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  1. I'm so afraid that I violated Hipaa!

    and please don't be angry at yourself! And, BTW, is that really the worst thing to happen to you during a day? If so, I need some advice :) The list of things I wish I could have done a little better...
  2. Med Admin

    The smallest syringe usually available to us is 3ml. We do not use insulin syringes for other purposes. We also do not dilute anything unless instructed to by pharmacy or policy. We do put small...
  3. I'm so afraid that I violated Hipaa!

    What part of that feels like a violation to you? I guess you could change the gender but if we always change the gender it defeats the purpose. Review hipaa so you feel more comfortable speaking about...
  4. CDC rec to counsel all males about benefits of circumcision

    But I'm not an adult male deciding whether to circumcise myself. I don't need to read to read that. I'll certainly encourage my son to read up in that if he ever asks me. I'm b sure there will be...
  5. CDC rec to counsel all males about benefits of circumcision

    Up to this point there was this fake fear that somehow this procedure was so dangerous if u weren't a newborn because of the sedation which never made sense to
  6. CDC rec to counsel all males about benefits of circumcision

    I was actually happy to see u can infer from this new CDC information that a teen boy could consider circumcision if he wants and a parent doesn't have to make this choice for an n unconsenting...
  7. Dbk99 that sounds almost identical to where I work. Also geriatric medsurge. We use to. Have a sheet like that but they got rid of it. We also include code status and DVT
  8. IV catheter changes..

    From field change after 24 hours. Internally 4 days. It use to be 3. In the elder sometimes confused population they rarely last that long
  9. Hang in there. The only thing that surprised me a bit in your post was the saturation going to the 70's, but even that not knowing the whole story I wouldn't judge you. If the patient was asymptomatic...
  10. East coast jobs for new grads are hard to come by but day shifts are available. The night shifters generally want to work nights. I and many others at my hospital (magnet if that matters) were hired...
  11. Can I become a Nurse at 40?

    I turned 40 a few weeks after I started my first RN job. I don't think it is too
  12. I have same issue. RNs wear all white scrubs. For makeup I have been having good luck with mean green from the dollar tree! I have tried stain treatments such as shout and no dice. I think I tried...
  13. Don't You Just Love It?

    I don't understand under what what context or nursing class students are asked questions such as why are all doctors obnoxious or why are all CNAs lazy.. I never took these classes in nursing school....
  14. I have never heard of needing the first one
  15. In NJ. About 5 months after passing NCLEX. Oct passed offer in March started April. At a
  16. Lazy coworkers

    What I don't understand, and I realize I may be in the minority, is if someone needs homework answers from AN, they are only hurting themselves. I don't find it necessary to be the homework police. I...
  17. Is there a best practice for educating pro vaccination?

    Pmabraham: if u were unable to come up with counter statements I think you might have not read the sources or understood them completely. I world really recommend trying again to link a source to a...
  18. Is there a best practice for educating pro vaccination?

    Check out a group called nurses who vaccinate or voices for vaccines for great information on their website or
  19. Is there a best practice for educating pro vaccination?

    My experience has been that when you follow the sources these scaremonger articles give, the source says something much different than what the article says. Additionally science had shown these...
  20. How to get experience

    Maybe take acls. Try to find some connections in hr or RNs at hospitals. And consider pediatric clinics or ambulatory centers associated with hospitals as a first step? You might be able to get your...
  21. RN

    I think OP thought he/she was doing a search , not posting. . I don't think this is a case of OP trying to trick the allnurses world into giving her/him homework
  22. redirecting to old threads

    It really depends on the tone of the response. Sometimes the redirections to old posts is intentionally showing frustration to the OP but usually it seems the responder is being helpful
  23. New Grad: How To Make It Over The Hump?

    Im right there with u OP!! Really feeling like omg I'm not cut out for this. Such a nice reply MallysMama. Any chance u can share that schedule? In hope others respond as
  24. ABC TV:NY Med shows ER nurse fired due to social media post

    i felt bad for her, but i'm pretty sure the outcome would be the same at some other hospitals. where i work you don't even have your cell phone on you when you work, or if you do you can't take it out...
  25. Rutgers (formerly UMDNJ) ABSN Spring 2014

    Aleena, I was in the last Rutgers pre UMDNJ merge ABSN program, or so I believe, graduated Oct 2013. Our program started in May 2012, not fall which I think is more typical of the UMDNJ program. No...