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    I want her fired!!!!

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

    Far too often, family members such as this expect that if the squeaky wheel gets the grease, they'll whine and complain and get the most care possible. They tie up the staff for hours in the patient's...
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    My family can't believe nurses don't get breaks

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

    I take my breaks. If I don't, I get all goofy and can't think
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    EXAM QUESTION BUGGING ME please help

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

    I learned to strike it out with one line, write "error", and initial it back when I was in school. Documentation books also recommended this method. Our hospital policy has recently changed and we now...
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    Peeves at work

    UM Review RN replied to november17's topic in General Nursing

    Will ER please try to date and time the stroke scale assessment? I'm a nurse, not a mind
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    Re-directing tips needed for Alzheimer's/behavior pts

    UM Review RN replied to bluegeegoo2's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    One day, I got so tired of hearing a resident tell me, "I want to go home. I want to go home," and it was just such an awful day, I just blurted out, "Well, so do I." From then on, we were buddies...
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    age discrimination

    UM Review RN replied to older nurse Bertha's topic in General Nursing

    Considering that many of our new grads are not newbies to the workforce and are also not young, IMO this is an unfair, untrue stereotype. But I agree, it does exist. Our salaries tend to flatten out...
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    Is my boss committing fraud?

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

    So. I guess you don't much care for your boss. Not saying that you should look the other way, but usually liars and cheats dig their own graves. No reason for you to make a big stink, jeopardize your...
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    I charted that he died!

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

    Not being a legally inclined in any way, just guessing here: I think you have to prove that some harm was caused. In this case, if someone erroneously checked the wrong box, it'd be one thing. But if...
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    help cardiac nurses!

    UM Review RN replied to RN75's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    Is your manager suggesting that Plavix is the only anticoag that this patient got? Because in scapegoating you, it sure sounds like it. Is it possible that she's not a nurse? Or that she doesn't know...
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    Alarmism??

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

    That's the only type of headline that will get the public's attention. What they do with that information is something that we have to deal with. I always have to remind my patients that...
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    Chemo Brain

    UM Review RN posted a topic in General Nursing

    Recently had a patient who had a few rounds of chemo and family c/o his mental faculties have greatly diminished and his personality has changed. Could anyone tell me more about Chemo Brain, as pretty...
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    Chemo Brain

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

    Thank you, thank you! This is exactly what I was looking for -- direct examples of what this condition looks like clinically. My patient was pretty a/o X 3 one day, the next was raving about "Gotta...
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    when do you stop bringing work home?

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

    Speaking for myself only, I still worry about my patients. I worry less when I pray for them, so that works for me. You'll bring work home less when you have more experience and feel more confidence...
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    Can someone look over my answers to this case study please :)

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

    You answered that question like I would have. It's really refreshing to see such complete answers with rationales. I think the only thing I might add is, in the section where you'd check labs, if it's...
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    venting

    UM Review RN replied to labrador4122's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Not familiar with computer MARs here, but couldn't you have called pharmacy and corrected the typo on the d/c'd med? Seems to me that the root of the problem was whoever entered erroneous information...
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    Butt Checks

    UM Review RN replied to jonear2's topic in Medical-Surgical

    I do skin checks on everyone. It helps to wear gloves, I've found. If I find anything they might not be able to see, I ask how long they've had it. On walkie-talkies, to assess for abuse and skin...
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    elevated troponin levels and my care plan

    UM Review RN replied to SamanthaHope85's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    there are your two biggies. good luck on your care
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    Smoker's rights (patient rights)

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

    This reminds me of the elderly patient who had a pass to go smoke and would be seen going downstairs via w/c. One day, I guess he decided that he needed a little more than a cigarette, because from...
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    You know you have a great job when.....

    UM Review RN posted a topic in General Nursing

    We all have those moments when suddenly our little corner of the world is brightened by someone or something and we think, I just love my job! Share your I-love-my-job
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    Staff Leaving In Droves! Residents Revolting! Administration Ignoring All! HELP!

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

    I've worked LTC and left due to management shennanigans. Frankly, I'm glad there's a Dark Side. I've actually come to welcome their visits to facilities I've worked in. The reason is that they're...
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    Gift for New Grad

    UM Review RN replied to JoMom4's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I don't know how fast you need it, but you might look here. I've had items shipped pretty quickly from them:
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    Safe Patient Moving Need Help!!!!!

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

    Here's a couple of utube videos that might help: http://video.google.com/videosearch?q=CNA+patient+&hl=en&sitesearch=...
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    You Know the patient is going bad when...

    UM Review RN replied to Nurseboy1's topic in General Nursing

    Yup.
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    If you won the lottery, would you continue to work?

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

    Yes, but I might not work in the US, because of the chance of being sued. I would definitely go to volunteer status and do a few medical missions per year. I might join the Red Cross disaster team...
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    do you let unlicensed staff do "RN" things ?

    UM Review RN replied to labrador4122's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Nope. Once I became an RN, I began to see how very unaware I was of the skills and knowledge that I lacked as a nurse's aide, and I began to be very protective of the responsibility that nurses have....