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  1. Ethical question...what would you do?

    Who was it that gave the lortab instead of tylenol, you or someone else who wasn't reading the label on the med? That's a med error right there, not reading the label and therefore not giving the...
  2. Am I overeacting???

    Before we had cable, when we had dialup we had a little box that you plug the phone and the computer into and when a call came in, it knocked off the computer and the phone rang, so we didn't miss any...
  3. White uniform dress common nowadays?

  4. If I were a teacher I would not want anything to do with it! That is NOT a teaching
  5. GTube, med administration..HELP

    That's interesting. Is there something else that could be used that wouldn't break, I
  6. Chest Tubes---Help!

    I don't appreciate censorship, that was A S S, in case anyone didn't
  7. Chest Tubes---Help!

    We have an inservice on things rarely used, like chest tubes, once a year. What good does it do?, on something rarely used you don't remember it if you finally get one anyway. It covers their ***,...
  8. GTube, med administration..HELP

    Okay, so why didn't somebody see about having it repositioned and rexrayed after the first xray was done showing it was in the esophagus? What was the radiologist's recommendation or was there one?,...
  9. GTube, med administration..HELP

    We have a special tube feeding order sheet, done by dietician or nutrition nurse, something like that. It's preprinted and has the protocol on it, how often to check residual, how much residual to...
  10. GTube, med administration..HELP

    I hate tube
  11. When you call in sick...

    People probably overbook themselves and then cancel because they have been cancelled so much by the hospital, don't ya think? Though I do think they should give the reguired amount of
  12. Chest Tubes---Help!

    I hate chest
  13. White uniform dress common nowadays?

    The hospital I go to requires all the agency to wear white, that's everyone, nurses and aides. You don't suppose they're trying to pull the wool over anyone's eyes, do you, letting the patients think...
  14. Prefilled syringes

    How about so that all of the medication gets out of the syringe and needle and into the
  15. A sad and unexpected loss...

    How sad!
  16. just venting..replies welcome

    At least at WalMart, one doesn't have to put up with the same customer for 8 or 12 hours at a time, my dream job is to be the
  17. The fingernail police!!

    I have never worn fake nails, and I have also never taken any kind of oath, Flo's hippocratic or
  18. refusal of assignment

    That quote was from a previous poster, not me. I think you may have taken what was said out of
  19. digital stimulation, any suggestions

    What's wrong with a dulcolax suppository? That's what they used 30 years ago and they worked just
  20. refusal of assignment

    Well, I guess I'm glad that that is all you got, but I don't think you should have received any type of punishment, I think you were entirely within your rights to refuse. After all it was a safety...
  21. just venting..replies welcome

    Is that a put-down of
  22. Whats happening to nursing...

    Very, very
  23. This article disturbs me

    Do you really think that it is in the patient's best interest to have a sick nurse caring for
  24. refusal of assignment

    "people are hired to work; not to refuse assignments." It's a matter of PATIENT
  25. Getting OOB during a Blood Transfusion

    I wouldn't send someone to xray either while they were getting blood, I would wait until after it was