pockunit ADN, RN

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    Inadequacy and Incompetence

    pockunit replied to vampirella's topic in Emergency

    Tuck this into the back of your head and use it in the future. Now, when you have any neuro patient, instead of ABC, it's ABCDEFG: airway, breathing, circulation, don't ever forget glucose. I hardly...
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    What is your Nursing Kryptonite?

    pockunit replied to Lunah's topic in General Nursing

    GAH, YES, I can't handle respiratory secretions. Ugh. Also, assisting with circs. NO
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    What have you learned in nursing school that was utter nonsense?

    pockunit replied to TheMiss's topic in General Nursing

    Sybil has a seizure and dies after delivering the
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    What have you learned in nursing school that was utter nonsense?

    pockunit replied to TheMiss's topic in General Nursing

    "Delivery of the placenta will cure preeclampsia." No. It won't. But a few days of mag sulfate and several weeks of cardiac meds might. I CAN'T. HANDLE. that this is still taught. It's blatantly...
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    Nursing with a hearing loss: Yes you can!

    pockunit replied to Donna Maheady's topic in Nurse Disabilities

    I wear bil HA and my facility gave me an electronic scope as an accommodation. I spent the first couple of years of practice thinking I was horrible at identifying lung sounds when it turns out I...
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    Pain relief without fostering addiction

    pockunit replied to Emergent's topic in General Nursing

    I have high (hah) hopes for this. It would be a complete game-changer, at least for back pain. Experimental Opioid Could Reduce Addiction Problem | MIT Technology Review Phase 3 is in process...
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    Nurse Mistakes

    pockunit replied to lesquive's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    And how old will you be if you *don't* go
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    I need to vent :(

    pockunit replied to RN.amour's topic in General Nursing

    Maybe you could try maternal-child, so you'd still be working with babies but maybe not at NICU level right now. So you could work with the feeders and growers and PP
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    Starting Night shift...Need help!!

    pockunit replied to work77's topic in General Nursing

    It depends on the floor. If it's a busy one, NOCs aren't hard because you're running your hinder off all night and don't really get a chance to feel tired. If it's a quiet floor, take frequent, brisk...
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    do you have a previous degree?

    pockunit replied to Infofreak411's topic in General Nursing

    Pre-vet to English BA via self-directed vaguely medical/ethics program. I went into nursing because I finally couldn't avoid it; I spent a lot of my life doing Other Things that were Not Nursing. I've...
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    Anti-vax nurses? Are you serious?

    pockunit replied to dinah77's topic in Disaster Preparation

    You guys. I totally forgot AN doesn't have a link-back function. So just pretend I've been sitting here talking to myself. I do that a lot
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    Anti-vax nurses? Are you serious?

    pockunit replied to dinah77's topic in Disaster Preparation

    I think it's pretty well documented in this
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    Anti-vax nurses? Are you serious?

    pockunit replied to dinah77's topic in Disaster Preparation

    Tin foil causes autism
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    Anti-vax nurses? Are you serious?

    pockunit replied to dinah77's topic in Disaster Preparation

    You're
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    Anti-vax nurses? Are you serious?

    pockunit replied to dinah77's topic in Disaster Preparation

    It's theoretically possible that Benedict Cumberbatch or Sofia Vergara will show up at my house and whisk me away to a tropical paradise.
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    Anti-vax nurses? Are you serious?

    pockunit replied to dinah77's topic in Disaster Preparation

    Yeah, no one with a science doctorate knows how to evaluate data. TOTALLY not part of the
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    Anti-vax nurses? Are you serious?

    pockunit replied to dinah77's topic in Disaster Preparation

    It's not up to us to use cherry-picked sources to try to convince patients to refuse vaccines, either, but you stated yourself that you do so. So I guess we can talk about Steve Jobs'
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    Anti-vax nurses? Are you serious?

    pockunit replied to dinah77's topic in Disaster Preparation

    also: health effects. Not affects. Please. You should know
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    Anti-vax nurses? Are you serious?

    pockunit replied to dinah77's topic in Disaster Preparation

    Honestly, it seems that you are so aggressively against allopathic medicine, I cannot imagine why you continue to go to your job. And AGAIN: anecdotes do not equal data. I know someone who breathed...
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    Anti-vax nurses? Are you serious?

    pockunit replied to dinah77's topic in Disaster Preparation

    65% of all statistics are made
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    Anti-vax nurses? Are you serious?

    pockunit replied to dinah77's topic in Disaster Preparation

    THIS. We had 2/3 of our kids at home. On purpose. We go to a craniosacral therapist for occasional adjustments. I use EO around the house now and then. We are all fully vaccinated. I work...
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    Anti-vax nurses? Are you serious?

    pockunit replied to dinah77's topic in Disaster Preparation

    I'm disappointed that no one has posted a Thomas Dolby clip
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    Anti-vax nurses? Are you serious?

    pockunit replied to dinah77's topic in Disaster Preparation

    I didn't get varicella before the vaccine. I got the vaccine BECAUSE I didn't get varicella. I'm certainly old enough that I should have caught
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    Anti-vax nurses? Are you serious?

    pockunit replied to dinah77's topic in Disaster Preparation

    One of my (oh, hey, DOCTOR) friends just got shingles. And varicella encephalopathy. You know what they would have loved? TO have the motherforking varicella vaccine as a kid so they might have...
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    Anti-vax nurses? Are you serious?

    pockunit replied to dinah77's topic in Disaster Preparation

    OMG SCIENTISTS AND SO-CALLED EXPERTS ARE JUST ELITISTS. They just want to force their "theories" down our throats. Everyone knows that if you don't believe in a "theory" it doesn't affect you. That's...