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  1. pen light attaches to stethoscope - where can I get one?

    flashpoint replied to LanaBanana's topic in General Nursing

    Ooops...they actually attach to the head of the stethoscope...I knew tubing didn't sound right...

  2. pen light attaches to stethoscope - where can I get one?

    flashpoint replied to LanaBanana's topic in General Nursing

    No...they attach to the tubing on the stethoscope...

  3. YOU as a Pt-what would you allow a student nurse to do?

    flashpoint replied to KellNY's topic in General Nursing

    Don't judge all ER nurses by what a few do...when I worked ER, I was fanatic about doing things right.

  4. YOU as a Pt-what would you allow a student nurse to do?

    flashpoint replied to KellNY's topic in General Nursing

    I'm pretty laid back about students doing procedures on me. I even helped one fish for my vein. It's not like they are going to do anything that could be harmful (painful, yes, but not actually...

  5. pen light attaches to stethoscope - where can I get one?

    flashpoint replied to LanaBanana's topic in General Nursing

    Check eBay...they have great drug rep stuff. Some of the uniform catalogs might have them too, but a lot of the drug rep stuff is pretty exclusive to drug reps. You could also check with your...

  6. Should I Have Stepped In??

    flashpoint replied to leesespieces's topic in General Nursing

    I love you

  7. Should I Have Stepped In??

    flashpoint replied to leesespieces's topic in General Nursing

    One of the first things taught in just about any EMT class is scene safety...even the most seasoned professionals don't jump into potentially violent scenes until they are ASSURED that the scene is...

  8. Scheduled to Work the Floor as a CNA

    flashpoint replied to flashpoint's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Well...I worked the floor Thursday night and it went OK. The agency nurse let me know in NO uncertain terms that she was in charge, but oh, well. I got to give back rubs and gave great pericare!...

  9. Should I Have Stepped In??

    flashpoint replied to leesespieces's topic in General Nursing

    As an EMS provider, I usually don't want the extra set of hands unless they are properly trained. There is nothing more frustrating than having a CNA from the local assisted living or an RN who works...

  10. Should I Have Stepped In??

    flashpoint replied to leesespieces's topic in General Nursing

    I don't think I would have intevened. Even though law enforcement was there, it doesn't make the scene safe. I've spent time waiting in the ambulance while the police put up crime tape and totally...

  11. EWWWW, something doesn't seem right to me here!!

    flashpoint replied to b eyes's topic in Emergency

    We don't sterilize ours...we just scrub the heck out of them with a betadine scrub and rinse them off. I'm not sure why we don't sterilize though...maybe it's a cost thing...don't want to have to...

  12. Admits after 6:00 pm? Does your hospital do this?

    flashpoint replied to PickMePlze's topic in General Nursing

    :yeahthat: When I worked in the clinic, a lot of times, the provider would go to the hospital, order labs, x-rays, etc, and then come back to the clinic until everything was done. (We don't have...

  13. Scheduled to Work the Floor as a CNA

    flashpoint replied to flashpoint's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I did mention my physical limitations and was told to use the lift to transfer everyone. That's all fine and good for transfers, but it doesn't help reposition in bed. One of the reasons I went to...

  14. Scheduled to Work the Floor as a CNA

    flashpoint replied to flashpoint's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I don't think it is beneath me or that I am too good or anything like that, but...it is not what I was hired to do. Physically, it is very demanding and my out of shape, old, and weak body just can't...

  15. Scheduled to Work the Floor as a CNA

    flashpoint replied to flashpoint's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I'll still be paid as an LPN, so that's not the part that I am really concerned about. We only have 1 CNA on the floor from 1200 - 0600. We have a lot of residents who are pretty heavy care and I...

  16. Please Reply!...im interested to see answers to this!

    flashpoint replied to Cristina_NS_RUM's topic in General Nursing

    1. Adequate Staffing. They need to put at least one more CNA on the day and evening shift. They need to hire housekeeping and laundry staff so that the nurses don't have to do it. They also need...

  17. Funniest Write Up You have Every Recieved?!

    flashpoint replied to nursebrandie28's topic in General Nursing

    I once got written up for not giving a little girl enough stickers in the ER. We had an unwritten rule of one sticker per patient since the ER nurses used their own money to buy them...the hospital...

  18. RN listing LPN as professional reference?

    flashpoint replied to Almabella's topic in General Nursing

    A friend of mine who is a doctor used me as a reference. I'm not sure if it is 100% appropriate or not, but I have a lot of nice things to say about him and he got the position

  19. Affectionate terms

    flashpoint replied to marjoriemac's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    So do you think they would disapprove of us calling one of our residents 'Ugly?' He somehow got that nickname in college...he introduces himself as 'Ugly," his wife calls him 'Ugly,' and his doctor's...

  20. Do you think the pain scale is accurate?

    flashpoint posted a topic in General Nursing

    I've been reading some other threads and talking with some of my coworkers lately and it makes me wonder how accurate the 0-10 pain scale is. I've heard nurses describe '10' as being the worst pain...

  21. Funniest Complaint on Press Ganey Scores

    flashpoint replied to nursebrandie28's topic in General Nursing

    I think everything, everywhere is the nurses fault and the nurses resposibility. At the LTC I work at, the nurses get blamed if the residents trash is overflowing...now that we have no housekeeping...

  22. I rarely answer medical questions or give advice online...

    flashpoint posted a topic in General Nursing

    But...I sort of felt I had to tonight. On another board I post on, there is a lady wanting advice about treating her child's fever of 105°. Most people are advising alternating Tylenol with Motrin,...

  23. Sleeping during nightshift!!

    flashpoint replied to helpinghands's topic in General Nursing

    I don;t think I am a "know it all." I work nights most of the time (for now), but I don't sleep. I do much better if I stay busy...if I tried to sleep for just 30 minutes, I would wake up in worse...

  24. I rarely answer medical questions or give advice online...

    flashpoint replied to flashpoint's topic in General Nursing

    Tazzi...yeah, that's the place. I just love when people who have no idea about anything start shooting their mouths off. I think the person who is advising the alcohol rubs is also the one who...

  25. I rarely answer medical questions or give advice online...

    flashpoint replied to flashpoint's topic in General Nursing

    From what I am getting she is following the ER doctor's advice...she says she's given Tylenol and tepid baths, but the little girl is worse than when she left ER. She has a change in mental status, I...