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    Refusing care based on sexual orientation

    CrazierThanYou replied to CrazierThanYou's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    What? That is
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    Refusing care based on sexual orientation

    CrazierThanYou replied to CrazierThanYou's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    You think its necessary to look for ignorance in order to find it? Have you lived your life under a rock? Anyway, no one who knew about the incident seemed surprised or anything else really. Maybe...
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    Home Care Aides: Stay busy?

    CrazierThanYou posted a topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    Hello all. I am curious and would like to get some input from other CNA's who do home health care. I currently stay with a lady who gets 6 hours of care per day. The actual care I provide probably...
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    Highlands-Cashiers Hospital (WNC)

    CrazierThanYou replied to LivinTheCountryLife's topic in North Carolina Nursing

    I currently work at Mission Hospital. I have a coworker who used to work at the hospital in Highlands. She said she liked it but its so small that she was constantly getting flexed off, put on call,...
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    Visitor filming during code

    CrazierThanYou replied to Lev's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Personally, I think its weird as **** for someone to be present during a friend or family member's code and say "OMG, let me get my phone out and FILM this!"
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    Why do aspiring CRNAs change their goals?

    CrazierThanYou replied to TU RN's topic in General Nursing

    i am am speaking about my class ONLY, not nurses in general. I'm in touch with everyone, as we love in a small town, and no one is pursuing
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    Why do aspiring CRNAs change their goals?

    CrazierThanYou replied to TU RN's topic in General Nursing

    Yep, probably 75% of my class said they were going to CRNA school. The number 1 reason? The pay. Also, it was always the worst students who had such
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    Negotiating pay

    CrazierThanYou posted a topic in General Nursing

    I am an RN with a year and half experience. I am considering changing jobs to a different hospital closer to where I live. A friend of mine works there and she told me yesterday that her nurse manager...
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    Negotiating pay

    CrazierThanYou replied to CrazierThanYou's topic in General Nursing

    Their website has the pay ranges but my friend is a new nurse and was offered more than what the website indicates for starting pay. I guess I'll just wait and see what happens. Thanks for your...
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    Colorful Shoes - Unprofessional?

    CrazierThanYou replied to applesxoranges's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    Ah yes, the mandatory colors for scrubs. We are doing this too but it hasn't yet gone into effect. Ours are black so the shoes will be the only color in our hospital
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    Acetaminophen: Why?

    CrazierThanYou replied to seks's topic in Patient Medications

    perhaps that was a bit dramatic. It's mostly our post op patients that get it but for a while, EVERYONE was getting it. But I can't really tell it helps much and many of my coworkers agree. I...
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    Acetaminophen: Why?

    CrazierThanYou replied to seks's topic in Patient Medications

    I've always said my hospital must be the biggest consumer of Tylenol on the planet. Almost every patient has it scheduled every 4-6 hours. Then, there is the dreaded
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    Colorful Shoes - Unprofessional?

    CrazierThanYou replied to applesxoranges's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    I wear Alegrias and I have some really colorful ones. Frankly, I don't care whether they'r considered unprofessional or
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    Simultaneous admissions (vent)

    CrazierThanYou replied to Morainey's topic in General Nursing

    Well at my hospital don't help with admissions and they sure as h**l don't do the admissions, EVEN if they don't have a single
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    Are my pts "brain dead"?

    CrazierThanYou replied to smartnurse1982's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    If people are refuting what has been said here, these FACTS, they should have the cojones to post it
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    really sad

    CrazierThanYou replied to MadpeysRN's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I can totally relate. I tend to be sort of emotional when I'm tired anyway and I tend to take snarky or b****y nurses personally. We have a couple on day shift that insist on going through all the...
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    blood draw from PICC

    CrazierThanYou replied to littlegreenfrog's topic in General Nursing

    I flush with 10cc, draw 5cc waste. Then I use a new, empty syringe to draw however much blood I need. Then I flush with at least 30cc. If I still see blood in the cap, I change it. We always draw from...
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    Are my pts "brain dead"?

    CrazierThanYou replied to smartnurse1982's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    There is huge difference between making a mistake and willfully committing
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    Are my pts "brain dead"?

    CrazierThanYou replied to smartnurse1982's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    You've mentioned the UK a couple of times. Is that your location? Neither you not your supervisors know the difference between PVS, brain death and other brain injuries? It must be quite an
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    Are my pts "brain dead"?

    CrazierThanYou replied to smartnurse1982's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I think a few of us are feeling the same
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    What's the nurse-patient ratio in your unit?

    CrazierThanYou replied to Niki_RN's topic in General Nursing

    I'm a med surg/step down staffing pool nurse. Our patient loads on med surg range from 3-6, usually 4-5. Stepdown is 3, maybe
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    Simultaneous admissions (vent)

    CrazierThanYou replied to Morainey's topic in General Nursing

    I just realized the OP is talking about admissions as charge. I feel like laughing out loud. Our charge nurses NEVER admit patients. That's all on
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    Simultaneous admissions (vent)

    CrazierThanYou replied to Morainey's topic in General Nursing

    Not at my hospital. As soon as you get report they send them up and if you don't get report within 20 minutes, they can send them without
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    Swabcaps

    CrazierThanYou replied to student_nurse101's topic in General Nursing

    We use them at my hospital. A new one every time and no need to use an alcohol swab on a port after removing the
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    Hospital Units with Longest patient stays

    CrazierThanYou replied to TarheelGirlx3's topic in General Nursing

    At my hospital, oncology gets a lot of frequent fliers with extended stays. Naturally. Renal has mostly frequent fliers. Trauma and neuroscience also gets some long term