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    Wanted - Funny Triage stories

    TazziRN replied to phuninfl's topic in General Nursing

    here's some more: 15-yr-old girl ran away with her 20-something boyfriend, showed up at 0300 saying she thinks she's pregnant. an interpreter and i asked her several different ways why she thought...
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    Wanted - Funny Triage stories

    TazziRN replied to phuninfl's topic in General Nursing

    the silly twit who forgot to take almost a whole month's worth of birth control pills and took all the missed pills all at once, then wondered why she was puking. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~...
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    Is this typical for MA's ?

    TazziRN replied to time4meRN's topic in General Nursing

    I hear your frustration, but to touch on your last comment: many people do not get any drug info from the doc or nurses, and they pay no attention to the info given by the pharmacy. Some pharmacies...
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    How would you have handled this?

    TazziRN replied to WTTsMom's topic in General Nursing

    Having been in the family's shoes, I am forever grateful to the ICU staff who threw the rules out the window when my brother herniated. We all knew he'd herniated but it was several hours before we...
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    Truth or Dare, how many hours do you really work a day?

    TazziRN replied to wonderbee's topic in Home Health

    I usually literally work about 10-12 hours including paperwork time, but I rarely bill for all of that. If I work 10 hours one day and bill for 8-9, then on a later day I can leave early and bill for...
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    What type of education do you have?

    TazziRN replied to Conrad283's topic in General Nursing

    I have an ADN. It's not listed. It goes from LVN to RN to
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    What type of education do you have?

    TazziRN replied to Conrad283's topic in General Nursing

    My education level is not on there, therefore I did not
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    Update on my dying pts thread

    TazziRN posted a topic in General Nursing

    since our agency's msw is involved with all of our dying pts, i talked to her today about my five...the one that died, the two that are about to, and two new ones that i have. her eyes got wide and...
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    antibiotic and fever

    TazziRN replied to Ms.RN's topic in General Nursing

    Depends on how long the Abx has been taken
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    Current nursing student needs HELP!!

    TazziRN replied to cmwhite's topic in General Nursing

    1) describe # of years/type of educational experience 19.5 years. i have an associate's degree in science, nursing 2) describe the different roles in which the individual has worked in health care....
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    Had my First Pedi Code today...

    TazziRN replied to TexasPediRN's topic in General Nursing

    good for you! the ones who can work on auto pilot like that and save the shaking for later are the ones who make good critical care nurses. you will never forget your first pedi code. when you lose...
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    HH is showing me a side of the death process I'd never even thought about

    TazziRN posted a topic in General Nursing

    recently a favorite pt of mine passed away a week after i transferred her to hospice care. i spent some time before that easing the daughter into accepting that her mom was dying. i have another pt...
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    Do you ever put your foot down with difficult patients?

    TazziRN replied to FireStarterRN's topic in General Nursing

    oh my.......very good!! the only part about the op i disagree with is the "you should be ashamed of
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    HH is showing me a side of the death process I'd never even thought about

    TazziRN replied to TazziRN's topic in General Nursing

    umm.....is my name a bad word.....? sorry....back on subject.....no, we actually do not do end of life care, when someone gets to that point we transfer to hospice. i just seem to have a run on ca...
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    Hepatitis B, need help

    TazziRN replied to kg14's topic in General Nursing

    Lab can't report it to your employer unless you've signed a release stating that, unless it was part of an employee physical. You have to be non-contagious in order to work; your employer would have...
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    Problem removing male cath

    TazziRN replied to bubblyRN's topic in General Nursing

    Eh? To REMOVE a cath? Who keeps the lube after inserting a
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    Problem removing male cath

    TazziRN replied to bubblyRN's topic in General Nursing

    Try having him cough as you're tugging
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    Pushing drugs for the Man bother anyone?

    TazziRN replied to somebody's topic in General Nursing

    Sorry, you're right......been up since 0500 doing paperwork while everyone is still
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    Pushing drugs for the Man bother anyone?

    TazziRN replied to somebody's topic in General Nursing

    They never brought free food and cool pens to the ER.............. By the time people get to the hospital and need to be admitted, allopathic care is NOT going to take care of the problem. Later, once...
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    What would you do?

    TazziRN replied to Windshadow's topic in General Nursing

    I'd do it. I've done it, twice. Both times it was a good
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    IV compatability again

    TazziRN replied to raindrop's topic in General Nursing

    If you mean, can you piggyback an Abx into a line that has KCL in it,
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    IV compatability again

    TazziRN replied to raindrop's topic in General Nursing

    There are very few IV meds that are not compatible. KCL can go into any fluid, so that would not be an issue. Most of the incompatible meds would be cardiac
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    What is wrong with me??

    TazziRN replied to fancee free's topic in General Nursing

    kitty, if you go back and read the threads again, you'll find at least two that imply that she had no business trying to get into the er. one even suggested that she try something like home care....
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    Need some help!

    TazziRN replied to Laurentina1975's topic in General Nursing

    When she was reported to her supervisor, was she tested? If so and she came up positive, she doesn't have much of a leg to stand
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    RN medicated my patient without documenting!

    TazziRN replied to poppy07's topic in General Nursing

    Does not much matter whose pt it was, bottom line is that a med was given and not charted, so the OP had no reason to suspect that the pt had been medicated. When medicating a pt I have NEVER checked...