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    Question about Texas license

    TazziRN replied to sissiesmama's topic in Nurses Recovery

    In CA you may have to go through their probation program for three years, just as though a new grad with a DUI in the history would, so yes, it's possible TX may do the same thing. The determining...
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    diluted IM Phenergan?

    TazziRN replied to awesomemom's topic in General Nursing

    Why not? It would mean more solution injected so might have to be divided depending on how much it's diluted, but why
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    Does this concern anyone else?

    TazziRN replied to handyrn's topic in General Nursing

    Something else that might work.......the CNA should keep wearing gloves. When the DON says something the CNA should look her right in the eye and tell her "Terminate me. I will then go to the Labor...
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    Does this concern anyone else?

    TazziRN replied to handyrn's topic in General Nursing

    Sounds like an OSHA report needs to be filed, 'cause this wacky DON ain't gonna learn any other way.......unless it comes from someone more official than her, she's not going to
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    Is My Hospital The Norm??

    TazziRN replied to lisa41rn's topic in General Nursing

    I think this says volumes. You need to work elsewhere. That's the nice thing about nursing, you can go anywhere and find a job, and there are so many different aspects of nursing available, not just...
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    Why didn't the doctor treat EVERYONE for this???

    TazziRN replied to pirap's topic in General Nursing

    I have never known a physician to treat only one family member for scabies. If one is treated, enough med is prescribed for the entire
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    Quit before probation...Am I entitled to get paid my accrued time?

    TazziRN replied to stepaukob's topic in General Nursing

    And at most places, even though you start accumulating from date of hire, employees are not eligible to USE or collect the accrued time until you are past your
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    Pink spinal and blue spinal set

    TazziRN replied to Melandru's topic in General Nursing

    If I recall correctly the blue was a 22 and the pink was a 20. Pedi trays had yellow ones, which were
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    nursing diagnosis

    TazziRN replied to dkduncan's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    You can't buy that fatigue can lead to ineffective respirations? Take a close look at someone in respiratory distress......TRUE distress, like an asthmatic or a CHF-er......in the ER or ICU. These pts...
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    Almost lost my temper today

    TazziRN replied to Ms Kylee's topic in General Nursing

    I'm sorry......he's swearing at you and punching you hard enough to leave bruises and you don't get to pick your assignment??? You have every right not to be abused by pts. I don't care if he's...
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    your favorite way to stay in shape

    TazziRN replied to mark3274's topic in Health, Stress Management

    i am in shape.......................... "round" is a
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    Please help me answer my case study!

    TazziRN replied to 4ever_heaven's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    sats in the low 90's, while not terrific, are not bad. no need to keep her on bedrest unless the dizziness occurs also with o2 while ambulating. grab a portable tank and try it. when you sbar to the...
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    What did you do before you were a nurse and how has it contributed to your career?

    TazziRN replied to Dancin'Mom's topic in General Nursing

    In my senior year of high school I was a playground supervisor at a grade school. Right after high school I worked in the infant section of a day care center. Then I got my CNA and did that for...
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    First Patient Death

    TazziRN replied to megananne7's topic in General Nursing

    I was a new CNA in an LTC, had never seen a dead body before, had never been around death at all. The CNAs delivered the breakfast trays and then I was making rounds to see if anyone needed help...
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    mandated Nurse to patient ratios

    TazziRN replied to kburns0016's topic in General Nursing

    Mandated ratios are in effect in CA. I haven't met a single nurse yet who doesn't like
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    placed on unpaid adminstative leave today

    TazziRN replied to jrbl77's topic in General Nursing

    I was terminated two days before my daughter's senior prom. Hubs and I decided not to say anything to her until afterwards, and the family was sworn to secrecy so her day wouldn't be ruined. I'm so...
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    Did he get too much morphine?

    TazziRN replied to Deb123j's topic in General Nursing

    "Too much" means higher than normal, or higher than is safe. 8 mgs is not too much for an adult, no matter what the problem. More than he needed, probably, but not too much. And yes, morphine will...
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    Nurses Smoking

    TazziRN replied to JENNLEE's topic in General Nursing

    People that smoke in their cars reek of it, and so does the
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    Help Please!

    TazziRN replied to gabrield's topic in General Nursing

    Only if you have time and money to waste. Call them. You'll be on hold for a while but you have a better chance of getting an
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    Nurses Smoking

    TazziRN replied to JENNLEE's topic in General Nursing

    absolutely not! couldn't have said it better. miami, the problem with many smokers is that they take way more breaks than anyone else. but nurses and ministers are human, just like anyone else....
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    Nurses Smoking

    TazziRN replied to JENNLEE's topic in General Nursing

    The fact that a nurse smokes does not bother me. The smell, however,
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    male nurses with beards

    TazziRN replied to nrsman1's topic in Men in Nursing

    Suggestion: wait until you have some time off to grow it. During the scraggly phase your employer would have every right toding you for looking poorly groomed. Hubs' store has this policy; if you want...
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    I am getting terminated tomarrow

    TazziRN replied to nl2005's topic in General Nursing

    Don't fret. Last year I missed an MI in a pt whose EKG was seen by the ER MD. I knew he had seen it so I didn't bother to look at it. No changes on the bedside monitor. NINE HOURS later the admitting...
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    A prime lawsuit

    TazziRN replied to xoemmylouox's topic in General Nursing

    Ah. Your first post sounded like you agreed that the ER doc screwed up. Sorry we
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    What would RN's do?

    TazziRN replied to BiologyNerd's topic in General Nursing

    My kids were vax'd on schedule. Yes, I think about the correlation between vaxes and autism, but until there's definite proof AND the benefits are outweighted by the negative outcomes, I will continue...