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    Free CNA training in FL

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

    Woohoo! Hit the jackpot on the Florida BON website! :anpom: Names of schools, addresses, phone numbers and all. Here's the list: http://www.doh.state.fl.us/mqa/cna/lst_training.pdf Here's a copy of...
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    Free CNA training in FL

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

    Maybe I can help. First I have to know if you are trying to get your CNA in order to work in a hospital or a nursing home, or if you just need it for a nursing school requirement. The reason is that...
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    Well, it finally happened after 2.5 years...

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

    A few thoughts: 1. I've been "fired" only a couple of times in my career, and you know what? It used to bother me, now it feels like I have "immunity" and I've learned to welcome the break. 2. How...
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    Would you let your hospital treat your loved one?

    UM Review RN posted a topic in General Nursing

    Your loved one has to have surgery at your hospital. Let's say it's something fairly routine--a chole, a hip replacement, an appy. What would your response
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    Did You Settle for Nursing?

    UM Review RN replied to sarahrn2be's topic in General Nursing

    I never wanted to be a doctor. Never even crossed my mind. Although I've known some excellent doctors, it seems like docs are all about the science. Nurses aren't quite so limited. We deal with the...
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    Do you need to carry your personal cell phone while at work?

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

    But would you physically take away someone's cell phone? Is that legal? What about searching that person for possession of a cell
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    Jcaho Medication Reconciliation

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

    Wouldn't the rationale to be to get the patient the correct meds based on what they were taking at home? I mean, if you had no idea of what the patient took, how could you know enough to do a Dig...
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    Bed Baths

    UM Review RN replied to nightshift82's topic in CCU, Coronary, Cardiac

    I'm confused about how there could be feces in the pan. When washing the peri area, you get the wipe wet, wash the parts, and discard. You don't put it back into the water, right? And in places where...
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    Do you need to carry your personal cell phone while at work?

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

    Is that
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    New Nurse Needs Advice about Nursing Politics!!

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

    What good will the Tele job do for you or the hospital if you hate it so much that you eventually quit? Better for everyone to get placed where they really want to go, don't you
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    Can a patient be a full code and a Hospice patient in NY?

    UM Review RN posted a topic in General Nursing

    Family member seized so badly that wife had a hard time getting him to respond, so she wound up calling 911. He came around, can talk and is a/o X3. He has a terminal condition so he was a Hospice...
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    Telemetry Monitoring and Vital Signs

    UM Review RN replied to ABNBUD#2's topic in General Nursing

    Vs q4h on tele patients, q8h on med-surg. If the patient is stable and BP's are not fluctuating, why not get a doctor order (while you're calling for something else, of course) to change the times of...
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    Remains of 3600 former mental hospital patients found in Oregon State Hospital...

    UM Review RN replied to student456's topic in General Nursing

    So sad. I hope those whose remains aren't claimed get a decent
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    I think I just need to talk about this...

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

    You should definitely write that up as an incident. That MDS Coordinator had absolutely no business in there while you were assessing the patient's wound unless she had permission, which she did not....
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    Nurses: Is your hairstyle a luxury or a necessity?

    UM Review RN posted a topic in General Nursing

    Do you consider your hairstyle to be an important part of your uniform or just a luxury? Even more importantly, is it tax deductible? Share! Between coloring, cutting, styling, and maintaining,...
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    what do nurses hate about doctors?

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

    Docs need to remember that all nurses have friends and family and are sometimes patients themselves. I worked night shift for many years, so have developed the following rules: Never refer a family...
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    Patients

    UM Review RN replied to Naya1978's topic in First Year After Licensure

    When you go into a patient's room, add this question to your list: What's the one thing that I can do for this patient that no one else has done before? It might be something as simple as refreshing a...
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    inappropriate comment made by RN in front of patient

    UM Review RN replied to uscstu4lfe's topic in General Nursing

    :yeahthat:
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    "I don't have AIDS"

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

    Years ago, before AIDS, we were taught that to wear gloves when doing patient care was insulting and depersonalizing to the patient. There were no gloves in the building at all except for sterile...
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    How does your facility minimize fall risk?

    UM Review RN posted a topic in General Nursing

    Just looking for ideas. What works, what doesn't? How does your facility minimize fall risk to patients? What ideas, implemented or not, do you
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    florida nusing unions

    UM Review RN replied to lndrn2001's topic in Florida Nursing

    Unions in Florida -- you might as well throw your money into the
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    Nurses, have you been told that you need to improve your time management skills?

    UM Review RN posted a topic in General Nursing

    Nurses, have you been told that you need to improve your time management
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    How would you react to being taken hostage?"

    UM Review RN replied to CN Student's topic in Correctional

    not
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    Tips for a quieter floor?

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

    You might want to distribute copies of this excellent Medscape article. A portion is copied here with a link: http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/574813 The Inhospitable Hospital: No Peace, No Quiet...
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    Do you need to carry your personal cell phone while at work?

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

    Actually, management is behaving paternalistically, as usual, so what do they expect? We already know that they don't care about us, our personal needs, or our family situations, otherwise staff nurse...