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    Magnet-Scam or does it help the floor nurse?

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

    And also, lest you forget, you can add your voice to the Magnet process by completing this survey: http://www.nursecredentialing.org/magnet/snsurvey.html Excerpt: For already designated Magnet...
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    Can't remember what this is called

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

    Good explanation and answer:
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    I Dislocated My Kidney I Can't Poop

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

    So she's going to pay something like $500 for a laxative. Kinda makes me wonder why the ER doesn't jump up and down for joy at these people. After all, it's the easiest money the hospital will ever...
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    ETOH Abuse

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

    Really, isn't that comparing apples and oranges? Alcoholism and other addictions are simply not like other disease processes because addicts manipulate the family dynamic in entirely unhealthy ways....
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    Out of wack labs

    UM Review RN replied to k1of4's topic in General Nursing

    I'm sorry, but per TOS excerpted below, we cannot dispense medical advice. This is not a medical advice bulletin board This is a board for nurses and nurses-to-be to discuss nursing issues. Please do...
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    Homan's Sign: Useful or Useless? What's your opinion?

    UM Review RN posted a topic in General Nursing

    Do you perform Homan's sign on all of your patients? Do you find it accurate or
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    Safe Staffing Saves Lives - ANA has started a campaign for us

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

    For those of you who want to read more about the nursing shortage, you might want to check these links out: Linda Aiken, PhD, FAAN, FRCN, RN http://www.nursing.upenn.edu/faculty/profile.asp?pid=107...
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    Safe Staffing Saves Lives - ANA has started a campaign for us

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

    Not to go off-topic or anything, but would you rather hear us lie to you and tell you "we have the time" when we don't or would you rather we told the truth and said, "Gee, I'm swamped right now, but...
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    Need help with Mental Health Case Study.

    UM Review RN replied to monique45's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    It would really help us to help you if we knew exactly what subject this question is for. :) Your textbook and lecture should be giving you the background that you're asking for. Have you checked your...
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    Injuries

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

    The skin on my hands was cracked and bleeding due to the hospital soap. When we started using alcohol gel, I noticed right away that my hands started to heal. Weird, isn't it? But now my skin is much...
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    another IV question...

    UM Review RN replied to cheyne stokes's topic in Patient Medications

    It was a method that some nurses use to auto-flush the IV site after the antibiotic has run in, thus saving the IV site. Technically though, the antibiotic should've run by itself and then the site...
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    After 15 years - I may be one more nurse to add to the shortage

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

    Excellent post, marla. I too, felt the palpable anguish in BrokenRNheart's first post, and although it was not about nursing, but about my first marriage many years ago, that post could easily have...
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    Drawing Blood

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

    I wondered about that
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    Her perfume stinks!!

    UM Review RN replied to DebRN06's topic in General Nursing

    I find it interesting that people react to perfumes and scents like popcorn. Even more interesting that the hospital bans perfumes but then uses perfumed room deodorizers and cleaning products that...
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    Critique Essay Help

    UM Review RN replied to studentmumof4's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    For me, it would depend on the article. I know I have a subject once I can get a pretty strong feeling about what I'm
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    Today I was "That" Aide

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

    Well, I don't know where y'all work but in my facility, only the nurse has control over the pumps. CNAs are not allowed to touch them. I also fail to see why a bath was important enough to hold up a...
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    Why do people abuse nurses?

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

    How about because they know they can get away with
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    Weight nurses required to lift?

    UM Review RN replied to psychnurse1998's topic in General Nursing

    My job description says that I need to be able to lift up to 60 lbs. by myself. There is no such thing as "light duty" unless at the discretion of the unit manager. One unit manager refuses work to...
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    Why I stick to online classes....

    UM Review RN replied to Munchkin315's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    What a thing to say to someone she doesn't even know! Some people just don't get it. Has nothing to do with religion. Just hang in there, nursing needs folks like
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    Critique Essay Help

    UM Review RN replied to studentmumof4's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    First, it might help to define exactly what the assignment asks. http://wilderdom.com/research/QualitativeVersusQuantitativeResearch.html Then, you might find and read each article. Keep in mind the...
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    Price of medications

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

    I agree, that is outrageous! Hope you're well
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    Case Study ARDS HELP!

    UM Review RN replied to BetterWorld365's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    This is a great case for you to study. Google everything, read up as much as you can. ARDS is a really significant dx and you'll learn a lot with your research that will serve you well when you have...
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    Unsure what to do

    UM Review RN replied to new_nurse_0510's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Your first year is very important in the nursing field because you gain experience. Quite a lot of new grads land that first job knowing that they might be somewhere else in a year or two's time, so I...
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    Help! I don't know what to do....

    UM Review RN replied to momof2nurse's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I could be wrong, so please check it out, but I'd get that job at the VA because you could always transfer to another VA hospital in Jersey. The part I'm not sure about is that I think if your...
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    After 15 years - I may be one more nurse to add to the shortage

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

    First, I'm so sorry that your son died. I cannot imagine how you must feel. Second, congratulations in becoming a nurse and welcome to Allnurses. You'll find a lot of great nurses here who are happy...