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    Girl taking unnecessary psychiatric medications

    UM Review RN replied to Sobe203's topic in Patient Medications

    Would it be possible for you to get her to see her doctor? Make sure she brings a copy of the article you mentioned and the pill bottle, and have her ask him to run some tests on her
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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

    Oh, forgot to add -- the final irony -- we do have to carry hospital-issued cell phones. Patients, different departments, the desk, docs, and other staffers can call us at any time, no matter if we're...
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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

    gee ruby, don't hold back, tell us how you really
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    When pulling sheaths after a cath...

    UM Review RN replied to qt2168's topic in CCU, Coronary, Cardiac

    I agree with Peachy, that was pretty much the way our hospital policy said to do sheath pulls, too. Your post concerns me because it gives the impression that you're going it alone. It's safest to...
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    Did taking Latin help you in becoming a nurse?

    UM Review RN replied to sam3992's topic in General Students

    Frankly, I think it'll help you more as a nurse to learn Spanish. I see a lot of ads for Spanish-speaking
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    The NEW Nurse (Not the ones AOL speak of)

    UM Review RN replied to walk6miles's topic in General Nursing

    I think that's a good decision. Their
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    The NEW Nurse (Not the ones AOL speak of)

    UM Review RN replied to walk6miles's topic in General Nursing

    This is my take on what caused the defensive attitude: Perhaps it was a tad unfair to say that Then the OP backpedaled -- sorta -- by saying - and then forged ahead with what many of us considered...
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    Learn To Say It Correctly!!

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

    Many posters will forget the "e" on the end of "breath" so when they mean breathe, they're actually saying breath. They'll write, "I told the patient to breath deeply," when they really mean "I told...
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    What I Love About Nursing Is....

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

    I believe she's referring to the duty of a nurse to be the patient's advocate. Most patients are too sick to be able to help themselves and what a good nurse does is to represent the patient's...
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    Need information about nursing career

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

    You might want to get your LPN first if you need money. Or you might want to get a job in a hospital that will give you tuition reimbursement. That way you can make money and go to school at the same...
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    Learn To Say It Correctly!!

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

    Here's one misspelling I see all the time (pronunciation in italics): I'm busy at work, so I sit down and take a breath (breth). So far, so good. Now I'm breathing (breeth ing). I go back to work...
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    hanging cartizem

    UM Review RN replied to Kristine6767's topic in General Nursing

    I'm confused. (I tol' ya this stuff was easier to do than to say, didn't I? :chuckle ) If I have Cardizem as the primary line, and I really want to stop it quickly, all I do is unplug it from the...
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    hanging cartizem

    UM Review RN replied to Kristine6767's topic in General Nursing

    I always put the Cardizem on the pump on a primary line and hook the IVF's into the closest port with another primary line on a gravity drip. It's one of those things that sounds more complicated...
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    The NEW Nurse (Not the ones AOL speak of)

    UM Review RN replied to walk6miles's topic in General Nursing

    Old nurse here and our new grads are pretty doggoned awesome. They run all shift and they really care about their patients. OP, you should come work a couple of shifts with our team. You'd change...
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    How do you get the nursing care done with hourly rounding & computer documentation?

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

    I wish something like that would work here where I am, but all that would happen is that the nurse would be fired for being too slow. We're also not allowed to say things that make the hospital look...
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    Need Info Digoxin

    UM Review RN replied to driveinstyle2005's topic in Patient Medications

    Some drugs have a narrow therapeutic window. Dig is one of them. In other words, the amount of medication in the bloodstream at any given time has to be between ]0.8- 2.0 ng/mL. Too much of the drug...
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    help with this classification?

    UM Review RN replied to bound&determined's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    I don't know if this helps, but I'm a telemetry nurse and I've never heard of it. That sounds more like an abbreviation of some sort. Didn't she give you a generic name? Is it possible that she was...
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    They Called Out WHY??????

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

    I called out late once the night (it only happened once) DS decided to "run away." I was frantic and finally found him lurking in a nearby parking lot. He came home without a fuss; apparently he...
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    Falling Behind: Americans' Access to Medical Care Deteriorates

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

    A couple of the docs where I work were discussing this issue by way of noting that patients are delaying treatment, coming into the hospital much sicker than before, resulting in lengthier stays and...
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    Why do dying people reach upward?

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

    I think it depends on your spiritual point of view, but I've actually heard people reach and say loved ones' names who were long gone. So I think they're seeing them again and can see who's going to...
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    I was slapped by a doctor!

    UM Review RN replied to cluelessRN81's topic in General Nursing

    A lot of crimes against women were considered just that, Sue. Society taught women to avoid speaking out when they were abused. Result: the abuse continues. You think that he won't do this again? I...
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    I was slapped by a doctor!

    UM Review RN replied to cluelessRN81's topic in General Nursing

    I've read through most of the thread, so forgive me if this has already been mentioned, but I truly believe you ought to report this to the police. Our hospital has, as a lot of hospitals do --...
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    Learn To Say It Correctly!!

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

    Actually, dictionary.com says both spellings are correct. English is a difficult language to read, write, and speak. We all make mistakes. We all learn new things. I never knew sherbet was as...
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    Learn To Say It Correctly!!

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

    I'm a stickler for spelling and grammar when I'm at work. I nearly drove a couple of people off the wall when I kept mispronouncing bulimia as bi LOOM ia. I don't know why, I just couldn't pronounce...
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    how should this situation be handled?

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

    if someone did that to me, i'd expect them to be fired on the