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I'd be really ****** off if that happened to me. I sympathize with you. I don't work in the ER but what is happening to you is so unfair. It's beyond unfair what's happening to you. My advice to remember is that the law is there to put people in jail, its not really interested in finding out the truth or 'doing the right thing.'

i second that, there's a huge nursing shortage and its only getting worse. Remember as the baby boomers retire a whole lot of them will finally get health insurance through Medicare where historically they haven't had health insurance. So you're looking at an increase in the number of patients and you'll need more nurses to take care of them

We use Cerner but I was once at the VA and they used CPRS and I have to say it's easily the best I've seen so far but then again I haven't seen too many systems.

I strongly think you should renew it, most states have an online renewal. Plus, you won't have the hassle of renewing it when you get back. Who knowns you might be very busy when you come back and not have time to renew it.

I'll tell you: stage IV ulcer on the sacrum, it took my breath away yuck

Um, How about you get it yourself!

I use the 0-10 but the facial grading scales is actually a verified research tool

This comes down to patient autonomy. Basically it means that the patient is in control of their body. When it comes down to it, just document the heck out of it(remember the chart is a legal document), and then do what the patient wants and hand it over to the doctor. One thing you might do is tell the doctor beforehand about the patient's noncompliance so that they are prepared when they see the patient.

wow I'm surprised by the level of no's. Firstly, it pays pretty well. Second, there is immense job security. I have friends and family who would kill for this level of job security. I saw a study recently and the only job growth in the US for the past 20 years was in the medical field(it's sad but true). Third, there is a degree of satisfaction. I mean social workers help people but they get paid pennies. It's rare in the world that you can get a decent paycheck and actually do some good(unlike crook bankers). The downside is that we do work HARD lol and there is abuse from patients/docs/other nurses/patient's families

Here's the what I do, if I need to auscultate the lungs I typically go right on the skin, just slipping under there shirt. When i have to auscultate the heart i almost always go right on the skin because a lot the patients I see have a fairly thick fat pad over their left pec

This is what's called a race to the bottom. Also, there's a moral aspect to it. Think about: if we take nurses from another country then the citizens of that country will suffer from a nursing shortage. Also nurses are expensive to train. Take the society of Peru: it costs a certain amount of money to train nurses, then they leave and come here. Obviously the US benefits from getting a nurse without training them but Peru suffers doubly. First from the lose of the money involved in training and then in the lose of the work. I think morally we have to restrict the number coming in and focus on training US citizens.

Lol cookies and other sweet foods and workout bag bought by the hospital

"Yes and no, LOL. I am all for Healthcare reform and think it is very necessary, so in that respect yes, I think it is a step in the right direction. " I agree it is a step in the right direction. However, I'm not sure it needed bipartisan support. We shouldn't forget that both Social Security and Medicare(relevant to us) were both partisan bills. Social security was passed with 60 Dem votes/16 Repub votes and Medicare passed with 57 Dem/13 Repub in the Senate. Both those bills were hardly bipartisan. Also, things are much more polarized today than in the past. Anywho, my 2 cents are it didn't go far enough but that at least its some sort of start.