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  1. Beautiful photos

    dscrn replied to iNurseUK's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks for posting...there was a documentary on PBS recently, about the abandoned medical facilities on Ellis Island-really interesting. There is a closed psych hsp in central NJ, where I did my...

  2. How do you respond to a resident who gets attention by pretending to be in pain?

    dscrn replied to HoneyDinkley's topic in General Nursing

    Have to investigate if someone is crying out...something else could have happened, she;s most likely frightened, many issues can intensify

  3. 18 weeks of "residency" to give 18months experience?

    dscrn replied to nohika's topic in General Nursing

    If it looks too good to be

  4. Our new boss writing everyone up!

    dscrn replied to SoundofMusic's topic in General Nursing

    I remember staff being told that they were clocking in too early...I generally punched in at least 20 min early-the clock was a good distance from the dept-and we needed to change into scrubs, I...

  5. IV Placement on Deaf Child

    dscrn replied to nessa_5555's topic in General Nursing

    most scheduled surgeries involve pre-op testing/anesthesia interiew...this should be written all over his chart, as well as his

  6. Return to work early after surgery

    dscrn replied to LittleOneRN's topic in General Nursing

    Don't know which state you live in...if you are receiving temp disability-from the state-you can't return to work in any capacity, until cleared by md. DON'T jeopardize your health, for the sake of...

  7. Can a doctor ask a nurse to write the order when she is standing right there??

    dscrn replied to Parul's topic in General Nursing

    ...and theb

  8. New York Healthcare News - North Shore-LIJ Aquires Lenox Hill Hospital

    dscrn replied to DoGoodThenGo's topic in New York Nursing

    seems hospitals will all be part of one network or another...."Network North,

  9. TDAP Immunization

    dscrn replied to rickdon19's topic in Ob/Gyn

    My daughter is one who gets "reactions" to Tdap imunizations-been told that she is reacting to the adjudant. She developes sterile abcesses-resulted in hospitalization when she was 2, outpt abcess I...

  10. Ever take care of a patient for a while to later find out...

    dscrn replied to wanderingRound's topic in General Nursing

    Years back, before universal precautions, HIV info, I cared for a "junky" newborn-with a deLee suction trap-(remember them?)-co-workers caring for mom, peri-care, etc s/o gloves-we later found out mom...

  11. helping pts after del

    dscrn replied to jctiabecerra's topic in Ob/Gyn

  12. Why hospitals continue use incentive spirometry

    dscrn replied to Blackheartednurse's topic in General Nursing

    yeah, but your hands don't get sticky from a

  13. helping pts after del

    dscrn replied to jctiabecerra's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Not defending lazy nurses...but, there are some pts on OB...just like any floor...who are never

  14. got to give feedback about preceptor: AM CONFUSED ?

    dscrn replied to newsupernurse's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    If you give an a-o-k review, and you are lacking skill observation, you'll be responsible for all skills on the checklist...really setting yourself up. Be honest, write down which tasks were not...

  15. I would like a nurses opinion

    dscrn replied to honeycakes55's topic in General Nursing

    Do you currently use HEPA filters? Might want to bring one along with you-can't help but make whatever air you are breathing cleaner. Is the lease with the college, or is it off campus? Might have...

  16. I would like a nurses opinion

    dscrn replied to honeycakes55's topic in General Nursing

    DITTO everyone has different amounts of tolerence for different things. I have multiple chemical sensitivities...smoke bothers me terribly-almost instant headache, asthma trigger. My feeling is...

  17. What would u do?

    dscrn replied to rnfromja10's topic in General Nursing

    if needed, my understanding is that you can take a FMLA one day at a

  18. How far do you go with precautions...

    dscrn replied to massrn116's topic in General Nursing

    Wow! Going to be a problem with the number

  19. when to give and hold PRN morphine

    dscrn replied to anon456's topic in General Nursing

    I remeber waking up from surgery in RR in great deal of pain, and heard the nurses discussing whether the abx (IV) was compatible with morphine...instead of finding out, they just left me in pain ,...

  20. Public Health and birth control

    dscrn replied to Beebop25's topic in General Nursing

    i am son glad that agencieslike yours are available to women. often, due to the sensitive nature of the subject, "reproductive health" is often difficult to discuss, especially teens. i think it is...

  21. Be Professional or Keep My License?

    dscrn replied to AngelfireRN's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    You owe it to yourself, and your license, to look out for YOU! I'd be out the door real

  22. Constantly rejected from OB...

    dscrn replied to RNpandoraRN's topic in Ob/Gyn

    wow...how many bed is the dept?

  23. Happy Birthday, Florence Nightingale

    dscrn replied to sirI's topic in General Nursing

    I graduatedin 78...our instructor felt that incorporating the lamps in our ceremony was very "antiquated", so we didn't get to do it. Wish we

  24. Happy Birthday, Florence Nightingale

    dscrn replied to sirI's topic in General Nursing

    Happy birthday to Flo..today is also Chronic Fatigue Immune Deficiency (some believe that Flo had it), and Fibromyalgia awareness day. To all nurses dealing with CFIDS and FMS, trying to remain...

  25. Happy Flippin' Nurse's Day

    dscrn replied to tencat's topic in General Nursing

    gifts are always nice...seems the bariatric bed folks are looking to drum up a bit of business...since being in good health is VITAL to being able to function as a nurse, how about some healthy...