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  1. African Americans as nurses.

    mappers replied to Daniel Floyd's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I find it sad that a young person feels the need to even ask this question. I thought we'd progressed further than

  2. when you forget to carry out an order on your pt

    mappers replied to poppy07's topic in General Nursing

    I've pulled meds, gone to give them to the patient, come back to chart the med and had everything be different. A doctor had come in, changed the dose or the med, while I was in the patient's room...

  3. Outpatient Chemo...Hospital or Dr.'s office?

    mappers posted a topic in Oncology

    I recently started working at a Heme/Onc practice doing outpatient chemo. This practice is very large and was private up until a year or so ago when it was purchased by a hospital chain in our area....

  4. Where do you peg feed your patients

    mappers replied to conroenurse's topic in General Nursing

    Please don't feed your patients in a bathroom. Would you want to eat in a bathroom?? It's like asking mothers to breastfeed in a bathroom.

  5. ammonia capsules for fainting?

    mappers replied to brownbook's topic in General Nursing

    I started working in an outpaitent infusion center recently. They have amonia capsules taped to all the beds. I kind of wondered, since I'd never seen that before. One nurse who came from a...

  6. Johnson & Johnson commercials

    mappers replied to Fribblet's topic in General Nursing

    The commercials aren't that bad, but the jingle is very

  7. RN Scope of Practice-Theraputic Phlebotomy via port

    mappers replied to RNONC3048's topic in Infusion, Intravenous

    KY has the same rule. I don't know why. Makes me wonder though. We had a pt with very bad ascites needing frequent taps. Our Dr. had a port placed on the side of his abdomen. We'd access the...

  8. Will I Stand Out?

    mappers replied to marhelper's topic in General Nursing

    I completely agree with you here, but I also think that if she is smart in how she uses her previous experience and education, she certainly will stand out. Using her previous "life" in a smart way...

  9. I feel guilty in canceling my extra shift...

    mappers replied to ARRR10's topic in General Nursing

    One of our Asistant Nurse Managers told this story once. We had Weekenders and our weekends were usually staffed very well. However, Thursdays were not. The ANM asked one of the weekenders to trade...

  10. How many triage nurses does your clinic have?

    mappers replied to elprup's topic in Ambulatory Care, Clinic

    We have 1-2 nurses working Triage any given day. We prefer two. We have 11 MDs and 1 NP (who is on materninty leave right now.) We are an oncology practice with outpatient chemo. We probably employ...

  11. how many porta caths?

    mappers replied to RNOTODAY's topic in General Nursing

    We had a pt with two. One in the chest as usual, the other in his abdomen. it was used to drain ascites from his abdomen on a twice-weekly basis. It was much easier on him than having paracentesis...

  12. Clinic nurses: If 1 million people join this group....

    mappers replied to LaughingRN's topic in General Nursing

    I'll bite. I work for a large oncology practice doing outpatient

  13. med/surg

    mappers replied to oliviajolie's topic in General Nursing

    I think most people's issues with Med Surg is the patient load. Six to eight patients can be rough. Some days you might have 6 "walkie talkies" where you pass meds, do your assessments and that...

  14. Pt choking and DNR....

    mappers replied to Beachbum2010's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Wrong, wrong, wrong. The lawyer would go after you in a heartbeat. How can you presume to know what "assumptions" Mr. Smith had when he signed the form? Can you read minds? (Unless his AD...

  15. Anyone work in a plasma center?

    mappers replied to BettyBoop01's topic in General Nursing

    I worked at one before I was a nurse. Most people there are not nurses. We had one RN on site to do assessments and for any emergencies. Everyone else was trained by the company. There were three...

  16. Port-a-cath sterile access technique question

    mappers replied to S.N. Visit's topic in General Nursing

    We use Chlorahexadine and scrub, then allow to dry. We use Betadyne only if there is an allergy...concentric circles. I work in a chemo clinic and access ports all day long. Oh...we still use masks...

  17. Does your floor decorate for Christmas?

    mappers replied to Cathylady's topic in General Nursing

    I doubt that is per TJC. It's probably per the fire marshal in your

  18. why nurses cannot have a nail polish..?

    mappers replied to ar.en.greta's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    Around here, polish is OK, but false nails, wraps, etc are not. Infection risk is what they

  19. RN would like other opinions from nurses on this awkward MD/insurance issue

    mappers replied to pensivern's topic in General Nursing

    Why is

  20. RN would like other opinions from nurses on this awkward MD/insurance issue

    mappers replied to pensivern's topic in General Nursing

    PCPs rarely get "rich"...at least not in the true Beverly Hills plastic surgeon way. They usually work like dogs and their reimbursements are getting cut further and further. Why do you think they...

  21. Health Insurance

    mappers replied to ckh23's topic in General Nursing

    You guys keep using HSA like it's an insurance. It isn't. It's a Savings Account that employers may contribute to and it rolls over every year. It is often connected to a high deductible plan, but...

  22. Health Insurance

    mappers replied to ckh23's topic in General Nursing

    I've had HSA before and it is designed for people without a lot of HC expenses. When I went on it, my insurance company provided information on their website that should me what my expenses where the...

  23. My job made me an independent contractor, what does this mean for me?

    mappers replied to dehen13's topic in General Nursing

    It is probably illegal as well. There are some pretty strict standards on who qualifies to be an "independent contractor." If you are required to be on the job for specific periods of time, use...

  24. Nurse full time means?????

    mappers replied to Darkpk55's topic in General Nursing

    I think you mean 7 "days" a week? Most likely, you'd have to have two jobs. Most employers are not going to allow you to work that much because of overtime. In the US (are you from the US?)...

  25. Can your employer call you back after you called off sick and demand you come in??

    mappers replied to princessnurse1's topic in General Nursing

    Can they? Of course they can! Your post proves it. Do you have to come in? No. And if you are within the absentee policy guidelines, they can't fire you for it. I've been on the other side of...