TazziRN RN

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    Might need to make a change...

    TazziRN replied to MAISY, RN-ER's topic in General Nursing

    Urgent Care. I bailed entirely and went into home health. Best move I ever
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    Ever Gotten STUCK w/a Needle???

    TazziRN replied to nitesky83's topic in General Nursing

    Many many many many times. Even harpooned myself with a filter needle once and bled all over the med
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    EEK! There's a woman in my room!

    TazziRN replied to 58flyer's topic in General Nursing

    flyer, i graduated in '88 and this was never taught at my school. as for privacy differences between male and female pts, in my experience most men do not have a problem with being in their shorts....
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    difference between physician MD and DO license/practice??

    TazziRN replied to ASSEDO's topic in General Nursing

    You mean DO? Osteopath? I believe they lean more toward holistic medicine, but I'm not
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    Taking Photos on Your Mobile Phone in a Aged Care Facility

    TazziRN replied to miss flossy's topic in General Nursing

    Ah......whoopsie! BUT.....even if privacy laws are different, the RIGHT to privacy is not. It's obvious that Australian facilities believe the same way we do about
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    Taking Photos on Your Mobile Phone in a Aged Care Facility

    TazziRN replied to miss flossy's topic in General Nursing

    I'm really surprised your school even gave you that assignment, they should have known better. HIPAA is a big thing right now, and taking photos without permission is definitely a huge HIPAA...
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    Is this considered exposure?

    TazziRN replied to TigerGalLE's topic in General Nursing

    I would not consider that an exposure but the facility might have a different
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    Die Hard Nurse

    TazziRN replied to 2bmalenurse007's topic in General Nursing

    I've taken pay cuts when changing jobs, once a drastic one. I felt that my sanity was worth it, and we did
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    Know-it-all, nonmedical bosses

    TazziRN posted a topic in General Nursing

    i was out for blood last night. my daughter, 18, works in the deli of a grocery store. she showed me a rash on her forearm a few days ago, and i told her to pay attention to what she's come in contact...
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    Spinoff : What We Do, What We Used to Do

    TazziRN replied to NursingAgainstdaOdds's topic in General Nursing

    Done the needle-in-the-gurney thing many many MANY times! It was the safest place to park a sharp when trying to start an IV, especially on a kid. When I ran my first MICN call my ex turned his...
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    Spinoff : What We Do, What We Used to Do

    TazziRN replied to NursingAgainstdaOdds's topic in General Nursing

    In terms of cleaning incontinent pts, being able to wear gloves was a relief. Starting IVs.....I learned to start them without gloves, so I was never able to get the feel of starting them WITH
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    Night Shift Nightmare

    TazziRN replied to Stepher Gale's topic in General Nursing

    Anyone who needs neuro checks through the night should not be given sleep meds. On that note, when you give a sleep med there should be no reason to wake the pt to assess them......that really pisses...
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    Spinoff : What We Do, What We Used to Do

    TazziRN replied to NursingAgainstdaOdds's topic in General Nursing

    3 days in traction before femur fxs were ORIF'd. MI pts pre-thrombolytics. Thrombolytics for MIs before cath labs. Gardner-Wells tongs. Closed fx reductions pre-conscious sedation resulting in...
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    Know-it-all, nonmedical bosses

    TazziRN replied to TazziRN's topic in General Nursing

    Same DD had mono and a roaring sinusitis a year or so ago. She was seen at Kaiser and went back a few days later for a F/U. Bio Mom sent her with a note saying it was okay to see her. The stupid...
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    Know-it-all, nonmedical bosses

    TazziRN replied to TazziRN's topic in General Nursing

    Oh, it's comp, Sader, no two ways about it. The big boss will take it seriously, believe me. He's a friend of Hubs's, he knows we wouldn't tell her to tell him unless it was
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    Child care-what do other nurses do??

    TazziRN replied to Otessa's topic in General Nursing

    We have a great daycare provider. She's willing to keep Monster for as long as necessary each day, and while we have never utilized this, she has kept kids for several days when the parents had to go...
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    Know-it-all, nonmedical bosses

    TazziRN replied to TazziRN's topic in General Nursing

    it gets cleaned every day! the part she's in contact with isn't the part that cuts. the slicer angles downward; the operator uses the upper arm/hand to manipulate the slicer. it's that arm....she's...
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    Calling in sick before the holidays

    TazziRN posted a topic in General Nursing

    all of us had full loads yesterday. i was told to delegate some of mine because i had to drive a ways to teach a family how to inject interferon, so i would limit the overtime. i did. a while later we...
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    Pros...."Quality of Life?"

    TazziRN replied to TonyFl's topic in General Nursing

    In theory you come first, because if you don't take care of yourself, you can't take care of your patients. In reality, it's the other way around. You have to take care of your patients first, because...
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    Calling in sick before the holidays

    TazziRN replied to TazziRN's topic in General Nursing

    Working holidays is done on a volunteer basis; on each holiday there is one RN and one LVN working the holiday rate. The rest of us get paid the regular holiday pay. In order to get that holiday pay,...
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    not coding a non dnr patient

    TazziRN replied to acerila's topic in General Nursing

    I have never not coded a pt but I have participated in slow
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    How do you deal with grumpy docs

    TazziRN replied to Imuneek2002's topic in General Nursing

    If it's not a usual occurence with that doc I let it go and perhaps tease them about it later. If it's a problem doc I address the situation itself: I once had a doc growl at me and tell me he's tired...
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    Before/After HIV

    TazziRN replied to VivaRN's topic in General Nursing

    I was a CNA pre-HIV and worked LTC for a few months before going into home care for 4 years. Before I became a CNA I worked in the infant section of a daycare center. It was no big deal to clean...
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    What do you consider 'am'

    TazziRN replied to widi96's topic in General Nursing

    What Queenie said. About the response, I mean. I would have told the lab, "In that case I'll get an order for another draw and I'll notify you when I get it. I will also inform the physician that the...
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    MORPHINE and Dying Patients

    TazziRN replied to constantlylearning's topic in General Nursing

    *groan*