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    New Grad to Busy ER

    broughden replied to scott47's topic in Emergency

    Dont be to hard on yourself. From one veteran to another, you sound like every ER nurse Ive ever met (at least those who work in busy inner city ER's). Stick it out. Like you said. Its tougher than...
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    She called my MOTHER!!!

    broughden replied to AngelfireRN's topic in General Nursing

    Im going to say the same thing here I just said in another thread...I dont understand how or why some people let others walk all over them likes this. So what if she's family? She is abusing you....
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    What to do?? A whole BOX of crazy!!!

    broughden replied to prettywishes's topic in General Nursing

    I dont understand how some people can let others walk all over them likes this. Im not putting the OP down, it just doesnt compute in my brain. I'd get furious if someone treated me like this. As for...
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    Do you ever get concerned about certain users on here?

    broughden replied to Bakingismylife's topic in General Nursing

    Given the number of profiles who ONLY post on threads about women's issues or racial issues, Im sure he is probably still here and just using a new profile name. I report them
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    Racial Discrimination in the Nursing Profession

    broughden replied to MasterStreet's topic in General Nursing

    You're not an ally. You're trying to masquerade as one. Allies dont use phrases like "playing the race card." They dont say things like, "every time a minority doesnt get their way." They dont try...
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    Racial Discrimination in the Nursing Profession

    broughden replied to MasterStreet's topic in General Nursing

    Your dog whistles and blatant bias aren't as well hidden as you think they
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    Hot Cheetos are a public health menace

    broughden replied to Emergent's topic in General Nursing

    It seems someone took issue with my pointing out that the obesity epidemic is growing. Not sure how you can get upset over that unless you just want to deny reality. So the post was deleted by a...
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    Racial Discrimination in the Nursing Profession

    broughden replied to MasterStreet's topic in General Nursing

    You might be legit. You might actually be an ally against racism. But when someone says something like, it calls their integrity into question. Because typically the only people saying things like...
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    Do you ever get concerned about certain users on here?

    broughden replied to Bakingismylife's topic in General Nursing

    Ive never gotten concerned about anyone as a "person", to my knowledge I dont know anyone here and Im not friends with anyone here. I have gotten concerned about some posters' continued employment...
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    Hot Cheetos are a public health menace

    broughden replied to Emergent's topic in General Nursing

    Im a nursing student. Not nurse, as Ive noted a few times. And I was a cop for a long time before that, and a soldier before that. My ability to laugh at really bad, messed up situations is fully...
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    Hot Cheetos are a public health menace

    broughden replied to Emergent's topic in General Nursing

    Making fun of a sick patient with cancer? Wrong. Making fun of a patient that brought something on themselves aka "Here hold my beer and watch this!" has long been an established right of both cops...
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    Hot Cheetos are a public health menace

    broughden replied to Emergent's topic in General Nursing

    This will be the whole world if nothing is done to stop it.....
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    Misuse of the ER

    broughden replied to ShortFuse's topic in General Nursing

    Very very simply. Take profit and Wall Street OUT of health care. Research (pharma and medical devices). Production (pharma and medical devices). Provider services. Should ALL be non-profit. Not...
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    Misuse of the ER

    broughden replied to ShortFuse's topic in General Nursing

    And Ive had a buddy who made it through a fire fight, swear he hadnt been hit (there was no external bleeding it was all pooling inside due to constriction of his body armor), and then fall over over...
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    As a nurse, have you ever seen Hantavirus Pulmonary Syndrome?

    broughden replied to Nsco2018's topic in General Nursing

    There are a few clinical trials either recently completed or currently underway testing both possible vaccines and/or antivirals. USAMRID is currently testing a hanta DNA vaccine. The problem is the...
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    drug calculation

    broughden replied to priya0504's topic in General Nursing

    All this confusion about TID/TDS is why Joint Commission and ANA now recommends against the use of such
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    Chemistry - how much is used in school?

    broughden replied to stormii's topic in General Students

    General chem will be super helpful! All the conversion equations we did in chemistry (converting moles to molecules to grams to cubic liters, etc etc) made doing Dose Calculation a cakewalk! Dose...
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    Mandatory Hurricane Evacuation - Can I be Forced to Work?

    broughden replied to Lorie Brown RN, MN, JD's topic in Nursing Career

    Not sure that's the best example. A doctor and two nurses murdering
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    Misuse of the ER

    broughden replied to ShortFuse's topic in General Nursing

    Oh come on, dont be pedantic. You and I are parents. Of course there are times you are worried about something with a child and taken them in, only to have it turn out to be nothing. My daughter...
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    Misuse of the ER

    broughden replied to ShortFuse's topic in General Nursing

    No Im a nursing student. Im also not an idiot. Sorry but I frankly dont think the ER needs every tom, dick and harry with a sore throat and tummy ache jamming it up. I mean, on one hand you're...
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    Misuse of the ER

    broughden replied to ShortFuse's topic in General Nursing

    1. Im an RN student 2. Even before I was an RN student I could tell if I had a normal sore throat or I was in danger of
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    Nursing Student International Volunteering

    broughden replied to broughden's topic in General Students

    Anyone
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    Nursing Student International Volunteering

    broughden posted a topic in General Students

    Just curious if anyone else did any domestic or international medical clinic volunteering for disadvantaged or underserved populations while in nursing school or after? Im looking at International...
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    Mandatory Hurricane Evacuation - Can I be Forced to Work?

    broughden replied to Lorie Brown RN, MN, JD's topic in Nursing Career

    Exceptions were made for hospitals who stayed open to support emergency responders and in the case of doctors/medical directors who had patients they didnt think could be moved without killing
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    Misuse of the ER

    broughden replied to ShortFuse's topic in General Nursing

    Based on that line of thinking every time I have abdominal pain I should call the ambulance because it could actually be appendicitis. And epiglottitis is characterized by a restricted airway far and...