pockunit ADN, RN

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    Anti-vax nurses? Are you serious?

    pockunit replied to dinah77's topic in Disaster Preparation

    Yes. You're going these very things in this thread. So hey, pot, I'd like you to meet
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    Anti-vax nurses? Are you serious?

    pockunit replied to dinah77's topic in Disaster Preparation

    So you don't use antiperspirants, right? Or drink beverages from the can? Use foil in the
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    Anti-vax nurses? Are you serious?

    pockunit replied to dinah77's topic in Disaster Preparation

    Relativity is a theory. Guess what produced an entire field of science? You do know that, scientifically, "theory" does not mean a neat idea about how things ought to work, but is actually backed up...
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    Anti-vax nurses? Are you serious?

    pockunit replied to dinah77's topic in Disaster Preparation

    SCIENCE: do you really understand it? Correlation does not equal causation. The plural of anecdote is not data. Opinion does not equal fact. It's like when people argue that evolution is "just a...
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    Anti-vax nurses? Are you serious?

    pockunit replied to dinah77's topic in Disaster Preparation

    You might be surprised to find out how many pharmaceuticals are plant-based, Aspirin Digoxin Quinine Morphine
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    Anti-vax nurses? Are you serious?

    pockunit replied to dinah77's topic in Disaster Preparation

    You aren't "proving" anyone wrong by just saying they're wrong, though. It's cloudy outside, therefore the sky is grey and anyone who says it's blue is RONG because I say it's grey because that's...
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    Anti-vax nurses? Are you serious?

    pockunit replied to dinah77's topic in Disaster Preparation

    Telling us to do your research is not how debate works. If you cannot back up your assertions, you should not make them. Again, "because I said so" is not an adequate answer. It is incumbent upon YOU...
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    Anti-vax nurses? Are you serious?

    pockunit replied to dinah77's topic in Disaster Preparation

    Chemo is probably one of the worst things you could put into someone. It damages the body and most people end up dying from the chemo itself and not the cancer. Citation, please? "Because I said so"...
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    Anti-vax nurses? Are you serious?

    pockunit replied to dinah77's topic in Disaster Preparation

    Right? I'm not entirely clear on how one can die of complications of a disease if they didn't have the disease in the first place. So by this logic, if a patient on coumadin hemorrhages because of an...
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    Anti-vax nurses? Are you serious?

    pockunit replied to dinah77's topic in Disaster Preparation

    What people REALLY need to research is the dangers of dihydrogen monoxide. This stuff kills millions, and EVERYONE is exposed to it *every day*. The government even recommends we ingest it...
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    Anti-vax nurses? Are you serious?

    pockunit replied to dinah77's topic in Disaster Preparation

    You're so hot when you talk all science-y. Can you post the url for that graphic? I'd love to share
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    How/when did you know which nursing specialty you wanted to get into?

    pockunit replied to Nola009's topic in General Nursing

    I still don't know, so I'm sticking with med-surg float because I get to work on all but L&D and ICU. But I orient to those soon, too. I figure if I don't know what rings my bell by the time...
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    Thomas Eric Duncan and Hipaa

    pockunit replied to smartnurse1982's topic in HIPAA Challenges

    He's died now, so I think privacy issues re fully out of the
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    Pay for parking?

    pockunit replied to Paws2people's topic in General Nursing

    We can park off-site and shuttle for free, but I don't trust it to be on time. I like to get on campus at least half an hour before my shift so I can caffeinate and have some chow. Ten bucks a month...
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    Pay for parking?

    pockunit replied to Paws2people's topic in General Nursing

    $10/month, can park in the garage for PM, NOC, and weekend shifts. Given how tight on-street parking is, I consider it a
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    germ-zapping robots

    pockunit replied to Mulan's topic in General Nursing

    We only use them on iso rooms. One is broken, one is on order, and one is functional. If the prices come down, maybe we'll end up with enough to do all the rooms, but at this point they're something...
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    Bedside rounding in-front of patients

    pockunit replied to Nurse-84's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Not everything needs to be stated at bedside. The huddle is good for discussions of alarms, incontinence, etc. There is no violation of HIPPA because the information isn't any more than docs discuss...
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    Well here's something I didn't think about: secondhand pot smoke?

    pockunit replied to Guttercat's topic in General Nursing

    That's because people respond to that post before they get to your apology. Happens everywhere, not just
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    Employee Health nurse tells me MANY nurses have Hep. C....

    pockunit replied to nervousnurse's topic in General Nursing

    The gown is to protect other patients from contact patients. Refusing to gown up puts people at
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    Employee Health nurse tells me MANY nurses have Hep. C....

    pockunit replied to nervousnurse's topic in General Nursing

    I only know I don't have it because I got stuck and had to have bloodwork done. Whee? Altra's right, though, universal precautions and education are
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    Worst IV Pumps Ever!

    pockunit replied to Pinky89's topic in Medical-Surgical

    At least with vanco, we open the little vent above the drip chamber and that cuts down on the air
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    I get out on time...

    pockunit replied to nursedanny614's topic in General Nursing

    We're expected to get out on time, and incidental OT is frowned upon. I've been late clocking out a few times recently but there was a lot of stuff going on. Most of the time I'm
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    Seeing the big picture

    pockunit posted a topic in First Year After Licensure

    I'm ending my first month off orientation and what I am struggling with is moving from being task oriented to being able to see the big picture on my shift. My time management has already improved,...
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    Seeing the big picture

    pockunit replied to pockunit's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Yeah, I go home every day and think, "Welp, no one died!" and feel pretty good about it. I have only passed one or two things on to the next shift, and those are usually 1430 admits that I just can't...
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    New Inpatient Rehab Nurse

    pockunit replied to WittySarcasm's topic in Rehabilitation

    FIM and IRF-PAI measurements are critical to payment so those are high on your list of Things To Learn. If your rehab is like mine, it's not post-op stuff, that goes to Med-Surg. We get the CVAs, BIs,...