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    CVC dressing change-- is this a gauze or transparent dressing?

    TazziRN replied to actioncat's topic in General Nursing

    It's considered
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    PRN job?

    TazziRN replied to Priddyeyez's topic in General Nursing

    No, it just means that you work when you are able. It also means that whenever they have a sick call or need vacation coverage you'll get called to see if you can work
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    Self-centered motorist

    TazziRN replied to RNontheroad's topic in General Nursing

    i haven't seen anything like that on the road but i have seen it in the er, like beth. one night was horribly busy and we were working a code. later our clerk told us that one pt's relative kept...
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    When being nice comes back to you

    TazziRN replied to sharona97's topic in General Nursing

    in the er i had a pt brought in after a sz. she was an adult, had had her first one a few months earlier, and was still being worked up. her husband came in argumentative and rude, complaining that...
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    New Grad in California -- Desperate help needed!!

    TazziRN replied to TouchOfPink's topic in California Nursing

    Sent you a
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    How do I do this without hurting anyone?

    TazziRN replied to HappyJaxRN's topic in General Nursing

    My suggestion: ask your agency to reassign you. Don't go back there. As already stated you have crossed boundaries and there is no way to get back to the right side with this woman. You will not be...
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    Gving all the meds all at once?

    TazziRN replied to ari3sdog's topic in General Nursing

    Whoa there, Nellie, back down! In your OP you described the situation and stated that you had started doing things the way others told you to, then asked for opinions. You said nothing about knowing...
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    How many times did you switch jobs as a RN?

    TazziRN replied to RNroseshea's topic in General Nursing

    I was hired in a medium-sized ER after graduation and spent 11 years there. Went to a rural ER for 8 years, I switched to home health 6 months ago and LOVE
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    Have you ever called 911 from your hospital?

    TazziRN replied to FireStarterRN's topic in General Nursing

    I have, several times. The rural place I worked last doesn't have security. It seemed the cops were there even before I hung up the phone! They took good care of us: usually we called for the city...
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    Gving all the meds all at once?

    TazziRN replied to ari3sdog's topic in General Nursing

    Another thing about memorizing the MAR: when I was a student there was an RN at the LTC where I did clinicals that had a bad habit of giving all the meds to her pts by memory and not telling us. We...
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    Gving all the meds all at once?

    TazziRN replied to ari3sdog's topic in General Nursing

    Then this means they are falsifying documentation, which is immediate grounds for dismissal AND sanctioning by the BON. Do you really want to be a part of that? As for not checking the MAR, meds will...
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    Gving all the meds all at once?

    TazziRN replied to ari3sdog's topic in General Nursing

    I partly agree with it. Nothing wrong with giving meds like vitamins, etc., earlier, but how do you get around the documentation? If any governing body were to come through and audit the med charting,...
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    Help....I'm being harassed in the workplace

    TazziRN replied to goodgyrl's topic in General Nursing

    Personally, I think you have recourse to break the contract you extended. At the time you signed it you were not aware you were in a hostile environnment, and your assignment did not do anything to...
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    Things you'd LOVE to be able to tell patients, and get away with it.

    TazziRN replied to AngelfireRN's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I actually did say something once. Working night shift in the er, just my tech and me. No pts, doc's asleep, we're watching tv. About 0530 a man carries in his 7-yr-old son. He spent a good 10 minutes...
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    Lawsuit?

    TazziRN replied to Dempather's topic in General Nursing

    thank you! i tried to post this several times last night and my lappy kept wigging out on me. the act of filing a lawsuit can be done for any reason at any time. a conscientious attorney would not...
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    Pulling Meds for Multiple Patients

    TazziRN replied to trustsupplyguy's topic in General Nursing

    then i guess nursing practice in your area is different than in mine. pulling meds for more than one pt is not only discouraged around here, more than one facility will write up a nurse caught doing...
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    Pulling Meds for Multiple Patients

    TazziRN replied to trustsupplyguy's topic in General Nursing

    still not an acceptable practice. it doesn't matter if you can pull meds for all pts all at once or not. even if you pull meds for one pt and only one pt, there is still always a chance for mistakes...
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    Pulling Meds for Multiple Patients

    TazziRN replied to trustsupplyguy's topic in General Nursing

    if it was "good" you would have been taught that method in school. i would venture to guess you were not. i am an old nurse with many years under my belt and not only would i never do that, i would...
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    What Was the DUMBEST Request Made By A Patient?

    TazziRN replied to pagandeva2000's topic in General Nursing

    i heard my desk partner on the phone recently, to a new home health pt, saying "no, we cannot just drop everything to come help you get out of bed, mrs. ----. i guarantee you that medicare will not...
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    What Was the DUMBEST Request Made By A Patient?

    TazziRN replied to pagandeva2000's topic in General Nursing

    i've lost track of how many times parents told their scared-to-death and crying kids in the er, "if you don't stop crying and behave yourself (as if being scared about being in the er is...
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    Nursing Jobs Outside Of The Hospital...

    TazziRN replied to OncNewbie's topic in General Nursing

    i admire floor nurses, that's not something i could do. i spent too many years in the er being able to concentrate on just a handful of pts at a time. i jumped ship this year and went into home...
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    Walking off in the middle of report?

    TazziRN replied to BlearnRN's topic in General Nursing

    There was a night nurse who would constantly interrupt me during report...not with questions, but with snide remarks about the pt or the doc. I just stopped talking until she stopped, then kept going....
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    Some parents amaze me

    TazziRN replied to teeituptom's topic in General Nursing

    This time I agree with Tom. I have seen unbelievable degrees of stupidity in my years in the ER, and it's people like those who can pop kids out faster than those of us who are infertile can
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    What Does This Supervisor's Behavior Mean?

    TazziRN replied to Weeping Willow's topic in General Nursing

    Your coworker may have argued your point and gotten the supervisor to see that there was no reason to decline your request. Let it go. If it happens again, then go to the supervisor and ask about
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    Dream NICU JOB TAKEN FROM ME!

    TazziRN replied to lilmaxine02's topic in General Nursing

    i have a disability that is covered under ada. the hospital would not be obligated to place you in the nicu if you truly had a disability, if they have to make accommodations for that disability. if...