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    Resident frustration, kind of long

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

    Only to encourage you to stand your ground, hubcaps. That type of bullying behavior is very counterproductive for good patient care. Don't let it stand in the way of getting the best for your...
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    Things you'd LOVE to say to TPTB, and get away with it!

    UM Review RN replied to AngelfireRN's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    To TPTB: Gee, what a coincidence that the day after we were given a very prestigious award in excellence, our staffing grid changed, our pay was cut, and suddenly "there is no money in the budget" for...
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    Resident frustration, kind of long

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

    Did it ever occur to you that he might've confronted you in public deliberately so that you would think twice about "bothering"
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    No more internet access

    UM Review RN replied to racing-mom4's topic in General Nursing

    Generally, I'm using the internet to look up things fast, like meds or dx's and things like that. It has to be very very slow (once in a blue moon) for me to check my email. And I never ever use...
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    Blood Cultures

    UM Review RN replied to punkstar's topic in Emergency

    Thanks, august07, I learned a lot from
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    "And it's all going to be your fault"

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

    Three shifts go by and no one notices the stat order for Lovenox, and the last nurse, who actually found and gave the med, is written up by the manager, and somehow, it's all her fault. *Yes, it...
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    Blood Cultures

    UM Review RN replied to punkstar's topic in Emergency

    Blood cultures are drawn when sepsis is suspected. This is a very serious disease that can be fatal, so immediate identification is key to treatment. So here's the scenario: Pt comes in, appears to...
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    need advice on getting big picture

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

    It also might help to click onto this website and practice listening to heart and lung sounds: http://www.med.ucla.edu/wilkes/intro.html I don't know about other nurses, but I'm always happy to help...
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    Becomming a new nurse make you literally sick?

    UM Review RN replied to jessi1106's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Yes. It's my theory that I can keep pushing through a stressful period of time, but when it goes on for years at a stretch (as it did throughout nursing school), I'll break down after the stressor is...
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    Define Nursing in 3 words

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

    Make it
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    Co-Workers Read My Medical Files

    UM Review RN replied to nurse7272's topic in General Nursing

    Where I work, those co-workers would lose their jobs for violating HIPAA.
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    Do you think anonymous means just that?

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

    I probably wouldn't answer the questionnaire then, and if anything was said to me about it, it would only prove the case that it was not anonymous, don't you
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    Do you think anonymous means just that?

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

    Management insists that ours are anonymous too, but I have a hard time believing it for the same reason. BTW, how do they know who's completed the survey if it's really anonymous? If they truly want a...
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    chronic pain patients: pain in the behind to care for

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

    Ahhhh, but which came first--the pain or the obesity? For a lot of patients, pain decreased their activity level, and then the weight was gained. From there, the vicious circle was in effect. And...
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    nurses leaving the floor

    UM Review RN replied to The Bell Jar's topic in General Nursing

    We had this type of problem when a lot of the staffers were attending our unit meeting (which ran over an hour) and simply leaving their assignments to those of us who had the sense to attend a...
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    Are LPN's being phased out in hospital setting??

    UM Review RN replied to fozziebear's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    We have lots of LPNs working in our hospitals here in Florida. The duties are so similar that I have a hard time recalling who's an LPN and who's
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    I want her fired!!!!

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

    :angryfire Even if she did what they said, it was not just cause for termination, IMO. However, for that aide, it may be a blessing in disguise. I would hope that you would give her a good...
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    They called the cops!

    UM Review RN posted a topic in General Nursing

    You are home from work today and you and your SO are having a lovely, relaxing time together when suddenly, the doorbell rings. You go to the door. A policeman is there. You open the door and he...
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    Night Shift Error...Maybe

    UM Review RN replied to ekanderson80's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Since D5 and NS are the typical IVF's and both are compatible with Cardizem, I might've thought that the doc wanted to run the IVF's with the Cardizem. We often will run either of those or a...
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    External fixator

    UM Review RN replied to kacyt78's topic in Orthopedic

    Now you've got me curious. Wonder if an ortho doc would know? I'll ask when I go back to work. Great question, kacy, I'd never given it a thought
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    Mortified

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

    Yup. I was so upset I started a thread about it too: https://allnurses.com/forums/f8/they-called-cops-274429.html PS I've gotten over it, and told them if it happens again, just go ahead and do...
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    Cardizem gtt; is this reasonable?

    UM Review RN replied to Virgo_RN's topic in Cardiac

    Diltiazem is a form of chemical cardioversion, so I'd have to assume that its use presumes that the doc wanted the patient to convert. If the patient converts on the cardizem gtt, then all's well,...
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    External fixator

    UM Review RN replied to kacyt78's topic in Orthopedic

    I would have to say that however that patient is moved, it's gonna hurt. But I would (gently) lift the fixator because it is there to stabilize the limb. Lifting the limb would seem to defeat the...
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    Have you ever been a patient?

    UM Review RN replied to jessi1106's topic in General Nursing

    Yes. Came close to dying a couple of times, too, when I was a youngster. There was a fantastic student nurse named Cindy who was so wonderful to me that I wanted to be just like her. Then a couple of...
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    Do you start your own IVs?

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

    We do our own. I usually am the IV go-to person on my unit for my shift. I was surprised to learn how many people I work with who don't like to start IVs. Oh well, more for me