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  1. I saw something new and scary

    flashpoint replied to teeituptom's topic in Emergency

    Umm, guys, I'm eating here...and I WAS enjoying my dinner...think I'm gonna barf now...

  2. ER RNs vs. Paramedics

    flashpoint replied to leslieanne's topic in General Nursing

    Please don't refer to paramedics as PMs...is isn't common practice or a common abbreviation. There are a lot of skills that a paramedic can do that an RN cannot...it varies from state to state..here,...

  3. sex education in school

    flashpoint replied to nurse4theplanet's topic in School

    I'm not sure what the controversy is...A & P classes in high school teach how the lungs work and how food is digested, what is wrong with teaching how hormones start to rage and how breast grow...

  4. Controversial HealthcareTopics...

    flashpoint replied to OUBobcat94's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Pain management...is pain really what people say it is? Do people have the right to be pain free at any cost? Organ transplants for death row prisoners... Medical care of death row

  5. Would you be tested for Huntington's Chorea?

    flashpoint replied to MDSlady's topic in General Nursing

    Wow...I wish there were an easy answer to your question. If you can afford it, I would do as you were advised and "get everything in order" as far as LTC insurance, life insurance, a pharmacy plan...

  6. "What do you need Christmas off for? You don't have kids!" (rant)

    flashpoint replied to Marie_LPN, RN's topic in General Nursing

    I don't think you should have to justify to anyone why you are unable / unwilling or whatever to trade shifts with someone. Once the scedule is out, it is out...if you don't like the shifts you are...

  7. Post-Its from the edge

    flashpoint replied to UM Review RN's topic in General Nursing

    Dear Nurse Manager... Just because I have been here for almost ten years and quite honestly plan to be here forever, does NOT mean that you can screw me over on the schedule. I understand that the...

  8. "What do you need Christmas off for? You don't have kids!" (rant)

    flashpoint replied to Marie_LPN, RN's topic in General Nursing

    Sometimes you just have to cowboy up and do what is required. I doubt that anyone out there went to nursing school thinking they would have every holiday off. My family just celebrates Christmas...

  9. Worst information given in shift report!!!

    flashpoint replied to AMARTIN1's topic in General Nursing

    All of that information can be found on the chart. It just drives me nuts when report drones on and on because we are giving I&O, IV credits, BMs, etc. If there is something abnormal about that...

  10. I'm supposed to wear an "Ask me if I washed my hands!" button?!

    flashpoint replied to daisybaby's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Our latest and greatest scheme is...while we are washing our hands, we are to say..."I am washing my hands an das soon as I am done, I will help you with what you need." We also have to say, "I...

  11. Pet Peeves

    flashpoint replied to sjb2005's topic in General Nursing

    Doesn't bother me a bit when my husband calls me by his girlfriend's name...as long as he will answer to my boyfriend's name, we are good to go...

  12. I'm supposed to wear an "Ask me if I washed my hands!" button?!

    flashpoint replied to daisybaby's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Confucius say...Man who scratch *** should not bite

  13. Change of shift funtime!

    flashpoint replied to UM Review RN's topic in General Nursing

    Well...just a few days ago...0400 - 18 year old male comes in by EMS...drunk, broken nose, head lac, fractured left orbit...so violent and out of control he ended up in 4-point leathers...he was a...

  14. Weird, Odd Nurses Behavior.....

    flashpoint replied to cre8tivRN's topic in General Nursing

    When I stock rooms in the ER, all of the alcohol and betadine pads need to be in the bin right side up and with the label facing the same way, sheets have to have the folds going in the same...

  15. I was horrified today!!!!

    flashpoint replied to nursejennie76's topic in Emergency

    I would also hope that someone had a chat with the paramedic about her behavior. I don't have a problem with venting about a patient, the condition of their house, problems with accessability due to...

  16. ARE YOUR PATIENT ASSIGNMENTS "FAIR?"

    flashpoint replied to lisa41rn's topic in General Nursing

    Here, it really depends on the charge nurse...we have one that assigns by acuities...one nurse may end up with three patients, while another ends up with five because their acuity total is the...

  17. Resource for hearing drug names pronounced correctly?

    flashpoint replied to Bonnie Nurse's topic in General Nursing

    http://www.drugdigest.com has a pronunciation guide for a lot of the generic names...also pretty fair patient teaching information on

  18. Doctors telephone orders???

    flashpoint replied to danursern's topic in General Nursing

    A lot of places have two nurses listen when taking a telephone order...not because we are stupid or anything but because too many nurses have been screwed when a doctors laters says..."I didn't give...

  19. dress code policies in hospital setting

    flashpoint replied to ianpstudent's topic in General Nursing

    So...what is wrong with

  20. *rant* "Nurse" at office answering questions.

    flashpoint replied to FrumDoula's topic in Ob/Gyn

    One of the CNAs I work with frequently identifies herself as a nurse..."My name is Becky, and I will be your nurse tonight." If someone corrects her, she gets really bent out of shape. Drives me...

  21. My doctor says my thyroid condition is "just odd." Anyone ever hear of this?

    flashpoint posted a topic in General Nursing

    I have a hypersecreting thyroid nodule...about 1.5 cm, irregularly shaped, on the left side. The rest of my throid is completely non-secreting. My TSH without levothyroxine is 87.5...with 25 mcg,...

  22. My doctor says my thyroid condition is "just odd." Anyone ever hear of this?

    flashpoint replied to flashpoint's topic in General Nursing

    I went in for the biopsy on Monday and the radiologist days there is no nodule there. What he sees is a hypersecreting area, but no mass, no nodlule visible on the ultrasound. So...the...

  23. Anyone Taking Thyroid Medications? I Need Your Help!!!

    flashpoint replied to live4today's topic in General Nursing

    Don't know anything about taking two meds at once. My TSH in October was 87.5...dropped to 41.8 after starting 25 mcg of levoxyl...am at 5.1 on 50 mcg of levoxyl and after changing my dosing time. I...

  24. New Meaning for LPN and RN (not a debate)

    flashpoint replied to NurCrystal22's topic in LPN to RN

    One of the RNs I work with teases me that LPN stands for "Let's Play Nurse." I always counter with RN meaning "Really Nasty." It's all in fun and we both laugh about

  25. What do you do when a patient takes their meds at an "unusual" time?

    flashpoint posted a topic in General Nursing

    Just got out of the hospital...spent three days there with the most horrible headache, fever, N/V I've ever had (West Nile!!!). But that isn't the point... I take Levoxyl 50 mcg, once daily....