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    death or death??

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

    Is this for a homework assignment, Dave? All of those definitions can be found with a quick
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    Stressing out over first nursing assignment

    UM Review RN replied to blur411's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    OK, another link that would directly affect you as a nurse is this one relating to handwashing. About halfway down the page, in IV.A, it discusses hand hygiene....
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    Stressing out over first nursing assignment

    UM Review RN replied to blur411's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    maybe this link will help, as it has a lot of links on the page that might help you with this. (i think a nursing diagnosis reference book might help you the best, though.) a little excerpt:...
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    Unusual Occurance

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

    Our direct admits often walk to the unit themselves. I would definitely chart it, as well as make out an incident report (we've had bizarre things like a patient's relative falling and breaking a...
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    Sick to my stomach....

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

    Nancy, I can relate. Please understand that as a new nurse, you are just beginning to learn what you can control and what you cannot. A patient falling when you have a lot of other patients to care...
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    Conflict resolution

    UM Review RN posted a topic in General Nursing

    Anyone know of any good resources for conflict
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    What would you have done?

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

    Like a lot of nursing, this is a judgment call. Personally, I'd be comfortable with driving him. A different type of patient, say, a homeless drug addict psych patient, would get the taxi
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    Getting used to the work

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

    Hi Becca and Welcome to Allnurses. It's true, some of the time we'll have to smell some unpleasant odors in our line of work and there are a number of ways that we cope with that. Chewing gum might...
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    How do you keep your nursing practice current?

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

    I do a lot of CEUs and research on the Internet. Allnurses is such a valuable "classroom" because of all the member input with resources and information. I often become aware of trends in clinical...
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    What would you have done?

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

    Why I said it was probably OK: the OP was in the area and the ride was less than 2 miles. Translation: 4 minutes from door to door that enhanced the patient's perception of "good customer service."...
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    Holding GN papers, legal?

    UM Review RN replied to AH1204's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I've never heard of that. Have you talked to the school personally about the issue? Are you sure it's not a
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    What would you have done?

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

    I wouldn't stress over it. It was a nice thing to do and kept the patient from having to take a cab or other public
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    Ortho Floor only takes care of ortho problems?

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

    :flowersfo:yeah: I haven't read all the posts on the thread, but you can be my nurse any day. Excellent response! I'm so glad that you stuck to your guns. Sometimes it won't turn out to be anything...
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    consent for surgery - who's job is it

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

    I wonder if docs don't get that their patients can be in such a state of fear and denial about a surgery, that they don't "get it" when the doc does the consent process? A surgeon actually tried to...
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    AHHHHHHHH REAL Monsters!!!!!!!!!!!!

    UM Review RN replied to gt4everpn's topic in General Nursing

    I get very quiet. At that point, if I'm left to my own devices, I'll get my stuff done asap and get out of there. Or I bluster and yell like a wounded animal. Then I get over it. Or -- when it's...
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    Gettin a PDA for Christmas? What do I do with it?

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

    When you get it, there's a tutorial disk that comes with it. I think it's great for carrying all your nursing reference materials. There are a lot of helpful programs that nurses can use. You'll find...
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    Hit 'Enter' Key to make Paragraphs! (Then I can read your allnurses posts!)

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

    Here's another tip: If you make a post and you see that some words have turned into asterisks, that's a word you should probably go back and change. There are lots of ways to make your point without...
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    17- year-old girl needs liver transplant, CIGNA denies

    UM Review RN replied to pickledpepperRN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    It's great that you love your job and have doctors bowing at your feet, but that's not a good argument for HMOs and it's really not going to change my mind. I've seen too much misery caused by...
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    Med/Surg nurses floating to telemetry

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

    You might ask about that. Some hospitals do not require you to float to an area that is not within your expertise and others will make the med-surg nurse float to tele. I wound up in Tele because I...
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    What MD speciality do you find the most difficult to work with?

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

    Seems to me that general surgeons yell the loudest. I'm totally over the doc yelling at me thing. One general surgeon called me from OR to yell at me because where was the patient, this was an...
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    Code Gone Wrong

    UM Review RN replied to h20rn's topic in General Nursing

    Actually, they only capitalize nouns and pronouns, not every single word. Carry
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    Accused of abandonement

    UM Review RN replied to bell83's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Time was a factor in a few posters' minds. The OP never said how long she was gone even though this question was asked several times. Seriously, if she was gone for less than 15 minutes, I don't see...
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    New nurse made a mistake!

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

    "Giving the look" is sometimes as reflexive as the "deer in the headlights" look that new grads give off. That is, it is unable to be controlled. I know I've had that "look" sometimes myself, until I...
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    Accused of abandonement

    UM Review RN replied to bell83's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Yes, we really haven't been told a few pertinent facts. Several posters have speculated this or that, but I really think we all should let it go, since the OP has chosen not to share those details...
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    New nurse made a mistake!

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

    That goes without saying, Nancy.