just weighing so...
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    What's Your Best Nursing Ghost Story?

    funny, i read the first 65 pages of this a while ago, and felt nothing but interest. i just looked up my last post and then read from there, and have got the spookiest feeling now, like i'm being...
  8. sorry, totally useless post.
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    Uses for Expired Bottles of Saline Irrigation

    excuse me? used ortho
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    Rn not giving scheduled meds

    i've been trying to think of how someone could accidentally do this, and i've come up with a scenario. it is, may i point out, based on australian practice, so if this isn't how things are done,...
  11. this is sad, but i don't think thanks should be confined to long-term nurses. when you leave after giving good service, you deserve thanks, no matter how short your stay was. (ok, so if you barely...
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    Some musings about reading posts here...

    acually cyberkat, if we're being technical here (and, well, i'm feeling technical today), it's l33t
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    Ooooooooh, I am SO ticked off right now!!!

    good on you! that is terrible practice from someone who's meant to be on the same team, working for the same goal as you. you have every right to be pi**ed, and every right to make a complain, and i...
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    Never understood nursing

    the things you speak of are far from normal and far from ok. That said, I can assure you that it happens every day, between all different members of all different staffs, in all different...
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    Pictoral chart showing different types of BM

    that's the bristol stool scale, and i can't believe you've never seen it before!! when i was at uni i made it my duty to ensure one of these was in every bathroom in the accomodation blocks. knowledge...
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    Is this true?????

    ouch anyway! that ain't gonna be gliding
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    Best way to deal with rudeness?

    i would have throttled her!! there is absolutely no excuse for being rude to a little kid, especially when they're being polite and trying to help. i suppose nothing spells humiliation like being...
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    Best way to deal with rudeness?

    i would have throttled her!! there is absolutely no excuse for being rude to a little kid, especially when they're being polite and trying to help. i suppose nothing spells humiliation like being...
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    How to handle sub standard evals

    do you have a copy of the performance review? if i were you (ie. this might not be the best thing to do, but it's what i'd do) i'd study it, make notes about it (not only the good things you do...
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    Identify pill

    sounds like clonazepam. amazing that i know
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    Share your story: "I hate it when I'm right!"

    and it's always the day from hell, right? as you read this story, i want you to imagine it happening with 2 fire alarms, about 14 other patients, 3 discharges and 2 patients returning from theatre....
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    "But I'm pregnant . . ."

    well we can't have unqualified stalkers, can we? walking around, using sub-standard methods, not wearing stalker-gloves or washing their stalker-hands, and failing to document their stalker...
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    "But I'm pregnant . . ."

    i've only ever seen the opposite really. have worked with people in all stages of pregnancy, and if they were at work, they were there to work, and otherwise they were off sick. i read back through...
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    What do you do when you see this??

    i do the warm washcloth thing too, but i also make a point of always washing my hands after helping them. leading by
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    Do I tape foley to leg?

    we use things called flexi-tracks here. they have an adhesive foamy bit that you stick to the leg, and then two sticky 'wings' on top, so you take the backings off, put the tubing between, and then...