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  1. First Male Nurse???

    Do a search on Google...there is a bunch of information
  2. If you are reading back a verbal order or reading a med list or calling in a prescription or whatever and it is something like Vytorin 10/40, how do you read it back? One of the nurses in my clinic...
  3. That Good Housekeeping article

    The "rebuttal" letter in GH reminded me of a younger brother pointing at an older brother and saying, "But, he told me to!" after he gets in trouble for writing on the wall or filling the bathtub with...
  4. What do patients say that irks you?

    When I had my first baby, I worked a 16 hour shift, went home and was unable to sleep due to the labor pains (which my doctor ASSURED me were Braxton-Hicks), and finally went to the hospital after...
  5. Feeling Guilty (calling in sick)

    I don't think I am the only one who has done this so...I've called in sick simply because I didn't feel like going in. (Probably only 5 times in 15 years, but...) There were just a few times that I...
  6. I'm falling for my PRECEPTOR

    This happens A LOT in the fire / EMS service. You bring in a newbie who has all sorts of new knowledge in her head, but not a lot of hands on experience and pair her up with a firefighter / paramedic...
  7. What do patients say that irks you?

    Sometimes people just need to vent...after playing the game for many years, the questions that are common sense or grossly obvious begin to wear on your patience. I would never let a patient or their...
  8. Concerns about orientation...

    My full time job is in a clinic...that is going great. But...I also accepted a PRN position in a 75 bed LTC. I've done two nights of orientation and I am not sure what too think. I don't need this...
  9. EMT - Emergency Medical Technician EMT-B - Emergency Medical Technician-Basic EMT-I - Emergency Medical Technician-Intermediate EMT-P - Emergency Medical Technician-Paramedic Add NR to the front of...
  10. Titrate med orders

    We were allowed to titrate meds that is was common standard of care to titrate...dopamine, nitro, insulin drips, etc, but we weren't allowed to have "sliding orders" like Tylenol 500 mg 1-2 tabs q 4 -...
  11. What is a "Code Black"?

    A lot of the facilities here use it for a bomb threat. For the weather related things, we simply use "tornado warning" or "thunderstorm warning" or whatever it happens to be. Other things I have...
  12. Advice please, re Narcotic Diversion/Rx Forgery

    A friend of mine did something similar and was able to keep his license with a lot of STRICT guidelines. #1...He would have random drugs tests 30 times a year...at his expense for one year...after...
  13. Concerns about orientation...

    Sigh...my husband thinks I am just finding things to complain about since I would really rather have that one or two days a month off rather than spend it there. I really don't mind picking up a...
  14. lpn or rn in office setting

    No matter what I wanted to do in the end, if I had it to do over again, I would go straight for the RN. It pays better, your knowledge base is more broad, you are much more respected, and you never...
  15. Do you need an order for this???

    Yesterday, I took a phone call from one of the nurses in a local LTC. She said that the day before, a UA had been ordered on a resident. The UA was collected and sent to the hospital lab, where is...
  16. Family wins lawsuit against hospital for unsafe staffing

    But...what can you do about it? The hospital I used to work at had one nurse manager and one nursing CEO. The nurse manager could pitch in when we were in a major crunch, but hadn't worked the floor...
  17. Rules are rules...we either have to follow them, work toward changing them, or find something new. I don't like the idea of having to be co-signed either, but if that is what TPTB want, so be it. I...
  18. Private Office Pay for RN's

    I took a $1.50 an hour pay cut from the hospital to the clinic...but, I have weekends and evenings off, I have holidays off, I get an hour for lunch, and I've had two awesome lunches provided by drug...
  19. Do you call your patients by first or last name?

    The hospital I worked at had a spot for name preference on the initial intake sheet both in ER and on the floors...it was also on the initial face sheet so that helped make it a little easier. There...
  20. Kicked out of CNA because of RX

    I don't think it is negativity...just simple reality. Because of her chronic pain and need for use of narcotics, she is going to have a hard time being a nurse. It sucks, but it is a fact of life....
  21. Funny patient names by nurses

    Ummm...it isn't Brittany that is unusual...Brytkneigh is the one I thought was a little out
  22. LOL...the doctor I work for pretty much knows everything going on with me healthwise...he's sonsulted with my regular doctor a couple of times and he is the one who reads all of the EKGs, holter...
  23. 2nd career nurse - keep my CPA?

    I would keep the CPA...you worked WAY to hard to get it to let it lapse and it is not easy to get it back. You'll have something to fall back on if nursing doesn't work out, if you get injured and...
  24. Patient Care--Can it get better

    I've worked with some horrible CNAs...the ones who think that the RNs and LPNs don't do anything while they are sitting and charting or making phone calls or trying to solve a problem. The ones I...
  25. Greetings, Tazzi...it's a small world wide web, ain't