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    Med-Surg Topic of the Week - Psych Patients

    RNPATL posted a topic in Medical-Surgical

    We had some great discussion on the bariatric patient .... now lets chat about pshyc patients that are placed on med-surg and take enormous nursing time!!!!! We had a psych patient on the unit and she...
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    Med-Surg Topic of the Week .... The HOSPICE Patient/Family

    RNPATL replied to RNPATL's topic in Medical-Surgical

    Yes, it can be a tough situation. I think the balance tat the nurses have to maintain is difficult. We want the patient to be comfortable and have their family in attendance, but there are other...
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    Daughter wants to go into Forensic Pathology ...

    RNPATL replied to RNPATL's topic in Forensic

    Kind of an old thread, but thank you for your reply. As is true with most teenagers, she has changed her career direction and is no longer interested in forensics or nursing at this point. She cites...
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    Thinking of moving to NC

    RNPATL replied to acenger's topic in Nursing Career

    I just read your posted message. I am going to give you a link to the North Carolina Forum - perhaps you can get some more information there:...
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    Med-Surg Topic of the Week - Psych Patients

    RNPATL replied to RNPATL's topic in Medical-Surgical

    Thanks for all the great replies to this thread. Some great food for thought here. I agree that the psych patients that smoke are really tough patients to deal with. I had one lady smoking in the...
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    Handling new interns

    RNPATL replied to Nellie Nurse's topic in Medical-Surgical

    Hey ... we were all new at one time and yes, that even means physicians. Often, I try to have an idea of what kind of order I would like when I call the physician. For those new nurses, it might be...
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    All Children's Hospital in St. Pete

    RNPATL replied to RNBS's topic in Florida Nursing

    I did a pretty long clinical rotation at ACH in St. Pete ..... it was a great hosptial ... people who worked there said that they love
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    Attention ALL Diabetic Nurse Educators

    RNPATL replied to RNPATL's topic in Medical-Surgical

    Wow .... Joy - thank you so much! I will certainly use this information as a teaching tool for my staff. We are trying to move forward on new research, but sometimes the information takes a while to...
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    Advice For The New Nurse Entering Med-Surg

    RNPATL replied to RNPATL's topic in Medical-Surgical

    This thread has had a great start and would love to see more contributions ... students and new nurses - here is your opportunity to ask some of the questions that might be on your
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    LPN program at Galen Health Institute

    RNPATL replied to tleo's topic in Florida Nursing

    Generally speaking, if your LPN program was accredited and if it is NLN approved, you should have no problem applying for the LPN to RN bridge program at SPCC. SPCC requires that your LPN program...
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    Flight nurse postions

    RNPATL replied to rjflyn's topic in Florida Nursing

    It might be a good idea to look at the local hospitals in your area or the area that you are planning to move to. Most often, when a flight nurse position opens, it is announced in house and...
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    SPC or PCC?

    RNPATL replied to lmolvr's topic in Florida Nursing

    I can not give you much information on PCC or Lakeland for that matter. But, I have had a number of friends graduate from SPCC and they said the program for LPN to RN was wonderful. They felt very...
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    Nurses and Agency Assignments

    RNPATL replied to Roozeyk's topic in General Nursing

    If you are truly interested in moving back into acute care ... try signing on with a hospital. Many offer extended orientation periods for nurses that have been out of acute care. It is worth it to...
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    What happens to your integrity when you go into management?

    RNPATL replied to olympiad27's topic in Nurse Management

    Over the years, I have often thought about why nurses berate their nurse manager. We do work hard and we do work a lot of hours. I am not sure why it is that nurses feel like managers do nothing....
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    Nurses and Agency Assignments

    RNPATL replied to Roozeyk's topic in General Nursing

    As you know, there is a very real difference between nursing home patients and acute care patients. Having been out of acute care for a while, there have been a lot of changes. Patient's are very...
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    What happens to your integrity when you go into management?

    RNPATL replied to olympiad27's topic in Nurse Management

    Well, let's see, after putting in almost 60 plus hours this week, I have received greater than 15 calls this weekend concerning everything from staffing to problem patients. There is simply no time...
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    25 Nurses fired for not working Frances

    RNPATL replied to Rudegal2020's topic in Florida Nursing

    This presents a whole different light on the subject. As nurses, if we are expected to work during storms like this, then it is the responsibility of the hospital to ensure that the staff have...
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    25 Nurses fired for not working Frances

    RNPATL replied to Rudegal2020's topic in Florida Nursing

    Tweety - you make some excellent points and it can be a tough decision knowiing what is the right thing to do. Obviously people need to guard their personal safety. Quite frankly, I would rather be...
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    25 Nurses fired for not working Frances

    RNPATL replied to Rudegal2020's topic in Florida Nursing

    Thanks for the link ....still does not give much information that is for
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    25 Nurses fired for not working Frances

    RNPATL replied to Rudegal2020's topic in Florida Nursing

    Are we sure that this was the case? I lived and worked in Florida for more than 20 years. When I was hired a my 2 jobs there, I was asked to sign a paper about what team I wanted to work ... during...
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    Missing Med/Surg nursing

    RNPATL replied to barefootlady's topic in Medical-Surgical

    I have felt the same way when I was working in other areas of nursing. I am very passionate about being a med-surg nurse and think that nurses that work in this area are VERY skilled and organized....
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    Coitus Interruptus?

    RNPATL replied to Ruby Vee's topic in General Nursing

    Ok folks .... just a real gentle reminder to keep this thread nice and clean ... it has the potential to go south really quick. Here is a link to the TOS for those who have not read it lately....
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    Daycare center for sick children? What would you like to see?

    RNPATL replied to careerdejour's topic in General Nursing

    You have certainly earned my respect and can appreciate your position and respect your position. Family does come first and I will not argue that fact at all!!!!! You did not make me angry, but a...
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    Daycare center for sick children? What would you like to see?

    RNPATL replied to careerdejour's topic in General Nursing

    There is a real need out there for parents. I remember when my kids were little and they would get sick, it would be one at a time. The first one would get sick, be out of school for 2 days, then...
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    Med-Surg Topic of the week .... Bariatric Surgery

    RNPATL posted a topic in Medical-Surgical

    For many of us, med-surg is a challenging and exciting area of nursing to work in. I started this thread, because like any good nurse, I would like to learn more and ways other nurses handle things...