CHATSDALE

CHATSDALE

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  1. Forced to be charge without the pay???

    CHATSDALE replied to Nacki's topic in General Nursing

    it usually runs like an extra $1.00/hr in most

  2. Post-mortem care

    CHATSDALE replied to ProfesseureTournesol's topic in General Nursing

    i have worked in a facility that had any time limit always encouraged family to make a funeral home decision as soon as possible but did not really put pressure on them..sometimes they need to talk to...

  3. Questioning Doctor's Order

    CHATSDALE replied to pagandeva2000's topic in General Nursing

    by the way i think that op [deva] handled it very well, protected patient and her license and even wound up protecting

  4. Questioning Doctor's Order

    CHATSDALE replied to pagandeva2000's topic in General Nursing

    charting and observation !!! sometimes you have a lot of resistant ab and one which may or may not have caused a reaction. either the patient is not sure which med was taken reaction could have come...

  5. Severe Hypoglycemia before Death?

    CHATSDALE replied to sundowners2's topic in General Nursing

    i have treated patients, who when they came into the hospital were always designated as DNR but they were always given appriorate care for the crisis they were in until they were stable even DNR...

  6. What's the "real deal" on these Carribean Medical Schools?

    CHATSDALE replied to justme1972's topic in General Nursing

    there are medical schools in granada, probably a lot of other places but the ones i personally heard of was there with the shortage of openings in our medical schools these have become an avenue for...

  7. Double Glove with HIV positive patients

    CHATSDALE replied to abbaking's topic in General Nursing

    if you have open cuts/abrasions on your hands double gloving will protect you from a incompetent glove unlikely that two gloves will have a hole in same place your patients should not have a sense of...

  8. IM Injection, Hitting Bone?

    CHATSDALE replied to etep1209's topic in General Nursing

    If there is limited underlying adipose tissue pull up a pinch..flu vaccines are usually given sub q Hitting the bone can cause some site

  9. Just wanted to say...

    CHATSDALE replied to blondy2061h's topic in General Nursing

    they say you have a good life when you are happy to go to work and happy to go home at the end of a

  10. Husband of an assaulted ER nurse

    CHATSDALE replied to goyavo's topic in General Nursing

    i can sense your [and her]frustration while we cannot offer any legal advise we do offer our heart felt sympathies that she had to go thru this i believe that you are well represented by counsel and i...

  11. Hiring freezes, cut backs?

    CHATSDALE replied to Floridanurse's topic in General Nursing

    some of the state hospitals have had a hiring freeze in this area you do not have a large influction during winter months and the census remains much the same except for holiday periods i don't know...

  12. Have you ever refused a pull?

    CHATSDALE replied to Riseupandnurse's topic in General Nursing

    if you were being reassigned d/t over staffing in your unit it is one thing if you were being reassigned because of the critical shortage in another unit you are putting patients in danger even if...

  13. How to validate fired RN status?

    CHATSDALE replied to crux's topic in General Nursing

    these are questions that you need to be addressing the state BON if she was working w/o a license there may be a lot more to it than simply passsing a test. we cannot give legal advise here..and i...

  14. The role of the nurse preceptor?

    CHATSDALE replied to BerthaRN's topic in General Nursing

    preceptor is very important exp for a new grad as they are the bridge from school to nursing if you feel like your issues are insurmountable then request a new preceptor, before you discuss this with...

  15. 2nd ppd skin test safe?

    CHATSDALE replied to Bribri2's topic in General Nursing

    NO, NO, NO never have a repeat the reaction of the first one might not have been to the tb..even if it was you can go into a anaphylactic

  16. skunk smell??

    CHATSDALE replied to PedsAtHeart's topic in General Nursing

    there was a thread about a disorder which caused a 'dead fish smell' but it was sometime back and i don't remember what it was called if patient couldn't smell it at that time maybe it might appear...

  17. Nurses eat anybody young old and indifferent

    CHATSDALE replied to madwife2002's topic in General Nursing

    sorry about the

  18. Nurses eat anybody young old and indifferent

    CHATSDALE replied to madwife2002's topic in General Nursing

    once i had a job that i was happy to go to work the don was bearable and the nasty nurse that was there when i went to work had moved on somewhere else - so i went out and bought a car and had a big...

  19. I passed!!!!!!!

    CHATSDALE replied to it's hot in phoenix's topic in Online Distance Learning

    congrats

  20. Accepted into Nursing Program!!!

    CHATSDALE replied to Robinson1953's topic in General Nursing

    congratulations

  21. afraid of change

    CHATSDALE replied to Ms.RN's topic in General Nursing

    losing skills are one of the major c/o working ltc if people have trouble understanding you work to improve your english and do anything else you think will imporve your chances of getting a job in a...

  22. For the nightshifters.

    CHATSDALE replied to HappyPediRN's topic in General Nursing

    once you get ready to go to work it is better [for me] to stay another half a shift and get a whole day

  23. Do you take any stimulants?

    CHATSDALE replied to PopeJane3rd's topic in General Nursing

    caffenine will help some but i am also among those who don't get too much of a bounce...it may be tied to the fibromylia getting sufficient rest and trying to keep your hours the same on days off will...

  24. Manipulative Clients

    CHATSDALE replied to ilovechadkrause's topic in General Nursing

    i wonder how much this patient understands his own condition sometimes patients get the idea that they are much sicker than they really are esp if they require care like isolation, ivs [some believe...

  25. Hey Galveston - How's it going?

    CHATSDALE replied to HouTx's topic in General Nursing

    people don't realize that just because the media has moved on to another hysterical subject the havoc still has not be resolved and there are vultures out there as well...a friend who workds in real...