ecugirl

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1. Dealing with a patient who verbally threatens you

   ecugirl replied to Trauma_Team_1's topic in General Nursing

   I am so proud of you! I think you reacted in a most professional and calm manner. It is high time that patients are given the message that they are not allowed to treat health care workers as their...

2. How about your favorite Old Wives Tales related to health?

   ecugirl replied to NurseyTonyaLPN's topic in Nursing Humor

   here are a few I've heard; not necessarily from nurses or at work: - Drinking coffee as a child will stunt your growth - Never have surgery during a full moon...it will cause you to bleed excessively...

3. staph/mrsa

   ecugirl replied to jlwlln's topic in Infectious Disease

   Community acquired MRSA (CA-MRSA) is definitely on the rise. It used to be an organism that was isolated in hospitals, but in the last 5 years or so, it is being seen more and more in people that...

4. CIC certification- practice requirement

   ecugirl replied to ICRN2008's topic in Infectious Disease

   I've been an Infection Control Practitioner for almost 13 years. When I started this job, I came from being an ANM on an orthopedic surgical floor for 6 years with no experience (other than direct...

5. Most easy job in Nursing?

   ecugirl replied to moliuchick's topic in General Nursing

   There are hospital-based 8 -5 nursing positions that do not require nights, weekends or holidays...down side is that they are ususally 'salaried' positions and so the pay starts less than you make...

6. African American Care

   ecugirl replied to CametoitlateTexan's topic in General Nursing

   I'm from NC and have heard of people eating clay or PI-CA; but not "dirt". I don't know if that's exactly how you spell pica; I spelled it that way because that's how it is

7. Funny patient names by nurses

   ecugirl replied to Kidrn911's topic in Emergency

   A unit secretary I used to work with was named "Vienna Switzerland" and her sister was named "Montana"....both were born in

8. Have you ever gone in to find a patient dead? What happened?

   ecugirl replied to DutchgirlRN's topic in General Nursing

   Oh yes! There was about a 6 month period on my unit where myself (working 7p-7a shift) and another nurse lost 3 DNRs after we assisted them back from the bathroom; once they hit the bed; they were...

9. What Gets to You??

   ecugirl replied to mshooha's topic in Emergency

   I feel your pain! I never have been able to deal with vomiting...I remember one time; after ambulating a college student who had lost one testicle playing LaCrosse; he became nauseous and vomited...

10. "Your servers today will be..." Opinions please!

    ecugirl replied to Nascar nurse's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Wouln't it be more professional and appropriate to say "Your primary healthcare workers today will be" ? If they've got to say something, at least, that's what we all are and its not sooo

11. I'm supposed to wear an "Ask me if I washed my hands!" button?!

    ecugirl replied to daisybaby's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Methinks thou doest protest too much. As an Infection Control nurse of almost 15 years, I can tell you from study after study and from personal observations of staff, that staff DO NOT wash their...

12. Teaching staff the importance of handwashing

    ecugirl replied to ER2Bugs's topic in Infectious Disease

    I've been an ICP for almost 12 years now and this has got to be the most frustrating action to get staff to do...maybe because it's the simplest thing to do! One action we've implemented is "thio...

13. Infection control nurses, we OR nurses need your expertise!

    ecugirl replied to stevierae's topic in Infectious Disease

    To determine what you need to do to prevent the transmission of MRSA or VRE, you must understand WHAT it is. MRSA is transmitted no differently that Staph aureus would be...that is, on your unwashed...