dedjim

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1. Nurses Will Eat Anything

   dedjim replied to bobnurse's topic in General Nursing

   When I worked in Kotzebue, Alaska, folks would sometimes bring in muktuk. Now THAT was hard to get down. And you mustn't refuse when a sweet little old eskimo lady offers you a piece. It'd be...

2. what other degrees do you have outside of RN

   dedjim replied to Carotid's topic in General Nursing

   BA in Political Science with a concentration in Soviet Studies. How useless is

3. unprofessional behavior in RN community

   dedjim replied to miphillli's topic in Nursing Professionalism

   I've never been offended by the Charge that comes into the report room, well out of earshot of any patients or family and starts out with :What a f****** day! Hearing my colleagues express themselves...

4. Layoffs tomorrow!

   dedjim replied to RNKitty's topic in General Nursing

   Doesn't this just tan your hide? If nurses can get enough heat worked up to get a branded sneaker manufacturer to drop their demeaning ads and issue an apology to nurses, why can't we get the heat...

5. Is there/should there be a gay/lesbian nurses association?

   dedjim replied to inquiringnurse's topic in General Nursing

   Hey, Don't apologize. I saw nothing wrong with the question either. I've known plenty of gay/lesbian nurses in my 20+ years of nursing. I think you see rather less discrimination against homosexuals...

6. Prep for the NI Exam

   dedjim replied to rninformatics's topic in Nursing Informatics

   BTW. Angela Lewis, who moderates this board and whose post you replied to, is one of the "Names" in American Nursing Informatics. Can't get it from a better

7. Prep for the NI Exam

   dedjim replied to rninformatics's topic in Nursing Informatics

   For a better idea of the range of activities an informatacist, look at these: http://www.nursing-informatics.com/ http://www.ania.org/ http://www.imia.org/ni/index.html I manage a clinical information...

8. How often do you replace your Drug Guide Handbook?

   dedjim replied to EvelynRN-BSN's topic in General Nursing

   Yep Carenotes is a good app. The only thing is that you have to interrupt what you are doing, sit down, log on, navigate to CareNotes then search for the med. I like whipping out the PDA while I'm...

9. How often do you replace your Drug Guide Handbook?

   dedjim replied to EvelynRN-BSN's topic in General Nursing

   I recently set up 2 PDAs for use in our Barcode eMAR on the Acute floor of our little hospital and added UDG and... um... some Lab reference, name is escaping me...dang, this getting old is a pain......

10. How often do you replace your Drug Guide Handbook?

    dedjim replied to EvelynRN-BSN's topic in General Nursing

    The way drug companies are shoving product onto the market you're nuts not to replace the thing every year. OR you can get yourself an inexpensive PDA and load UDG or DAVIS or ePocrates and it will...