Massrn116 Your first paragraph sums it up for me!! That too has happened to me and it is one of my biggest pet peeves!! I always say in a less than sincere way. "Oh no let me" as I reach over them to...
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I have heard that Brown Mackie is not an accredited school. Check that out before hand if you want to go to Brown Mackie. I personally graduated from Owens and I thought the program was excellent. In...
I am so sorry to hear about the loss of your dear brother. I am sending hugs your way. I am also praying that you will find the strength you need to get through this difficult time. I agree with the...
I work on Med-Surg Oncology floor. We also get a lot of patients with SSC. They get Dilaudid PCA's and Phenergan IVPB. Of course, every patient that we see with SSC is allergic to Morphine, so they...
I am so sorry for your loss. I do understand what you are going through right now, my own father passed away in May of 07 and it still hurts. I am sending comforting thoughts your way....
Two RN's check the order, and then check the chemo. Then we recalculate the dose on paper, then we use a reference book written by one of our oncologists to determine if the dose is within the safe...
I had a horrible day on Saturday! I was giving a pt FFP for an INR>4. She needed to get her INR down so she could get a GFF placed because she had a clot in her right thigh. I started the FFP...
When I was a nursing assistant, I walked in to a resident's room to find her teeth were black and she had a black "chunk of something" by her head, I asked one of the other aides if they had given her...
I have been unfortunate to have to deal with rude patients. When they are screaming obscenities at me I will walk out, come back in a couple of minutes later, and politely remind them that I will be...