Altra BSN, RN

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    How to stop visitors from using empty bed???

    Altra replied to AJPV's topic in General Nursing

    I didn't become a nurse until I was in my 30s. Being a nurse was not required for me to understand that I shouldn't plop my behind down where it doesn't belong in public places -- my mother made sure...
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    Vent: "I should warn you, I'm a tough stick..."

    Altra replied to Anna Flaxis's topic in Emergency

    It will be interesting to see if working in the ED changes your preference for
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    Vent: "I should warn you, I'm a tough stick..."

    Altra replied to Anna Flaxis's topic in Emergency

    Fortunately, we're getting away from using the d-dimer, for exactly that reason. And yes, I've worked in a hospital where radiology had very specific requirements for IV site and guage, for a number...
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    Humor: You Might be an ER Nurse

    Altra replied to TrafalgarRN's topic in Emergency

    Yep, have done the bowling with urinals, and sending treats via the tube system.
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    Vent: "I should warn you, I'm a tough stick..."

    Altra replied to Anna Flaxis's topic in Emergency

    Either I am dense, or your responses have been contradictory, mi vida loca. As JBudd points out ... looking at a patient after they've been admitted to the floor and deciding that it was unnecessary...
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    Air in IV flush syringe??

    Altra replied to samiam4's topic in General Nursing

    I too use the bubble study echo example to reassure nursing students, patients & families. One particular family member refused to be placated. She literally jumped out of her chair and grabbed...
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    Asking for constructive criticism and persistance?

    Altra replied to aubrn's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I'm sorry this didn't work out as you had hoped. However, I think it's important that you not personalize this to the degree apparent in your first post. I do not think that your school classmate had...
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    You Can't Be a Nurse Without Love

    Altra replied to Mully's topic in General Nursing

    OP, as a student, without direct responsibility for the patient, you were afforded this opportunity to just observe and you appear to have taken full advantage of that opportunity. :) But don't...
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    Caring Under Pressure

    Altra replied to country mom's topic in General Nursing

    I encourage www.medscape.com registration -- it's free, and is a valuable resource. The RN author's column relating her recent ER visit is disappointing and full of great irony. She describes feeling...
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    New Nurse and I dont think dialysis is for me HELP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    Altra replied to Cindy 17's topic in General Nursing

    Only those that said what you wanted to hear ... ? Got
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    Seriously? What are they telling you in school?

    Altra replied to Simply Complicated's topic in General Nursing

    It is my observation that, "I work in the medical field" is code for, "I am a (check one): MA registration clerk medical records clerk dietary host/ess It is also my observation that the number of...
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    "If they really cared about their mom, they wouldn't of put her in a nursing home"

    Altra replied to Bruce_Wayne's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Ah, from out of the depths, returns Jackson ... here once again to remind us that he is noble and we are not. How's your dad
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    Drug companies are ridiculous...

    Altra replied to VolunteerCPR's topic in General Nursing

    I stand by my note that the comments by another poster railing against the profit motive of pharmaceutical companies, and the thread title itself ... are political commentary. I also questioned the...
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    Drug companies are ridiculous...

    Altra replied to VolunteerCPR's topic in General Nursing

    "They" who? Edited to add: Do you think that a thread title "Drug companies are ridiculous" carries a political connotation, given that the U.S. is currently engaged in constant debate over how to or...
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    Drug companies are ridiculous...

    Altra replied to VolunteerCPR's topic in General Nursing

    I'm trying to figure out why an assignment requires that you spend time researching a drug that is now off the market and is no longer prescribed. Even as part of a patient's history ... how relevant...
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    Drug companies are ridiculous...

    Altra replied to VolunteerCPR's topic in General Nursing

    Are you saying that you are in favor of nationalized, single-payer healthcare funded by
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    Denied admission for BSN program

    Altra replied to Simply Complicated's topic in Online Distance Learning

    OP, I'm sorry you weren't granted admission to your first-choice program. But I'm really disheartened by this thread. So many posts laying out what appears to me to be outright disdain for the concept...
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    If I see one more post titled....

    Altra replied to PinkRocksLikeMe's topic in General Nursing

    A thousand kudos for this
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    If I see one more post titled....

    Altra replied to PinkRocksLikeMe's topic in General Nursing

    Those posts are a lot easier to ignore than, "What should I mix this antibiotic in? Please reply ASAP!"
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    Help! My preceptor is very difficult to deal with

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

    I agree with the poster above who has stated that your current relationship with your preceptor is creating a potentially unsafe environment where you may go to any length to avoid having to ask this...
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    Does this make me an "RN snob"?

    Altra replied to BuckyBadgerRN's topic in General Nursing

    Mine is another state in which LPNs cannot push meds. And there is also language in my state's nurse practice act which specifically notes that RNs are not anesthesia providers. Somehow I doubt that...
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    Miss Thing visitor

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

    I would have walked away and called security about 8 seconds into her rant
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    Does your facility allow the floor/unit nurses write up other nurses?

    Altra replied to DayDreamin ER CRNP's topic in Emergency

    I agree we don't have the whole picture of the patient. But I'm curious about your comment that the patient was inappropriately admitted to a med-surg unit. I do not feel this is necessarily...
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    Standards of Care in the ER

    Altra replied to FancypantsRN's topic in Emergency

    The extremity sprain who gets an xray and some p.o. pain meds needs hourly
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    Do patients

    Altra replied to Chandra Lancaster's topic in General Nursing

    Do you think that hospitals are the only employers who should "provide" these things for employees? And how does an organization "provide healthy living habits" anyway? As a student, but presumably an...