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    Why so negative ?

    TazziRN replied to MichaelFloridaRN's topic in General Nursing

    hallelujah, les!!!!! you said it better than any of
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    Family looking through patient chart?(Sorry, kind of long...)

    TazziRN replied to Jo Dirt's topic in General Nursing

    Criss, my experience has been that pt and families can read charts while the pt is in house only with the doc's permission or presence, to interpret. If the pt is no longer in house, it's done in...
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    Why so negative ?

    TazziRN replied to MichaelFloridaRN's topic in General Nursing

    Just Me, the problem is that this is not the first time this kind of thread has been started. Most of the time it comes from students, but every once in a while it comes from a "real nurse". I love my...
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    Family looking through patient chart?(Sorry, kind of long...)

    TazziRN replied to Jo Dirt's topic in General Nursing

    Yes, it's a HIPAA violation if the pt (or POA if the pt is not competent) never gave permission, however she was right in that pulling the 1100 meds early and signing them off is not a good thing. At...
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    Is Nursing safe?

    TazziRN replied to preciousbaby621's topic in General Nursing

    there are always risks, some professions higher than others. we are taught how to avoid catching something, through practicing universal precautions, but there is always a risk. that said, what...
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    I have a huge problem with this... opinions please

    TazziRN replied to dawn30's topic in General Nursing

    I never think of the ombudsman.....that's a perfect
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    I have a huge problem with this... opinions please

    TazziRN replied to dawn30's topic in General Nursing

    bless you for listening to him!!!! document it, turn it in to everyone in admin that you can think of. have the pt and his family also write in about it. even if he's allowed back, he has a legit...
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    Here we go

    TazziRN replied to SaderNurse05's topic in General Nursing

    You did the right thing. Symptomology indicated GI bleed vs cardiac. Either one can crash into a life-threatening emergency, not someone you want behind the wheel on his way to the
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    recent grad CNA student...

    TazziRN replied to Bluemoon576's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    Um.......CNAs don't take state Boards. You take cert
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    Update on the gossiping CNA

    TazziRN posted a topic in General Nursing

    She hasn't learned at all. When her manager called her in she denied ever saying anything, so the person who heard her was called in. CNA was caught in a bald-faced lie. Was counseled, said she saw...
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    Can confusion from brain met show itself suddenly?

    TazziRN posted a topic in General Nursing

    i always thought brain met-related dementia was progressive. on sunday i opened a new pt with lung ca for home care. she was sleepy but with it when spoken to. on tuesday i received a call from her...
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    Can confusion from brain met show itself suddenly?

    TazziRN replied to TazziRN's topic in General Nursing

    *hmph* you're s'posed to be able to read my mind, what's wrong with you????? pt was given morphine by daughter and less than three hours later pt forgot and took another one. pt was...
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    Impaired Nurses

    TazziRN replied to SR@csi's topic in Nurses Recovery

    why do we need to be "monitored appropriately"? if i am sober i should be treated just like anyone else who is not impaired, because while i am sober i am not
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    Can confusion from brain met show itself suddenly?

    TazziRN replied to TazziRN's topic in General Nursing

    thanks, zooey! i know i can't change the met at all, what i meant was, should i have seen earlier that she needed supervision? did i miss something on sunday that, had i put something in place sooner,...
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    Can confusion from brain met show itself suddenly?

    TazziRN replied to TazziRN's topic in General Nursing

    okay, thanks guys. i was afraid i'd missed something and delayed
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    Am I Typhoid Tazzi?????

    TazziRN posted a topic in General Nursing

    i'm starting to get a complex here......about 3 weeks ago a pt of mine went into the hospital. since then three others have gone in after i took them on. this morning i called the daughter of the...
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    legal work

    TazziRN replied to SlimDivaLPN07's topic in General Nursing

    As long as you still have an active CNA and do not work outside that scope of practice, it's
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    So I'm fired. Again.

    TazziRN replied to SuesquatchRN's topic in General Nursing

    A pox on them!!! No one is an unsafe nurse until they do something that is unsafe. "Could be unsafe" doesn't
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    Uniforms

    TazziRN replied to 987!'s topic in General Nursing

    Depends on the facility, but most do not care about hair as long as it's back from the face. Makeup must not be garish/gothic. Jewelry needs to be tasteful.....no really dangly earrings, no dangly...
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    Do LPN's get pinned?

    TazziRN replied to mamunsey's topic in General Nursing

    Depends on the school. Our local LVN school does not pin but I have seen LVNs from other schools with
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    Nursing schedules

    TazziRN replied to SEANurse2b's topic in General Nursing

    Depends on the facility. I always had a set schedule but I knew nurses who didn't....they never knew from schedule to schedule what their days off would be. The only thing they could count on was...
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    60 day calendars??

    TazziRN replied to bakcmst2007's topic in Home Health

    We have a schedule but I learned a shortcut: two months minus two days. If you open on Oct 18, recert date would be Dec
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    Removing Staples....

    TazziRN replied to hoolahan's topic in Home Health

    One technique I learned after my c-section that I've told my pts with staples: put bacitracin ointment on them daily, it prevents or minimizes any crusty sticking between the skin and staples. It will...
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    How much caution?

    TazziRN replied to OCD-girl's topic in General Nursing

    As long as you follow standard procedures -- handwashing and protective gear -- you'll be fine. Nothing wrong with changing clothes before you actually enter your house, lots of nurses do this, but...
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    Am I Typhoid Tazzi?????

    TazziRN replied to TazziRN's topic in General Nursing

    oh