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    Help me;O : Consent in health law

    MunoRN replied to johwen93's topic in General Nursing

    OP=Original Poster. You wrote the beginning post in the thread, so you are the
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    Help me;O : Consent in health law

    MunoRN replied to johwen93's topic in General Nursing

    While claims of medical battery are most commonly pursued as civil cases, medical battery is also a subgroup of criminal battery and can be prosecuted as a criminal offense. To pursue medical battery...
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    Tell me why an LVN/LPN is a "real nurse"

    MunoRN replied to PrettyNerd's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    Just to clarify, LPN's don't actually take the same NCLEX that RNs take, they take the NCLEX-PN. LPN's are certainly nurses and play an important role in caring for patients, although they aren't...
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    Salary Washington DC area

    MunoRN replied to m157756's topic in General Nursing

    In general DC pays more than Miami, although in my experience nursing pay is based almost completely on years of experience with sometimes a $1 an hour, sometimes as much as $2 per hour difference for...
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    Is this legal or illegal?

    MunoRN replied to MegRyanGirl's topic in Advanced Practice

    Why is company A wanting you to bill for a visit when they already have an agreement that they don't get paid on a per visit basis? What type of company is "company
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    Milk and Fever

    MunoRN replied to kistigirl84's topic in General Nursing

    It's normal, healthy bodily response in many illnesses to avoid foods that contain higher amounts of lipids and proteins, such as breastmilk, since digesting lipids and proteins requires a relatively...
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    Milk and Fever

    MunoRN replied to kistigirl84's topic in General Nursing

    Milk normally curdles in the stomach, infants release rennin which causes the milk to curdle, which is the beginning of the digestion and absorption process. Cheese making basically copies what...
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    Syringe driver terror

    MunoRN replied to milly's topic in General Nursing

    I assume you're referring to the drug being administered by a syringe driver and not the syringe driver itself, are you referring to giving morphine or other pain medications at the end of
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    Mom suing nurse after suffocation accident

    MunoRN replied to MunoRN's topic in Nursing News

    Like all MD orders, a legally competent patient or their decision maker is free to decline to follow those orders, MD orders pertaining to diet and nutrition are more accurately described as...
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    Mom suing nurse after suffocation accident

    MunoRN replied to MunoRN's topic in Nursing News

    Going back to the effects of lawsuits on healthcare costs, lawsuits are generally quoted as less than 1% of total costs and since tort reform would not do away with lawsuits all together, you're...
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    Mom suing nurse after suffocation accident

    MunoRN replied to MunoRN's topic in Nursing News

    When my first kid was born, our nurse gave us a goodie-bag from a formula manufacturer with bottles of formula, coupons, and promotional brochures, I found that pretty astounding at the time but...
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    GIB s/p Cardiac Cath with Effient and Plavix

    MunoRN replied to Catticus11's topic in CCU, Coronary, Cardiac

    I don't see any reason why the patient requires a transfer to CCU either, sometimes this is more of a way for the cardiologist to unload something they don't want to deal with more than needing a...
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    Is this legal or illegal?

    MunoRN replied to MegRyanGirl's topic in Advanced Practice

    I'm not really sure why you think it might be illegal. Your employer wants you to see patients more than the minimum required for reimbursement, and they aren't seeking additional reimbursement for...
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    Mom suing nurse after suffocation accident

    MunoRN replied to MunoRN's topic in Nursing News

    Our per capita tax burden is actually pretty similar to that of Scandinavian countries, and when you consider that their taxes include most of their healthcare costs, we actually pay more per person...
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    Sliding scale insulin

    MunoRN replied to bbqabq's topic in Patient Medications

    A true correctional sliding scale isn't based on when or how much they are eating or if they are eating at all. A common practice in hospitals however is to combine the correctional and nutritional...
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    RN pocket size license for NY?

    MunoRN replied to JessicaB, LPN, RN's topic in General Nursing

    I haven't heard of having to carry a physical copy of your license, in my state such a thing isn't even available. Usually a nursing license isn't so much a physical thing as it is a number and a...
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    Marijuana - medication interactions - thoughts?

    MunoRN replied to shibaowner's topic in Advanced Practice

    This was a retrospective study that suggested a connection between hypertension and marijuana use with extremely indirect measurements. Oddly, it found no correlation between marijuana use and...
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    Marijuana - medication interactions - thoughts?

    MunoRN replied to shibaowner's topic in Advanced Practice

    CBD, a major component of marijuana, has shown an ability in early studies to treat schizophrenia including acute episodes as effectively as modern atypical antipsychotics, but without the nasty side...
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    First time receiving IV antibiotic

    MunoRN replied to jennispen's topic in Home Health

    Anaphylaxis is actually more likely with the second dose, not the first, and anaphylaxis can occur regardless of route, I've never seen anyone admitted to the hospital to be observed for their first...
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    Repealing ACA

    MunoRN replied to OnceMorewithFeeling's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    If your plan has a $15,000 individual deductible, rather than a $15,000 family deductible / $5,000 individual deductible than I would suggest getting a different plan. I see no plans in your area...
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    Repealing ACA

    MunoRN replied to OnceMorewithFeeling's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    That's how it worked before which was a big part of why everyone agreed some sort of health coverage reform had to occur. In the individual market, a plan might list hospital stays as something that...
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    Epinephrine error

    MunoRN replied to katie4593's topic in General Nursing

    The OP's example was regarding SQ injection, which is not the preferred recommended route for anaphylaxis, IM is considered an appropriate alternative for IV particularly when given by someone not...
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    Epinephrine error

    MunoRN replied to katie4593's topic in General Nursing

    If the doctor wanted the patient to receive a lower dose or the same dose over a longer period of time then SQ was still not the appropriate choice as it's absorption is highly variable, it could...
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    Epinephrine error

    MunoRN replied to katie4593's topic in General Nursing

    In the case of anaphylaxis, the goal is to raise circulating epi levels as quickly as possible, which is why the preferred route is actually IV if there is established IV access already. When giving...
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    Epinephrine error

    MunoRN replied to katie4593's topic in General Nursing

    1:1000 and 1:10000 are the concentrations, not different dosages, 1:1000 is 1mg in 1ml while 1:10000 is 1mg in 10ml. 0.5mg is still 0.5mg regardless of the concentration. Why was the patient...