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    New School Nurse Diastat Training and so much more

    Spidey's mom replied to Janeway29's topic in School

    Oh, I know. Honestly, I do have issues with teaching non-medical people about medical things. And I do understand that teachers have a huge load of bureaucratic nonsense they have to contend with...
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    New School Nurse Diastat Training and so much more

    Spidey's mom replied to Janeway29's topic in School

    In our state a law was passed a few years back that teachers could be trained in giving diazepam (Valium) and Epi Pens. However, the teachers have to volunteer to be trained and here in my state,...
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    One of those days......

    Spidey's mom replied to mrsfoster601's topic in School

    Wow, how nice of that parent to expose the entire bus/school to a highly contagious G.I.
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    Influenza Epidemic Declared in Western WA

    Spidey's mom replied to nursej22's topic in General Nursing

    Here's KevinMD and the link to the ZDogg video, just FYI. Anti-vaccine Cleveland Clinic doctor just made our jobs so much harder And the uproar over this has caused the Cleveland Clinic to have the...
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    Influenza Epidemic Declared in Western WA

    Spidey's mom replied to nursej22's topic in General Nursing

    I follow ZDoggMD and he posted a video last night about an article . . . I'll just post a link to a Forbes article he posted as well. The video is really good but is about 40 minutes long. Forbes...
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    Eating Their Young

    Spidey's mom replied to futurelnd's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I guess I saw "boat" and thought . . . tropics. Bad assumption. Still, living on a boat sounds good to me. The traveling part especially . . . I'm
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    Eating Their Young

    Spidey's mom replied to futurelnd's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Living on a boat . . . that sounds good to me! I'm surrounded by huge snow drifts that make it pretty tough to get around. But, we have wifi or internet access through the phone
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    Influenza Epidemic Declared in Western WA

    Spidey's mom replied to nursej22's topic in General Nursing

    No. :) You know, I nick-named all my kids on AN a while back and can't remember who is who except Spidey is my youngest. He's 15. And Aquaman is my 2nd oldest. He'll be 32 in a couple of days....
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    Eating Their Young

    Spidey's mom replied to futurelnd's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Me too. (I prefer salsa, not
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    Influenza Epidemic Declared in Western WA

    Spidey's mom replied to nursej22's topic in General Nursing

    I got my flu shot a couple of months ago. My oldest son, his wife, and two kids live up there. He's immunocompromised due to chemotherapy and a stem cell transplant. Get your darn flu shot! It...
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    Christian Nurses

    Spidey's mom replied to HannahMarine30's topic in Spirituality, Religion

    Hi HannahMarine30. I became a nurse at age 40 as a second career and when my youngest child was in 1st grade. I'm also a Christian. When I started working full time as a nurse it was in a small...
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    Nurses Eating Nursing Students

    Spidey's mom replied to Cisabel's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Off Topic - Yeah, that's why they used to give women in early labor an enema when first admitted. I got one with my first kiddo 33 years ago plus a full shave!! Ouch, that hurt growing back. 22...
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    Nurses Eating Nursing Students

    Spidey's mom replied to Cisabel's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    This is what sticks in our collective craw . . ."Nurses Eating Nursing Students" or as usually stated "Nurses eat Their Young". As in all nurses are mean and nasty to new nurses. You cannot make a...
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    Wearing mask during flu season

    Spidey's mom replied to Nurse Vinnie's topic in General Nursing

    I'm still curious about what exactly your reaction consisted of . . .
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    Wearing mask during flu season

    Spidey's mom replied to Nurse Vinnie's topic in General Nursing

    It does depend on the type of reaction as well. Some are merely side effects and some are an allergic reaction. If it was simply mild rash/hives, you can get the flu shot and wait for awhile at the...
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    How to annoy irritating Drs.

    Spidey's mom replied to Avid reader's topic in Nursing Humor

    I'm not sure why all my previous quotes came up here . . . Davey - no sauce for me. On
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    How to annoy irritating Drs.

    Spidey's mom replied to Avid reader's topic in Nursing Humor

    It was perceived from the first response. Davey Do: With the same respect let it be known that, IMHO, everybody has an agenda and I sense yours is to be one of stirring the pot, kicking back to...
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    How to annoy irritating Drs.

    Spidey's mom replied to Avid reader's topic in Nursing Humor

    I'm with the "humorless" and "unimaginative" folks here. My first thought when reading the OP was . . . patient care would be compromised with this kind of attitude. OP is walking a thin line in my...
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    Only Crusty Old Bats will remember..

    Spidey's mom replied to Pepper The Cat's topic in General Nursing

    I use Dakin's now when I work in wound care. Great
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    I want to quit

    Spidey's mom replied to R8T3D_RN's topic in Emergency

    It's a big decision. I worked ER in a small town hospital and loved it. I quit working to go back to do an RN to BSN program and then started working in a bigger city ER which was like you...
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    It seems like everyone but nurses make more money

    Spidey's mom replied to rearviewmirror's topic in General Nursing

    I beat you by a second!
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    It seems like everyone but nurses make more money

    Spidey's mom replied to rearviewmirror's topic in General Nursing

    Which post are you responding to kardz? I'm not sure what you mean
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    It seems like everyone but nurses make more money

    Spidey's mom replied to rearviewmirror's topic in General Nursing

    I'm curious too about what jobs the OP's talking about which pay so much more money than nurse
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    Order that says "Don't call MD for pain meds"?

    Spidey's mom replied to Summers3's topic in General Nursing

    I'm a hospice nurse. End-of-life decisions regarding pain control are rarely mixed in with fears of addiction unless the patient is concerned. We regularly have patients with a history of addiction...
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    Be honest: do you feel valued by your employer?

    Spidey's mom replied to sunnyskies9's topic in General Nursing

    Yep, I