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    Surgery Nurse or Operating Room Nurse???

    TazziRN replied to Joie777's topic in Operating Room

    Surgery = operating room Do you mean MedSurg or Surgical FLOOR versus the surgery department? I'm really confused.....why on Earth would you put in the time and energy to go to nursing school, which...
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    Do you think this was un-professional?

    TazziRN replied to pumpkin1984's topic in General Nursing

    Ah.....I took your question to mean that none of them might have been medical/nursing
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    Do you think this was un-professional?

    TazziRN replied to pumpkin1984's topic in General Nursing

    Angie, if it was at the nurses' station I doubt it was the housekeeping
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    Do you think this was un-professional?

    TazziRN replied to pumpkin1984's topic in General Nursing

    finchy, i believe she's talking about the er. pumpkin, i can recall many many times when pts complained that we weren't doing anything so why weren't we seeing pts. staff often forget the pt's...
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    A Little advice needed!!!!

    TazziRN replied to Jossie's topic in General Nursing

    This is just a point of view, not necessarily my opinion, okay? You have several years of experience, yes, but you are new to Canadian nursing. While the basics of nursing are the same all over, might...
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    Do you remove occluded or infiltrated IV right away or wait until new start done?

    TazziRN replied to Suninmyheart's topic in General Nursing

    The only time I do not remove a bad IV is when the pt is being thrombolized. I cap it off, put a 2x2 and tape over the cap so it's not accessible, and write on it "NO" or "BAD". In all other pts, the...
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    help

    TazziRN replied to achapman's topic in General Nursing

    Go to your state BON's website. If that doesn't tell you, then there will be a phone number you can call. Or you can ask one of your
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    Horrible thing happened in O.R yesterday

    TazziRN replied to Scrubby's topic in General Nursing

    "I'm not saying they don't get grumpy about it, I'm just saying that I've seen a lot more negative on-table xrays than I have left-in needles." This is the part I was referring to when I compared...
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    need advice

    TazziRN replied to rhonda L's topic in General Nursing

    I would have been insulted too. All my nursing stuff is signed with first initial, last name, and title. I have two legal signatures, one that I used in my personal life and one in my professional...
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    Horrible thing happened in O.R yesterday

    TazziRN replied to Scrubby's topic in General Nursing

    Not to be mean, but I think ebear's 34 years of experience trumps
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    Horrible thing happened in O.R yesterday

    TazziRN replied to Scrubby's topic in General Nursing

    Scrubby, if he comes at you after having been proven wrong, then he would deserve absolutely whatever you threw at him!!! It's not like you tried to make him look bad, you tried to keep him OUT of...
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    Bedside Report...

    TazziRN replied to SheriLynnRN's topic in General Nursing

    bedside reports are the only way to go in icus but i don't like them in other units. i know that hipaa goes flying out the window in semiprivate rooms, but this is just another way to push it over the...
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    Most stressful moment as a nurse?

    TazziRN replied to mikethern's topic in General Nursing

    it's always different when it's your own. when it's not one of yours you can be the best nurse in creation, but when it is you turn into a basket case. i went through the same thing with my brother. i...
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    A different kind of Nursing injury

    TazziRN replied to miwachiru123's topic in General Nursing

    1. Using the microwave can actually be more dangerous when used to boil water. When you move the container and break the surface tension of the water, it can explode and cause facial injuries. 2. I...
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    Question about personal liability/ malpractice insurance.....

    TazziRN replied to CareBayer's topic in General Nursing

    NSO. I've had a policy with them since I was a student and have never let it lapse. I've never needed it, but like car insurance I wouldn't be caught dead without
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    Posterior Vs. Anterior lung sound ausculation

    TazziRN replied to luv2shopp85's topic in General Nursing

    I rarely listen anterior except for up top. It's when you hear things in the bases only that they're the most fixable, and you can't hear the bases anteriorally. You can listen to the bases by...
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    inside the mind of a nurse.....

    TazziRN replied to ERRN92's topic in General Nursing

    When my first pet rat was found stumbling around in her cage I burst into tears and made arrangements to have her put to sleep because I just knew she'd either stroked out or developed a brain tumor....
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    Med-error & down n the dumps

    TazziRN replied to Advocate1's topic in General Nursing

    The final warning is almost 100% because of the family, I'd bet my career on it. The same thing happened to me last spring: I made mistakes because of the physician, the family was not happy, and I...
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    Things I'm losing it over

    TazziRN replied to Indy's topic in General Nursing

    Methinks you are in the midst of
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    Poll: What size angiocath do you usually use to start an IV?

    TazziRN replied to mikethern's topic in General Nursing

    18 or 20 on adults. Traumas got 18 or 16. I even sank a 14 once. I've seen a 12 but only in a display....ouch! Children get whatever I can get
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    Surely somebody else has been through this!

    TazziRN replied to cowgrrlRN's topic in General Nursing

    If you do a search here on All Nurses you will find many threads about chemical dependency and DUIs and such. Many of us have been through it, some before being licensed and some after. Each state is...
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    Pressure to join union

    TazziRN replied to holdensjane's topic in General Nursing

    Yes, they will know. All you have to tell them is what you've said here, that you need time to think about it but you don't have that time right now. Personally, if I were given the choice and it was...
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    Medication Calculation Question

    TazziRN replied to nksando's topic in General Nursing

    Okay, if you have 2mls and have to dilute it in 8 more, you have 20 mg in 10 mls. If you have to give 10mg/min, that would be 5 ml/min, so your answer would be 2 minutes. This doesn't make sense to...
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    preceptorship

    TazziRN replied to AnnetteWA's topic in General Nursing

    You will have one on one time with a preceptor and will be able to see the nitty gritty of a particular unit. If you have any inking of what kind of nursing you want to do, this is the best way to...
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    shoes and sox or stockings

    TazziRN replied to P_RN's topic in General Nursing

    If you're talking about regular socks, I just wear crews or anklets. When I was in the ER I wore support hose and crews over