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    Going from LTC to hospital

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

    I did it and I'm so much happier at the hospital. I don't transition easily though, so I didn't really feel comfortable with the change for about a year. But that's just me. You'll probably do just...
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    Friends mad at me because I passed and they didn't?

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

    There were two other classmates that I was especially close to and sometimes we studied together or rode together to clinicals. One knew the material but had huge test anxiety issues. She was awesome...
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    What nursing "invention" would make you famous?

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

    How about pre-crushed
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    Calling yourself a "nurse"

    UM Review RN replied to Jamie2887's topic in General Nursing

    Which is precisely why nurses get so bent out of shape about a non-medical person calling themselves a nurse. The public needs to be educated about what we do. That's right. And when some unlicensed...
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    What nursing "invention" would make you famous?

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

    I'd want a PDA to be assigned to me every shift, much like the cell phone. It would have a keyboard to chart with and it would plug into universal ports located in and outside of each patient's room,...
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    Hostile and demanding patients. How do you handle them?

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

    Thanks for the reminder! I have given that speech also. A couple of the patients were as familiar with Narcan as they were with their pain meds. I know that it's annoying to some of us, but to...
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    Hostile and demanding patients. How do you handle them?

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

    OK, I have to warn you that this does not always work, but here goes: That type of patient is isolated and homeless because of his addiction. The fear of being in the hospital and having a somatic...
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    things you wish you could tell the doctor

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

    Buggal1989: Wow, I think you succeeded. What's even more amazing is that I followed it, all the way through. Is there no ETOH withdrawal protocol at your hospital? We've been able to go over the docs'...
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    What is "Press Gainey"?

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

    My contribution is the P-G website: http://www.pressganey.com/ http://www.pressganey.com/cs/research_and_analysis/patient_satisfaction...
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    Do you remove occluded or infiltrated IV right away or wait until new start done?

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

    Same here. To me, as long as the patient has no complaint, the goal is to get something patent immediately. I can always pull the bad one later if I'm pressed for time. Or, at my facility, we always...
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    My new grad stress is showing - and I am being called on it - Yikes!

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

    Glad I'm not the only one who appears to be angry when I'm concentrating hard. I usually try to warn
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    Can a Sticker on my car = Hippa Violation?

    UM Review RN replied to AtlantaRN's topic in HIPAA Challenges

    So what happens when you visit friends? Do their neighbors suddenly show up at their doorstep wondering who you
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    Would you write this up?

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

    Yes, I would tell your DON about it, exactly as you have
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    Most stressful moment as a nurse?

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

    My most stressful moment as a nurse was when working agency at a LTC and a patient went berserk. No, he didn't hurt me physically, quite the contrary, he decided that I was the only person he could...
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    What kind of LTC resident will you be?

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

    I could see myself being pleasantly confused. Heck, I'm already halfway
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    What kind of LTC resident will you be?

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

    Just for funsies -- what do you think you'll be like when you're old? Will you be alert, oriented X3? Will you be crotchety and noncompliant? Will you be pleasantly confused? Or maybe demanding and...
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    Do you think this was un-professional?

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

    Truthfully, even I don't know who's who up there sometimes, so I'd imagine that the patients and their families are equally unable to distinguish the Case Manager from the PCT or
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    Do you think this was un-professional?

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

    Maybe. Some of ours do hang out at the desk, because that's how they find out which rooms need to be cleaned. My thinking was that they could've been unit secretary, monitor tech, and/or PCTs who...
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    Do you think this was un-professional?

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

    With all due respect, are you sure the people doing this were nurses and doctors? May I ask how you knew
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    punishment advice.....please......

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

    Just a reminder, folks, that personal attacks will not be tolerated. Stick to the subject and please be polite.
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    quit first LPN job after 2 days

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

    I'm assuming that the OP made a typo and actually meant "NG tube" because I'm pretty sure a G-tube cannot migrate from the stomach up to the
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    jjust need a hug

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

    :icon_hug: Oh dear, I do hope you're better soon! Rest up and do what the doc says. You must take care of yourself first, before you can be a help to
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    Is there anything else I can do for you? I have the time. (new hourly rounding sheet)

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

    "Sitting around"? :jwdrp: *** choke, sputter
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    inside the mind of a nurse.....

    UM Review RN replied to ERRN92's topic in General Nursing

    OK. Here's my dirty little secret. I have a glass coffee cup and I use a bleach wipe to wash it out every morning. I just want one thing in my life to be clean for a few minutes. Is that too much to...
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    "I'll let you talk to Dr Bigego's 'nurse'" (is she really a nurse?)

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

    With that thought in mind, imagine how embarrassed I was when I was told, when calling the cardiologist about a question, that "his nurse" would call me back. When she did, I politely asked what her...