BlueRidgeHomeRN

BlueRidgeHomeRN

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  1. What is the best way for an older nurse to get into the ER?

    BlueRidgeHomeRN replied to nrsstephanie's topic in Emergency

    i was thinking hip fx! no fllaming, please....i'm

  2. Anyone Up For Random FACT THROWING??

    BlueRidgeHomeRN replied to CrazyScrubNurse's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    I don't know diddly with unusual tracings, but as an aside calcium glugonate comes in at least four forms..iv, plus a gel, rinse, and as a nebulized med. latter three are the antidote for hydroflouric...

  3. camo scrubs.. opinion

    BlueRidgeHomeRN replied to b2sai's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

  4. Age you will/were graduated?

    BlueRidgeHomeRN replied to sweetiez's topic in General Students

    i was a few weeks short of

  5. hippa violation with teen mother

    BlueRidgeHomeRN replied to love for nursing's topic in Ob/Gyn

    can only speak to my state, but here if the girl had gone to the health dept. or planned parenthood, her privacy would be protected.. but...since she went to her family physician, using insurance, it...

  6. New to Site!!! HELLO!!!!!!!!!!!

    BlueRidgeHomeRN replied to jeffbell7's topic in General Nursing

    hey, jeff--glad to have you

  7. Birth in the Media

    BlueRidgeHomeRN replied to Nefertari1279's topic in Ob/Gyn

    while watching these shows every day (post-op for 6 long weeks!) i saw exactly one mom nursing her kidlet--but with the "blanket as poncho"trick you wouldn't have known if you didn't already know what...

  8. Funny Names

    BlueRidgeHomeRN replied to nurserynurse55's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    hope the poor kid just answers to

  9. Cost of illegal immigration on one Florida hospital

    BlueRidgeHomeRN replied to Danish's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    the slave trade is a blight on america's history. most americans are not decendants of slave holders or traders. liberia was a reparation idea who failed. can we fast forward to a time when a literal...

  10. Cost of illegal immigration on one Florida hospital

    BlueRidgeHomeRN replied to Danish's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    it would have been better to say that except for native americans, we are all immigrants or their

  11. Cost of illegal immigration on one Florida hospital

    BlueRidgeHomeRN replied to Danish's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    i agree that the thread topic remains the cost of illegal aliens to health, and the burden it presents to healthcare, not the morality of illegal immigration. this can get emotional, and justifiably...

  12. Cost of illegal immigration on one Florida hospital

    BlueRidgeHomeRN replied to Danish's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    thailand, japan, the phiilipines, germany, england, france, and india. yea, i've lived overseas (a lot) and agree that the worldview of non-americans is different. i have some strong perspectives of...

  13. Cost of illegal immigration on one Florida hospital

    BlueRidgeHomeRN replied to Danish's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    how does mr. quo force folks to cross international borders at

  14. Cost of illegal immigration on one Florida hospital

    BlueRidgeHomeRN replied to Danish's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    (ironically, i am, or was in a previous life....) 1. a large percent of those wages were being returned to country of origin. 2. yup, some tax revenue lost, some gained by services no longer being...

  15. Cost of illegal immigration on one Florida hospital

    BlueRidgeHomeRN replied to Danish's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    whose fault is it,

  16. Cost of illegal immigration on one Florida hospital

    BlueRidgeHomeRN replied to Danish's topic in Activism, Healthcare

  17. Cost of illegal immigration on one Florida hospital

    BlueRidgeHomeRN replied to Danish's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    yes, except no one is scapegoating "immigrants"....... ........the problem is illegal aliens. i have no issue with the rainbow of immigrants here to live the american dream. legal immigrants have...

  18. Cost of illegal immigration on one Florida hospital

    BlueRidgeHomeRN replied to Danish's topic in Activism, Healthcare

  19. Cost of illegal immigration on one Florida hospital

    BlueRidgeHomeRN replied to Danish's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    (aeauoo) that's not the point...it's the cost to provide care for individuals who are in this country illegally and burdening an already stretched health care system. at a major hospital in orlando,...

  20. Med Aides giving PRN meds

    BlueRidgeHomeRN replied to jacesmom2's topic in General Nursing

    i'm sure this varies from bon to bon, but i'm getting ready to take a course to certify me to teach medication administration to non-nurses (it's for a home-based program for mr adults, not for any...

  21. Cost of illegal immigration on one Florida hospital

    BlueRidgeHomeRN replied to Danish's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    the children (anchor babies) are u.s. citizens, the parents are

  22. and the problem is..........?

    BlueRidgeHomeRN replied to marcicatherine's topic in Emergency

    love it--when we do home health admissions, we instruct the patients to gather unto the kitchen table "all the pills, lotions, sprays, patches you have that you ever use, whether you got them from the...

  23. army rotc

    BlueRidgeHomeRN replied to lvlelbee's topic in Government, Military

  24. charting"incident report filled" in nurse's notes

    BlueRidgeHomeRN replied to NICURN04's topic in General Nursing

    ....and since you have not performed this act, i would be interested in how you have avoided noting any "incidents", ever. once a month per nurse was about average on my previous floor, since these...

  25. Things that gross me out....

    BlueRidgeHomeRN replied to 2shihtzus's topic in General Nursing