MunoRN RN

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    What are the rules of what we can tell patients?

    MunoRN replied to NursingInChaos's topic in General Nursing

    Absolutely, in which case the patient has the right to hear both interpretations, and it's up the person who's role includes advocating for the patient to make sure they are aware of both those...
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    Concealed Carry for Caregivers

    MunoRN replied to ClaraRedheart's topic in General Nursing

    Yes, gun shows can include vendors required to conduct background checks and others that are not. If someone can't pass a background check, would they go go to an FFL table or a private vendor table?...
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    What are the rules of what we can tell patients?

    MunoRN replied to NursingInChaos's topic in General Nursing

    Nurses are responsible for ensuring the patient understands and is kept up to date on all aspects of the patient's care, including the medical plan of care. Do you bring in a patient a medication and...
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    Concealed Carry for Caregivers

    MunoRN replied to ClaraRedheart's topic in General Nursing

    If you prefer 'dealer with an FFL' that's fine although "FFL" is commonly used as the shorter version of referring to an dealer with an FFL. Gun shows attended by FFL dealers are actually pretty...
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    What are the rules of what we can tell patients?

    MunoRN replied to NursingInChaos's topic in General Nursing

    It's an expected standard that the radiologist include follow up recommendations in the report (follow-up CT recommended in 6 months) for instance, and it's not only within the nurse's scope to pass...
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    What are the rules of what we can tell patients?

    MunoRN replied to NursingInChaos's topic in General Nursing

    Radiologists are
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    Concealed Carry for Caregivers

    MunoRN replied to ClaraRedheart's topic in General Nursing

    The 2% figure comes from a Cato Institute that misstated a finding from another study. The study they were referring to stated that 2% of criminals got their guns from FFL sponsored gun shows, which...
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    Concealed Carry for Caregivers

    MunoRN replied to ClaraRedheart's topic in General Nursing

    It doesn't allow for limitless possession of firearms, it still allows for society in general to take steps to limit the overall risk and maximize the
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    My preceptor is everything they taught us NOT to be...

    MunoRN replied to Live..&..Learn's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I got the opposite impression, did you mean the OP is "just a
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    Documentation

    MunoRN replied to nurse4sale's topic in General Nursing

    It actually doesn't, it's the verb form of the word "note". If you write "pt has a severe cough" in your note, you "noted" that symptom, in other words you are recording that you recognized that the...
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    Documentation

    MunoRN replied to nurse4sale's topic in General Nursing

    You can just omit the word "noted", if you state findings in your note you are by definition "noting" them, writing in your note that you are writing a note is
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    What are the rules of what we can tell patients?

    MunoRN replied to NursingInChaos's topic in General Nursing

    I agree that we should defer those things, which are relatively few, that would require a discussion only an MD can provide, but I don't think that all abnormal results can or should only be explained...
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    What are the rules of what we can tell patients?

    MunoRN replied to NursingInChaos's topic in General Nursing

    The radiology report are the results that have already been interpreted by the
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    CVC dressing change

    MunoRN replied to drdonna's topic in General Nursing

    I don't know where this keeps coming from, but professional practice organizations do not "set the standard of practice". Universal or near universal acceptance and implementation of practices is...
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    What are the rules of what we can tell patients?

    MunoRN replied to NursingInChaos's topic in General Nursing

    I don't think it's "extreme" to say a patient has a right to all of their own information, that's pretty basic ethics. Keeping the patient informed as to the progress of their care which includes...
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    My preceptor is everything they taught us NOT to be...

    MunoRN replied to Live..&..Learn's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I think there's a lot of opportunity to learn for a new nurse from the possibly questionable habits of other nurses, most importantly how you are going to evaluate the big picture of patient care...
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    Concealed Carry for Caregivers

    MunoRN replied to ClaraRedheart's topic in General Nursing

    A private transfer of a firearm is only illegal when the seller has "reason to believe" that it is illegal for the buyer to posses a firearm, and except in those instances where a background check is...
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    Concealed Carry for Caregivers

    MunoRN replied to ClaraRedheart's topic in General Nursing

    Universal background checks and outlawing all gun sales are two very different things. Currently, if you're not legally allowed to purchase a gun and therefore would fail a background check, your...
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    Concealed Carry for Caregivers

    MunoRN replied to ClaraRedheart's topic in General Nursing

    The vast majority of "devout Muslims" don't actually live under sharia law, only a portion of Islamic countries use parts of sharia law as their legal code, typically defining rules for marriage and...
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    Bedside report - hate it? Like it? Love it?

    MunoRN replied to ixchel's topic in General Nursing

    Having a bedside component of report is absolutely a good idea, doing the full report at the bedside where it's more difficult to access the chart, the EMR, or to write notes is not generally a good...
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    Should Healthcare Professionals Ask About Guns in the Home?

    MunoRN replied to P-RN's topic in General Nursing

    Gun safety is not a "minor" issue for children. Where are you getting that a doctor can't discuss HIV with their patient? Can you cite an example of where a Pediatrician dropped a patient because...
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    Does your ICU provide sitters?

    MunoRN replied to sjalv's topic in Critical Care

    I'm picturing a pole with a camera and I can only assume a red light that speaks to you, probably saying this when you swing a leg over the side of the bed:
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    Is it safe to honk at drivers on cellphones?

    MunoRN replied to Emergent's topic in General Nursing

    I take it you don't live anywhere between DC and Boston, because in that region people just honk repeatedly as they are driving down the road, even if nobody is around. The purpose of honking is to...
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    Should Healthcare Professionals Ask About Guns in the Home?

    MunoRN replied to P-RN's topic in General Nursing

    There are no bills aimed at banning all gun ownership, the current bill put forward is for universal background checks which Switzerland has had for a long time, and yes, it works very well for
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    Should Healthcare Professionals Ask About Guns in the Home?

    MunoRN replied to P-RN's topic in General Nursing

    Gun safety is a health question, not a legal