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  1. Medication question

    gwenith, so are you saying that if it is an adult patient, they don't have to be able to void before giving KCL, are you saying it applies only to peds
  2. Anyone resign due to hostile work environment?

    It's those evil co-workers from hell that'll get you every
  3. IV Dilantin

    It's been a few years since I've given it, I think we hooked up a NS flush bag at 150cc/hour, ran in 50cc NS, then pushed the dilantin into the NS, 50mg/minute, then ran in another 50cc NS, then...
  4. Anyone resign due to hostile work environment?

    Thanks! You may have posted about it before but I don't think I ever saw it! I live in a state other than Texas, but that sure sounded familiar, I wonder if that's typical behavoir on a tele
  5. Nurse Patient Ratio

    Medical floor on 3-11 is 9, the surgical floor is 7, ortho-neuro is 8, on tele I have had 6, though if there wasn't enough staff, I suppose it could go higher. They will float anyone to the tele...
  6. Nurse Patient Ratio

    I never saw the poll, but my vote wasn't counted. Where I work the medical floor has 9 patients on evenings and 10 or 11 or more on nights. Did someone not like that
  7. Medication question

    This was a peds question, but if it's no "P" no "K" (love it), then it must pertain to all patients, n'ces
  8. 14 Nurses Fired and 9 disciplined in Kentucky

    I don't know the answer to that question, but I do know of a nurse that had a "rash" & "itch", and the doctor wanted to treat for scabies, which the nurse knew she didn't have, and then after she...
  9. Drips and such

    batmik, I agree with
  10. Drips and such

    Thanks.
  11. Drips and such

    Those are great links. For dopamine it says central line only, is that really standard? They run dopamine on the tele floor, and this was a long while ago that I saw it but someone had it running in...
  12. Drips and such

    I don't have the answer at hand to your question, but it seems like so many times things are run together thru the same line at the same time while the patient is in OR without harm to the patient and...
  13. Anyone resign due to hostile work environment?

    I hate that concept, it's like you're punished for being a good worker. Because you're "good", you get the heaviest assignment because they know you can handle it, and the only problem is you get it...
  14. Anyone resign due to hostile work environment?

    Brownms46, what does the initial CE stand for? Also, what state was that in?, it sounds
  15. Nurse Patient Ratio

    Medical floor 9 on 3-11, maybe 10 or 11 or more on
  16. Grumpy Secretary--what would you do?

    It may not have anything to do with anyone but her, she may just be venting her frustration and other people take it personally when it's not meant that way, that's a big problem when venting in the...
  17. But I have little kids!

    I have to agree with Ruby Vee. "You might want to work on that a bit", particularly if and when, you become an
  18. HealthSouth

    Weren't they involved in some Wall Street Scandal? They were in the news for something, I think the ceo making megabucks while the shareholders were losing
  19. But I have little kids!

    Well, you don't necessarily see very clearly
  20. But I have little kids!

    Post #132 was insulting in
  21. How many 40+ nurses still working Med/Surg?

    "a new policy to be 'sensitive' to our bariatrics"??????? Give my poor aching back a break!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! What
  22. But I have little kids!

    peggysue, are you even a nurse? You certainly know how to be
  23. But I have little kids!

    bonjovigirl, great
  24. But I have little kids!

    agent, maybe you are the one who is
  25. But I have little kids!

    It's not only young, immature people that hold that view, it's also older, mature people, and they have a valid