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  1. Port in the arm instead of the chest

    Toquay replied to Vtachy1's topic in General Nursing

    Sounds like a passport was implanted which looks like a mediport only much smaller. The passport can indeed migrate or flip over so its very important to feel and determine that the port/septum side...

  2. Some OB questions

    Toquay posted a topic in Ob/Gyn

    I am a nurse but not in OB so wanted to ask the experts. Is it common for OB to change the due date in the last few weeks pregnancy? Daughter had been going to fetal maternal medicine for entire...

  3. Fl. educated nurses

    Toquay replied to SBurns's topic in Florida Nursing

    Edison Community College ADN 1992 Review for NCLEX by hospital internship (once a week x 6 weeks) Passed 1st

  4. Unhappy in Job

    Toquay replied to Unhappy RN's topic in General Nursing

    The best advice I can offer to any new nurse is to be very kind to yourselves and don't be afraid to say you are overwhelmed. The best thing students can do before applying to a department is to be...

  5. Treating pain in ER

    Toquay replied to Butterfly0328's topic in Emergency

    Just a question for the OP, since it seems vomiting was relieved why not go home and take the RX's you already had?

  6. What is the silliest thing you've heard a nurse say?

    Toquay replied to anonymous1919's topic in General Nursing

    I was giving a guy a TD IM shot in his arm. He is all tense so I told him "Just relax, let it hang limp" and he replies "It usually is" and his wife starts to giggle. I proceed to give the injection...

  7. New grad RNs: Do you hate nursing already?

    Toquay replied to OliveRN's topic in Florida Nursing

    Another solution that may work for you is going to part-time, since your spouse makes enough to support this change. This was to option I went with a few yrs ago and its worked out great. I love...

  8. What was the MOST ridiculous thing a patient came to the ER for?

    Toquay replied to JUSTYSMOM's topic in Emergency

    A few yrs back had a 32 yr old female arrive by EMS... she walks off the rig through our doors holding her fingers to her carotid "I have no pulse" and denies any other complaints. Ems giggling and...

  9. Let's talk about the basic facts about the health care reform bill...

    Toquay replied to morningland's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Maybe over time due to people opting for more government health care options over the higher priced Insurance companies, we will all become government employees and at 20yrs of work we get to retire...

  10. Health Care Vote- Is there anyone else as confused as me?

    Toquay replied to Ginger's Mom's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    The new bill will make insurance "affordable" for many that currently can't afford coverage. There will be subsidies to help the unemployed and low income. Businesses will be encouraged to provide...

  11. Faking Seizure in ER

    Toquay posted a topic in Emergency

    Ok Just had to post this... [url=http://http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_m64cy1MMPg][/url] http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_m64cy1MMPg

  12. Grammy awards given in triage!

    Toquay replied to gentle_ben_RN's topic in Emergency

    The intractable nausea and vomiting that is observed putting their finger down their throat to make themselves heave. The hyperventilating anxiety attack put in a stretcher complaining they are...

  13. Which should be seen first?

    Toquay replied to g61j's topic in Emergency

    Could go either way depending on the age of the pt, VS, and history. If both are equally critical my ER would make room for both, if any delay (room being cleaned, pt being moved) I would get the...

  14. What, if anything, will this do to nursing jobs?

    Toquay replied to GCTMT's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Hospitals are businesses and are about their bottom line and making money. I think Nurses and other hospital staff will see their own benefits take a hit. Meaning the hospital will decrease the...

  15. I want to know what nurses think about socialized medicine.

    Toquay replied to ratchet41's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    The storm is coming and we all have no clue the magnitude of it. The people that can pay now will continue to pay and the ones that can't or won't will still not be able to contribute (except to the...

  16. Adults Who Can't Swallow Pills

    Toquay replied to Medic946RN's topic in Emergency

    My husband used to have problems swallowing pills too. I made him practice with MM's. They have coating similar to some pills and if it started to melt it didn't taste bad, plus being chocolate it...

  17. Who hates nursing, honestly????

    Toquay replied to believeallispossible's topic in General Nursing

    I think the saddest thing about nursing is the high turn over and burn out. Most get to this point because we are in a profession that we have no control or voice. We turn on each other instead of...

  18. God Bless LTC Staff

    Toquay posted a topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I just want to say Thank you all for being there. Thank you for your patience and understanding not only with our loved ones that are patients but with some of our less than easy to please family...

  19. Full to Overflowing

    Toquay replied to bjaeram's topic in Emergency

    While everyone has valid points, the problem lies with administration and their need to maximize profit. The hospital I work in and I would venture to say the majority of hospitals staff the oncoming...

  20. Nurses who became famous

    Toquay replied to Epona's topic in General Nursing

    Not sure if this counts... Fred Schultz who was married to Lawrencia Bambenek "Run Bambi Run" became a respiratory therapist. Sad sad story.

  21. migraine faker at the ED!

    Toquay replied to z's playa's topic in Emergency

    It kinda sounds like some (note the word some and not all) recovering addicts that admit to their addiction and then get angry at non narcotic pain interventions want the doc to tell them "Hey its ok...

  22. ER "One Stop"

    Toquay replied to insatiable's topic in Emergency

    I agree with many of the above posters, but the sad thing is most ERs will continue to encourage non emergent visits. Patients with even simple complaints will get narcotics and scripts (morphine in...

  23. Perscription Drug Abuse

    Toquay posted a topic in Emergency

    Perscription drug abuse seems to be all in the media lately, but I have not seen many articles about this new trend in conjunction with the ER. I have often felt that ERs are the most convenient and...

  24. Fort Myers Nursing Market

    Toquay replied to Little Doe's topic in Florida Nursing

    Recent article in the news paper stated that LMHS had a "surplus" of nurses while everywhere else there were shortages. Summer is usually the slower time but with them not hiring, vacations, etc we...

  25. er visitors...a funny

    Toquay replied to UtErRnEmt's topic in Emergency

    Funny how things come full circle... stewardesses had to be RNs and now RNs have to be stewardesses. Can I get you anything? Blanket, slippers, food, perhaps your fav tv station? Please fly...