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    Accused of abandonement

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

    Not to throw the discussion off-topic (any more than it already has been--and it's strayed quite a ways ), but my objection to this management tool stems from the way I've personally seen it used....
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    Help for a Procrastinator

    UM Review RN replied to Care4life's topic in General Nursing

    DuH! Sorry! You're right. Glad you caught
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    New nurse made a mistake!

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

    Stuff happens. You handled it the way I've been taught to handle it. You reported it to the proper authority and you followed up appropriately. You might want to ask your charge nurse if there was...
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    Heparin Drip Compatibilty

    UM Review RN replied to Advocate1's topic in Patient Medications

    Again, I'd prefer to have two separate lines with two separate IV's and dedicate one to only heparin. But always check with your Pharmacist and follow what your hospital protocol dictates to be
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    Help for a Procrastinator

    UM Review RN replied to Care4life's topic in General Nursing

    It helped me to remember by drug classes. I noticed that there were similarities in some of the names: If it ends in -olol, it is usually a beta-blocker. If it ends in -ace, it could be an ace...
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    Funny Things Naieve Medical Personnel Have Said

    UM Review RN replied to FranEMTnurse's topic in Nursing Humor

    I kept forgetting that my student wasn't a Tele nurse orientee. I dragged her up to the monitors because one of the Remote Tele patients was having runs of VTach. "See, this? It's bad because the...
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    Do You Look Like A Nurse?

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

    I walked into the room for a family reunion-type thing last year and one of my relatives, who hadn't seen me for something like 30 years, jumps up and the first words out of her mouth are, "Angie?...
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    Environment of the room during a code

    UM Review RN replied to RN2Bn2006's topic in General Nursing

    Yes. There's plenty of time for tears after the Code. Sometimes, they'll be tears of joy. I tell you, even though I deal with geriatrics, I always feel like I've witnessed a birth when someone who...
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    super powers...

    UM Review RN replied to registerednut1221's topic in General Nursing

    I want
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    When being nice comes back to you

    UM Review RN replied to sharona97's topic in General Nursing

    Yes, I helped a new grad out once after an error was made, and I didn't think it was such a big deal, showing her what to do and how to deal with it. Next day she comes to work and hands me a...
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    Accused of abandonement

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

    this is one of the uglier sides to our profession and imo, one of the greatest contributors to the shortage of bedside nurses. imo, if someone's a bad nurse, she'll dig her own grave; no one needs to...
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    hand tremor - how to control?

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

    OK, this is going to sound really weird, but it works for me. Years ago, the fashion was to paint scads of eyeliner on our eyelids. I could never get both eyes perfect. I'd wind up looking like...
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    If I hate being an CNA, will I hate nursing?

    UM Review RN replied to emily84's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    As a nurse who came up through the ranks (I was a CNA before they had national certifications for nurse's aides), I can honestly say that being a nurse is related to but yet very different from being...
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    Beta Blockers

    UM Review RN replied to Virgo_RN's topic in Cardiac

    I agree. If a patient lives in the low range, I usually ask the doc for parameters. You can't go wrong calling the doc if you have a question about whether to give or hold. Sometimes the doc will...
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    Heparin Drip Compatibilty

    UM Review RN replied to Advocate1's topic in Patient Medications

    I'm sure there are plenty of reasons, but my choice would be that Heparin needs to be a dedicated line so that people understand that it's a critical drug that can cause death if not administered...
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    How do you stay in shape & prevent weight gain during the holidays

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

    Cyndie, you'll get lots of support on the Healthier Living thread: Here's the link. It's also a sticky at the top of this forum:...
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    New Grad starting out in the SICU

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

    Have you thought of a PDA? Lots of good reference books can be contained in one. We have a PDA forum here so you can look over all the things a PDA can do:
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    What would you do??

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

    Our ACLS instructor told us that an ordinary citizen may do chest compressions without breath, but that as professionals, we must do the breaths with the compressions. I have a mask. I probably need...
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    Accused of abandonement

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

    I'd rather not go into great detail but suffice to say, the tech was written up for abandonment. So you don't need a license to get into trouble for that at my
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    Scared Of Poop!!!!!!!!! Help!!!!!!!

    UM Review RN replied to nursingstudent424's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Not to gross anyone out or anything, but be thankful for gloves. Back in the Dark Ages when I started (before Universal Precautions) we were not allowed to wear gloves; it was considered offensive to...
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    Accused of abandonement

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

    We just had a problem with a tech who "disappeared" for a couple of hours during an insanely busy shift. Even though his whereabouts were later accounted for, he was written up because he had turned...
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    Scared Of Poop!!!!!!!!! Help!!!!!!!

    UM Review RN replied to nursingstudent424's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I don't like poop, and I'm a very good nurse. Try bringing some Vick's vaporrub and dab a tiny bit on your top lip when you have to change someone with poop. It'll help. My trick was always to take a...
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    Should I give up?

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

    Those words are my manta. Repeat it to yourself prn. Make adjustments and improvements and keep telling yourself that you can get better and you
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    Not Happy - Nurse with MS

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

    I understand. I also had trouble with 12-hour shifts. It was just too long for me to handle. Even though I got out on time, took my breaks, and we generally had doable patient assignments, it was the...
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    Accused of abandonement

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

    I guess I don't get it because you say you were in the manager's office, yet the manager wrote you up for patient abandonment? If it was your preceptor who wrote you up, you'd go to the manager....