Altra BSN, RN

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    Nurses Diverting Narcotics.

    Altra replied to NurseCalamity's topic in General Nursing

    Excellent
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    Nurses Diverting Narcotics.

    Altra replied to NurseCalamity's topic in General Nursing

    Wondering if your coworkers reciprocate your "don't trust her as far as I can throw her"
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    Paralytic Ileus

    Altra replied to LuAnnLeCronier's topic in General Nursing

    A couple of general points: "No more residents/students" is a common, understandable reaction on the part of family who are frightened of a patient's condition, or in denial about the chronicity of a...
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    PLEASE HELP! fired/demoted RN still on orientation

    Altra replied to jrobbin44's topic in General Nursing

    There are some states where employers are required to report all terminations for performance reasons to the BON. Know your state
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    RN pay rate on experience vs education

    Altra replied to finallyRN7's topic in General Nursing

    Compensation formulas of large organizations are rarely "either - or". In the case of cinical staff nurses, the formulas often include years of experience as a licensed nurse, education, and sometimes...
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    Scrube

    Altra replied to daada's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    Welcome to Allnurses.com. You may want to take a look at the Perioperative Nursing specialty forum here, since you are an operating theatre
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    Physician Bullying of Nurses Reaching Epidemic Levels

    Altra replied to DoGoodThenGo's topic in Nursing News

    You are correct - I failed to distinguish the limitations of the AN phone app ... and therefore misread what was essentially re-blogged by the OP under the heading "Nursing News" as another in what...
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    Liking members at AN

    Altra replied to Jules A's topic in General Nursing

    In 12 years here at AN I believe I have only blocked another member once or
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    Physician Bullying of Nurses Reaching Epidemic Levels

    Altra replied to DoGoodThenGo's topic in Nursing News

    We should be careful to delineate whether we are speaking of the author of the Slate.com article referenced by the OP - Alexandra Robbins - or the AN member who wrote the AN article on which this...
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    Physician Bullying of Nurses Reaching Epidemic Levels

    Altra replied to DoGoodThenGo's topic in Nursing News

    I'm also confused about the "we" reference, OP. If you mean to indicate yourself and AN admin staff - can you verify this? And could an admin
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    Physician Bullying of Nurses Reaching Epidemic Levels

    Altra replied to DoGoodThenGo's topic in Nursing News

    Agree - and I have to say that I strongly object to the title of the article and its prominent placement on the AN home page. Is there evidence of this issue just now worsening, as implied by the...
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    Positive alcohol test

    Altra replied to Omaapecm's topic in Nurses Recovery

    Ultimately your health is more important that your nursing license. Wishing you
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    Private Practice RN

    Altra replied to gap2sell's topic in General Nursing

    Assuming you have worked out what you need to bill for your services to generate the income that makes sense for you -- including all tax liabilities and other aspects of being self-employed -- what...
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    Annual Physical - Does Your Job Require This?

    Altra replied to seconddegreebsn's topic in General Nursing

    The only time I have had a job that required an annual physical was, ironically, a non-healthcare position. It included requiring age-appropriate cancer screening testing. I'll let you figure out...
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    giving D50 for hyperkalemia

    Altra replied to NurseT88's topic in Patient Medications

    Just push
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    Proper Documentation

    Altra replied to Willowjude's topic in General Nursing

    Good grief. What is most significant to me about this is that you said this has generated "debate". So others are also confused about anatomical
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    Lowest turnover specialty

    Altra replied to guest769224's topic in General Nursing

    PACU OR
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    Do patients know a "good nurse"?

    Altra replied to NursesRmofun's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    True. I have seen incredibly lengthy "thank you" letters written in response to coffee, oatmeal, etc. Then too, patients' experiences are almost completely subjective. Patient A will love the nurse...
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    Ethics question.

    Altra replied to CraigB-RN's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    I suspect this is the kind of thing that the OP is referring to, along with the fact that blogging often contains links to various products, services, and other links. It is the nature of social...
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    Ethics question.

    Altra replied to CraigB-RN's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    LOVE THIS - POST OF THE
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    Online MSN

    Altra replied to sdalec's topic in Post Graduate Students

    I think it's important that you decide what career path you want to pursue - CRNP vs. non-CRNP - before you proceed to look at individual
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    Nurse Recruiter and HIPAA violation?

    Altra replied to SookieBSN's topic in HIPAA Challenges

    An interesting story at face value. No one else here questions the odds of a non-clinical employee in HR having access to the EHR, in a hospital with sufficient security systems functioning well...
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    Is it really worth it... So Miserable!! So Insecure!!

    Altra replied to nursy1's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I agree with much of what the other contributors to this thread have advised. I would also suggest that it's time to turn off some of the emotion and get down to learning to do the work. The reality...
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    not comfortable with giving narcotic injection due to street drug interaction

    Altra replied to Sarge_BSN_RN's topic in Patient Medications

    Can you tell us more about this protocol in your clinic, to do a urine drug screen before administering opioids? And when you say you were concerned about "interaction" between the med you were giving...
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    Nurses cant do IO?

    Altra replied to blackvans1234's topic in Patient Medications

    ACLS does teach IO insertion, and has for about a decade. Your facility does reserve the right, however, to enact a policy that specifies that only physicians can perform this ... even though it's an...