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Thanks for the ideas... I ended up going with Written Instruction for Medication Management in the Older Adult... Best I could come up with since I am sick with a headache and my 2 year old won't go to bed hehehe

The first hospital I worked at it was 2 hours across the board. The hospital I work at now it is 4 hours for evening shift and 5 hours for night shift. It's pretty unfair.

thank you so much for your kind words and encouragement... the clinic I am a patient at has changed management 3 different times since I started there in 2008. I have seen 2 different therapists and 3 different doctors. You get so far with one and t...

Hi again :) Now you got me stumped. What do you mean by clamping of foleys with large outputs after they are inserted? Is this one of those old school nursing techniques? I never heard of it. So I understand: you mean they insert the foley like no...

Hey :)) That is actually a really great topic. I was too tired earlier, and my 2 year old woudn't go to bed. So my medication topic was the best I could think of. I like your topic much better because that conversation actually came up at work re...

Thanks :)) You were the most helpful. The ideas you gave were good, except that everytime I came up with a topic like you stated above (asa for acs) I would think that was a medical intervention, not so much a nursing intervention. Perhaps I was s...

I guess I should have been more specific. I know what interventions are. I have been an RN for 4 years. I just couldn't nail down a topic that interested me. At times, EVERYTHING interests me in one way or another. Then at other times, NOTHING is ...

Sorry about that... some of the topics we have discussed are the Nursing process in complex situations: Alterations in Oxygenation, ACS, Stroke, Trauma, Endocrine, and others.

It could depend on the place that you work. I've already called of way in advance thinking I was doing the right thing, but they didn't like that. They thought it was suspicious. I guess they think that in 12 hours you may recover and could come to...

I just wanted to add that since Adderall is a stimulant, it shouldn't impair you anyway. Meds that impair would be those that cause drowsiness, or things like narcotics. I too was on a stimulant for ADD and as an adjunct to my anti-depressant. Howev...

Wow! I didn't know the board of nursing could do that. What is a "Diversion" ? I'm unfamiliar with that. I don't see why it would be cause to lose your license. Aren't all americans supposed to be protected from descrimination against having a ...

I wanted to say that I really understand how this Nurse feels. If also I may ask a question? There have been times where I want to leave the unit as well. I feel like I want to cry, and tell myself "I can't do this". There have been a handful of tim...