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    Dont you just love them

    UM Review RN replied to teeituptom's topic in Emergency

    Even when genuine tragedy hits, we still have choices, MM. I will never figure out why it is so much more culturally acceptable for a man to pick up a drink than it is for him to get into
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    If you could go back, what would you change??

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

    :yeahthat:
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    Lovenox IV

    UM Review RN replied to Celia M's topic in CCU, Coronary, Cardiac

    ummm....not sure if "success" is the right word for some of these unfortunate patients. from medline: http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/druginfo/medmaster/a682180.html important warning: [posted...
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    Pray for me!!!!!!! Only 9 weeks until this assignment ENDS!!!!!!!!!!

    UM Review RN replied to raindrop's topic in Travel

    I'm sure it's not with us. Our travellers are welcomed with open arms! So sorry you're having a time of it, raindrop. Remember we're rooting for you when you need a little moral support.
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    Hospital Administrator Fired for doing jury duty!

    UM Review RN replied to student456's topic in General Nursing

    Really makes you want to do your civic duty, doesn't
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    Do you ever put your foot down with difficult patients?

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

    Yes, sometimes I feel that we pussyfoot around a little too much with some of these patients. I had a wheezing COPDer come in with a great deal of respiratory distress who said, "I'll quit smoking...
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    To All the Nurses Working in the CA Wildfires

    UM Review RN posted a topic in General Nursing

    Our prayers are with you. Please stay safe. I've been reading news updates but would like to hear how the nurses are doing. I have a coworker who's with the Red Cross helping out and it sounds pretty...
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    Useless Information

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

    I think it stands for "In Case of Emergency." I was pretty much thinking the same thing as many of you have answered. OK, so how about an allergy or MedicAlert bracelet or other medical jewelry? Do...
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    Charge Nurses: Share your best tips and advice

    UM Review RN posted a topic in General Nursing

    What works for you when you're Charge? How do you get and stay organized? How best to deal with those unhappy patients, family members, coworkers? Any advice, tips, or ideas for improvement will be...
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    Dilantin/Phenytoin Question

    UM Review RN posted a topic in Patient Medications

    Have you ever given Dilantin IV push? How fast do you give it and what's the usual dose you give? Does the patient need any extra monitoring? Any precautions other than the standard Don't mix with D5...
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    Diagnoses you never thought you'd see?

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

    Flesh-eating bacteria
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    Diagnoses you never thought you'd see?

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

    How about a 93-year-old with appendicitis? It gets better. She'd never been a patient in a hospital
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    She's a great nurse but she's driving me crazy

    UM Review RN replied to not now's topic in General Nursing

    But you need to tell her. The patients come first, not your coworker's feelings. She is not there to sleep; she is there to work. Interrupted break time is pretty much a given in this business, which...
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    How many liters of O2 can a patient with COPD be on?

    UM Review RN replied to ChristopherH's topic in Pulmonary

    Generally speaking, if I have a COPDer who's a/o X 3, they can tell me what their "home" sat is. I've had people who satted so low they were literally blue from cyanosis, and guess what, that was...
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    May I vent a little?

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

    Heh. But then you'd have to treat her for
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    May I vent a little?

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

    OOps. Posting
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    Sheez! She's back and venting AGAIN!!

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

    I'd suggest that when you feel upset, ask yourself: 1. Are you going off on the same person who made the mistake? 2. Is it really a mistake? (Is it possible that the doc didn't know about the little...
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    May I vent a little?

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

    I hear ya. I hope I would've done what you did, because it was the right thing to do. The other night I had a patient who was so nauseated, she turned green if she even moved her head. Patient came up...
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    Other nurses taking over your patients without asking?

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

    Yeah, me too. Just reading about it made me want to jump up and go get the crash cart. Not to take over, of course, just to
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    Staff "refusing" to work a schedule

    UM Review RN replied to twarlik's topic in Nurse Management

    How about you split it so that each of the secretaries get either Christmas or Christmas Eve off. This year the single mom would get Christmas Eve, but she'd have to work Thanksgiving and Christmas....
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    Ever notice this about allnurses?

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

    I don't like the "do a search" answer because I've literally spent hours searching for a thread that had a tidbit of important information that I was looking for. It's frustrating, especially to...
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    Even Nurses Need Pt Education for their Healthcare Needs!

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

    I also had a situation in which I was not taught about a chronic lung disease process. Everything -- and I do mean everything -- that I learned about this disease, I learned from researching it...
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    Other nurses taking over your patients without asking?

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

    I hope I'm not assuming too much here, but when a patient is de-satting on 6 L NC, a list of things to get/ask the doc for (and this is only a partial list, depending on what's going on with the...
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    Other nurses taking over your patients without asking?

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

    To me, it's a good thing that she came in to help. And what you needed to do was to give her updates on what had already been done while still trying to stabilize the patient. In other words, enlist...
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    What is wrong with me??

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

    I've never worked in ER but from your post, I'd say that you're not in your niche. You might want to get your skills down on MedSurg