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  1. Things you wish you knew when you were young?

    POTR replied to Destiny12's topic in General Nursing

    Notes to self... Everyone else does not read the entirety of World Book and Britannica for fun before starting kindergarten. Nor do they eagerly anticipate the arrival of the latest "Yearbook"...

  2. Need help! Best way to quit?

    POTR replied to Annymouse's topic in General Nursing

    The Truth shall set You

  3. Attractive nurses in danger?!

    POTR replied to Blackheartednurse's topic in General Nursing

    Vanity is not attractive. And some may feel that it speaks of the OP's motives, inclinations, attitudes, and doesn't speak well if it does. I have yet to make a post about how much of a gorgeous hunk...

  4. Attractive nurses in danger?!

    POTR replied to Blackheartednurse's topic in General Nursing

    Oh My. And how will you ever find a MD to marry working home health

  5. Pushing Dilaudid?

    POTR replied to chacmool's topic in Patient Medications

    Are you saying that you are fine implementing standards of care and protocols based on something other than

  6. Making Acetylcysteine bearable?

    POTR replied to kaliRN's topic in General Nursing

    Eh, I tend to subscribe to the "Disraeli/Mark Twain" theory on studies/statistics, at least when money is involved. (There are three kinds of lies... ) Acetylcysteine has had quite a few studies,...

  7. Pushing Dilaudid?

    POTR replied to chacmool's topic in Patient Medications

    And just because no one else mentioned it... I suppose that provides for really relevant studies... oh, wait. No it doesn't. That one statement makes Press Ganey (and similar surveys) irrelevant to...

  8. Alert patients who refuse meds.

    POTR replied to Caffeine_IV's topic in General Nursing

    My first visit to that particular surgery wing I remained in ICU for 4 days with sinus tachycardia of 140 bpm and was experiencing anasarca by the second day to the point "my Nurse" nicknamed me "her...

  9. Alert patients who refuse meds.

    POTR replied to Caffeine_IV's topic in General Nursing

    At the same facility where I experienced my tale in the Pushing Dilaudid Thread, I have had a few stays for various things, always ending in the same ICU followed by a few more days on the same...

  10. Pushing Dilaudid?

    POTR replied to chacmool's topic in Patient Medications

    1. I would wager a majority of allied health workers would already think they are 'working for free' on many of these cases when they are faced with unreasonable patient ratios, flat wages that...

  11. Making Acetylcysteine bearable?

    POTR replied to kaliRN's topic in General Nursing

    The CO2 is still absorbed into the blood stream by the intestines, and is therefore primarily eliminated by the lungs, the extra CO2 absorbed via the intestinal track will signal the central...

  12. Pushing Dilaudid?

    POTR replied to chacmool's topic in Patient Medications

    I initially woke up in ICU following a Laparoscopic cholecystectomy with a 0.5mg demand PCA of Morphine with an unknown base rate and lockout. Probably would have been ok if there weren't 12 holes...

  13. Making Acetylcysteine bearable?

    POTR replied to kaliRN's topic in General Nursing

    An aside for nurses mixing with soda for PO mucomyst (yes I know not the original q)... That fizz is CO2. And extra CO2 loading probably isn't the best thing if the patient is also a CO2 retaining...

  14. stretch out a scrub top?

    POTR replied to night615's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    wow, standardization on one company's color, without out allowance for variation in shade. nice. unfortunately for your organization, "dickies medical" was a private label brand manufactured by...

  15. Employer automatically taken break time away when I cannot take a break

    POTR replied to lashuna1028's topic in Nursing Career

    Keep in mind, you and the 'snitch' already gave the employer ammo to fire you (and that could potentially lead to charges as well as damage your license) that has nothing to do with your 'whistle...