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    did i do the right thing?

    UM Review RN replied to erin01's topic in General Nursing

    I'm not getting it, Leslie.... remove the plunger? Wouldn't the med run
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    Time Management or Personal Boundaries?

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

    The root of the problem lies with the fact that nurses are responsible for just about everything. From admission orders to meal trays to pre-op prep, verifying that the doc's orders are correct, to...
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    Do facilities sometimes try to get rid of more experienced, more expensive nurses?

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

    It's important to remember that some of the more experienced nurses have other benefits besides salary. Yes, the new grads make about $5 less / hr than I did, but when I started, I might have...
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    One of my patients fell!! Need Advice!!

    UM Review RN replied to bluebird123's topic in General Nursing

    Doesn't sound like you did anything wrong. Elderly people can be very frail. I once had a heavy resident whose shoulder was broken even though she was lifted correctly--she had bone cancer. No one...
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    How Will Universal Health Care Change Nursing?

    UM Review RN replied to arelle68's topic in General Nursing

    I get it just fine. It's just my opion that lacking insurance "for only a few months" is unacceptable and "only" 8.2 million uninsured is unacceptable. What I don't get is how we can afford to go to...
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    The weight of the world.

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

    Please accept my deepest condolences on the loss of your Dad, sarabeth.
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    Trouble sleeping at night

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

    I did that with every job. I finally realized that it's how my brain synthesizes information and even while I'm asleep, I'm learning and cementing knowledge into my brain. Even with the desk job, DH...
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    Floor Nursing

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

    I do miss the floor, but it was just taking too much out of me. Now that I work in an office, my feet are healing, my back isn't killing me all the time, and I'm not in constant fear that I'm going to...
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    What to monitor in Coumadin therapy?

    UM Review RN replied to Superlost1984's topic in General Nursing

    Here's an oldie-but-goodie thread on the topic:
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    Need Some Wisdom

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

    Moderator's Note: Thread moved to Nursing Gear -- Shoes & footwear forum for more answers.
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    What would be your IDEAL Nursing-related job?

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

    I'd love to be a long distance flight nurse. Unfortunately, I don't have what it takes, mentally or physically. So I do what I can and leave the adventures to the
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    Being Questioned by Paramedics? Why?

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

    I'd be ticked, too. I've seen patients with that look and the exact s/s you describe (could it be the "feeling of doom" look that you saw?) for up to an hour prior to full-blown CHF. First time it...
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    Why Does Everyone Hate Florida So Much??

    UM Review RN replied to natkoz82's topic in Florida Nursing

    To each their own. I think any of the larger cities have similar problems. I'm in a suburban neighborhood and I love it. It took awhile to get used to the palmetto bugs (way slower than the NY german...
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    Sometimes I feel so old (as a 2nd degree nurse)

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

    Ummm...ya kinda made my eyeballs clang together with those statements. I sure hope you didn't mean that med-surg / tele requires less knowledge or skill, because that's certainly not the case. A...
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    Unit now overstaffed, and we keep getting floated

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

    When the ICU staff quit en masse one year, we were used to staff the ICU for about 4 months, insisting that we were getting folks who were technically tele patients. We all hated it except one RN, who...
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    S-l-o-w starting shifts: what can I do to speed it up?

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

    I'd start looking at the charts and checking labs and MARs when I came in. It gave me a chance to make sure all the meds were given / signed off, as well as giving me a quick head's up on which...
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    Best. Stress. Relief. EVER.

    UM Review RN replied to Chewie_123's topic in Health, Stress Management

    When I was about 4, I was taken out with the older guys to do some target shooting. I bugged them and bugged them to let me shoot too, until finally one of them became annoyed enough to put a 16 guage...
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    My first Awful PT. any advice?

    UM Review RN replied to WideEyedNS's topic in General Students

    With a patient that I have trouble caring for, I basically turn off my emotions and just do what needs to be done. For her, I'd have asked to order a bariatric bed if she was too large to be turned in...
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    Wow !!! Daley nursing students where are you guys ? So much feedback from truman.....

    UM Review RN replied to BABYGIRLCHAS's topic in Illinois Nursing

    If you see any names we may have missed, please report the thread so we can correct them? The link is on the lower left of the post. Thanks for your
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    language barriers

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

    America is such a wonderful melting pot that I don't think 2 languages would be sufficient. I'm in a tourist area. We have visitors and transplants from all over the world in our hospitals. There are...
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    education/teaching diagnosis

    UM Review RN replied to GM910's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Quite a few of the COPD'ers I've cared for wanted to quit, but were too addicted. Did your patient ever try to quit before? It's pretty common knowledge that smoking is bad for
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    Are drug addiction and alcoholism disabilities?

    UM Review RN replied to FireStarterRN's topic in Nurses Recovery

    Let's put it this way: If I couldn't work, I'd probably become a drug addict. (Y'all already know I have an addictive personality aeb all the hours I spend here. ) So your question might be--which...
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    My very first patients funeral (a thank you to all nursing instructors)

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

    Jeff, that was so beautiful! Thanks so much for
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    How to find if classmates passed NCLEX in FLorida

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

    http://ww2.doh.state.fl.us/IRM00PRAES/PRASLIST.ASP Just fill out what you know and hit the search
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    Med Errors

    UM Review RN posted a topic in General Nursing

    OK, so you're working along and you come across an error made by your fellow nurse. Let's say it's an omitted dose. Maybe the med was given, maybe it wasn't, but you can't tell because it wasn't...