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SCRN1

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  1. The sun, it burns!!!

    SCRN1 replied to EMSChild's topic in General Nursing

    That does sound like a fun job! Make sure to reapply the sunscreen often. I don't think they're meant to last all day, especially if

  2. My preceptor gets frustrated with me.

    SCRN1 replied to Zumz's topic in General Nursing

    If you had more than 2 days left, I would suggest you requesting to your nurse manager for a different preceptor. Still, I think the NM may need to know how this person is training new grads. Either...

  3. Do patients rarely catch a cold?

    SCRN1 replied to d'cm's topic in General Nursing

    I wonder if it's because of the dry air in the

  4. Alzheimer proofing the nursing station

    SCRN1 replied to adrienurse's topic in General Nursing

    Have you tried putting a big black doormat outside the doors? I remember my A&P instructor telling us that her husband works with Alzheimers patients and they found that if there is a big black...

  5. what is in cabbage leaves that suppresses milk production?

    SCRN1 replied to GingerSue's topic in General Nursing

    I remember being told in nursing school that the juice in raw cabbage leaves had some antiinflammatory properties and that if someone sprained their ankle, for example, to crack the veins in a cabbage...

  6. "I work harder than a nurse in a hospital."

    SCRN1 replied to control's topic in General Nursing

    I've only worked in hospitals and an office. So that's all I can compare. I definately have to say that work in the hospital is much more physically demanding and requires more critical thinking....

  7. Foreign-trained nurses

    SCRN1 replied to mysfit5's topic in General Nursing

    Ditto

  8. Patient Rights and Diabetic Diets

    SCRN1 replied to SassyRedhead's topic in General Nursing

    Note on the same link you quoted from it says... Type 2 diabetes is often, but not always, associated with obesity, which itself can cause insulin resistance and lead to elevated blood sugar levels....

  9. Patient Rights and Diabetic Diets

    SCRN1 replied to SassyRedhead's topic in General Nursing

    I know what the opening post says. I was referring to your following statement: Originally Posted by GardenDove Lets face it, most people who get diabetes already have problems with their weight....

  10. Patient Rights and Diabetic Diets

    SCRN1 replied to SassyRedhead's topic in General Nursing

    Not necessarily! I have known many diabetics who are NOT obese. I am not obese, was recently diagnosed with diabetes and am in fact having a hard time getting enough carbs to keep my blood sugar...

  11. "You're gonna need to learn Spanish...."

    SCRN1 replied to smkiya's topic in General Nursing

    Oh, I wasn't meaning that I refuse to learn Spanish or to try and help someone speaking a foreign language the best I can. I do try to do my best in caring for someone speaking a foreign...

  12. "You're gonna need to learn Spanish...."

    SCRN1 replied to smkiya's topic in General Nursing

    All I've gotta say is that if I were to visit or move to a foreign country, I would not expect them to conform to my needs/language and I feel it should go the other way around to those who want to...

  13. diabetic chocolate bars?

    SCRN1 replied to GingerSue's topic in General Nursing

    I haven't checked the candy bars, but I did with cookies. I had bought some sugar-free cookies by Archway. There were only about 8 cookies in the package, they hardly had any taste, and cost about...

  14. Important Drug Tips!!

    SCRN1 replied to TigerGalLE's topic in General Nursing

    As for the Lantus you mentioned, remember never to draw it up in a syringe with another insulin...can't be mixed. As for the ones that CAN be mixed, remember the saying...clear before

  15. What would your ER do?

    SCRN1 replied to charebec65's topic in General Nursing

    Agree! What happened with this

  16. Crazy Thing Pts Say or Do

    SCRN1 replied to Pepper The Cat's topic in General Nursing

    There's been so many things that I can't even think of them all. Recently when I was getting someone's history during admission, she told me she had temporal arthritis. (Actually, it was temporal...

  17. Patient Rights and Diabetic Diets

    SCRN1 replied to SassyRedhead's topic in General Nursing

    I'd just try my best to educate them and then document very carefully everything I see and document with quotations everything they say. I'd also verbally tell the MD. A different subject, but...

  18. Phenergan IV changes in policy

    SCRN1 replied to RNKPCE's topic in General Nursing

    Wow! I knew Phenergan could be mean to the veins if given straight, but I didn't know it could be this risky. I left working orthopedics 10 months ago and we always gave 25 mg, diluted in 9 cc NS...

  19. The physician made a mistake; can I get my money back?

    SCRN1 replied to SharonH, RN's topic in General Nursing

    Why does everyone seem to be so sue happy? Like I said above, this is one of the risks of this kind of surgery and should've been addressed in the consent signed prior to surgery. I have taken care...

  20. The physician made a mistake; can I get my money back?

    SCRN1 replied to SharonH, RN's topic in General Nursing

    It's one of the risks with an appendectomy and should've been somewhere in the consent that something like this could happen. No, I don't think the physician should pay and I don't think the parents...

  21. +Nursing caps

    SCRN1 replied to Calgon-take.me.away's topic in General Nursing

    The only time I wore mine was for my graduation picture and then for the pinning ceremony. I will not wear one to work. For one reason, I also wonder how many germs they

  22. Humalog question

    SCRN1 posted a topic in Diabetes, Endocrine Nursing

    The oral meds I have been taking (ACTOplusMet & Glucotrol XL) have not been working. So today, Humalog Mix 50/50 BID was added to them. ONE of the reasons I was hoping not to have to start...

  23. When to start applying.....

    SCRN1 replied to leesespieces's topic in General Nursing

    I applied the beginning of the Spring semester that I graduated and was offered the first job...pending passing

  24. Admin and scrubs

    SCRN1 replied to ashlynn1031's topic in General Nursing

    Some of them give me the impression they're "nurse wannabes". They're the same ones who go out everywhere after work, still dressed in scrubs like they're wanting people to think they're nurses...

  25. dealing with perverted patients

    SCRN1 replied to shock-me-sane's topic in General Nursing

    I can relate! Not too long ago, I had a 70-something y/o patient who started off during my shift talking about how some of his past girlfriends slept with a pillow between their legs. His current...