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thinkertdm

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  1. When patients want to know test results...

    thinkertdm replied to vashtee's topic in General Nursing

    It drives me nuts when I can't get a copy of my test results, and I usually go to another practice. Not really the same as the above, but similar. I don't understand what the big secret is about lab...

  2. Personal questions from patients and visitors

    thinkertdm replied to TheCommuter's topic in General Nursing

    Listen, everybody- you don't need to feel bad about not answering personal or private questions. You need to be in charge, and let the patient know this. You can do it without being a hard-ass, but...

  3. I really need your help with these guys!!

    thinkertdm replied to Superlost1984's topic in General Nursing

    Duh, I didn't even think of that. It really doesn't specify if releases were signed, of if the doctors were participating in the telehealth

  4. I really need your help with these guys!!

    thinkertdm replied to Superlost1984's topic in General Nursing

    "Via the internet" is a broad and poorly defined term. Are you sending via email? Is it encrypted and sent securely? Are you sending it through some sort of encrypted VPN connection? There are so...

  5. Drawing up insulin

    thinkertdm replied to Epona's topic in General Nursing

    u100 vs u40, especially in a hospital

  6. New to college and don't understand

    thinkertdm replied to Tonyapate's topic in General Nursing

    Congratulations! Each semester, you have to have 12-15 credit hours to be considered a "full time" student. The problem is, there are only a limited number of classes available each semester, and...

  7. Census dreadfully low at our hospital, anyone else???

    thinkertdm replied to pink2blue1's topic in General Nursing

    Unfortunately, the hospital is saving tons of money by not having an appropriate number of nurses. And these magical "matrices" to determine the proper ratio of nurses to patients? They were made by...

  8. Am I missing something...?

    thinkertdm replied to Higgs's topic in General Nursing

    Unfortunately, by embracing capitalism, the worth of a human being is exactly that- how much they can afford. It is unethical to base deny people who need life saving interventions based upon their...

  9. List of Drugs To Take!?

    thinkertdm replied to pagandeva2000's topic in General Nursing

    Do you write your nursing notes like

  10. Background Check problem & worried

    thinkertdm replied to annasmomlisa's topic in Licensure: Criminal History

    You might also want to check to see that it is listed/filed correctly, and that what you understand of the charges is correct. Someone I knew went for years thinking she had a felony on her record...

  11. Background Check problem & worried

    thinkertdm replied to annasmomlisa's topic in Licensure: Criminal History

    It seems that if they didn't want you, they wouldn't bother to have you come in and talk to them. Good move on the court documents. Also be prepared with any details about the anger management...

  12. When do you wear eye protection?

    thinkertdm replied to linda2097's topic in Emergency

    Honestly, if you should be wearing eye protection, but don't, and you become infected, then I don't feel sorry for you. Really, benefits should be denied for those people. It is your responsibility...

  13. Stroke Patients

    thinkertdm replied to kpyers32!'s topic in General Nursing

    Aphagia is an inability to

  14. Going to school to be a doctor, but took extreme interest to flight nursing

    thinkertdm replied to iMTB's topic in General Nursing

    Hi Damon! If you are very, highly motivated and need the adrenalin, you could always try the special forces route as a medic, or something along those lines. While they don't make a lot of money...

  15. Going to school to be a doctor, but took extreme interest to flight nursing

    thinkertdm replied to iMTB's topic in General Nursing

    There are flight surgeons, also. I would imagine that any "flight" status might be limited due to economic conditions. The best way would be to join the military. There's pretty much non stop action...

  16. understanding how a cardiac arrest leads to respiratory arrest

    thinkertdm replied to chrissy student's topic in General Nursing

    This is true, and brain damage is very important to consider with any episode of hypoxia/anoxia, and both probably happen within seconds/minutes of each other. However, consider this- if the brain is...

  17. understanding how a cardiac arrest leads to respiratory arrest

    thinkertdm replied to chrissy student's topic in General Nursing

    Maybe something like this- the heart can no longer adequately pump enough blood to keep tissue (including the diaphragm and intercostal muscles) oxygenated and producing ATP. Since those muscles now...