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  1. Eat Before You Get Here!

    moia replied to NurseJacqui's topic in Emergency

    I have the biggest problem with visitors to the CV ICU. The surgery was arranged many months previously...this occurs at 1 am 12 hours after successful uneventful surgery... They park themselves in...

  2. Is my nursing license in jeopardy?

    moia replied to Pretzlgl's topic in General Nursing

    Get out now...no right now..call and quit as you are reading this. The nurse who is sueing is going to bring down a rain of you know what....The facility is going to be investigated...worse the...

  3. Duragesic patch + recovering nurse with chronic pain = ???

    moia replied to loerith's topic in General Nursing

    I think staying home with a doctors documentation is absolutely the safest most conservative thing to do. I speak from experience as I am now coming to almost a full year off of work for herniation to...

  4. Duragesic patch + recovering nurse with chronic pain = ???

    moia replied to loerith's topic in General Nursing

    She suffers chronic pain from repeated neck surgeries I would think. Fentanyl patch/popping pills..no difference you are on narcs and therefore considered impaired. I am a little surprised the doc...

  5. Female nurses earn less than male nurses

    moia replied to Hellllllo Nurse's topic in General Nursing

    At the very core of any job should be ability and experience...please explain how an 8 year veteran lost out to a completely inexperienced male? I guess he just had a winning personality... it is...

  6. Who's #1 your patient or you?

    moia replied to rscarlatti's topic in General Nursing

    Take my breaks when I can..sometimes they aren't at the same time everyday but I take them. I think I come first...I enjoy nursing and looking after patients but I am not going to kill myself for...

  7. A Nurse's Living Will/Advanced Directives

    moia replied to rnmi2004's topic in General Nursing

    yup...me too..DNR all the way. I have told everybody if they leave me trached pegged and nursing homed without a brain in my head I will curse them forever. Funny that some of my non healthcare family...

  8. Do you have a heart?

    moia replied to reddgott's topic in General Nursing

    it is not necessary to listen at the chest for a heart beat...go somewhere else...try radial ..most eldely I can bet it's a dig patient have bounding radial pulses...if you absolutely must listen to...

  9. Lifting Patients

    moia replied to LilStudent's topic in General Nursing

    I have just had decompression and discotomy after 8 years of critical care nursing..we turn and lift constantly...if you are starting your career with a back injury make sure you choose a career path...

  10. All You Pharm Experts - Need Answers

    moia replied to KristinWW's topic in General Nursing

    Garlic is a well known blood thinner if I remember correctly. and for number 2 ..all of them..mostly d

  11. Tips for bringing your child to the ER (rant)

    moia replied to NYCRN16's topic in Emergency

    when I worked er we didn't have triage..it was a 30 bed hospital..that includes the 2 bed ICU and the 6 bed er...it was cute as a button..strangely we had a terrible time convincing moms to bring...

  12. Is it child sexual abuse?

    moia replied to Phenomenon's topic in General Nursing

    I wouldn't say another word to your daughter about it. She can sense you are upset and she has no idea why except for something she said..she may not even know which word upset you. Don't offer any...

  13. Job prospects for foreign-educated RN

    moia replied to Snoopynurse's topic in International Nursing

    In Ontario You are now required to complete a Bachelors Degree in Nursing to obtain a licence. You need to contact the licencing Board in whatever province you are moving to..they will mail you a list...

  14. "kindly guide"

    moia replied to shakeel's topic in International Nursing

    in canada we have patient service attendants but you must do the training before getting hired. Unfortunately if you don't have the right credentials from a canadian school you can't be hired even...

  15. Down and Dirty In The Oklahoma State Board of Nursing

    moia replied to sleepless in norman's topic in General Nursing

    Do you still have a vaild nursing licence? There are alot of states that still have a reciprocity agreement...meaning if you have a valid licence from OK they will give you a licence in their...

  16. Medication-nursing issues

    moia replied to happystar's topic in General Nursing

    Well you need to ask the patient if he has any allergies before you give him anything. Then you need to review all the drugs he was prescribed post op and any other prescriptions he has. Now you have...

  17. Back Fusion Surgery

    moia replied to luckymichelle's topic in General Nursing

    I just had decompression and discotomy and I am doing pretty good so far. I don't really think fusion is a good idea...medscape can give you access to all recent studies and it definitely is looking...

  18. Thoughts about childcare during procedures

    moia replied to Energizer Bunny's topic in General Nursing

    I know you were just kidding about second hand smoke and infecting but honestly there is a kernel of truth here. More and more I see and hear parents behaving like their childen are a "gift to the...

  19. Thoughts about childcare during procedures

    moia replied to Energizer Bunny's topic in General Nursing

    well in a perfect world where everyone has a great job and 2.5 children and a successful marriage I completely agree that the only person responsible for the offspring in that marriage is the bride...

  20. Grounds for Formal Complaint about MD??

    moia replied to Jay-Jay's topic in General Nursing

    I am getting confused...you say your husband told the doc he was no longer having afib in the weeks leading up to the angio? And she just took him at his word? She should have known the most...

  21. Advance Directives Ignored

    moia replied to TracyRN's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    An advanced directive and a DNR order are quite different. Think of it this way...you are in terrible car accident..you have terrible injuries and have been coded several times...your family decides...

  22. Why is it... (nurses constantly throw jabs at physicans)

    moia replied to NP2BE's topic in General Nursing

    I think the problem here is because you are a student you have yet to come into contact with a doctor as one professional to another. In school your teachers are your superiors, you are following a...

  23. patients can give the best medicine! or why we love nursing

    moia replied to 2ndgenerationnurse's topic in General Nursing

    Many years ago we had one of those really quiet..bizarrely quiet saturday nights in ICU...we had two patients because there were no beds for them..yup two!! The patients were really upset they were...

  24. advice from nurses for a new physician

    moia replied to pinkplumeria's topic in General Nursing

    Be yourself...even if you aren't all that happy with the self you are...nurses have enough stress to deal with..we don't want to have to guess which one of your many personalities we are working with...

  25. Are CNA's considered "Nurses"?

    moia replied to nursesherry's topic in General Nursing

    This is why I hate all these dumb titles like nursing assistant...I am thankful we did away with them where I work...anyone whose responsibilties encompass the CNA role are called patientservice or...