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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

    Darn it, I knew my analogy comparing the obese nurse's credibility to the smoking nurse's credibility would go this way. Please understand that my comment was not about smokers. My comment was about...
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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

    See, I'm thinking that the instructor did exactly that, or otherwise the OP would not know about the incident. But perhaps I presume wrongly about this situation and I'm only basing my opinion on the...
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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

    I'm afraid we're getting sidetracked here. I suggested that the smoker nurse who had to give smoking cessation instruction to a patient would also have a serious issue with credibility. Patient...
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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

    Following that line of reasoning -- the instructor should be telling the students who smoke that they probably won't be taken seriously either. Must be difficult for smokers to convince a COPD'er to...
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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

    No. In fact, I think that type of behavior is bullying. It is the same kind of behavior that we call "nurse-eating" after the victim passes NCLEX, and IMO, borders on abuse. I know quite a few nurses...
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    Need help for goal/interventions-decreased cardiac output

    UM Review RN replied to Cheer4WVU's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    How about any of these? "Pt's systolic blood pressure will be >90 by the end of the shift; Pt will have good Re: the nausea. Is it possible to do a teaching on how to avoid food/drink that would...
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    Error or Not an Error???

    UM Review RN replied to ddgypsy's topic in Patient Medications

    Only if you realize it's an error. Otherwise, if you follow the order and the order is in error, it's your butt, not the doc's. The nurse is responsible for knowing all about each of the meds she...
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    smoker: goblet cells, ciliated cells, epithelial thickness

    UM Review RN replied to future nicu nurse's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Since smoking "burns up" ciliated cells, I'd guess that the person with the most ciliated cells would be the
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    Health Provisions Slipped into Stimulus Package

    UM Review RN replied to CinnScorpStudent's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    But we're already letting insurance companies do that for us. What's the difference? That we'll be moving toward a universal health
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    Stuff in CBC I've never seen before

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

    With blood pressures like that, I would hope someone called the doc to report that the patient was unable to sustain a blood pressure. There are many possible causes, but one that might cross my mind...
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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

    You're right, I'm jealous. I WANT that Darth Vader bobblehead in the worst way. Now, back to your regularly scheduled vent
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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

    Re: Things you'd LOVE to be able to tell patients, and get away with it. A gentle reminder: Folks, please try to be polite to one another and please, please, please stay on topic. This is a vent...
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    Discovering incompatible IVPB's with primary lines - anyone else notice this a lot?

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

    Here's a picture. As you can see, it has a kinda greenish
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    I'm just, disgusted........whatever.

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

    Excellent!! :yeah:I think the letter did have something to do with it, because so few people use it nowadays. I sent about 5 thank-you notes off after my last panel interview and I'm pretty sure...
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    Discovering incompatible IVPB's with primary lines - anyone else notice this a lot?

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

    It does disturb me to find that many nurses do not know that practically everything is incompatible with Bicarbonate. Several times I've found antibiotics piggybacked into a line with bicarb in it. So...
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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

    Don't trust it; I've seen too many patients, family members, fake doctors and yes, even nursing students and PCTs, figure the lock out and change the pump settings. Drives me absolutely nuts, every...
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    Documentation Between Visits...HELP!

    UM Review RN replied to athomemom56's topic in Private Duty

    Athomemom, you should be able to see the member's name that you want to message and near it is a little icon with a pencil. Click on that. The screen should come up for you to fill out your message...
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    THESIS

    UM Review RN replied to pihay82's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Not sure about why you'd want to do a thesis on "why" teens have sex, as it seems pretty self-evident to me. I'd probably choose something along the lines of dealing with the consequences of teen sex...
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    synthroid question and Klor-con

    UM Review RN replied to retread71's topic in Patient Medications

    Potassium should definitely be given with food. It's pretty harsh on the stomach. It also helps the pill go down easier. As to your question about Synthroid, here's the drug monograph from Medscape....
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    Share The Weirdest Reasons Patients Push The Call Light

    UM Review RN replied to RN06-NP09's topic in Nursing Humor

    I've heard of sleepwalking, but this takes the cake! How about the patient who calls you just to tell you that they're going to sleep now, so they won't be bothering you again tonight? No needs, just...
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    Hateful Coworkers

    UM Review RN replied to tam74's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I'm so sorry you're going through this. Please know that we're rooting for your success over here. :icon_hug: I want to encourage you to take the high road, learn what you need to learn, and be able...
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    THESIS

    UM Review RN replied to pihay82's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    We'd love to help, but what subject is this
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    Case study help! Please

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

    We'd love to help! What have you got so
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    What tubes can expect to see in PostOp e.g., JP drain

    UM Review RN replied to littlelight98's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    You'll see these JP (Jackson-Pratt) drains used pretty frequently. All work on a passive suction principle and when you see them on a patient, the bulb or container should always look squished, like...
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    Problem with cell phone range

    UM Review RN replied to Vtachy1's topic in Telephone Triage

    We have a bundled package that includes, Internet, cable TV, and a landline with unlimited long distance. Is that possible where you're