tewdles RN

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

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    New grad wanting to specialize one day...

    tewdles replied to jmokeefe's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Some hospitals hire new grads into L&D, some do not. I would guess that more hire into antepartum or
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    Can family members work at the same unit?

    tewdles replied to mcpnurse's topic in General Nursing

    I actually was the supervisor for my sister in law (RN)...she met my brother at an informal work event and ended up marrying him. It was sort of awkward at first and I did have to be very certain that...
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    Nursing vs Occupational Therapy as a career?

    tewdles replied to greenykilt's topic in General Nursing

    Nurses have a broader scope of practice...I don't know that much about
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    How do you deal with a rude co-worker?

    tewdles replied to MobileNurseSara's topic in General Nursing

    I wonder when docs begin to think that bad behavior is okay? They clearly are not allowed by nurses to behave that way as interns or residents,
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    texting at work

    tewdles replied to questionsforall's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    Seems this could be a generational sort of thing...my generation has spent more years working without cellular devices than with. We are, perhaps, more likely to think of work as a place where you...
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    HELP! Is this ethical or even legal??

    tewdles replied to IndianaHH's topic in Home Health

    NNU was all over Michigan Nurse this
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    Name a situation that is not your responsibilty...

    tewdles replied to NurseCallus's topic in General Nursing

    does your malpractice insurance cover pulling
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    Is healthcare a right or privilege?

    tewdles replied to Treat et Street's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Look...you can twist words and definitions any ol' way you want...I am not going to get into a peeing contest with you. You have your opinion and I have mine...I am content to leave it at that. That...
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    HELP! Is this ethical or even legal??

    tewdles replied to IndianaHH's topic in Home Health

    as others have said...stay there only as long as you need to secure other/better employment. sounds like a for profit homecare agency set on maximizing profit at the expense of their professional...
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    Patient doesn't know he's terminal

    tewdles replied to AmericanChai's topic in General Nursing

    I certainly have no disagreement with this. I simply caution newer nurses that they cannot assume that what the family is doing is actually their "right" or is in the best interests of the patient. I...
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    Name a situation that is not your responsibilty...

    tewdles replied to NurseCallus's topic in General Nursing

    Seriously, if the patient has questions or doesn't understand; it is the physcians fault that the consent is not signed. Document the concerns and call the
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    Name a situation that is not your responsibilty...

    tewdles replied to NurseCallus's topic in General Nursing

    Consider if you can impact change in this important area. Informed consent needs to be obtained by the physician. If the patient has questions at the time that the consent needs to be signed, you...
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    Use of pulse oximetry in hospice

    tewdles replied to HoosierMale's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    I respectfully disagree...it is perfectly appropriate, in hospice and palliative care, to administer oxygen for comfort regardless of the pulse ox reading and generally without even checking the pulse...
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    Is healthcare a right or privilege?

    tewdles replied to Treat et Street's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Review your zoology if you think that animals do not sacrifice self for benefit of group...altruism. You are patently uninformed if you think that people in the USA do NOT die for lack of access to...
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    Having confidence issues

    tewdles replied to BlindFaithLPN's topic in General Nursing

    Please note...POODLES...that my post stating "retain as much as possible" was noted with the comment that it is "impossible to retain everything". So you are REALLY expecting a lot!! LOL...just an...
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    Patient doesn't know he's terminal

    tewdles replied to AmericanChai's topic in General Nursing

    The problem is that sometimes the family does not have the RIGHT to do what they are doing! The nurse is the professionally designated patient advocate...it is part of our job to make sure that the...
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    NO PRIVACY: HIPPA? What's HIPPA

    tewdles replied to daniedi77's topic in HIPAA Challenges

    I am in total agreement with many others whose comments uphold the HIPAA and the importance of maintaining excellent privacy for our patients, coworkers, and ourselves. I am often out of the gossip...
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    Just because you are a nurse...

    tewdles replied to silentRN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    There are things about the libertarian platform that I do not agree with, but that is true (moreso) for me relative to the democrat or republican platforms as
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    Having confidence issues

    tewdles replied to BlindFaithLPN's topic in General Nursing

    A & P is very important and you must try to make an effort to retain as much as possible. I would recommend that you find a study partner, although, I understand that this is a challenging...
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    Is healthcare a right or privilege?

    tewdles replied to Treat et Street's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    http://www.lpb.org/programs/fredfriendly/view.cfm this is a panel discussion on "reinventing healthcare" which first aired in 2008 (I believe). it is, at minimum,
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    Am I being snotty?

    tewdles replied to JezzysRN09's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I guess that I don't find any correlation between what a name badge says and "snotty". In my mind..."snotty" would describe attitude or action rather than appearance...and a name badge is simply...
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    Is healthcare a right or privilege?

    tewdles replied to Treat et Street's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    That is my hope...that your treatment is NOT discriminatory. Because the attitudes expressed about the poor somehow needing to have "personal responsibility" relative to their inability to afford...
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    Vastus Lateralis

    tewdles replied to chelynn's topic in Emergency

    VL is ideal site for many IM injections in many age
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    Pain Meds

    tewdles replied to eflr's topic in Medical-Surgical

    dang
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    Pain Meds

    tewdles replied to eflr's topic in Medical-Surgical

    http://www.guideline.gov/algorithm/6371/NGC-6371_1.html