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    Which units/wards have the least admissions/quiet?

    Crash_Cart replied to Lostsoull's topic in General Nursing

    Thinking about this, I think LTC probably has the least ongoing assembly line turnaround. (admissions) It's the same patients every day over a long period of time. However, it's not necessarily...
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    Murder-Suicide of Elderly Couple Worried About Healthcare Bills

    Crash_Cart replied to Melissa Mills's topic in Nursing News

    Two words, Universal
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    Nurses Charged in Deaths of 12 Nursing Home Residents

    Crash_Cart replied to J.Adderton's topic in Nursing News

    No, I don't think it's appropriate to hold nursing staff accountable in this particular
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    Nursing Home Resident Taunted by CNAs

    Crash_Cart replied to Melissa Mills's topic in Nursing News

    Education about these kind of matters is the
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    Unfair Clinical Evaluations

    Crash_Cart replied to guest723's topic in General Students

    I appreciate your enthusiasm and everything, but don't do anything you haven't been specifically instructed to do. This is the sort of thing that annoys clinical instructors and maybe even other...
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    Unfair Clinical Evaluations

    Crash_Cart replied to guest723's topic in General Students

    Just go with the flow. This is not about whether you are right or
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    Which units/wards have the least admissions/quiet?

    Crash_Cart replied to Lostsoull's topic in General Nursing

    The morgue is usually pretty quiet. Although the admissions are somewhat inevitable, I never experienced the patients ringing any callbells
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    Any tips for two-person stethoscopes?

    Crash_Cart replied to Thoenix's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    lol you should try out a laennec stethoscope sometime. Brief history of the stethoscope: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1570491/
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    Ridiculous medical mistakes on TV

    Crash_Cart replied to adventure_rn's topic in Nursing Humor

    Apparently whenever a pt tries to rip off their EKG leads, people around them must immediately restrain and fight with them to stop doing this because you know, they would otherwise instantly
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    How often do you wash your scrubs? :)

    Crash_Cart replied to RNinheart's topic in General Nursing

    I mean let's' face it, we're all a level two biological hazard by the end of our shifts. ? I recommend utilizing CDC decontamination procedures for your scrubs as appropriate at the end of every shift...
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    Very First Nursing Job

    Crash_Cart replied to AlmostThere19's topic in General Nursing

    Yup, you're going to be a nervous wreck. Everyone is that way at first, so let's just get that out of the way okay? ? Just embrace it because the only thing that makes it better is time and...
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    Staff nurse role in reporting abuse? Insight, please!

    Crash_Cart replied to SweetErica's topic in General Nursing

    Your DON needs to get off their lazy posterior and do that
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    Staff nurse role in reporting abuse? Insight, please!

    Crash_Cart replied to SweetErica's topic in General Nursing

    So in other words they wanted to fire some staff so it looks like they did something about it. The fact you were right, wrong, or indifferent doesn't
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    Was I wrong to report a co-worker?

    Crash_Cart replied to beyondhere's topic in General Nursing

    You are only wrong if you didn't address the issue directly with the employee before going to their
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    Ineffective Compressions

    Crash_Cart replied to beekindRN's topic in General Nursing

    Come watch me doing CPR during a real life code and i'll show you sometime. Credible source... Lmao. ? Hey until you have seen 150,000 pt's / yr. in an ER trauma center like I have, you can come...
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    Another nurse fired from HCA for speaking out against staffing

    Crash_Cart replied to klone's topic in General Nursing

    Sounds like they need all the propaganda they can get.
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    Ineffective Compressions

    Crash_Cart replied to beekindRN's topic in General Nursing

    A cardiac monitor provides a direct measurement of your compression
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    New Onset Afib

    Crash_Cart replied to donotenter's topic in General Nursing

    AF is not a particularly fatal issue, but if left untreated it can cause strokes. That explains the order for aspirin I guess. Probably should be admitted on a cardiac floor considering his previous...
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    Ineffective Compressions

    Crash_Cart replied to beekindRN's topic in General Nursing

    During a code forget about "staying alive" and watch the cardiac monitor instead. The cardiac monitor will give you the best visual feedback possible in terms of measuring the performance of your...
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    Help with Staffing Incentives?

    Crash_Cart replied to tfloyd's topic in General Nursing

    Study results were posted earlier. Didn't you read
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    How to Explain Why I Quit my Last Job

    Crash_Cart replied to jnnrn's topic in General Nursing

    Put yourself in the interviewer's perspective for a moment... As soon as you badmouth your former employer, or any employees of your former workplace, the interviewer will start to wonder what your...
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    How to Explain Why I Quit my Last Job

    Crash_Cart replied to jnnrn's topic in General Nursing

    Nope, just stick with maintaining the same narrative, remain positive and professional. If they keep digging for more of an explanation, reply with one of these explanations: "I was no longer finding...
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    How to Explain Why I Quit my Last Job

    Crash_Cart replied to jnnrn's topic in General Nursing

    The most professional answer, is the shortest answer. No need for long, drawn out explanations of everything. Everything you just explained in your post occuring at the former workplace can be summed...
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    Abandonment - Legal Question

    Crash_Cart replied to Kooky Korky's topic in General Nursing

    Abandonment can only occur after you have accepted an assignment, not before. Abandonment assumes there's an existing individual in your present care, not where no such care exists. To properly...
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    Help with Staffing Incentives?

    Crash_Cart replied to tfloyd's topic in General Nursing

    And so what does a staffing scheduler do when hiring new staff is not an