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    Kaiser Should Be Ashamed Of Itself!

    netglow replied to clinicalteach's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Some hospices are only about the money: Warning signs: Nurses told to only document decline. This is to assure patient recertification, eg. hospice gets continual income, no matter what is going on...
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    Why do you do what you do and DON'T do what you don't do?

    netglow replied to nurseprnRN's topic in General Nursing

    ok, made me choke on my snicker's
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    Knocked off my feet

    netglow replied to redface's topic in General Nursing

    Oh, and they deleted my response to the part removed then :) My response was a lesson in how to "do it right", if you were going to "do it" at
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    If I Said on Here What I Wanted to Say.

    netglow replied to DixieRedHead's topic in General Nursing

    Ha! I have had demerits ('cause Administration doesn't understand that swearing is "our art" - We disagree because creativity is soooooo subjective, sigh) If you speak the TRUTH no matter how bad, or...
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    "Hidden" cameras on the floor--do you have them??

    netglow replied to linzjane88's topic in General Nursing

    Yes, probably most places wouldn't go that far... but sometimes people don't think anyone will know, so, I'd say it's done quite often. These things are not easily
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    Nursing shortage ?

    netglow replied to Trekfan's topic in General Nursing

    This is continuing in careful ways. Healthcare is very corporate. Nobody wants to pay nurses. The way to drastically cut the expense of having nurses on staff is to hire foreign nurses. Once you...
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    How do I know what BID, Daily Meds to hold before OR?

    netglow replied to mandaaRN's topic in General Nursing

    Ask the MD. Shoud be pre op orders, and there will be post op
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    Resumes at careerbuilder and monster

    netglow replied to Blackcat99's topic in Nursing Career

    Set up a gmail or hotmail email account prior to registering with the sites. Use that email for all and any thing regarding. I call that email account my "bogus email". Nobody gets my personal
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    Resumes at careerbuilder and monster

    netglow replied to Blackcat99's topic in Nursing Career

    Yes and yes. I've got responses. Be prepared you will get a lot of trash. I've got something from just about every insurance company that exists, LOL. I do get stuff that is more nursing specific, but...
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    "Hidden" cameras on the floor--do you have them??

    netglow replied to linzjane88's topic in General Nursing

    Cameras are/have been everywhere for decades in most business of even midsize. Not necessarily for security sake. Ever fix that wedgy in an elevator? I have a million times, and I am sure always on...
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    Knocked off my feet

    netglow replied to redface's topic in General Nursing

    I think I've just figured something out. It's always the posters who respond in a "pass judgement" way that confuse things. Usually, it's the young ones who try to judge anything that moves. They do...
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    LOST Accreditation

    netglow replied to d419's topic in General Students

    http://www.nlnac.org/forms/directory_search.htm
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    ? To Hosp Managers

    netglow replied to M&M Rn's topic in General Nursing

    OP, remember that job fairs are worthless marketing campaigns. People there will tell you anything to get you to move on, IMHO. If you think they are giving you advice that is going to be concrete you...
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    Been so sick... working urgent care

    netglow replied to Epona's topic in General Nursing

    Use a mask if someone is coughing. If they seem surprised you got a mask on, just say, "I'm wearing a mask so that I don't catch what you have, and then pass it around to everybody else that I see in...
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    ? To Hosp Managers

    netglow replied to M&M Rn's topic in General Nursing

    Keep the job! Around me "public health" type jobs often want some ER experience. I guess that has to do with being ready for whomever you get, so, you might have lucked out. And, you like the job!!!!...
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    sneaking meds in food

    netglow replied to playforever's topic in General Nursing

    Don't get confused between actual conscious rejection and the symptoms of disease that the patient is exhibiting. If you confuse the two, you need to
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    Do you find this article insulting?

    netglow replied to cacentralvalley's topic in General Nursing

    Sue, Happy is just such a loser that even when there is something important that he could write about, he ends up being completely overcome by his need to assassinate his own character. Someone once...
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    How long is it ok to wait to be seen for ear infection?

    netglow replied to maelstrom143's topic in Emergency

    Can't give you medical/nursing
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    Do you find this article insulting?

    netglow replied to cacentralvalley's topic in General Nursing

    Nurse K? Just kidding. Anyhoo just wondering if you were around for the code/ambu bag blunder years back... I cannot stand him either. I have been mean to him Couldn't help
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    sneaking meds in food

    netglow replied to playforever's topic in General Nursing

    Ish. Once you do really know them, you know when they are actually in pain. If you can't get the meds in due to confusion on their part... as we know oral sensitivity is a big problem with that crowd...
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    When adults whine....

    netglow replied to Anna Flaxis's topic in Emergency

    I understand exactly the type of whine you mean Stargazer. Ugh, I cannot stand it either. It's not being sick, or from being in pain. That is not whining. It's being the type of person who is an...
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    Working as Nurse Assistant while you are an RN

    netglow replied to ClarissaLRN's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I knew of several people who had done this. They didn't get hired either. However no matter who in admin or nursing staff they talked to, they were always led to believe that when a position opened...
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    Someone has to stay!!!!!

    netglow replied to anotherone's topic in General Nursing

    Just from reading posts over time on this board. Don't you all know that short staffing, or, "not being able to get anyone" is done on
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    Things that nurses say that may seem inappropriate to lay people

    netglow replied to NurseLoveJoy88's topic in General Nursing

    :nmbrn:
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    Air in IV flush syringe??

    netglow replied to samiam4's topic in General Nursing

    Using needless flushes, just pop cap off and pull back the plunger and then break the airseal by shooting a little spritz into the air off to some unpopulated corner of the room or into garbage (10ml...