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  1. Teaching hospital

    LydiaGreen replied to nursing04's topic in General Nursing

    A teaching hospital is ANY hospital where some or all of the care provided to a patient or patients is done by a student of ANY field. There are not just medical school residents - there are physical...

  2. What to bring first days on the job???

    LydiaGreen replied to Mrs.Yost's topic in General Nursing

    Definitely a penlight! Doesn't matter how many flashlights are supposed to be stocked on the ward - there won't be one when you need it, or there won't be any charged batteries if you do find one....

  3. Breath smells like moth balls

    LydiaGreen replied to spage_rn's topic in General Nursing

    There are many possibilities so the appointment should definitely be kept. Could be a sinus infection. Does he have any trouble sleeping? Excessive snoring, periods where he stops breathing? My...

  4. This Burns My Britches!

    LydiaGreen replied to leslie :-D's topic in General Nursing

    In the nearly four years (three as a student in clinicals) I have been at "my" hospital - I have seen only three patients with decubitus ulcers. One came to us from an LTC facility in another county...

  5. MA's Calling Themselves Nurses?

    LydiaGreen replied to Sheri257's topic in General Nursing

    The problem with telling the clerk at 7-11, "I am a nurse at the hospital" is that the clerk now perceives you to be an RN or LPN and BELIEVES anything that you say. The problem with that, is that...

  6. need some advice on getting family member medical attention against their will

    LydiaGreen replied to rhonda L's topic in General Nursing

    Competence is assumed in every case until incompetence is proven. You do not have to prove your sanity before each doctor's visit, do you? A person is considered competent until it has been deemed...

  7. need some advice on getting family member medical attention against their will

    LydiaGreen replied to rhonda L's topic in General Nursing

    RHONDA - I thought of one possibility that may force treatment without your uncle's consent. You said his wounds are draining "yellow". The public health department may be able to force treatment if...

  8. need some advice on getting family member medical attention against their will

    LydiaGreen replied to rhonda L's topic in General Nursing

    Sorry Leslie, but he is making an informed decision. I know how difficult this is because I have been through it with my uncle and my father. This man is aware that not seeing a doctor may mean that...

  9. MA's Calling Themselves Nurses?

    LydiaGreen replied to Sheri257's topic in General Nursing

    Very good point. And a very good

  10. MA's Calling Themselves Nurses?

    LydiaGreen replied to Sheri257's topic in General Nursing

    May I ask which state you are in? Maybe others from the same state would be able to shed some light as to why there isn't an impersonation law

  11. MA's Calling Themselves Nurses?

    LydiaGreen replied to Sheri257's topic in General Nursing

    Have you actually checked with your state's licensing board? That isn't sarcastic, or meant to be ignorant or anything. I just have never heard of a any licensing body that did not have a regulation...

  12. MA's Calling Themselves Nurses?

    LydiaGreen replied to Sheri257's topic in General Nursing

    Your nursing education is listed as "other" - not sure what that would be. I have only been an RN for a matter of a couple of months. But, I can tell you that from day ONE of nursing school - people...

  13. need some advice on getting family member medical attention against their will

    LydiaGreen replied to rhonda L's topic in General Nursing

    I don't know if this applies everywhere or not - but here, as long as the person is cognizant of the complications and consequences that could result from their choice to refuse treatment, they are...

  14. need some advice on getting family member medical attention against their will

    LydiaGreen replied to rhonda L's topic in General Nursing

    To be honest, I did not read the whole thread - just the OP's original message and question. My family has been trying to force an uncle to receive medical treatment for 20+ years. My mother has 12...

  15. MA's Calling Themselves Nurses?

    LydiaGreen replied to Sheri257's topic in General Nursing

    I recently graduated, but not so long ago I was in clinical and a surgeon asked me a question. I didn't know the answer and told him that I was "only a student". He looked at me very seriously and...

  16. Ethical dilemma-caring for a criminal. what would you do?

    LydiaGreen replied to iamlovingit's topic in General Nursing

    No specifics but as a student, I was assigned to and cared for a convicted criminal - I am in a small city and most of the time, you have at least met all of your patients before and may be well...

  17. Eczema Treatments

    LydiaGreen replied to prairiegirl's topic in General Nursing

    Elidel works wonders for my son. Cleared up the eczema 50% with one application. But we have only used it maybe twice in the last year. I just use it for flare-ups which are now few and far...

  18. Question for all nurses

    LydiaGreen replied to srhdaw's topic in General Nursing

    Many pda's are compatible with a portable keyboard (folds up nice and small, about the same size as my pocket pc). The portable keyboard makes it very much like a laptop without nearly the expense...

  19. Canadian RN Exam

    LydiaGreen replied to daz2003's topic in Canada CRNE, CPNRE Exams

    I found the Canadian prep guide an excellent resource but I also used the Mosby's Canadian prep guide. If you have the time to utilize it, it will help you isolate your weaknesses so that you can...

  20. hey, u guys know where i can get the previous RN exam tests?

    LydiaGreen replied to rnc4life's topic in International Nursing

    I wrote the June RN exam and there isn't ONE exam, there are several given out in a fashion so as to prevent cheating. There is also an area on the exam where you have to agree not to disclose the...

  21. Lovenox injection site

    LydiaGreen replied to Gator,SN's topic in General Nursing

    Once saw a patient admitted with a dr's order for 80mg enoxaparin IV. The scariest part is the nurse that admitted him, kardexed the order in that manner. She got really busy with a difficult...

  22. Nursing student/Mom and last nerve about family life

    LydiaGreen replied to sherichance's topic in General Nursing

    Sheri, You are going through a lot. Potty training is different for EVERY child. My son potty-trained himself at the age of 21.5 months when I had his little sister. I brought her home from the...

  23. Hospital Grub

    LydiaGreen replied to Witheney's topic in General Nursing

    Our cafeteria used to have WONDERFUL food. For preceptorship, half of my class went away to other hospitals in Canada (4 months). When they returned and began working at our hospital as GN's (me...

  24. international nurses day...i dont believe what happened..........

    LydiaGreen replied to uk_nurse's topic in General Nursing

    Wow - that's terrible. Don't expect it did that much for morale either. Doesn't administration know that a little appreciation goes a long way? Here in Canada we do not have nurses' day, we have...

  25. Horrible breach of personal confidentiality!

    LydiaGreen replied to ferfer's topic in General Nursing

    I'm not sure which part of Canada you are from - but in Ontario the patient has a right to privacy and violating that privacy is grounds for dismissal. No, we don't have HIPPA but every hospital has...