MunoRN RN

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    Concealed Carry for Caregivers

    MunoRN replied to ClaraRedheart's topic in General Nursing

    That's part of the Heller decision. What Heller established is that the right to bear arms is an individual right that is not unlimited, it can be restricted in terms of who can possess firearms,...
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    Concealed Carry for Caregivers

    MunoRN replied to ClaraRedheart's topic in General Nursing

    Chicago does not have the highest homicide rate in the country, it's rate is about half that of cities in the top 10. It's not "gun free" either, they used to have very restrictive gun laws but those...
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    Concealed Carry for Caregivers

    MunoRN replied to ClaraRedheart's topic in General Nursing

    Fair point, taking the amendment out of context is probably more accurate. As you correctly point out, you can't just read part of the amendment and ignore the rest. The amendment grants the right...
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    Concealed Carry for Caregivers

    MunoRN replied to ClaraRedheart's topic in General Nursing

    Sort of, the word "militia" by itself refers to a group of citizen soldiers, which can be either an organized or unorganized militia. The term "well regulated" in the context of a group of soldiers...
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    Looking for advice about what happened on my last shift

    MunoRN replied to RN171621's topic in General Nursing

    This isn't an uncommon problem, on the plus side you must have pretty comfy bedpans. There are a couple of options I've heard of that can work so long as everyone is on the same page. One is to use...
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    Concealed Carry for Caregivers

    MunoRN replied to ClaraRedheart's topic in General Nursing

    You're misquoting the second amendment: "A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed." There are a...
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    Concealed Carry for Caregivers

    MunoRN replied to ClaraRedheart's topic in General Nursing

    Neither was
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    What are the rules of what we can tell patients?

    MunoRN replied to NursingInChaos's topic in General Nursing

    Part of what I do in my job is to be a direct patient care representative in outcomes and compliance projects. I was really skeptical at first when I heard claims about the disturbingly large numbers...
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    What are the rules of what we can tell patients?

    MunoRN replied to NursingInChaos's topic in General Nursing

    It actually often does mean that in order not to be negligent in our practice. Lets say you've got a patient who's CT shows a PE (as interpreted by a radiologist) and the Doc puts in an order for...
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    What are the rules of what we can tell patients?

    MunoRN replied to NursingInChaos's topic in General Nursing

    The "result" of a CT is the images, the interpretation is what the patient is paying the radiologist to do, there is no expectation that the nurse is the one to interpret the
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    lasix not given..

    MunoRN replied to acts456's topic in Patient Medications

    I don't totally understand your post either, are you saying your patient's lasix dose is insufficient and no Doc will up the
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    Concealed Carry for Caregivers

    MunoRN replied to ClaraRedheart's topic in General Nursing

    No such federal law exists, there is no "5 gun" rule. Private sellers need to obtain an FFL only when it becomes a primary source of income, which is complicated by the fact that private sellers do...
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    Concealed Carry for Caregivers

    MunoRN replied to ClaraRedheart's topic in General Nursing

    If private transfers not requiring background checks happened only at gun shows that would be a relevant figure, but the vast majority of private transfers occur outside of gun
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    What are the rules of what we can tell patients?

    MunoRN replied to NursingInChaos's topic in General Nursing

    So to use your example of a PE, when the physician puts in an order for a heparin drip, do you just go in and start the drip, what if a patient asks what it's for? Do you tell them you can't reveal...
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    What are the rules of what we can tell patients?

    MunoRN replied to NursingInChaos's topic in General Nursing

    Educating a patient about a diagnosis already made by a physician is not "diagnosing", and every NPA in the country requires the nurse to ensure the patient is informed and educated about their plan...
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    What are the rules of what we can tell patients?

    MunoRN replied to NursingInChaos's topic in General Nursing

    While the primary physician might have a different take than the radiologist, the patient has a right to hear both views, both on the basis of having access to all available information determining...
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    Staying Well Fed: with no breaks..

    MunoRN replied to trhumper's topic in Men in Nursing

    I carry things that can each be prepared and consumed in 60 seconds or less. I buy little bags of almonds or other nuts in bulk and always have 1 or 2 in my pocket. I stash some celery sticks and...
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    Concealed Carry for Caregivers

    MunoRN replied to ClaraRedheart's topic in General Nursing

    I think you're probably aware that "sheer numbers" are not a particularly useful way of measuring the relative incidence of something. East St. Louis regularly has one of the highest if not the...
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    Concealed Carry for Caregivers

    MunoRN replied to ClaraRedheart's topic in General Nursing

    Someone not legally allowed to own a firearm isn't really all that limited because they still have about 1000 firearms for sale in their own state, and while it's certainly easier to buy in-state,...
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    Concealed Carry for Caregivers

    MunoRN replied to ClaraRedheart's topic in General Nursing

    I don't really understand why Chicago is the rallying cry for those opposed sensible gun laws. Chicago does not actually have the "highest murder rate in the country", it's not even in the top 30....
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    Male foley came out after irrigation?

    MunoRN replied to Val1023's topic in General Nursing

    From your description it's quite possible you were flushing the retention balloon, which likely caused it to fail, leaving nothing to hold the foley in the
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    Concealed Carry for Caregivers

    MunoRN replied to ClaraRedheart's topic in General Nursing

    There are currently more than 50,000 firearms listed by private sellers on that site, they aren't exactly exceedingly
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    What are the rules of what we can tell patients?

    MunoRN replied to NursingInChaos's topic in General Nursing

    If there is truly something that you can't explain sufficiently to a patient, such as the pathology based type and staging results that will come further down the line then that's absolutely...
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    What are the rules of what we can tell patients?

    MunoRN replied to NursingInChaos's topic in General Nursing

    There is and the patient is entitled to the interpretations of both if they differ, so there should be no reason for the nurse to hide the radiologists interpretation from the
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    Concealed Carry for Caregivers

    MunoRN replied to ClaraRedheart's topic in General Nursing

    Except where universal background checks are the law, private sellers don't have to conduct a background check, which once again is the point. Currently on armslist.com alone there are more than...