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

    fins replied to daisybaby's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    My button will read: "Ask me if I'm the only one old enough to remember that 'Signs' was by the Five Man Electrical Band, and that Tesla's version was a remake." Man, I feel old all of a

  2. What to do if a pt. aspirates???

    fins replied to limabean's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    ...would have been to get a stat chest xray (like others have said.) But then what? If the xray shows that the patient aspirated, you have to consider putting them on a vent. But if the patient is a...

  3. Daughter Talking About Military Career

    fins replied to RNPATL's topic in Government, Military

    Patrick, I graduated from the Naval Academy. (This was 20 years ago, so it has been a while.) The thing is, the Academy's mission is to graduate line officers. JAG officers are staff officers, not...

  4. so frustrated with docs/when and when not to page

    fins replied to InfoNurse1595's topic in General Nursing

    My first point is about the doctor's web site that you looked at that was complaining about getting paged by stupid nurses with no critical thinking skiils. If that site is anything like allnurses,...

  5. Husband wants to try nursing at 44

    fins replied to mstigerlily's topic in Men in Nursing

    Melissa, I started nursing when I was 41 years old. I'm never going to get younger, so it was the youngest that I could do it. It's only too late once you're dead. That doesn't mean he should do it,...

  6. Do male nurses get less abuse than females by nursing supervisors and patients ?

    fins replied to Lanceman's topic in General Nursing

    Someone mentioned having one of the female nurses describe a patient as difficult, but then not have a problem with the patient. I've seen that same situation several times. However, it has always...

  7. PPH and REDHEADS?

    fins replied to rtadpole's topic in Ob/Gyn

    so I could see that there might be a genetic tendency towards coagulapathy. (Hemophilia is a recessive-gene trait too, for example.) Of course, I could also see it being a case of anecdote triumphing...

  8. What's you highest...?

    fins replied to talaxandra's topic in General Nursing

    if you have a patient on a heparin drip and PSS with 20K@100cc/hr going into the left forearm, you can't really trust your lab values if the blood is drawn from the left

  9. Men in Nursing

    fins replied to NeuroNP's topic in Men in Nursing

    I've really only run into one problem being in a field dominated by women, and that is the conversations. You know, sitting in the break room during lunch type conversations. I hear about bridesmaid...

  10. Accelerated BSN question

    fins replied to amatallahk's topic in Pennsylvania Nursing

    I'm working at Jefferson. I took the scholarship. They don't just throw you anywhere on the floor. You have to apply, like any other graduate nurse trying to get a job. Most people got their first or...

  11. Accelerated BSN question

    fins replied to amatallahk's topic in Pennsylvania Nursing

    I just graduated from TJU's FACT program in May. It was only the second year of the program, so some of the bugs were still being ironed out administratively, but it's a good program. It lasts 12...

  12. Got a letter from BON

    fins replied to Ortho_RN's topic in General Nursing

    You were probably chosen randomly. You haven't been a nurse for even a year yet, so it's not like you're short on any kind of requirement. It diesn't sound like this is about you, it's about how well...

  13. military separation

    fins replied to alk3rainbow's topic in General Nursing

    An erroneous enlistment means the military is basically saying "we screwed up, you weren't eligible to enlist." For example, my preceptor's son enlisted in the navy. He has very bad peripheral vision....

  14. Ratio law, California Dreamin' or nightmare?

    fins replied to pickledpepperRN's topic in California Nursing

    bukko, It won't be the government enforcing the ratio laws that get the hospitals to comply - it'll be the lawsuits. Whether or not the state takes a "wink wink, nudge nudge" attitude, I flat-out...

  15. Best prep for burn nursing?

    fins posted a topic in Burn

    I'm hoping people here can help me. I'm a nursing student, scheduled to graduate in May. During my time as a student, I've gotten extremely interested in burn care, and plan to work as a burn nurse....

  16. Unexpected Request from Boss

    fins replied to JuicyJem's topic in General Nursing

    JuicyJem, If you're asking whether it's better to work days or nights, then I leave it to all the other posters to share their experiences. However, it sounds more to me as if you're worried about...

  17. what size syringe is used to flush triple lumen?

    fins replied to cmv's topic in General Nursing

    Agnus, Here's a non-math way of looking at it. Put your palm against your cheek and push against your cheek. Next, put the point of your index finger against your cheek and push just as hard. Which...

  18. STR8 vs Gay Male RN

    fins replied to Ah life!'s topic in General Nursing

    pmanrnbflo, I checked with my wife, and she's pretty firmly of the opinion that it DOES make a difference who I sleep with at the end of the day.

  19. Things Patients Have Taught Me NOT To Do

    fins replied to Trixxy's topic in Nursing Humor

    If you're spray painting a ceiling, and your goggles get coated with paint, don't just take them off and keep painting. If you do, don't be surprised that you end up at the hospital with paint in your...

  20. Funnies thing written in patient notes

    fins replied to Suziebee's topic in General Nursing

    Hey, if the doctor said she had prostrate problems, maybe he/she was right. The patient just really has trouble lying flat. Now, if it said she had prostate problems, well that would be something else...

  21. Physician/Nurse relationship

    fins replied to Moho's topic in General Nursing

    Please keep in mind, this isn't in any way an attempt to excuse abusive doctors - it's just to give you an idea of why some of them are like that. A lot of doctors are extremely unhappy with their...