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    Amateur Radio for emergacy comms

    UM Review RN replied to wyoty's topic in Louisiana Nursing

    Our hospitals down here learned the value of Amateur Radio during Hurricane Andrew. Almost every evacuation site and hospital here in Florida has plans for a station on-site during an emergency...
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    Inspiring and motivating songs

    UM Review RN replied to mom35's topic in General Nursing

    Chaiyya Chaiyya http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-_2gW3zwMMQ Oye Como Va
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    titrating cardizem

    UM Review RN replied to ark-two's topic in Cardiac

    I guess it's all a matter of opinion. Your opinion seems to be that "a nurse is a nurse is a nurse." I disagree. Administration seems to back me on that by giving the ICU nurses lots more instruction...
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    What color should a nurse wear?

    UM Review RN replied to PE-RN's topic in Ohio Nursing

    No research, but how about a poll?
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    3rd semester is about to start; and I am PETRIFIED!

    UM Review RN replied to cincin1's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    My first day in orientation, the CEO gave us a talk and his words were burned into my memory: "We can teach you the clinical skills. Anyone can do them. What we can't teach you is how to care about...
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    Pulling Sheaths on a Cardiac Stepdown

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

    My info packet also included a couple of teachings on potential for injuries to the nurse doing the procedure.
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    Blurred Boundaries: Should we eliminate the distinction between RNs and LPNs?

    UM Review RN replied to ilovechadkrause's topic in LPN to RN

    Obvious to whom? The general public? Unlicensed staff? Other healthcare professionals who might not understand the roles of the different nursing licensures? The roles seem similar but are not equal....
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    Issues placing a bedpan

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

    I grab the smallest one that can do the job. I've never gotten in trouble for choosing the fracture pan over the large size
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    I have a confession to make

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

    My doc didn't even know about this rule till I told him no, I hadn't seen my test results because I could lose my job if I did. He said, "That's crazy," and logged onto the nearest computer and showed...
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    Husband's in nursing school & I'm stressed out!!!

    UM Review RN replied to stdntograd06's topic in Health, Stress Management

    It probably wouldn't hurt for him to exercise too. Nursing school can really pack on the pounds. How about taking a half-hour walk when he gets home from school and you're home from work? It'll...
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    Issues placing a bedpan

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

    It'll be easier if you remember that even the big bedpan is plastic, so try to push it down into the mattress to get a better
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    Issues placing a bedpan

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

    Have the patient lie as flat as possible. Roll the patient as far over to one side as possible. Fit the bedpan over the buttocks. If you can't quite fit it, carefully press the bedpan into the...
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    Ever pull the wrong med from the right cubie in the Pyxis?

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

    I don't think the tech could easily get away with diverting because the count would be off from the start. I believe they double-check with the Pharmacist, then deliver the meds. I'm sure there's a...
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    Roll Call: Who has mandated OT and which state do you work in?

    UM Review RN posted a topic in General Nursing

    This is a spinoff of this thread. https://allnurses.com/new-york-nurses/mandated-ot-ny-359137.html Now I'm curious. Just three questions: 1. Do you have mandatory overtime? 2. Which state do you work...
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    Mistakes

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

    These things happen, but instead of looking at yourself as a failure, try looking at yourself as a work in process and try to critique the things that need changing. For instance, you say you feel...
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    Mandated OT in NY state

    UM Review RN replied to fawnsternurse's topic in New York Nursing

    My point: To hear some people tell it, working in NY is heaven compared to Florida. Yet here I am in a basically non-union state, I've never paid a dime to a union and I've never been mandated. I have...
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    Roll Call: Who has mandated OT and which state do you work in?

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

    1. No 2. Florida 3.
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    Have you ever refused a pull?

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

    I sure did refuse. I was taken aside and "counseled" and shown the policy, which basically stated that if I did not go, I would lose my job. Policy was very loosely worded and I'm absolutely certain...
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    Mandated OT in NY state

    UM Review RN replied to fawnsternurse's topic in New York Nursing

    Hmm. I guess I'll give this article to the next person who tells me how crummy the working conditions are in Florida. My hospital might not be unionized, but as long as I've worked there, we've never...
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    Why Does Everyone Hate Florida So Much??

    UM Review RN replied to natkoz82's topic in Florida Nursing

    really? i've found it just the opposite! there are greeks, jamaicans, haitians, serbians, englishmen, canadians, australians, germans, russians, cubans, mexicans, filipinos -- even i had no idea how...
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    Why Does Everyone Hate Florida So Much??

    UM Review RN replied to natkoz82's topic in Florida Nursing

    Wow, Katherine, excellent post, so informative! I apologise in advance for going a tad OT, but I have a couple of questions. About that meat tenderizer -- you mean good ol' A1 sauce? I learned about...
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    Heparin Inj

    UM Review RN replied to luckygirl131's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    In addition to the other replies, I was taught that muscle tissue has a lot more blood than fatty tissue, thus the potential to cause a hematoma from the injection site is
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    hyponatremia and anemia?

    UM Review RN replied to 81FSUseminole's topic in CCU, Coronary, Cardiac

    From my experience with the geriatric population, it'd be the other way around -- the patient's fall was caused by the anemia. If her GCS was OK and her troponins were OK, then the next logical place...
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    I need advise.

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

    You say that you would like to become a nurse in the near future. Therefore, I don't understand why you are pursuing an MA. If you want your MA, then by all means go for it. But there are better,...
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    Are you working all the holidays because you're new?!?

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

    We decided to wait until the January sales to Christmas shop. They should be huge this year. I had Christmas Eve, Christmas and New Year's Eve off, but then I offered to fill in for a friend who...