MunoRN RN

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    Mieux de vie

    MunoRN replied to ali1347's topic in General Nursing

    Unless you're applying for a job in France or Eastern Canada, I would be very concerned with their choice to use a French translation of "better life" instead of just "better
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    Alarm Fatigue Design Feedback

    MunoRN replied to Cags_'s topic in General Nursing

    For monitoring only one parameter, like units that only continuous monitor pulse-ox or ETCO2, that would work. But for most monitored units, particularly critical care, that wouldn't really work....
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    Mieux de vie

    MunoRN replied to ali1347's topic in General Nursing

    That's an interesting job interview question, but my limited French would suggest it refers to something "of life", and the other phrases including "mieux" refer to something that is good, or better...
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    Scab nursing?

    MunoRN replied to Emergent's topic in Collective Bargaining, Union

    There are companies that provide replacement nurses and can do it on short notice, so typically the hospital can't claim they can't find replacements and nurses can strike legally. In the relatively...
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    IVIG

    MunoRN replied to chemdawg's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    There's nothing we do to a patient that doesn't require consent, it's up to organizations to determine which particular consents they want written documentation of. Some may chose to document a...
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    Scab nursing?

    MunoRN replied to Emergent's topic in Collective Bargaining, Union

    Federal law requires nursing unions to provide the hospital with 10 days notice prior to a strike, states then add to that with their own specific laws which vary but all have the same common...
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    Scab nursing?

    MunoRN replied to Emergent's topic in Collective Bargaining, Union

    If scab labor isn't available then unions can't legally strike, which would mean hospitals would have less, not more, incentive to settle a contract favorable to
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    Scab nursing?

    MunoRN replied to Emergent's topic in Collective Bargaining, Union

    I agree that the point is the threat of a strike more than it is the strike itself, but if the nurses threatening to strike are opposed to "scab" nurses working for the hospital then there is no...
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    Novel coronavirus

    MunoRN replied to 2BS Nurse's topic in Disaster Preparation

    The coronavirus is not new, and while the severity of symptoms it causes varies widely (from the common cold to SARS), how it transmits to others and how to prevent transmission doesn't vary. The...
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    Scab nursing?

    MunoRN replied to Emergent's topic in Collective Bargaining, Union

    Without "scab" nurses union nurses can't legally go on strike. I know of no states where nursing unions can legally strike without first provided sufficient notification to the hospital to allow them...
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    Is this resident abuse and should be reported?

    MunoRN replied to Aurelia Torvinus's topic in General Nursing

    Whether she's cognitively culpable for her actions would be the question, but if she is then no, that should not be tolerated and whatever processes are in place for addressing this should be...
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    What do you guys do after you hang the secondary bag and there's that little bit left?

    MunoRN replied to Marythenurse1994's topic in General Nursing

    Incompletely infusing the secondary is usually due to the height of the secondary bag relative to the primary. In a primary/secondary set-up, you're creating a single fluid column made up of the two...
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    Is this resident abuse and should be reported?

    MunoRN replied to Aurelia Torvinus's topic in General Nursing

    What you describe is a resident making unwelcome contact with the CNA, which may or may not rise to the level of a misdemeanor crime depending on the specifics of what occurred and variations in state...
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    Is this resident abuse and should be reported?

    MunoRN replied to Aurelia Torvinus's topic in General Nursing

    In that scenario are you saying you think the CNA was the abuser or the
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    Gloves at all times?

    MunoRN replied to Tweety's topic in General Nursing

    I don't although I actively have to remind myself that I don't always need to put on gloves just because I'm walking through the door. There are well established recommendations on this topic and...
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    CoWorker using a patient's medication

    MunoRN replied to BlondieRN19's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Not that it makes a huge difference, but the commonly used topical cream for scabies is permethrin which is not actually a prescription medication, it's widely available over-the-counter in the form...
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    Mandatory Break Bill

    MunoRN replied to LizSRN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Working 5 nights a week is arguably more awful, there is a reasonable amount of research on this and it's pretty clear that there more risk of fatigue-impaired practice with more shifts per week /...
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    Show drivers license to patients in home health

    MunoRN replied to guest1074618's topic in Home Health

    Patients have a legal right to your full legal name, and with that your address is not hard to get, so I'm not really sure what the issue is. I would agree that offering up your drivers license...
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    Free Standing ER Patient Abandonment

    MunoRN replied to Bekardi's topic in General Nursing

    I'd call that someone arriving at a closed clinic. "Free standing ER" is typically just a fancy sounding name for a clinic. Clinics are under no obligation to be open for a particular duration of...
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    Free Standing ER Patient Abandonment

    MunoRN replied to Bekardi's topic in General Nursing

    While there are "free standing ER"s that are actual acute care emergency rooms by regulatory definitions, these days the term more often refers to an urgent care clinic or walk-in clinic. Abandonment...
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    Witchcraft Resurgence

    MunoRN replied to HelpfulNatureHopeful's topic in General Nursing

    It should be noted that neither one of those articles suggested much less proved that essential oils can be substituted for conventional treatments for bacterial or fungal
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    Residency or not?

    MunoRN replied to BreH's topic in General Nursing

    What a "residency" is has no consistent definition. Some organizations provide no mentoring or extra support whatsoever beyond a regular orientation and call it a "residency" program, which refers...
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    Severe vasovagal response.

    MunoRN replied to asystolesurgery's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    This is usually attributed to "blood injury phobia" with venipuncture and cardiovascular collapse including periods of asystole is not uncommon, but in theory at least should always be self-limiting....
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    Using prn staff instead of posting day position

    MunoRN replied to Lifeofanicunurse's topic in General Nursing

    That's not unusual if there are day shift nurses out on leave, they can't post permanent position to fill those holes. I don't think the prn nurses have been "abusing the system" since they aren't...
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    Anyone Ever Actually Used Their Malpractice Insurance?

    MunoRN replied to PMHNP2023's topic in General Nursing

    It accounts for about $600 per year of my union dues, and is highly unlikely to ever serve any purpose, so no, I would disagree that flushing a few thousand down the toilet over the course of more...