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  1. Curious: Any increase in cardiac related ER visits since MJ died?

    pennyaline replied to DolceVita's topic in General Nursing

    There is a big difference between an outbreak of an influenza historic for causing massive mortality, and the sudden death of a pathetic, obscure curiosity who most people learned to ignore long ago....

  2. Mad and confused!

    pennyaline replied to Sparrowhawk's topic in General Nursing

    Yep, that was my first thought. However, as the company is no longer accepting MD notes for call ins and such, and as you've only been there for just over three months you may be the lowest on the...

  3. Chatham University

    pennyaline replied to KatherineRN's topic in Online Distance Learning

    The first thing I tell anyone who's looking at an online nursing school: check the program's

  4. And while we're at it-things you'd LOVE to ask/tell management and get away with

    pennyaline replied to HelenofOz's topic in General Nursing

    I wouldn't waste my breath with anything eloquent. Just: "If you're not going to help, f...

  5. Simulating arm veins for practice IV's

    pennyaline replied to linda2097's topic in General Nursing

    Yeah, I used to do that too. But after a couple of years of MA and nursing students poking at me to practice I.V. starts and blood draws, it became too excruciating and I had to direct them back to...

  6. Time spent on resuscitation of a celebrity

    pennyaline replied to DuluthMike's topic in General Nursing

    Coding for an hour is not unusual. It's especially not unusual with a young patient (50) with no known illnesses or medical conditions, no known DRN status, and no family members yet on sight with the...

  7. California nurses & others who can't find jobs- read this!

    pennyaline replied to Valerie Salva's topic in General Nursing

    From a nurses/employees point of view, yes he should be fired. From a business point of view, he's Superman. He is, regrettably, the embodiment of what health care

  8. Stupid Allergies

    pennyaline replied to prowlingMA's topic in General Nursing

    Not a patient, but a newly-hired CNA: CNA: "I have to use latex gloves. I can't use vinyl." Me: "Why? Do you not like vinyl gloves? Do they not fit you well?" CNA: "My doctor told me I have to use...

  9. Needing advice

    pennyaline replied to Momto4RN's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Having babies of your own does not qualify you for L&D. I suggest going back to med/surg for a year, getting back into the groove and brushing up your skills, then trying to transfer into L&D...

  10. Am I doing something wrong here?

    pennyaline replied to CABG patch kid's topic in General Nursing

    And sometimes they're not cowards. Sometimes it's a true personality problem. I guarantee that your coworker has already been all over your manager about how awful it is to follow your shifts ie this...

  11. A couple questions about med injections

    pennyaline replied to mnnurse29's topic in General Nursing

    Okay. Truce. I hate giving injections to kids, too. Even for little minor shots, their reactions broke my heart every

  12. A couple questions about med injections

    pennyaline replied to mnnurse29's topic in General Nursing

    I still maintain, if a dose that high or a volume that large is ordered IM, best to get an order for IV (for reasons I stated

  13. A couple questions about med injections

    pennyaline replied to mnnurse29's topic in General Nursing

    I noticed that, and wondered about the same thing. However, since the time frame wasn't specified... I remember how we used to do things way back when, too. We don't necessarily do them the same way...

  14. A couple questions about med injections

    pennyaline replied to mnnurse29's topic in General Nursing

    1000 mg Rocephin can easily be reconstituted into a > 3 ml IM injection. reconstituting it according to the directions that come with the med. So you see, I'm not suiting myself to get by with just...

  15. Need advice

    pennyaline replied to redhead_RN's topic in General Nursing

    Since you certainly know me so well as the "beyond child-bearing years" nurse who "cannot 'use that excuse,'" I am shaken to the core that you've failed to recognize my motherhood. I've worked through...

  16. A couple questions about med injections

    pennyaline replied to mnnurse29's topic in General Nursing

    That's how I read it, too. I understood what was done. And I understand that there is no reason at all to reconstitute it into a volume so big it can't be handled with a single

  17. A couple questions about med injections

    pennyaline replied to mnnurse29's topic in General Nursing

    Did you follow all the directions for dilution and

  18. Need advice

    pennyaline replied to redhead_RN's topic in General Nursing

    A two-person lift for a 120 lb woman should not endanger anybody's pregnancy. If you and your coworker need pregnancy-related work restrictions, see your respective primary care providers ASAP. You...

  19. Verbal, Written Warnings and Termination

    pennyaline replied to madwife2002's topic in General Nursing

    You are mistaken. In at will states, wrongful termination still exists and employers can be prosecuted for it. "Bullies and their enablers," if creating a hostile work environment, are breaking labor...

  20. No wonder patients are in pain!

    pennyaline replied to PeachPie's topic in General Nursing

    Even in at will states, your employer cannot make up reasons to fire you or accuse you of things you haven't done. If it can be proven that they did that, you might have a case for wrongful...

  21. State survey

    pennyaline replied to kappykatlpn's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    What type of facility do you work

  22. What would you have said to this CNA

    pennyaline replied to zofran's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Well good enough! She's out on the ledge already, huh? Good. A write up will give her a nice push!

  23. I was just laid off

    pennyaline replied to SuesquatchRN's topic in General Nursing

    Ugh! I feel so bad for

  24. State survey

    pennyaline replied to kappykatlpn's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Huh???

  25. Urgent question about policy for bedrails as restraints in ICF DD facility

    pennyaline replied to arckangel6983's topic in General Nursing

    What kind of facility was yours? How long ago? State and federal regulations consider any device that prevents mobility to be a restraint. Side rails are obviously restraining. Geri chairs are...