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In the or, I speak for the patient. By reminding doctors that she is allergic to x medications, I am advocating for my patient. If my patient has questions prior to going back to the or, we don't go until the patient feels comfortable with all the an...

Check out the statistics at NIOSH. We are consistently in the top 10 for injuries. I'm a washed up nurse at 58 due to a back injury in 2006. I didn't get the proper PT until I got a lawyer and he got me into a proper PT program...but my employer no ...

I was hurt on the job in 2006. I was sent to a supposed physical rehab doc provided by workman's comp who didnt appear to know what to do to help me. I begged to do some form of therapy. BEGGED. When he finally prescribed some therapy, after abou...

Looking under the "specialty key" here at AN, I've noticed that APN's are only CRNA's, NP's, or Nurse-midwives. If we go to school so we can teach and help create the next generations of nursing students, why aren't we Advanced Practice Nurses? If ...

As a massage therapist, my advice to you is to get hold of a couple of tennis balls. Put two into a a sock. Then starting for a short period of time, every day, roll your foot over the tennis ball. You should feel a "snap, crackle, pop" feel as th...

You can look up your state nursing board on line, and see what they have to say about drug testing of any type, and how it/they can be used against you- or if it matters at all. Look under general information. I have been drug tested for years- all ...

@Suanna, I LOVED what you said about shingles!!! About a year and a half ago, I had the misfortune to develop the shingles. I thought it was a fibro flare, so I fortunately went to see my pain doc. He asked about the pain, then told me that he ...

As a Fibromyalgic, as someone who had a long term peritonitis that was missed for ?years despite my complaining of the pain, etc, I can say with great authority that there have been many times that I have been in a far amount of pain and not realized...

When I started in the OR, years ago, after 4 months, they gave us our wings.... There used to be a few BASIC things to get set up after the patient was drapped and the tables drawn up; connect the suction, connect the cautery pencil, the cautery pad,...

Woooman nurses???? Historically speaking, woooman nurses have been the dominant sex in the field til recently. Now 1 in 10 nurses is male. There would be why wooooman nurses have a higher sue rate than maaaan nurses. When the ratio is 50:50, then ...

I've done OR stuff for a long time. It's funny, but for some people, eye surgery gets to them, others can't stand podiatry, others cope with a chewed up leg but can't handle and anal case. Most everyone I've met in the OR, med student, RN or ST orie...

I'll copy your message, cos the moderators will remove your email- and I'll get it back as soon as I can tomorrow...

I'm glad there is a policy in hand that clearly defines who can and cannot give propofol. A long time ago, conscious sedation consisted of giving some versed/valium, a little bit of narcotics, one nurse to monitor the patient, the other to help wit...

Me, too.

Have her consult risk management at her hospital. They'll put a quick stop to it!

This is an excellent article on the present state of nursing legal issues. I would like to dispute the nurse's complete responsibility in regards to knowing what equipment works, is broken, etc, as in most hospitals there are also others involved in...

Yes, FroggyMaMa, I agree. If I'd known that the market for PT and OT's is as hot as it can be.....but you have to have a young body to do the job. Mine's kinda broken. Was the question about sounding so bitter and what job am I doing now addressed ...

I'd like to give a sincere round of applause to the CNS's who state that they want to be ADVANCED PRACTICE NURSES, not med lite.... I gave thought to becoming a PA, rather than an NP. I looked into both, but it seemed to me that a PA generally makes...

Sure- I'm very interested in Culturally Competent Care. It's something I came across in my Nursing Ethics Course..... Helga

The most interesting information I've read about FM in the last 6 months was on MedScape.com. A researcher did a number of FMRI's(I think) on people identified with FM vs the control population. He listed a number of changes in the brain of FM'ers...

Let me apologize. It's been a long day and while I get the point, I think I've become a victim of the OH-MY-GOD-I-HAVE-TO-BE-CERTIFIED- IN AT- LEAST-3-THINGS -TO FEEL-IMPORTANT......syndrome....sorry. Actually, I do think that it's getting pretty to...

Vicky, thank you for that link. There are indeed a plethora of issues surrounding being an APN that I wasn't aware of. What I do know is that Master's prepared nurses ought to be recognized as Advanced Practice Nurses, because they have gotten an A...

I'm an oddball in terms of nursing credentials. I started out in Anthropology, graduated with honors as a BA, spent a year in graduate school before deciding that archeology just wasn't where I wanted to work. It has a great deal of wonderful thing...

_phaedra_ I sent my reply privately as I was having problems with the system. I hope this arrived in a timely manner for your use!

I have to laugh at this thread. I had worked for two years as a nurse's aide in the unit I was hired for after graduation. My growth was rapid and thankfully, pretty easy. did I go home and worry that I'd hadn't signed something or that I'd missed...