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  1. Anyone working in Pre-Admission Certification???

    passing thru posted a topic in General Nursing

    I have been offerred a position there & it is 5 days a week..... Anyone doing this?? What do you like most? Hate most ?? And what all do you do at you hospital in

  2. Anyone working in Pre-Admission Certification???

    passing thru replied to passing thru's topic in General Nursing

    Yes, it is. Are you in it? What's the pro's & cons

  3. Dress Code

    passing thru replied to plantsower's topic in Telephone Triage

    Do you have aspirations to do anything in the future besides triage? How you dress NOW will affect managements' perception of you. We are expected to present a professional appearance. You're...

  4. DMD Suppositories

    passing thru replied to Today-God'sGift's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    Aren't those the anti-spasmodic , strong narcotic, anti-bladder spasm suppositories for Ca of the bladder, testicles, etc, and that region of the body? I'll look it up tomorrow if no one else...

  5. why do you love cardiac

    passing thru replied to LuvbabiesRN's topic in Cardiac

    Cardiac has always been my first love. The heart is the body's most interesting organ, the heart and the entire cardiovascular system. Study all the hearts' anatomy every chance you get until you...

  6. nurses as battered women

    passing thru replied to O'Rose's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    This man had done all this, and yet, you washed & folded his clothes, and put them away, (He complained you hadn't folded them right.) Don't worry about nurses not receiving adequate...

  7. Suffering burnout already in Oncology?

    passing thru replied to AmyRN1227's topic in General Nursing

    Amy, I think it takes a while to get "emotionally toughened up" to the tragic consequences of some cancer patients. When I first started nursing, I worked in a cancer hospital. I felt exactly like...

  8. Suffering burnout already in Oncology?

    passing thru replied to AmyRN1227's topic in General Nursing

    Amy, I think it takes a while to get "emotionally toughened up" to the tragic consequences of some cancer patients. When I first started nursing, I worked in a cancer hospital. I felt exactly like...

  9. Nursing as a customer service profession?

    passing thru replied to EmeraldNYL's topic in General Nursing

    Here's another "customer service" situation that took place at my hospital last week. I came to work for the 7 P-7A shift. Got report. One patient was in " the process" of being discharged....

  10. Nursing as a customer service profession?

    passing thru replied to EmeraldNYL's topic in General Nursing

    Here's another "customer service" situation that took place at my hospital last week. I came to work for the 7 P-7A shift. Got report. One patient was in " the process" of being discharged....

  11. Nursing as a customer service profession?

    passing thru replied to EmeraldNYL's topic in General Nursing

    "Proper" telephone communication is a reflection of your level of professionalism. Communication skills are one of the most desirable skills any professional can acquire. Friendliness and courtesy...

  12. sleeping staff

    passing thru replied to night owl's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    HI Moonflower. It sure sounds like you two ggot off on the wrong foot. Do you think when you notified the supervisor about the situation....or tried to....that the RN thought you were going to...

  13. Chi Eta Phi?

    passing thru replied to LuvaNurse04's topic in General Nursing

    An interesting thread....Lilmamita. Do come back . I like reading about sororities and what they do. I didn't join one in college...wasn't asked ....but I always enjoyed their Saturday night...

  14. Ever leave work crying?

    passing thru replied to New CCU RN's topic in CCU, Coronary, Cardiac

    Nope.

  15. Ventriculostomy/ICP question

    passing thru replied to RNforLongTime's topic in Neuro Intensive Care, ICU

    Don't they try to make something simple complicated ? Since they came out with the first intracranial/intraventricular monitoring devices and transducers , it has always been the tragus. I love...

  16. Memories of nursing school.....

    passing thru replied to wv_nurse 2003's topic in General Nursing

    I was totally new to nursing. Had no hospital or nursing home experiece at all. I remember how overwhelming it was. All the vocabulary I had never heard before. It was a whole new language; as I...

  17. Have you ever felt that you have too much work to do for just one nurse

    passing thru replied to debbie17368's topic in Medical-Surgical

    The usual med-surg ratio here is one nurse to 5-8 patients. Same for telemetry. It has never happened to me. There would have to be an extreme situation for me to take on 15 patients. to take on 30...

  18. Drawing Blood From PICC Lines

    passing thru replied to rileygrl11's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    We do not draw labs from PICC or Portacaths. The MD's said it increases the chance of infection in the central lines too much and they want them saived for antibiotics and chemo

  19. Am I just being petty?

    passing thru replied to huggietoes's topic in General Nursing

    Please give us a clue as to where you are...the general

  20. Question about gtt titration

    passing thru replied to New CCU RN's topic in CCU, Coronary, Cardiac

    Why not Matt? What's going on with the med that the ext. aren't being

  21. I got hurt at work

    passing thru replied to Buddha's topic in General Nursing

    I know a nurse who tore her rotator cuff and is still working. She is trying to avoid surgery. The hospital has employees sign a form when they come aboard. There is NO workmans comp. What is...

  22. Charge Nurse in ICU

    passing thru replied to pjdRN's topic in MICU, SICU

    Or last week, the patient is back in a-fib, wants to call doc...hello? ...look the afternoon beta -blocker was not given. This could be another thread, we could share

  23. Charge Nurse in ICU

    passing thru replied to pjdRN's topic in MICU, SICU

    A suggestion: As charge, I always ask agency and floaters to consult with me prior to calling the docs, (at 3 a.m.). Usually I can advise and suggest a resolution, provide options that a newbie on...

  24. Nurses & Retirement $$$

    passing thru posted a topic in General Nursing

    I think as professionals, nurses must change jobs more frequently than any other profession. In the last five years, how many employers have you had? I am beginning to see why nurses retire without...

  25. Quit nursing school due to head games.

    passing thru replied to BioRN's topic in General Students

    Why didn't you take your complaint to the dean of the nursing school. ? I had a instructor write some unkind things about me and I was so mad! I wrote a 43 page letter to the nursing schoold dean...