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    ED - Common Meds

    UM Review RN replied to Misty1334's topic in CCU, Coronary, Cardiac

    I would guess it's a liability issue and this protects the students as well as the patient. After all, who knows how the patient got to the point where CPR was
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    Nursing Recession-proof?

    UM Review RN posted a topic in General Nursing

    I've seen a couple of news blurbs recently that describe nursing as recession-proof. This concerns me for a number of reasons, not the least of which is that I don't believe nursing is any more...
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    Depressed about other staffers

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

    I never could understand why some nurses were so horrible at welcoming and helping newbies. After all, newbies are rarely the only caregivers for a patient on a unit. Therefore, if one person goofs...
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    No break room on night shift...

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

    You mean night shifters can sleep where you work?! Where I work, they'd all be
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    New Nurse...Need advice on dealing with death

    UM Review RN replied to pcurn2008's topic in First Year After Licensure

    My religion helps me cope. I believe that this life is not all there is and that death is a doorway to the next life. That said, it's still very difficult for me to accept and it's still a very tough...
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    Telemetry nurses...

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

    In addition to questions about staffing ratio, I would want to know if there is a monitor tech, a unit secretary, and if nurses do primary care or if the nurses would with techs. Is there an IV team?...
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    Why Does Everyone Hate Florida So Much??

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

    Dang, I'd better put those bifocals back on, Sue.
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    Why Does Everyone Hate Florida So Much??

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

    Again, even though FL is a top retirement state, the stats from 2006 say that folks > 65 accounted for only 16.8% of the population, whereas the under 18 group accounted for 22.6%....
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    Why Does Everyone Hate Florida So Much??

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

    Where are you working? Nurses at our hospital do get paid more for having a BSN, and there are lots of jobs that require a BSN or require the applicant to get a BSN within a specified period of time....
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    I always find left over supplies in my pocket when I get home...throw away or return?

    UM Review RN replied to kgh31386's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    I recall one clinical instructor telling everyone that if we accidentally took home syringes and the like, that we could be prosecuted for having drug paraphenelia if we had a traffic stop on the way...
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    Why Does Everyone Hate Florida So Much??

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

    As a transplanted Northerner, I have to add my two cents. First, I don't know where Caroladybelle worked, but it does sound awful. It's not that bad where I am. I'm not thrilled with the salary, but...
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    Things people say coming out of anaesthetic

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

    I distinctly recall berating the ICU nurse for not following hospital protocol and giving me Phenergan IV straight up. Except that I was not at my hospital, I was at a different hospital and who knows...
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    Charge Nurse on a 40 Bed Telemetry Unit

    UM Review RN replied to brpediesmum41's topic in CCU, Coronary, Cardiac

    1. Do you have a round-the-clock IV team? 2. Are nurses expected to mix their own meds? (We used to have to prep our own Cardizem. It was a huge time-waster to have to draw up 25 cc's of the med and...
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    Can't find dorsal pedal pulses

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

    Here's how I was taught: Facing the patient, gently place your index finger between the bones of the first and second toes. Run it up the skin toward the patient. The area has a shape like a ^ and you...
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    Husband needs help

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

    I went to school for three years. I was frantic to get A's and when I couldn't, B's would do. Finally I finished school with a respectable B+ average and got my Associate's. I wondered aloud one day...
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    My Thanksgiving

    UM Review RN replied to Tweety's topic in Nurses Recovery

    :yeah:Wonderful, Tweety! I congratulate you! And Happy
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    Just a reminder re: Diltiazem drip !

    UM Review RN replied to walk6miles's topic in CCU, Coronary, Cardiac

    Thanks for the info. I'll put this in the "stuff happens" category and keep it in mind when dealing with those newfangled types of dosing
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    What would you do if...

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

    I used to have to cath a patient whose legs were too contracted to allow proper access in a supine position. So I'd cath her the way she was lying, on her side, with her legs up. It made the process...
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    Are Students Protesting HESI??

    UM Review RN replied to 2btmanrn's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I don't get your logic. You say that you know people who have a plan to commit suicide, yet instead of advising them to get the psychological help that they so obviously need, you are blaming a test....
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    How Does Your Job Keep You From Giving Good Patient Care?

    UM Review RN posted a topic in General Nursing

    Nurses frequently tell me that there is just too much work to do. I agree. Here's your chance to speak up about it. Take the poll and let us know if there are ways you can be more efficient about what...
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    How Does Your Job Keep You From Giving Good Patient Care?

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

    So does that mean that you're still working at the bedside, putting your job on the line every day by telling Admin all this? I'm just not willing to go that far. I'll probably leave bedside nursing...
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    SICU/MICU vs CCU

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

    No such thing as a dumb question in nursing, jeff. Only dumb question is the one that isn't asked. I'm sure someone with ICU/CCU experience will be along to answer soon.
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    Husband needs help

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

    When she starts to look stressed, do one of two things: 1. Say: "You look stressed. What can I do to help?" and be prepared to hear, "laundry, dinner, and dishes" and other household chores that she...
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    FCCJ Spring 2009

    UM Review RN replied to boRNtobe0312's topic in Florida Nursing

    Just a quick note: Your Private Message function will automatically start once you have 15 posts. :) Carry
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    Ratios in Florida

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

    I think it depends on what area you plan on going to as well as the type of unit. Could you be more specific,