cnyrn

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1. Acute Rhabdomyolysis?

   cnyrn replied to adidas99's topic in General Nursing

   Scrawny, little guy in his 30's, wanted to "bulk up", lifting lot's of weights and taking protein supplements (vague about type and amount) adm. to fllor a couple years ago with rhabdo,.Lots of pain,...

2. How does your unit handle new graduates?

   cnyrn replied to RNPATL's topic in Medical-Surgical

   13 new grads since May, most failed their boards and are working as aids til they try again, a few of them are okay, most have an attitude, feel that "with the nursing shortage" any behavior is...

3. what other degrees do you have outside of RN

   cnyrn replied to Carotid's topic in General Nursing

   AAS in Advertising and Design, worked 8 years in the field (screenprint, ad layouts,

4. I am a man, can I study nurse course and be a nurse?

   cnyrn replied to cgzca's topic in General Nursing

   Heck yeah, why

5. New grad dealing with angry/yelling patients

   cnyrn replied to pumpkin's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

   The nut job was back today, he tried to get me to accept a donation for the March of Dimes. I told him the hosp. fund raiser was over but I'm sure that he could independently donate on his own. Today...

6. New grad dealing with angry/yelling patients

   cnyrn replied to pumpkin's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

   The whole incident was kept quiet as it would have been the headline in the local newspaper police report. I agree that something be done to protect the workers exposed to this

7. New grad dealing with angry/yelling patients

   cnyrn replied to pumpkin's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

   Yesterday at the risk mgt. mtg. (with the CEO, etc.) psycho old man family memeber of pt. busted his way in, tried to cane an administrator and threatened to kill everyone. They had to call a Dr....

8. Asperger's Syndrome

   cnyrn replied to michelle95's topic in Pediatric

   Michelle- I have a 14 year old son with Aspberger's, originally dx. at age 4 with mild autism. If you have any specific questions about my experiences with AS, I'd be happy to discuss them with you...

9. Obesity in the hospital

   cnyrn replied to dietersmanifesto's topic in General Nursing

   Some of my most rewarding nursing experiences have been with bariatric pts. Some will take their hospital admission (usually a problem that is secondary to their obesity) as an opportunity to make...

10. Students Drawing Blood/Inserting IVS in MD?

    cnyrn replied to GoodyNurse2b's topic in General Students

    It was left to the instructor to decide in my NY school, occasionally she'd let a seasoned lpn or

11. Anybody else work with a "super nurse?"

    cnyrn replied to Rapheal's topic in General Nursing

    Same thing at my hosp. super nurse is the one who takes the easiest assignments (the one's who are being D/c'd and the ALOC's,taking one more pt. than the rest of the staff so she won't get an admit)...

12. unacceptable abbreviations - compliance problems

    cnyrn replied to luvbug9956's topic in General Nursing

    I am more concerned over MD writing order that is illegible and vague, requires 3 nurses and ward clerk to decipher, then a follow up phone call verify and clarify. MD gets annoyed, we say "if we...

13. Disgusting! Stealing from a nursing home resident...

    cnyrn replied to Town & Country's topic in General Nursing

    I was a manager in LTC years ago, one Christmas we all adopted residents and bought them gifts. Well, on Christmas Eve, someone went through them all, unwrapped them, took what they liked (almost...

14. New LPN having trouble c CNA'S!!! HELP!!!

    cnyrn replied to nursedes's topic in General Nursing

    I agree that the CNA's resent you because you have taken the initiative to get your LPN license. They are jealous, I would be concerned they might be vicious enough to set you up. I would leave the...

15. scrubs/capri

    cnyrn replied to cindimc's topic in General Nursing

    Our newly rvised dress code allows capris, but I haven't seen anyone wear them yet. Plus what do you do about hosiery, we're required to wear white socks or hose. It seems like it would look dorky in...