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  1. please help me firure out this RBC

    southern rn replied to lillysa1919's topic in General Nursing

    Even though your parameters show that this is low, I don't think it is enough to be of clinical signifance. Everyone's blood work isn't going to fall exactly into a category and it may mean absolutely...

  2. Shaved Mons - Phenomenon

    southern rn replied to recbest's topic in Ob/Gyn

    actually, zuzi, I would like to hear your joke lol. It's quite around here tonight and I could use some

  3. Shaved Mons - Phenomenon

    southern rn replied to recbest's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I don't have a real answer for you since I don't work OB but I must say for a first post on this site that's a good one. Made me

  4. I had my first clinical today & I cried in the pt room in front of everyone.

    southern rn replied to Angels_wearScrubs's topic in General Nursing

    God bless you both. I have been doing this for almost 20 years and unfortunately I have seen more than my fair share of unpleasantness. People dying way to young and for very bad reasons. If I sit and...

  5. Should I head for the hills???

    southern rn replied to LostLilOne's topic in General Nursing

    You might as well laugh;we have had a run on these types of posts lately and I think if I don't laugh about it I will have to stop reading allnurses

  6. if you ever leave nursing

    southern rn replied to funmom's topic in General Nursing

    Well, my dream job is to work at

  7. In what department do you not wipe the backside?

    southern rn replied to mirgadia05's topic in General Nursing

    Well, you could always join the union the OP wants to start-the non asswipers union lol I am being sarcastic, too Vida so don't get mad:D OP, I know this might horrify you, but I also routinely empty...

  8. In what department do you not wipe the backside?

    southern rn replied to mirgadia05's topic in General Nursing

    OK, I will call you immature. I think you better loose the attitude at least till you make it out of nursing school or you can add that to your list of failures. You say you are too smart to "wipe...

  9. Nursing certification question

    southern rn replied to simperato's topic in General Nursing

    You have to already be working in that area and have so many documented hours worked to take the cert exam. It would be pretty hard to pass the exams without both of those things, anyway. They are...

  10. If you could no longer work as a nurse, what would you do?

    southern rn replied to LockportRN's topic in General Nursing

    work in some sort of computer based job-programming, that sort of thing. If this is your fantasy job of choice, I would work at

  11. hour long seizure-what was this?

    southern rn replied to NewNurseAlert's topic in General Nursing

    I have seen my sister do something similar to what you are describing, although hers wasn't as predominantly one sided. She has MS. Symptoms were improved by and relieved with a benzo, can't remember...

  12. My Needlestick, I'm crazy!

    southern rn replied to level1_traumaRN's topic in General Nursing

    Sounds like your pt is still relatively low risk for HIV even with her chronic health problems. Have you had the Hepatitis vaccine? If so, you should be fine. I would report it to employee health,...

  13. Too young to be a nurse?

    southern rn replied to guiltysins's topic in General Students

    I was an RN at 19, now I miss the good ol days of being the youngest one on the unit

  14. Tattoos on patients

    southern rn replied to Duckyaryj's topic in General Nursing

    I once took care of a rather questionable gentleman that had one word tattoed on each buttock- "the end." And no, it did not look like a professional job either . He supposedly had another tattoo on...

  15. Discovering incompatible IVPB's with primary lines - anyone else notice this a lot?

    southern rn replied to ANH_RN's topic in General Nursing

    By the drugs being incompatible I have always took it to mean the two meds wouldn't mix and you would end up with precipitate;not that the patient would actually have a reaction to them being run...

  16. Question about organ donation.

    southern rn replied to xlilchatonx's topic in General Nursing

    The doctors would have no way of knowing you are an organ donor unless you are at the point of being one;it's not like they check everyone's driver's license before deciding treatment. If being an...

  17. Dangerous nurses

    southern rn replied to funmom's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Didn't the doctor see his patient over those four

  18. how do you expect me to pay for this???

    southern rn replied to ohmeowzer RN's topic in General Nursing

    Wal-mart has a generic prescription program for $4 dollars/each. K-mart has one for I believe $5. I am sure many of the other national chains do as well. There could be a possibility of changing a med...

  19. Dangerous nurses

    southern rn replied to funmom's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Several years ago, I worked with a nurse who accidentally hung TPN on a pt. intended for someone else (both had it ordered). When she realized her mistake, she took the TPN down and rehung it on the...

  20. If you are a bad CNA, does that make you a bad Nurse?

    southern rn replied to Derek1975's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    Having several different jobs as a CNA prior to nursing school is not a problem per se, however the REASON you have had several jobs certainly can be. Why have you had several jobs? Have you quit or...

  21. Fall from weighing scale

    southern rn replied to johan john's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    African

  22. Syndrome of an itching calf

    southern rn replied to lovehospital's topic in General Nursing

    Seriously??Apply extra lotion to your legs.. your skin is probably just extra dry. the bite is just a local reaction-hydrocortisone cream should do the

  23. nursing job from home?

    southern rn replied to LanaBanana's topic in General Nursing

    Keep in mind that even the work at home jobs are going to require you to have a seperate space set aside as your "office" that is dedicated to that purpose-and it is probably not realistic to think...

  24. Who's hiring

    southern rn replied to smiletoday's topic in General Nursing

    My hospital organization is still actively hiring. I just checked the job listings before posting this. 43 RN positions spread over 3-4 different facilities in 3 towns. Used to see much more posted...

  25. What's the worst weather you've gone out in?

    southern rn replied to nurseby07's topic in Home Health

    Blizzard of 1993. Had a police cruiser pick me up and take me to work. Absolutely no cars on the roads, everything was at a standstill. I had had a bone marrow biopsy the day before which added to the...