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    As nurses are we just Trained well behavedMonkeys

    UM Review RN replied to madwife2002's topic in General Nursing

    Ever hear of a Code Pink? http://www.redorbit.com/news/health/178764/nurses_and_staff_stand_up_against_uncivil_doctors/index.html Occasionally, if the doc's behavior was truly awful, nurses took it...
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    Why Do Nurses Allow Understaffing?

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

    Space, I have the utmost respect for any nurses who get together and can actually accomplish goals. It can backfire, though. I recall some nurses striking to end mandatory overtime and they did win...
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    So what is my problem?

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

    I'm so glad that it was a favorable review, Sue. I think you have been very upfront and honest about doing your job better and I have a lot of respect for you because of that. You obviously care...
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    Why Do Nurses Allow Understaffing?

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

    I ask, Hogan. But I've been lied to. Those who speak up a lot about things like that where I've worked have been passed over for promotions and, while not actually "counseled" about their staffing...
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    Improving Patient Satisfaction

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

    I know that all of us here are literate, compassionate, and excellent nurses, but the sad fact of the matter is that scripting addresses a larger societal problem: People are rude and crude nowadays....
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    Improving Patient Satisfaction

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

    I listened in amusement, then annoyance when I called my cable company and the poor woman on the other end of the phone went through a script that lasted, honest to god, talking as fast as she could,...
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    Why Do Nurses Allow Understaffing?

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

    Problem is, it's everywhere you go. I fail to see how nurses should bear any responsibility for this issue because it is not and never has been, in nurses' control. Therefore, it seems unfair that...
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    Why Do Nurses Allow Understaffing?

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

    That's only because they own the place. Nurses are the only employees I've ever run across who don't seem to get this pertinent information -- they own it, they run it. Nurses are employees in this...
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    Stressed Nurses: What keeps you going?

    UM Review RN posted a topic in General Nursing

    Nursing is a very stressful job, but I don't have to tell nurses that, do I. Share your secrets. What makes you keep coming back day after day? Here's mine: I nearly walked out one day, I was so...
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    Administering blood w/meds via PICC

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

    I think you'd want to use the largest port for the blood, considering that RBCs are pretty large. I think also, since you need a 4 or 5 French or larger in order to use it for blood draws, so you...
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    What Makes You Feel Burnt Out??? (10 Questions)

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

    as a newbie, i have noticed in several threads that many of you have expressed feeling burnt out from working as a nurse. i would like to know the answers to the following 10 questions from those of...
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    What is this Dosage problem asking?

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

    Actually, it has to do with the old dosing system called "Apothecary," used for medicine. ASA gr. X (the Roman numberal for 10) means "Aspirin, 10 grains," which equals approximately 650 mg. Here's a...
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    Adenosine & Defib...

    UM Review RN replied to ERRNTraveler's topic in Emergency

    Not an ER nurse here, but I would ask myself if hooking the patient up would save a step later when time was of the essence. If it's not needed, fine, no harm,
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    Could I be in trouble? (New nurse)

    UM Review RN replied to megananne7's topic in General Nursing

    We all have learning experiences, megan. :) Ask five different nurses and you'll get five different answers, but here's my take on it: If the patient had any visible injury along with confusion, the...
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    Standard Order Sets

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

    Our admission database includes questions on addictions such as nicotine, alcohol, and street drugs. One of our questions has to do with a referral to Respiratory services if the patient wishes to...
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    Our coworker wants to be the manager and we get to interview him...

    UM Review RN replied to Freshman RN's topic in Emergency

    How would you handle coworkers who disagreed with you? Do you feel that staffers ought to have a voice with management?
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    "The Jesus Factor"

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

    That question is part of our admission database, along with other questions for abuse screening. I always tell people who refuse, "If you change your mind about any of these things, your nurse will be...
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    Sweet Dreams, Baby! Tell us about your strange dreams r/t nursing

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

    Dreamt I was working as usual, except that I had to have a tiger work with me during the shift. The tiger was not very docile, so I was trying to take care of my patients while trying to keep the...
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    How do you remember all the symptoms

    UM Review RN replied to SA2BDOCTOR's topic in General Students

    Mnemonics? Repetition and memorization worked for
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    chronic pain patients: pain in the behind to care for

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

    I don't think so. It's certainly not ethical. I wouldn't be able to lie to the patient about what I was
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    Lessons learned from the other side of the call light

    UM Review RN replied to grace90's topic in General Nursing

    I
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    Baby Shower Games

    UM Review RN replied to nurse79's topic in Ob/Gyn

    There are some great ideas in the threads listed below in "Similar Threads." I'm sure you'll find a few ideas you like. Otherwise, you can Google for baby shower ideas and pull up some other cool...
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    Lessons learned from the other side of the call light

    UM Review RN replied to grace90's topic in General Nursing

    Great thread! Here are a few of mine: 1. Sitting in the hard chair of a waiting room for a couple of nights in a row when a loved one is ill can make YOU sick. Hospitals really need to be more...
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    "The Jesus Factor"

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

    Key words, Chats. The nurse in the OP's version of events sounded as though she was going to wrest a conversion whether the patient wanted to or not. On my deathbed, I'd prefer to have people of the...
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    Nurse-Run Hospital? Why not?

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

    I have to question whether people with a business background have any real business running hospitals - or healthcare, for that matter. Nurses' bottom line is the patient; business's bottom line is...