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  1. Caring for Jehovah's witnesses

    psychnurse1998 replied to cu-n-hvn's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    Jane , I admire the stand JW's take on war. I was a Seventh day advenstist. We were concientious objectors. We did everything but shoot the gun. JW's would have nothing at all to do with war. I sense...

  2. Caring for Jehovah's witnesses

    psychnurse1998 replied to cu-n-hvn's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    I guess we can come to our own conclusions. Should all hospitals have hyperbaric chambers? Perhaps. One thing I thought about before..was that necessity forces us to use whatever is at hand to save...

  3. Caring for Jehovah's witnesses

    psychnurse1998 replied to cu-n-hvn's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    With so many areas in nursing where you probably would never have to give a blood transfusion, why would a JW pick ER or surgery? It does not compute. I dont know If I would be to comfortable doing a...

  4. Caring for Jehovah's witnesses

    psychnurse1998 replied to cu-n-hvn's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    I am having a hard time understanding some of the abbreviations, so I dont know if I understood some of what you are saying. I have been both a nurse and an auto mechanic. I have not however been in a...

  5. What is An Atrovent or Alburetol PILLOW?

    psychnurse1998 posted a topic in General Nursing

    When I look up the terms..Atroven Pillow or alburetol pillow I dont get a hit. I even asked an RN RRT.. I remember an order for a mini nebulizer making reference to the terms..hope someone else has at...

  6. What is An Atrovent or Alburetol PILLOW?

    psychnurse1998 replied to psychnurse1998's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks that make sense..is there a reference I could use, so I can refer another nurse that asked me too.? A link would help a lot..I couldnt find one..and yes it did look like a pillow and so did the...

  7. What is An Atrovent or Alburetol PILLOW?

    psychnurse1998 replied to psychnurse1998's topic in General Nursing

    OMG..I forgot ..a facility can have its own language almost. I think that may explain why even expert in resperitory therapy , didnt have a clue. If I see one of the treatment nurses that worked...

  8. What is An Atrovent or Alburetol PILLOW?

    psychnurse1998 replied to psychnurse1998's topic in General Nursing

    Wow Pattymac..the pieces of the PILLOW puzzle seem to be coming together I havent done it in months but I still want to know more about what is involved if someone asks. But what I remember, where I...

  9. What is An Atrovent or Alburetol PILLOW?

    psychnurse1998 replied to psychnurse1998's topic in General Nursing

    Could be..my guess was that since the normal saline solution plastic containers very much resemble a little pillow.., but that was just a wild

  10. I am a male RN, now bow down.

    psychnurse1998 replied to Trauma1RN's topic in General Nursing

    I think a male nurse is feeling a little :UPPITY.. ..Thought you might have said..I will now bend over so you can kiss my ..donkey... Rumor has it that Nurse Lorena Bobbit is looking for you. I am a...

  11. Courage to change jobs

    psychnurse1998 replied to chenoaspirit's topic in General Nursing

    Its nice to know..what is going on in nursing first hand. Why there is so much nurse burn out. Its too bad, often the only solution is running away from the problem. I am glad in california, there has...

  12. I am a male RN, now bow down.

    psychnurse1998 replied to Trauma1RN's topic in General Nursing

    I am male nurse and non assertive. And I quit nursing when I was younger, because another female Rn, seized on my weakness and not only did I have to do my patient assignment but hers. Her assignment...

  13. I finally got a hearing aid!

    psychnurse1998 replied to SuesquatchRN's topic in Nurse Disabilities

    Great you explained to me something I didnt know..so digiital hearing aids amplify the frequencies one has lost and not the good frequencies...and the analogs dont. I take it they still make analogs,...

  14. I finally got a hearing aid!

    psychnurse1998 replied to SuesquatchRN's topic in Nurse Disabilities

    Hi Sue, I have a hearing loss between 2000 and 6000 cps..with the biggest loss at 4000 cps. on both ears. My audiologist recommend a hearing aid, but the cost made me think twice. Now I am trying to...

  15. How many really use STERILE technique?

    psychnurse1998 replied to kwagner_51's topic in General Nursing

    I hope this is related to this thread. But how many health care workers that are understaffed in haste to complete their assignment, take short cuts in practising aseptic techniche..How many wash...

  16. Do you prefer 12 hour or 8 hour shifts?

    psychnurse1998 replied to Scrubz's topic in MICU, SICU

    2 wrongs dont make a right. How would anyone like to be a plane with a pilot that has flown for 12 hours..if that is possible. Or ride in a bus with a bus driver that has driven 12 hours or more..Or...

  17. Do you prefer 12 hour or 8 hour shifts?

    psychnurse1998 replied to Scrubz's topic in General Nursing

    2 wrongs dont make a right. How would anyone like to be a plane with a pilot that has flown for 12 hours..if that is possible. Or ride in a bus with a bus driver that has driven 12 hours or more..Or...

  18. Acceptable questions for nursing students to ask?

    psychnurse1998 replied to linnywho's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    s Sorry but something is wrong here. I think nursing educators are showing poor judgment if they dont modify what appears to be intrusive questions. My first reaction, after disbelief, would be...

  19. Gay male nurse stereotype?

    psychnurse1998 replied to greygooseuria's topic in Male Nursing Students

    LOL CT...I guess I better wake up before I post..sorry for distorting your post.it certainly was not intentional. Yep we have a hard core biker type, does same work as we do..hes lucky...he is a board...

  20. Gay male nurse stereotype?

    psychnurse1998 replied to greygooseuria's topic in Male Nursing Students

    You are so right. I once was very politically active in my younger years.. I joined a politcal party that had merged with a gay faction. In one meeting about 100 gay members or gays interested in the...

  21. I'm Finally an RN! I passed!

    psychnurse1998 replied to nberry255's topic in Online Distance Learning

    I agreed with Rnnrewberry I too.am enroled at EC..dont do what I did though..I am driven to distraction and there is a 7 year time limit..Mine ends in 2009.. and now am seeing my dream could vanish....

  22. Are 12 hour shifts safe?

    psychnurse1998 replied to psychnurse1998's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    I have been waiting for a reply that addressed almost exactly how I feel. Other posts against were good also, I think yours comes closer. I continue to be puzzled, how so many bright intelligent...

  23. Palo Alto VA- any new grads

    psychnurse1998 replied to EDnurse2009's topic in California Nursing

    I am in sacramento and Kaiser, Sutter, and Mercy are phasing out LVNs..I wonder if the VA hospitals in this area are still hiring

  24. Are 12 hour shifts safe?

    psychnurse1998 replied to psychnurse1998's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    When the nurses on duty seem fatigued, despondent, burned out, its becomes hard to draw a line between who is the nurse and who is the patient. I think it gives clues to a bigger problem. When I...

  25. CPNE Preparation

    psychnurse1998 replied to aegirl's topic in Online Distance Learning

    I feel .preety much the same way, at first I even considered dropping out. Finding this site, plus getting a second wind, gave me more motivation. After i found this sight, asked myself why not check...