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    Yelling Doctors, How do you handle them?????

    UM Review RN replied to Danielle7's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    BTDT, (((((I understand))))). Some doctors use this tactic because they think that it will decrease the amount of nighttime calls that they will get. Because the calls do lessen greatly, they really...
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    Yelling Doctors, How do you handle them?????

    UM Review RN replied to Danielle7's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I recently left bedside nursing. Part of my decision was based on this mindset. TiredMD, I usually respect your opinion and enjoy reading your posts, but yes, yelling at people IS abusive and I...
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    Nursing, the field of medicine or customer service?

    UM Review RN replied to jalvino1's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    thread reopened. some of you are fairly new to allnurses, so i have posted an excerpt from the terms of service below for your convenience, with a reminder that these are the rules that all members of...
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    Nursing, the field of medicine or customer service?

    UM Review RN replied to jalvino1's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Thread closed for a cleanup. Thanks for your patience.
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    How would you have handled it -- (spinoff from the "customer service" thread)

    UM Review RN replied to ~Mi Vida Loca~RN's topic in General Nursing

    A new thread was made so that the original thread might not be derailed and so that you will get some answers to your
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    Did anyone's spouses/partners etc...... have a problem with you becoming a RN?

    UM Review RN replied to ~Mi Vida Loca~RN's topic in General Nursing

    I have the best husband in the world, but he got a little cranky and nervous around my last couple of semesters because he thought that I would find him less attractive (intellectually and...
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    First Code..

    UM Review RN replied to carbaminohemoglobin's topic in First Year After Licensure

    You now know exactly why I loved tele so much. Many of our codes survived and were able to go home with family. It was always such a miracle to
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    NSO insurance co...and BAD experiences?

    UM Review RN replied to CareBayer's topic in General Nursing

    I've carried it for many years without any
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    Do you need to carry your personal cell phone while at work?

    UM Review RN posted a topic in General Nursing

    Not that it would be used for anything but an emergency, but how do you feel about being told that you may not carry your cell phone while working? Even if it's off, even if it's on vibrate. Even if...
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    how do you keep your sexy??

    UM Review RN replied to healthcarefome's topic in General Nursing

    Really feminine underthings remind me that I'm still a woman. Partly why I refused to wear white scrubs.... and mostly why I didn't mind the scrub-sack
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    My fear of Pediatric rotation

    UM Review RN replied to newtress's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Note to posters: please do not post your email on the board or you'll get spammed to death. It's OK to share emails via Private Message. You must have 15 posts and then your PM system will
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    Should a nursing instructor tell a student they are not nursing material.

    UM Review RN replied to motivated2nurse's topic in General Students

    please debate the topic as the terms of service requests. it is possible to disagree with someone and also be respectful of them while doing so. terms of service: https://allnurses.com/terms-info.html...
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    Resignation Letter- please inspect

    UM Review RN replied to Bumashes's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    Mr. Ian: In the future, please refrain from such hilarious posts without timely notice or several of us readers may need a Heimlich, a new chair, or a replacement computer monitor. Thanks ever so...
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    Rapid Afib

    UM Review RN replied to zacarias's topic in Cardiac

    RVR means Rapid Ventricular Response. Here's what you have: you have a patient whose atria are fibrillating and so blood is not being pumped through the heart adequately. A lot of patients have that...
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    Banana Bags. Etoh. Rate.

    UM Review RN replied to JeepAnnie's topic in General Nursing

    I'd think it could, given the fact that most Coumadin patients are warned about eating Vit-K enriched foods. But this whole concept of adding K to a banana bag is new to me; I've never seen it, so I'm...
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    Banana Bags. Etoh. Rate.

    UM Review RN replied to JeepAnnie's topic in General Nursing

    Not to split hairs, but an INR of over 1.5 is fine. Again, you'd have to find out what caused the INR to be high. If the guy's taking Coumadin for a valve replacement or something, you sure do not...
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    Resignation Letter- please inspect

    UM Review RN replied to Bumashes's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    I've quit from a few jobs. The formal letter is the one to go
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    Vent, Rant, All of the Above- New nurse in trouble

    UM Review RN replied to emtstudentnurse's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Phone "meeting"? Restrain an a/o x3 patient to restart an IV? Not working as a licensed nurse? Ill-treatment when you've worked on that floor for over a year as a tech? FWIW, I'd seriously think about...
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    Care Plan!

    UM Review RN replied to christina44's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    I'm not the greatest at care plans, but I'd guess going x3 days with no BM and usually having 1 qd is normal, that she isn't "at risk for" but just plain "Constipation aeb no BM x 3
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    Vent, Rant, All of the Above- New nurse in trouble

    UM Review RN replied to emtstudentnurse's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Could it be that your irritation stems from the disrespectful and rude way you were treated by this nurse? Picking up a newspaper and reading it while you are giving report is very rude. If you are...
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    BP on dialysis pt

    UM Review RN replied to LogCabinMom's topic in First Year After Licensure

    What size cuff are you using? What kind of stethoscope? Have you tried to use a doppler? Sometimes if you get it through doppler, it can clue you in to where exactly you need to listen to hear the...
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    CHF care plan

    UM Review RN replied to Jessicalk05's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    If you can tell us which ones you have and in which order you think they should go, we'll be happy to help
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    what to do?

    UM Review RN replied to southernnursern8407's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Since you tried to teach the patient about using O2 and since the patient had a hx of a chronic disease that required O2, essentially he was refusing treatment. There's nothing else you could've done,...
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    Splotchy!

    UM Review RN replied to brookejean's topic in Health, Stress Management

    As you know, we cannot give medical advice on Allnurses. However, there might be some anxiety-reducing behaviors or ideas that the members might share. Personally, if I was a patient and you came into...
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    Things you'd LOVE to be able to tell patients, and get away with it.

    UM Review RN replied to AngelfireRN's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Yes, I know it hurts, but if you do not get up and start moving, you will