Geeg

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1. Do you think there will be a nursing "draft" someday?

   Geeg replied to marie-francoise's topic in General Nursing

   There won't be a draft because then one has to admit that there is a war going on. The hospital associations will just keep lobbying to deskill nsg and janitor will be giving your meds. Heck, the...

2. Help! LTC laws and ratios

   Geeg replied to erica_pn's topic in Ohio Nursing

   There are no LTC ratios in OH or any other state. The only ratios that are mandated by law are for acute care hospitals. The laws are on the books in California and a handful of other states that I...

3. Moving from California to Ohio to pursue nursing, need help!

   Geeg replied to pumpkin1984's topic in Ohio Nursing

   I just realized you are in your 20's. I would go to the Columbus area, since OSU is there, and there are lotsa people in your age range

4. Moving from California to Ohio to pursue nursing, need help!

   Geeg replied to pumpkin1984's topic in Ohio Nursing

   I worked as a nurse in OH for 15 years. There are many more nsg schools in OH than CA, considering the large population in CA. There are state schools with programs. There are also some small...

5. Role Of Lpn's In Icu's

   Geeg replied to PATSfanRN's topic in General Nursing

   What does the state board of nursing have to say? I doubt that A LPN can titrate vasoactive

6. New Patient Population in CCU

   Geeg replied to MisfonzRN's topic in CCU, Coronary, Cardiac

   Everyone becomes a medical pt in the end. That is, once surgeons can't or won't cut them

7. New Patient Population in CCU

   Geeg replied to MisfonzRN's topic in CCU, Coronary, Cardiac

   Hi. I used to work in Cleve, for about 20 yrs.... Pts in the units now, would be dead 10-15 yrs ago, consequently the current floor pts are the ICU pts of 10-15 yrs

8. JCAHO Alert: Tubing misconnections-a persistent and potentially deadly occurrence

   Geeg replied to NRSKarenRN's topic in Patient Medications

   Once again, I think the answer is more nurses. I can't help but think that some of these less flagrant errors can be attributed to too many patients and not enough

9. The War with the Floors

   Geeg replied to zima60's topic in Emergency

   Remember Divide and Conquer. It is to the hospitals's advantage when the nurse are at war with each other and have no energy to fight admin. I think that is why nothing gets resolved very well in the...

10. Med-Mal Reform -- Write your Senator

    Geeg replied to deepz's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    Amennnn. It is all the insurance industry's doing. Sure lawyers can be easy targets, but they are not the villains

11. Accutane

    Geeg replied to BGgirl's topic in General Nursing

    I used Accutane, it did work well for me. It has been around for at least 25 yrs, have you searched for any long term studies re side effects? Have you tried Retin

12. Layoffs and "Reconfiguring" the hospital

    Geeg replied to LuvToBeANurse's topic in CCU, Coronary, Cardiac

    Sorry, I don't think there is an upside. We all know that reconfiguing is a euphemism for cutting

13. Bad Habits Nurses Develop

    Geeg replied to Debbie_LPN's topic in General Nursing

    Starting evey sentence with "I'm sorry

14. What do you think of using paramedics for nursing shortage

    Geeg replied to sweetpooty's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    Unfortunately, the healthcare system is using a business model: do more with less. Crank up the output with the least expenditure possible and hope nobody realizes that the quality

15. Visitation and staying the night

    Geeg replied to optimisticSRNA's topic in MICU, SICU

    In general, night visitation should be discouraged. I have had plenty of intoxicated visitors, and the majority {surprise} arrived at