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    I think I may VOMIT

    UM Review RN replied to MuddaMia's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    Mudda, I think that as crazy as this sounds, you need to go outside and go for a walk somewhere with a friend - the mall, the park, somewhere else, away from the books for a day. It's difficult to...
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    How Burned Out Are You?

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

    I just found out how much (excuse me, make that how little) our LPNs make and I was completely shocked. Many of them actually took a pay cut to be an LPN from a CNA! Not much incentive, is it. When...
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    Whites or Colored scrubs?

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

    To me, it doesn't make my uniform look "professional" to have body fluids splattered on it. This is probably why war nurses didn't wear white. Whites were able to be bleached, which could be why...
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    Nurse-Run Hospital? Why not?

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

    nothing wrong with getting paid a fair salary. but i'd have a hard time imagining any board of directors made up of a majority of nurses would allow this:...
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    Nurse-Run Hospital? Why not?

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

    Nightmare, we've been dealing with this for a few decades and the thing is, if nurses wanted to be administrators, that's what they would do. Most nurses don't want to be administrators, they want to...
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    Nurse-Run Hospital? Why not?

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

    I've been looking at the problems of nursing for years and that's my final answer, Kenny. We don't have the power because we don't own the place. Nurses -especially nurses in power - are not seeing...
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    "The Jesus Factor"

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

    Edited. Sorry, I just reread that and there's just way too much possibility that someone will take offense to it, though none was intended. Carry
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    Why Do Nurses Allow Understaffing?

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

    There is only one real reason that nurses don't have appropriate staffing. It's because we do not own the hospitals. We are just employees, and nowhere in the business world do employees have any say...
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    Any outlandish therapy, you've thought up?

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

    Yes, HIPAA would never allow it, but I would like to place the nurse's desk in the center with private rooms all around it and cameras in each room so that all the confused patients can be visualized...
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    How lame is this

    UM Review RN replied to dramaqueen13315's topic in General Nursing

    True. Perhaps it was a flush.
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    How lame is this

    UM Review RN replied to dramaqueen13315's topic in General Nursing

    5 ml's of heparin? You mean units, right? Not trying to nitpick, just clarifying things for the newbies. The heparin should've been ON the line, as you said. But I agree, you don't want to make waves....
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    IV air bubble compensation

    UM Review RN replied to JL123's topic in General Nursing

    If you had looked carefully, you might have seen that there was still liquid in the tubing of the IV and that no air had gotten into the patient. The reason that the fluids are not completely empty...
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    Whites or Colored scrubs?

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

    Here's a thread that discusses that very issue:
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    Terrifing 1st Day Off Orientation

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

    It's good that you got help, but a couple of things alarmed me: Someone else should've been available to take the patient down to Xray. IMO, it was more important for you to be available for the...
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    Terrifing 1st Day Off Orientation

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

    oops. double post.
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    Deluded Medical Assistant

    UM Review RN replied to pagandeva2000's topic in General Nursing

    In Florida, it is a serious crime to misrepresent oneself as a nurse. It is a misdemeanor and it is reportable. I wish that our ANA would grow a backbone and stop allowing these schools to mislead...
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    Return Dumped Patient to ER

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

    Hi Trudy, here it is. I just happened to recall the name of that thread. https://allnurses.com/forums/f8/so-i-lost-am-i-out-line-233084-4.html You want Post #32 on page 4, I believe.
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    Come, All You Nurse Detectives

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

    Amox does it to me.
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    Come, All You Nurse Detectives

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

    I always get a metallic taste after certain
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    So is hospital nursing better than long term care?

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

    :icon_hug::icon_hug::icon_hug: Sue, a lot of the problems you're encountering are inherent to LTC facilities, which is why I choose not to work in them any longer. Just cannot deal with the politics...
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    Arrogant PA's

    UM Review RN replied to phillyrn10's topic in Emergency

    Thankfully, I have no issues with the PAs I work with. One cardio PA is so awesome that he comes in and does a teaching for the nurses once a month on various Cardiology topics. He explains why the...
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    So I lost it? Am I out of Line?

    UM Review RN replied to fizz2Nurse's topic in General Nursing

    I think we've all had nights like that once in awhile. But I won't put up with it if it's more often than once in awhile or if my Admin doesn't back me up. Somebody has to protect those patients and...
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    Hating nurses? What is going on?

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

    Hatred is often born out of fear. In my younger days, we were afraid of being at the mercy of a bad nurse. Unlike your PCP, you cannot choose your nurses. When I was older (in my teens, that is), I...
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    So what is my problem?

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

    It looks like someone doesn't want you there, Sue, and they're trying to hurt you by penalizing you for everything instead of teaching you how to improve. It's happened to me too, pretty much the same...
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    I'm sure I'll get 10,000 replies saying to run, run, run from this place!

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

    I agree, this is a blatant diversion and you don't want to be held liable in any way. Do what the others said and quit without notice. When the Stuff hits the Fan, you don't need your name getting...