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    Glen Beck's hospital experience

    UM Review RN replied to emmycRN's topic in Nursing News

    I agree. Excellent analysis and excellent
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    NO Pain medicines for my Mom!

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

    I've seen it happen also. :angryfire Administration and the MDs always knuckled under to the (medically ignorant but potentially litigous) family. We nurses had to fight all the way to the top for the...
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    Diluting all IV push medication??

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

    Look up each med in your drug book. There are some that have recommendations to dilute and some that are not diluted. Giving a med correctly also depends on what diluent is used and how slowly it...
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    does your lab call elevated cardiac enzymes to the floor?

    UM Review RN replied to MIRockstarRN's topic in Cardiac

    I wish ours would call an abnormal trop to us. As it is they call only critical highs. That can get pretty annoying when the trops are still high but trending down. Yet we never get that call that...
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    All floor nurses... please help me!

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

    It's quite common on my unit. We're very fast-paced and have a very high patient turnover, so I'm used to it. We do have an Admissions nurse, so all I would have to do for the ER admit is weigh,...
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    oh no...having to float to ICU..but I'm not a ICU nurse...

    UM Review RN replied to travelcrazyRN's topic in Travel

    I had the same complaint, even though I'm staff, not a traveler. Here's the link to the poll results and the comments:...
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    If I were your assigned CNA...

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

    I know you would never make the huge mistake this CNA did. Me: (trying to get a doc on the phone for another patient's problem) Dear CNA, guess what, 507 has just rung for another bed change. CNA: Oh...
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    Policies & Procedures

    UM Review RN replied to Medic2RN's topic in General Nursing

    I have to devote at least a half an hour to finding any P&P, even though they're all on the computer. Reason? They're just slopped in there willy-nilly. I still haven't found a job description...
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    Abused by a patient

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

    There are so many things wrong with how this situation was handled, I hardly know where to begin! If the patient was alert and oriented X 3, you were assaulted and no, you should not have to deal with...
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    If I were your assigned CNA...

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

    For CNAs starting on Tele: When the floor is jumping, be a jumper. No wandering around looking lost. Are your call lights off, patients clean and safe, vitals done, rooms neat? If a patient is having...
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    Do you ever leave the floor satisfied?

    UM Review RN replied to txRN07's topic in General Nursing

    When you're new, you really think you can get it all done in one shift. As you work, you learn what you can realistically expect to get done and what needs to be passed on to the next shift. Please...
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    Medical shows vs the real thing?

    UM Review RN replied to pumpkin1984's topic in General Nursing

    Medical TV shows annoy me because they just underscore the invisibility of nurses in the public mind. Every day I have to re-educate my patients as to who really does what around the hospital. Some of...
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    Have you ever personally used alternative medicine for a medical condition and if so,

    UM Review RN posted a topic in General Nursing

    Have you ever personally used alternative medicine for a medical condition and if so, which ones and what were the
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    What Nursing Gear do you personally own?

    UM Review RN replied to Brian's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    Stethoscope, PDA, watch, assorted pens, scissors, and a penlight on my person. I have a manual BP cuff and a pair of calipers in my locker for emergencies. Everything else is in the supply room or can...
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    Do You Have a Bad Back from Nursing?

    UM Review RN posted a topic in General Nursing

    Tell us about it! Do you use medication on a regular basis or other means to relieve your chronic back
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    I don't want to come to work on my days off.

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

    Seems to me that if you're on call, you're "working." That's not a day off by any means.
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    I don't want to come to work on my days off.

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

    I agree, you'll burn out quickly if you keep feeling guilty about things like this. It's not your job to keep your workplace appropriately staffed. They have options -- pool, agency, and last but not...
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    most controversial medications

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

    Phenergan IVP Demerol
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    Do you understand your paycheck??

    UM Review RN posted a topic in General Nursing

    I don't. I don't believe I should be an accountant or a genius to understand my paycheck, either. I've actually had inservices on "How to Read and Understand Your Paycheck." Do you understand how they...
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    They called the cops!

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

    Would it matter? What kind of person sits by the phone waiting for their job to call them on their day off? What do you do if your job calls you on your day off? This? :dncg: Or this?
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    Foot IVs

    UM Review RN replied to piccrn56's topic in Infusion, Intravenous

    Recently had a patient who insisted on having IVs placed only in the feet. Actually, the right foot. I couldn't believe they gave in to that demand as the patient was getting a lot of antibiotics....
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    Are you happy?

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

    I've turned into a happy person. Not because of my life circumstances, but because there's something deep inside of my spirit that no outside circumstance can disrupt. Of course, having a great...
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    Doing the right thing

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

    Easily, if it was an IV push.... We've had that happen too. But we caught it immediately and wrote it up and actually comforted the poor (very very very upset) nurse that did it. I should add that the...
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    Doing the right thing

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

    Oh, BTDT. Such a shame when a unit goes downhill like that. But I agree, if it really is that type of unit, you'll be happier elsewhere. Best of luck to
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    They called the cops!

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

    :bbykck: Oh, I'd definitely be a tad upset about that. I could see the headlines now: Nurse Stalked by DON of Understaffed Workplace So did she leave the date and go in to work????? C'mon, ya gotta...