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    What would you call "Practicing Medicine"

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

    What about information from the chart? I've had relatives ask me for test results that the doc hasn't discussed with them yet, and supposing that the a/o X3 patient wants to know and wants the...
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    What would you call "Practicing Medicine"

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

    I'm assuming that you mean "without a doctor's order." Because we do it all the time with a doctor's
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    Diabetes and Charcot foot

    UM Review RN replied to GingerSue's topic in Diabetes, Endocrine Nursing

    http://www.flickr.com/photo_zoom.gne?id=24202951&size=m Can't get the picture to come up, but here's a picture of a single BB. They're very small in actual size. Here's a picture of...
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    Nurses belligerent towards MDs

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

    I was being sarcastic. There was a recent study done that stated that one of the reasons for the nursing shortage was due to poor doctor/nurse relationships. If I can find the link, I'll post it for...
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    Nurses belligerent towards MDs

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

    This of course is the reason there's a shortage of hospitalists.
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    A message to new grads: NEVER....

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

    Bonnie Nurse, I'm really not sure whose post you are referring to. I even went back a few pages and still can't figure it out. Care to enlighten us? Back to the topic: New grads, NEVER draw up an IVP...
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    Insomnia: Who suffers from it and what do you do for it?

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

    I've always had insomnia. It's why I started working nights. I rarely take anything for it, but I will break down and take a couple Advil if my leg or back pains are keeping me awake. Sometimes I have...
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    Guess the mispronounced medical term

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

    Oh, don't get me going on spelling errors and typos! A few classics: COPD exasperation Armenia Sincopy Phenergran and my personal pet peeve, made by docs as well as nurses and secretaries: aggitation...
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    You know it's a bad night when......

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

    ...You come onto the unit and can't find anyone because the entire crew is either at the Rapid Response or the Code Blue, both called within three minutes of shift change. ...When you come onto the...
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    New to Florida

    UM Review RN replied to GARY.RN's topic in Florida Nursing

    P.S. to Woody: The reason you saw nurses more often in Albany Med is that it's a teaching hospital, so there are interns and residents all over the place. Locals would only go there if they had a...
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    New to Florida

    UM Review RN replied to GARY.RN's topic in Florida Nursing

    Hi Gary, Now you're up in my neck of the woods, so I'll tell you which hospitals are around. Happier news: you can apply online. When you get bored, just go trek around the Sponge Docks off...
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    Agency nurses refusing to work on a certain unit

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

    A couple of thoughts: One facility's aides refused to do their jobs and slept all night while I struggled with caring for residents as well as my med passes. One facility had the nurse who'd been...
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    The hospital from very close to hell...Long vent.

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

    I wouldn't last another night there. I'd quit and find a better job in the morning. There has to be somewhere better than that to work. Teamwork has to be a factor for today's nurse and that can make...
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    Coworker as pt??

    UM Review RN replied to miko014's topic in General Nursing

    I don't really mind taking care of a coworker; I've cared for coworkers and famous folks and never had a
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    Should I tell my friend or not?

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

    Kinda off-topic but I'm very interested in learning more about pushing so much Lopressor. Could you give me some specifics like why the patient needs that much, and why doesn't the patient crash when...
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    5 worse things a patient can do ...

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

    1. Chest pain patients who refuse Nitro and insist on Dilaudid because they are allergic to everything else. 2. The same patient in #1 who refuses smoking cessation medication and who decides that...
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    IV pumps beeping during report,

    UM Review RN replied to Lorie P.'s topic in General Nursing

    Frankly, it sounds like the Unit Manager needs to have a chat with day shift about coming in on time, and then you all need to get together and figure out a more efficient way to get Report done. 45...
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    The "death smell"

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

    It's hard to describe but I've smelled it many times (years ago, hospitals were not climate-controlled), and it is a very distinctive odor. I always thought it was coming from the skin somehow. Maybe...
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    Do you allow Tele patients to leave unit to smoke?

    UM Review RN posted a topic in General Nursing

    Do you allow Tele patients to leave the unit to smoke or visit the cafeteria? Under what conditions? What are the legal
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    Do you allow Tele patients to leave unit to smoke?

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

    I guess what bothers me about this is that if smokers are so addicted to their smoking that we have to escort them down to smoke, why are the alcoholics not escorted to go have a drink? Both...
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    Nice docs

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

    One of the sweetest, most excellent docs was on our unit late one everning. It had been a horribly busy day and it didn't look like it was going to stop anytime soon. While he was writing orders in...
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    How do you keep your uniforms whit as can be?

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

    Try using a peroxide-based detergent like
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    heparin drip mistake! what would you do?

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

    The only way this is making any sense at all to me is if the OP failed to open the roller clamp to the piggybacked heparin, causing the NS to go in but not the heparin? At that slow rate, the vein...
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    Is this unprofessional?

    UM Review RN replied to Emma123's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    I've worn my scrubs to an interview before and got the job. (Just don't wear your badge in there. ) Let us know how it
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    Is Nursing your Passion

    UM Review RN replied to pat8585's topic in General Nursing

    Yes, it's always been my passion. Even when I wasn't a nurse, I would read everything I could get my hands on about health and healing. All the neighbors and family members would come to me for...