swift125

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1. Nurses Pushing Propofol for Conscious Sedation -Your Thoughts?

   swift125 replied to *traumaRN*'s topic in Gastroenterology

   sorry wannabecrna...you are wrong.I know a lot of GI docs (not as a nurse) and most skip the dubious benefits of sedation for their own endo procedures. Many patients (myself included) specify...

2. Drug Screen Question

   swift125 replied to RHIA, RN's topic in General Nursing

   You have a valid rx, end of story. You have to prove that you have a valid rx; nothing more. Don't mention why you are taking/took the rx, it's none of their business, that's between you and your...

3. DNP required soon?

   swift125 replied to deadsoul's topic in Doctoral Nursing Degrees

   My financial planning group just had a dinner meeting and since we are a mixed group of providers (almost all with a medical or academic degree and work in the same large university med center)...I...

4. random drug tests

   swift125 replied to TamTam23's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

   My second job is as a hospital pharmacist and they told me that I might be subject to random drug tests...what a sad state of affairs. I have had back surgery, but I'm no druggie. My PCP thinks that...

5. anesthesiologists for GI moderate sedation?

   swift125 replied to brownbook's topic in Gastroenterology

   I reciever a letter from the endo center that was to do my colonoscopy stating that an anesthesiologist would perfom the sedation. Fine, since propofol will be used, I'm comfortable with an MD, not a...

6. Bad Idea???

   swift125 replied to Daisy_08's topic in General Nursing

   Interesting thread: I just had an encounter with a GI doc (MD) and she was the most caring, friendly and personable doc that I have ever met. At age 57,I fly for a major airline (not a...

7. Nurses Pushing Propofol for Conscious Sedation -Your Thoughts?

   swift125 replied to *traumaRN*'s topic in Gastroenterology

   with all due respect wannabecrna-it's a common sense issue...any any of the doocs at your facitlit...really, you ask for

8. Nurses Pushing Propofol for Conscious Sedation -Your Thoughts?

   swift125 replied to *traumaRN*'s topic in Gastroenterology

   If you specified no sedation/analgesic only and they gave you sedation, you probably have a cause of action. It's terrible that anyone whould lie to a patient like this. I have had 3 colonoscopies...

9. DNP required soon?

   swift125 replied to deadsoul's topic in Doctoral Nursing Degrees

   with all due respect to nurses/crna; at my hospital, only physicians will introduce themselves as "doctor"....doctor in a hospital setting means physician, pure and

10. Starting to get depressed... (Vent)

    swift125 replied to LearningRN's topic in Nurse Disabilities

    You might want to consider asking your doctor if some of the new electronic diagnostics (sensors that you wear and a computer records) before you accept a painful condition. My own "plantar...

11. Able to become nurse?????

    swift125 replied to Darkpk55's topic in Nurse Disabilities

    Cerda: try to patient with the meds, almost all patients have their doses adjusted for optimal effect and this takes time. A nurse on my staff has ADHD; once she got on the right meds at the right...

12. Am I the only one?!!

    swift125 replied to BrewerRN's topic in General Nursing

    In the Federal Healthcare system once an employee is past probation they can basically use sick leave as they choose as long as they have some....and many use it as fast as they accrue it; it's...

13. Anyone ever heard of anything like this?

    swift125 replied to JusBeinANur's topic in General Nursing

    This sounds like a bluff; however it seems to indicate a hostile work environment at best. Time to update one's

14. Sexy nurse image in Hooters ad

    swift125 replied to Jonathank's topic in General Nursing

    Hooters, Flatliners Grill, Bennie Hill TV show, all stereotype the nursing role. Same for flight attendents. Both shattered when you are sick or when the plane is on

15. blood pressure cuff allergy

    swift125 replied to rdsxfnrn's topic in General Nursing

    Interesting...pressure can cause this. I have seen rashed on bare skin from cuffs that were dirty (makeup, etc) from not being