flightnurse2b LPN

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    When to draw the line on religious and cultural accomodation?

    flightnurse2b replied to Inspired By Silence's topic in General Nursing

    some women do not want a male nurse. some men do not want a male nurse. it has nothing to do with the nurse. some cultures do not allow you to use their left hands for IV starts, sit with the sole of...
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    I was violated by a doctor

    flightnurse2b replied to abbaking's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    sorry this doctor was so ignorant to you. that would have been the last thing on my mind if a patient told me they had a sore throat. i would be like hmm..strep, tonsillitis, flu, ear infection... but...
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    When to draw the line on religious and cultural accomodation?

    flightnurse2b replied to Inspired By Silence's topic in General Nursing

    sometimes you can accomodate their requests, other times you can't. my facility tends to not accomodate them unless there is a huge problem with nurse/patient because of the demographics of our staff....
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    LPN....I'm still a nurse, right??

    flightnurse2b replied to kkluczynski's topic in General Nursing

    i hope someone from your management puts this man in his place. there was absolutely no reason for him to treat you that way and it sounds like you kept your composure very well during all of it. you...
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    LPN's- what else is there besides LTC??

    flightnurse2b replied to Sarahtonin's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    i work in a very large teaching hospital as a LPN and i love it. my pay is something i cannot complain about, either. i live in Florida. some of my friends from school have landed jobs in outpatient...
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    Do you cut off Name Band?

    flightnurse2b replied to nkochrn's topic in General Nursing

    we can remove all other arm bands before d/c (such as fall risk, anticoag risk, etc) except the name band.... they are required to leave with that. just another rediculous rule that lets any problem...
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    Did I do the right thing?

    flightnurse2b replied to luvschoolnursing's topic in School

    i don't think you did anything wrong. your priority was to assess the wound quickly and apply pressure to help stop the bleeding. if you had called 911, the paramedics would have done the same
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    Administration lacks the reasoning ability of a 5 year old

    flightnurse2b replied to Guest219794's topic in General Nursing

    we have the same system as you, OP. we have to "pretend" to sign out bags of fluids in the accudose too... and not only are we documenting start times, we are required to document stop times and...
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    Dealing with difficult people

    flightnurse2b replied to jadedgreeneyes's topic in General Nursing

    your people skills don't suck, jadedgreeneyes. of course she wasn't rude to the doctor! they never are :) people in general, when they don't feel good, can get nasty... and the first person they get...
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    Would you have given the meds??

    flightnurse2b replied to **LaurelRN's topic in General Nursing

    i personally would have called the doctor for the blood glucose of 39 and followed up from there, because really the lab is critical... i would have called when i came on shift.. to clarify if he...
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    Ruby Vee, doggone it!

    flightnurse2b replied to ShayRN's topic in General Nursing

    i had a really demented patient one night who screamed help for hours and would see people walking by in the window and say "hey, come here! i need help!" and when someone would respond, he would say...
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    LPN jobs

    flightnurse2b replied to donna65738's topic in General Nursing

    i have some friends who work in a hospital as MAs that function basically in the same role as a PCT does, drawing blood, doing EKGs, patient care and ADLs, etc. the magnet hospital nearby me hires...
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    can LPN call the physician to report change in pt condition?

    flightnurse2b replied to miniangel729's topic in General Nursing

    because i work night shift and our doctors are particular about getting calls after a certain time, usually what i do is reassess the patient, put the call out to the doc and let the RN charge know...
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    taking H1N1 patients while pregnant?

    flightnurse2b replied to melisgood's topic in Disaster Preparation

    when i was still working, my charge used to give me everything under the sun and i couldn't refuse it... droplet, airborne, whatever. i was really worried about getting a patient with the H1N1 virus,...
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    What type of stethoscope should I buy?

    flightnurse2b replied to Protoman2050's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    i work in FL. working on telemetry is always busy, always something different, always thinking, never a dull moment... anyways, the littman classic cost me like $70, and it's worked so well for me...
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    Patient or Client?

    flightnurse2b replied to jrw03282009's topic in General Nursing

    i know a nurse who works in home health that calls her patients clients. when we lived in NC, we hung out alot... i used to get such a kick out of texting her, she would write stuff like "at my...
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    What type of stethoscope should I buy?

    flightnurse2b replied to Protoman2050's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    i work on tele, i have a littman classic that is coming up on it's 8th birthday and i can hear murmurs and lung sounds just
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    How much air is too much

    flightnurse2b replied to Mbshil's topic in Medical-Surgical

    a doctor i used to work with told me it takes atleast 20ml injected directly of air atleast to cause any damage to the patient. i don't have any plans of seeing how accurate that is tho. if it's a...
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    Patient or Client?

    flightnurse2b replied to jrw03282009's topic in General Nursing

    :) because it's all about the money.. which is amplified by the crunch from the centers for medicaid/medicare and JCAHO for patient satisfaction. health care is a business. patient = customer. yes,...
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    Patient or Client?

    flightnurse2b replied to jrw03282009's topic in General Nursing

    patient. hookers have clients. i am a
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    Present and future lpn's :)

    flightnurse2b replied to Ericad85's topic in LPN, LVN Students

    my toughest area was endocrine and sensory. i think because it was really kind of boring material for me and i had a hard time getting into
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    Ideas to honor student at graduation who passed away

    flightnurse2b replied to Ferwhat's topic in General Students

    a girl at my nursing school in the course ahead of me was murdered during the program, it was absolutely awful. at graduation, they saved her a chair and presented her mother with her lamp, pin and...
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    Is it the hospitals responsibility to educate the public!!

    flightnurse2b replied to scootertrash nurse's topic in General Nursing

    i agree, i don't think the amount of visitors is necessary sometimes, especially when people are walking in sneezing and hacking. i have more than once reminded a patient's visitor to cover their...
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    An Interview with an LPN/LVN. Please help!!!

    flightnurse2b replied to dmzmo5's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    my answers are in blue
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    Patient Complaints In Spite of Good Care

    flightnurse2b replied to vivere's topic in General Nursing

    unfortunately, patient satisfaction and patient perception is all that matters nowadays.... and some patients would still complain if you wiped their bum with TP made of 24k gold. that's a real shame...