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    "Do you miss the ER?"

    TazziRN posted a topic in General Nursing

    on sept. 25 it will be three months since i started home health. i've been busy learning the ropes, building my caseload, getting to know the docs in that area, etc. today one of my son's coworkers...
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    Methinks I made me an enemy.............

    TazziRN posted a topic in Home Health

    i went to see a new pt today, and the lady's niece was there. we got to chatting and it turned out she went to the same nursing school i did. she talked about doing a day in the er and getting angry;...
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    Will I loose my skills???

    TazziRN replied to NCnurse2B's topic in Home Health

    This sounds like a home care nurse who is with the pt for extended hours. I have had vented home care pts and I was not responsible for the vents. I assessed the pt's lungs and sat levels but I had...
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    ADHD, Ritalin, and Drug Tests

    TazziRN replied to providencest's topic in General Nursing

    I'm sorry......I would not be submitting to a drug screen to test for
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    Oboy..........I got a dilemma

    TazziRN posted a topic in General Nursing

    what do you do when you find out information about a pt from a source outside of work that directly affects the pt's care? *edited to add more info* the information relates to possible fraud by...
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    Can I get a situation review from experienced nurses?

    TazziRN replied to MarySunshine's topic in General Nursing

    i would have done what you did. based on the information you had at the time you made a decision. funny thing about death: until it actually, literally happens, no one can say for sure when it will...
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    Oboy..........I got a dilemma

    TazziRN replied to TazziRN's topic in General Nursing

    *sigh* trust me, please.....it wasn't gossip. i can't say anymore without going into details that i can't go into, so i will drop it now. thank you all for your
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    Know any RN's who became MD's?

    TazziRN replied to Anesthetize's topic in General Nursing

    Three. One was a nurse in Vietnam, went to med school after and became a great DO......one of the most compassionate docs I know. The other two are ER docs. Both had problems with
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    Oboy..........I got a dilemma

    TazziRN replied to TazziRN's topic in General Nursing

    it would not affect his medical care from the doctors, but it might affect what care the agency can give him. and yes, it involves a claim. no, it's not
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    Please Help Tomake A Choice!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    TazziRN replied to myshop's topic in General Nursing

    Medics and nurses share a common base and we work together, but the jobs are different. If he wants to be a nurse he should go straight to nursing
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    Oboy..........I got a dilemma

    TazziRN replied to TazziRN's topic in General Nursing

    i know better than to reveal the source. and i did not communicate about this pt. the person who told me does not know the pt is mine, does not even know i know him. it's a whole sticky situation that...
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    Oboy..........I got a dilemma

    TazziRN replied to TazziRN's topic in General Nursing

    The pt's wife told me one thing and the someone else told me the opposite based on her own conversation with the wife. VERY reliable source. What I'm concerned about is that it could be fraud on the...
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    Illness and disease...

    TazziRN replied to worf's topic in General Nursing

    Dunno......check with your
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    Testing out of OB_PEDS

    TazziRN replied to Peach-Tulsa's topic in General Nursing

    Why on earth would you want to test out? Even if you're employed in OB/Peds right now, there's always new stuff to
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    How would you handle this?

    TazziRN replied to labbio's topic in General Nursing

    One-time thing: "Sure, let me grab my lunch and I'll go somewhere else." Repeat offense: "Absolutely.....if you promise to explain to my boss why I took extra time at the other end of my break because...
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    forearm bp

    TazziRN replied to megster's topic in General Nursing

    Palp the brachial pulse with the cuff below the bed? Do you mean wrap the cuff around the elbow with the lower edge below the bend? Otherwise, with a FA pressure the radial pulse is used. I do FA...
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    Cardiac Cath Lab

    TazziRN replied to m_p_rn's topic in General Nursing

    The only ER nurse I ever knew who went there came back within a year, compared to the ER there wasn't enough variety for her. All the other nurses I know in that lab came from ICU and Stepdown and...
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    Nurse animatronics or robometrics....

    TazziRN replied to vieLay's topic in General Nursing

    Animatronics = animated Robometrics = robot or robotic Have never heard these terms in relation to
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    IV's, piggybacks, IV machines.....help!

    TazziRN replied to brookorrn's topic in General Nursing

    The only piggyback not compatible with all usual IV solutions is Vanco. All others are fine with an mainline. It's when you get into concurrent lines that you have to worry....you cannot run all...
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    What is the best way to find a head hunter?

    TazziRN replied to dpicella's topic in General Nursing

    A head hunter from southern CA contacted me and found me a great job. The company is Unlimited Nurse
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    small hosp. vs. large hosp.

    TazziRN replied to gacjumper's topic in General Nursing

    Having worked in a 17-bed ER and a 3 to 6-bed one, if I were you I would choose the larger facility first. You will have a lot more backup as a new grad and more opportunities to learn about more...
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    IV's, piggybacks, IV machines.....help!

    TazziRN replied to brookorrn's topic in General Nursing

    Machines: it depends on the machines the facility uses. Piggybacks: what is it you want to know about
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    Can parents be forced...

    TazziRN replied to MA Nurse's topic in General Nursing

    The docs can try. They would have to present a good case that conventional treatments would help the
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    "Do you miss the ER?"

    TazziRN replied to TazziRN's topic in General Nursing

    Oh, Sabby, I absolutely LOVED the ER!!! ICU, on the other hand, I had no interest in and was freaked out the one day I was sent over there to cross-train. One of my classmates from nursing school...
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    What we say and what we do....

    TazziRN replied to CRNI-ICU20's topic in General Nursing

    Thank you, Miranda!!!! You said it way better than I