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  1. Who's #1 your patient or you?

    rollingstone replied to rscarlatti's topic in General Nursing

    I talk a break off the unit in a room with a TV so I can watch the baseball

  2. Where did you start?

    rollingstone replied to beccaleigh72's topic in General Nursing

    Emergency

  3. contract settled

    rollingstone replied to husker-nurse's topic in General Nursing

    I couldn't have said it better

  4. Need advice...what would you do next?

    rollingstone replied to webbiedebbie's topic in Travel

    Good

  5. Nursing on own terms

    rollingstone replied to lgreen's topic in Nursing Career

    In nursing you can work as much or as little as you want. You can, indeed, work on your own terms. Good

  6. What can I do with my BSN that Assoc. RN's can't?

    rollingstone replied to doodlebug914's topic in General Nursing

    Who cares who's laughing at who? Use your imagination and you'll find you can do whatever you set your mind

  7. Do more forms = better pt. care

    rollingstone replied to Destinystar's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Decreasing the amount of paperwork adds time for patient care. Streamlined computerized charting is helping. I agree with previous posters that reams of paperwork are a delight to regulators and an...

  8. totaly burnt out

    rollingstone replied to godivalady's topic in General Nursing

    Have you considered travel

  9. 22 yr old male, wants circumcision, i have questions

    rollingstone replied to jusWannaKno's topic in General Nursing

    As a hospital corpsman I observed the battalion surgeon circumcising a man in his twenties. The patient had received a sedative and was awake. A penile block was then administered. The procedure...

  10. Strike Vote

    rollingstone replied to husker-nurse's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    If you're going to strike I hope that a majority of the RNs walk out with you. This will really bring the hospital to the bargaining

  11. Shared Eye Drops between patients

    rollingstone replied to switcher's topic in Operating Room

    I wouldn't do

  12. IV in AC

    rollingstone replied to webbiedebbie's topic in General Nursing

    ED nurses put IV's in the AC because it's usually the most visible and best vein. Experienced nurses can access this site fast which is a plus if you work in ED. When I receive a pt from the ED and...

  13. Need study tips for Gen Chem

    rollingstone replied to Acey's topic in School

    Sometimes a different instructor can make all the difference. An inexperienced instructor taught one of my chemistry classes reading from the textbook. I talked with the veteran instructor and made...

  14. Could this be true or is this proud papa just bragging.

    rollingstone replied to oramar's topic in General Nursing

    Truer words were never

  15. Could this be true or is this proud papa just bragging.

    rollingstone replied to oramar's topic in General Nursing

    Well, this experienced nurse wouldn't be working

  16. Have you ever felt that you have too much work to do for just one nurse

    rollingstone replied to debbie17368's topic in Medical-Surgical

    No, this has never happened to me. 15 patients? No way! I'd leave that situation

  17. My dad is having a triple bypass tomorrow...

    rollingstone replied to camay1221_RN's topic in General Nursing

    Good luck to your Dad. When he's extubated the focus is pulmonary toilet. He should be diligent with using his incentive spirometer ten repetitions every hour or so while awake. Follow this with...

  18. NG canisters:Do you empty at change of shift?

    rollingstone replied to Stormy62's topic in General Nursing

    Mark on tape at end of each shift. If it's more than 3/4's full I'll empty for the next

  19. Hospital Grub

    rollingstone replied to Witheney's topic in General Nursing

    Wife makes me a lunch every day. This is far superior to anything I see my less fortunate colleagues purchase from the cafeteria, especially after

  20. torn between CALIFORNIA or ILLINOIS

    rollingstone replied to pinayhomegirl's topic in General Nursing

    Rusty, maybe you don't like the

  21. I have to be bathed by my classmate???

    rollingstone replied to Saved_by_Grace's topic in General Students

    Part of our physical assessment labs included doing a breast exam on a classmate with the instructor

  22. Have you ever felt that you have too much work to do for just one nurse

    rollingstone replied to debbie17368's topic in Medical-Surgical

    15:1 ratio is just dangerous. I worked at a magnet hospital in Arizona over the winter and the ratio in med-surg was

  23. How many mistakes have you made?

    rollingstone replied to askater11's topic in General Nursing

    Wow, relax. You may have made a few errors over the years, but they certainly aren't Sentinel Events. We all make mistakes, even the best nurses. Learn from your mistake and move on. Good

  24. your opinion on changing careers

    rollingstone replied to counselor1st's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Sounds like counseling and nursing would blend together nicely. Good

  25. How do you really feel about 5-star rooms?

    rollingstone replied to maddiecat's topic in General Nursing

    I don't feel one way or the other about it. It's just another way for the hospital to enhance