tewdles RN

PICU, NICU, L&D, Public Health, Hospice

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    On call question

    tewdles replied to HillieRN's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    Do you have to document the calls? You should be paid for your time. you are employed for your professional judgment when you are on call...that is not free and it costs more than
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    sequester...huh?

    tewdles replied to lkulmann's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Good Day, Most of us are fine with budget cuts, just not the massive cuts that the "conservatives" believe are necessary in the social services in order to preserve the benefits and loop holes of the...
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    Nurses Who Smoke Marijuana

    tewdles replied to NenaRK's topic in Nurses Recovery

    And this is just plain wrong...wrong on so many levels it is
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    sequester...huh?

    tewdles replied to lkulmann's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Federal Judiciary Braces for Broad Impact of Budget Sequestration | United States Courts ""Reductions of this magnitude strike at the heart of our entire system of justice and spread throughout the...
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    NURSING...the to die for career...hmm

    tewdles replied to lkulmann's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    My dh and I also lived frugally, worked hard, and saved for our retirement. About 10 years ago my dh had a medically urgent need, got surgery and a nice hospital stay with lots of after care that was...
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    Medical Marijuana

    tewdles replied to Cathy4836's topic in Patient Medications

    I have cared for patients using Marinol and who have used medicinal marijuana in a variety of forms. Anecdotally I would say that the results from the Marinol are not as good as from the marijuana,...
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    Stable life vs not enough action! Do you ever envy your inpatient counterparts

    tewdles replied to newrnltc's topic in Ambulatory Care, Clinic

    Good for you! RNs in the clinic setting expose the general public to the nursing process in their routine health care. This should serve to improve their health behaviors and potentially their...
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    sequester...huh?

    tewdles replied to lkulmann's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Good day, Do you look at trends and data? Were the articles and data I presented to you inadequate in some fashion other than they don't agree with you? Do you believe that austerity should be the...
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    Nurses Who Smoke Marijuana

    tewdles replied to NenaRK's topic in Nurses Recovery

    I think you make good points here about the chronic abuse of marijuana. The medicinal uses of marijuana are only now becoming apparent but the chronic abuse of the drug is an issue, especially in our...
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    Nurses Who Smoke Marijuana

    tewdles replied to NenaRK's topic in Nurses Recovery

    Of course you understand that there are nurses undergoing chemotherapy who may be using marijuana to treat their side effects...and they may still be working. I fear that you are assuming that nurses...
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    Cursing on the job

    tewdles replied to Ciale's topic in Emergency

    Perhaps we could all learn to cuss in American Sign and our hospitals would be so much
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    Nurses Who Smoke Marijuana

    tewdles replied to NenaRK's topic in Nurses Recovery

    And you do understand that a person who may test positive for marijuana on a typical drug screen is not necessarily high,
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    Is this possible??

    tewdles replied to Racer15's topic in Patient Medications

    We see some pretty impressive allergy and intolerance lists in hospice...amazing really and so difficult to investigate when time is of essence. There is no question that patients and families report...
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    Got fired for the first time.

    tewdles replied to ambereyes1987's topic in Nursing Career

    This makes me question the practice environment you were working in. Something seems wrong
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    sequester...huh?

    tewdles replied to lkulmann's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Good day: I didn't realize Forbes was an Obama supporter. Let's stick to the subject, okay? Thank
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    sequester...huh?

    tewdles replied to lkulmann's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Repeating Our Mistakes: The Roosevelt Recession” and the Danger of Austerity | Roosevelt Institute Does austerity work in the midst of a
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    sequester...huh?

    tewdles replied to lkulmann's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    http://www.forbes.com/sites/rickungar/2012/05/24/who-is-the-smallest-government-spender-since-eisenhower-would-you-believe-its-barack-obama/ "It's enough to make even the most ardent Obama cynic...
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    sequester...huh?

    tewdles replied to lkulmann's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Economist's View: Per Capita Government Spending by PresidentGrowth In Government Spending Under President Obama Slower Than During Bush, Reagan Administrations |
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    Got fired for the first time.

    tewdles replied to ambereyes1987's topic in Nursing Career

    Seems odd to me that your boss thought you had potential but did not mentor you into a successful position...instead fired you. That suggests to me that there was some gravity behind the errors...
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    Is this possible??

    tewdles replied to Racer15's topic in Patient Medications

    So the patient doesn't tolerate a med well and has asked for another...why is this an issue? I guess I don't understand the question. It doesn't really matter at this point if the reaction is an...
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    sequester...huh?

    tewdles replied to lkulmann's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    You do not think that balancing the budget by cutting primarily the services designed for the most vulnerable citizens is robbing? The tax dollars of the people go to the government to pay for...
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    Destroying medications

    tewdles replied to nurseywifeymommy1's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Hospice destroys medications in patient homes all of the time. We do not flush them. We contaminate them with something noxious and place them in the trash. Common things used are used coffee...
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    After hours call pay...

    tewdles replied to LevitateMe's topic in Ambulatory Care, Clinic

    The weekday nurses should not carry the phone unless they are being compensated in some fashion. Otherwise, give the phone to the MD who is responsible for the lab results
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    NURSING...the to die for career...hmm

    tewdles replied to lkulmann's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Why have we allowed ourselves to succumb to the "us vs. them" mentality of the political parties? All of us lower and middle classers are in the same boat...scrapping for an every shrinking piece of...
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    sequester...huh?

    tewdles replied to lkulmann's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Actually the POTUS has made some pretty specific suggestions about spending cuts...the blame game is alive and well in all of politics and it is simply ridiculous to suggest that one party over...