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    caring for nephrostomy bags when patient is sleeping

    TazziRN replied to Forli343's topic in General Nursing

    The bags are safe until they're full. The larger bags are meant to be used at night since most people sleep through the night. Unless he kinks the tubing somehow it would be difficult to block the...
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    CEN Exam

    TazziRN replied to TRAMA1RN's topic in General Nursing

    Don't know how many questions but it's
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    Charting Issues that Really Bug Me!!!

    TazziRN replied to al7139's topic in General Nursing

    I opened a home health pt who was allowed weight bearing as tolerated, per MD orders. He had just had his second BKA and had no
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    Charting Issues that Really Bug Me!!!

    TazziRN replied to al7139's topic in General Nursing

    I agree with the one about the decub, but an amputee or bedridden pt does have an impaired gait. The gait is not normal, therefore it is impaired. We have to evaluate the gaits of home health pts, and...
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    Men can't give complete baths?

    TazziRN replied to stelon's topic in General Nursing

    never said it was fair, just that one complaint is all it would
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    Men can't give complete baths?

    TazziRN replied to stelon's topic in General Nursing

    I have never seen this policy but all it takes is one complaint of inappropriate behavior for it to be
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    New "Hopkins" reality show

    TazziRN replied to djc1981's topic in General Nursing

    Awwww......I don't remember much about the girl, but I thought it was benign. I do remember her father was so ticked off that he was going to sue the HMO, even though back then you supposedly...
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    Are these procedures so bad?

    TazziRN replied to shelikesmorningglori's topic in General Nursing

    I've helped with both in the ER. No big deal. You're not actually doing the procedures, just helping by either holding the pt or assisting the doc with meds, equipment,
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    New "Hopkins" reality show

    TazziRN replied to djc1981's topic in General Nursing

    Cool, thanks!!! I'll never forget one girl they followed, a teenager with an HMO insurance. She had a tumor that her insurance would not allow to be CT'd on a regular basis or removed. Her physician...
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    does anyone know mandatory nurse/patient ratio in skilled nursing facilities in CA

    TazziRN replied to leila48's topic in General Nursing

    I know that LTCs do not come under the nurse-pt ratios that hospitals have to follow. I'm sorry for the loss of your parents. Call the local ombudsman, s/he may be able to answer your
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    TB Positive a while back

    TazziRN replied to LostSoul's topic in General Nursing

    Won't be a problem, you'll just have to get a chest x-ray every year instead of a PPD test. It's common for nurses to convert after exposure to TB pts and they just get x-rays after
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    New "Hopkins" reality show

    TazziRN replied to djc1981's topic in General Nursing

    Sounds like another show that was on years ago for a couple of months called "Hopkins 24/7".....it was pretty
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    What can RNs do?

    TazziRN replied to floridagrl2000's topic in General Nursing

    Case managers at our local facilities work weekends. There is always at least one on during the day
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    The difference between Med-Surg nurses and ICU nurses

    TazziRN replied to uscstu4lfe's topic in General Nursing

    Oh, no mud-slinging from me!!! I do not, in any way, think that critical care nurses are "better" than floor nurses, but that the personality is different. I agree that many CC nurses cannot handle a...
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    Wanted to share a story: The impact of nurses in my Grandpa's death

    TazziRN replied to mslinzyann's topic in General Nursing

    I'm so sorry about your grandpa, but I'm glad he was able to go with so much love around him. Those nurses are what nursing is supposed to be about, and I'm glad you were able to have that experience...
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    Nursing: Dangerous Career???

    TazziRN replied to bigq2000's topic in General Nursing

    Exposure to yucky bugs is more likely than an attack by a patient or
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    What can RNs do?

    TazziRN replied to floridagrl2000's topic in General Nursing

    You will earn more at a hospital. If you work at a hospital you will have to work weekends and holidays. Get used to
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    The difference between Med-Surg nurses and ICU nurses

    TazziRN replied to uscstu4lfe's topic in General Nursing

    It's a different world, and for that reason many critical care nurses cannot work the floors and vice versa. When I left the ER I didn't even bother trying another unit because I knew I'd get my hiney...
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    Question about CEU's?

    TazziRN replied to cherokeesummer's topic in General Nursing

    In CA new grads do not need CEs for the first renewal but thereafter you need 30 per renewal. No CEs, no
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    The difference between Med-Surg nurses and ICU nurses

    TazziRN replied to uscstu4lfe's topic in General Nursing

    Critical care nurses do tend to be more laid back. I've seen MS nurses float to the ER and be blown away by a) how much autonomy we had and b) how "Whatever" we
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    Is there ANY department in nursing that I can avoid cleaning up poo?

    TazziRN replied to Future-nurse's topic in General Nursing

    AND...........how did she expect you to learn about interventions and treatments if you weren't doing skin assessments, which are often done while cleaning someone up?? And are you saying that if you...
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    Techs checking O2 sats

    TazziRN replied to 1TachyRN's topic in General Nursing

    I always expected my techs to get sats with VS. If it was lower than it had been (or below 95%) they were to let me know right
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    Do I Need to be in the UNION ??

    TazziRN replied to natnurse23's topic in General Nursing

    I would pay it if I had a
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    Appointment question

    TazziRN replied to eugene8448's topic in General Nursing

    What they
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    Is there ANY department in nursing that I can avoid cleaning up poo?

    TazziRN replied to Future-nurse's topic in General Nursing

    Newborn baby poop isn't as