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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

    -- But I'm a DOCTOR!! I can turn off that patient's heparin drip because I'm a doctor!! (No, he wasn't a doctor, he was another patient who hadn't been medically cleared for psych yet.) What I...
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    Advice needed for coworker relationship stress management?

    UM Review RN posted a topic in Health, Stress Management

    I care about other people and I don't like to think that I'm the cause of someone else's hurt. Here's the problem: I'm being shunned by someone and I have no idea why. This is the third time that she...
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    Atropine and Amiodarone

    UM Review RN replied to E.R. Rookie's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    I get mixed up between atropine and adenosine. It helps me to know some incidental information about the medications or to create some memnonic: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atropine I think of...
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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

    My dear, you can be quite certain we are not talking about you. I'd take care of you in a :heartbeat. Now, back to the topic: -- To the family member who keeps "reminding" me of her loved one's needs...
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    Desperately need help with a care plan tonight!

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

    If you are saying that you already turned the care plan in using information that you made up, and that you had your instructor's blessing to do so, then your assignment is complete. No need to...
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    Help with Chest Tubes Please!!!

    UM Review RN replied to Nursey103's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    This is the manufacturer website and there is an excellent Power Point on chest tubes from A to Z. Just click on the "education" tab on the left of the page and you'll learn everything you need to...
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    how to prioritize problems for psychiatric patients?

    UM Review RN replied to jac989011's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Any diagnosis is prioritized by the A,B,C's --airway, breathing, circulation and Maslow. So ask yourself which of these problems will affect the airway, the breathing, and so on. Then you move on...
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    Top 10 Meds Used In The ER

    UM Review RN replied to Never Let Go's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    I don't work the ER, but I'd guess Lasix would be in the top
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    Help with learning goal

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

    What do you have so far? If you have nothing yet, maybe you could start by reading up on Alzheimer's and the challenges that patients and families face with this disease. Here is a link to an...
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    Learn To Say It Correctly!!

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

    :anpom: Those are my pet peeves too!! Rock
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    Anatomy & Physiology Help

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

    Hint: look under endocrine at thyroid disease
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    Please don't change my schedule and not tell me..

    UM Review RN replied to RN1982's topic in General Nursing

    I'd probably email her a copy of the original schedule along with that note and make sure that they know you are not working anything that has not been consented to in writing. Oh wait, I HAVE done...
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    I hate nurses, what should I do?

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

    I understand. I also used to cover a lot of shifts and there were a couple of nurses who never thanked me, never cut me any slack, and seemed only to be nice to me when they needed me to work over for...
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    Desperately need help with a care plan tonight!

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

    Sorry, I disagree with this advice. Even more, I disagree with the attitude that somehow this person's diverticulitis is caused by bad eating habits. Diverticulitis is not caused by some moral deficit...
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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

    A gentle reminder: Folks, please try to be polite to one another and please, please, please stay on topic. This is a vent thread. In a vent thread, criticism of the post and side comments to the...
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    HELP - Why did you decide to be a nurse?

    UM Review RN replied to mpski's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    You might find this thread interesting.
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    I am a cna, and I love my job, but why is it we get pushed around so much?

    UM Review RN replied to a "too caring" c's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    I was given a good piece of advice about stuff like this, because you'll work with difficult people no matter where you work: Be a duck. Let it roll right off your back like water. As for the not...
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    Diluting IV narcotics = narcotics tampering?

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

    Who told you that? You should ask to see the law in
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    Tips for Finding Research Articles?

    UM Review RN replied to mb20and151's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    I googled up several articles on prevention of venilator associated pneumonia. I don't know if there's enough for your paper, but it's certainly worth checking out. (Check the referred articles cited...
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    Please help me meet the deadline!

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

    It might be helpful to know what the topic is and which titles were rejected and why. Otherwise, I'd call it Research topic: and whatever the subject
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    CCU & ICU

    UM Review RN replied to nursemomof3boys's topic in CCU, Coronary, Cardiac

    OK, corrections: Yes, CCU does mean Critical Care unit. Sorry about that. In our hospital, CCU generally means Cardiac Critical Care and ICU means Medical ICU. Also, I didn't mean that ICU has a more...
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    CCU & ICU

    UM Review RN replied to nursemomof3boys's topic in CCU, Coronary, Cardiac

    CCU is Cardiac Care Unit and ICU is Intensive Care Unit. Usually the CCU will have more heart-based interventions, such as titrated drips to achieve hemodynamic stability. The ICU deals with patients...
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    What would you do?

    UM Review RN replied to Infinitee07_RN's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I agree. If you were already planning to quit, this would be a good time to do
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    Should I accept or decline this job offer?

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

    I've run myself ragged with only 4 patients and a tech, so don't judge yourself so harshly. Sounds to me like you're on a good unit, since you got help from your preceptor, your manager thinks you're...
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    INR 11 and no Vitamin K??

    UM Review RN replied to Ms.RN's topic in General Nursing

    I can't recall where, but awhile back I read a study that said that the benefits of administering Vit K were negligible and simply withholding Coumadin was a satisfactory option. Has the patient had...