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    Brian Short News

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

    I'm in shock, complete shock. How tragic - how awful - my prayers and my family's prayers going out to all their family and
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    August 2015 Caption Contest. Win $100!

    UM Review RN replied to Joe V's topic in News, Announcements

    This is Harold. He used to be a retail manager, but now he's a student nurse. Because there's a nursing shortage and nurses make really good
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    Travel to Tampa area next winter

    UM Review RN replied to tealrosie33's topic in Travel

    I live in FL and used to work for Baycare. Loved it! No matter where they house you in Pinellas County, you aren't more than 20 minutes from a great beach. Hospitals include: Morton Plant, Mease...
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    I love nursing but I'm too busy to:

    UM Review RN posted a topic in Patient Safety Issues

    _____________Fill in the Blank________________ Name that nursing
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    Can you piggyback critical meds like IV Potassium or Mag at your hospital?

    UM Review RN posted a topic in Patient Medications

    I was taught that we cannot piggyback potentially dangerous IV meds like KCl and Magnesium. Instead, we hook up the KCL to a primary line that goes directly to the pump and then to the patient. That...
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    NS at 125 ml/hr is not an ER order

    UM Review RN replied to Guest219794's topic in Emergency

    Completely unethical and a huge waste of resources right there. But back to the original post - I'm not an ER nurse, but I completely understand and agree with the op's point. Even if that supposedly...
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    Nurses using EKGs

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

    We used to have to share the ekg machine with a sister unit. I always wanted one that would roll faster. Lightweight would be
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    Have you ever done IO IV Placement?

    UM Review RN posted a topic in General Nursing

    Where's the best location to choose? What gauge needle? How deep? Aspirate for blood return? How much flush and how often? Try for an IJ
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    Positioning for Pain Control

    UM Review RN posted a topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Most nurses and CNAs have been taught the obvious -- elderly patients must be moved gently and carefully due to fragile skin and weakened bones - but few of us have been taught the subtler techniques...
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    Med Errors

    UM Review RN posted a topic in Patient Medications

    For our collective benefit, list some of the med errors you've seen committed or caught before they were committed. The only rules are: 1. No blaming. 2. No naming names. 3. State what the error was....
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    How Burned Out Are You?

    UM Review RN posted a topic in General Nursing

    You're a good nurse. You don't take it out on your patients. But you recognize that nursing is a stressful job and that you and your colleagues could be in various stages of burning out. So......how...
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    Coworker quit/fired! Should we know what happened or not?

    UM Review RN posted a topic in General Nursing

    Recently a longtime coworker nurse whom I greatly admired and respected quit without notice. Or she was terminated. We don't know. But the rumors are flying. It got me thinking: Do coworkers have a...
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    Largest Nurses Strike in US History - Replacement Nurses Arrive - Your opinion

    UM Review RN replied to girlvet's topic in Collective Bargaining, Union

    My apologies, first time I saw this thread. I believe that nurses should have rights, too. We're not asking to be able to come to work and sit around at the desk all day; we're asking that we have...
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    Largest Nurses Strike in US History - Replacement Nurses Arrive - Your opinion

    UM Review RN replied to girlvet's topic in Collective Bargaining, Union

    replacement nurses hired at most hospitals [/url] chris williams, associated press writer posted: 6:57 pm mdt june 9, 2010updated: 3:17 pm mdt june 10, 2010 minneapolis -- more than 12,000...
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    Made to float, when I know I will sink.

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

    Just remember, if the patient goes south, you get the blame--and you have to live with your share of the responsibility forever after. Legally, morally, and ethically. I don't know about you, but...
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    can't listen to his stories how to I get out fast?

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

    First: he's not the only one paying big bucks to live there. Others are too. Second: state law limits your pill-passing time to a set period, and you have to be on time for all of the residents....
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    What do you do when telemetry calls?

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

    Never worked with this type of setup...I usually would go look at the monitor and the patient to confirm, because of a all the weird things I've found. Monitor techs can be wrong, leads can get...
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    You can only take so much screaming, impatience, and disdain

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

    Glad you addressed it immediatelly. Those situations are very short-lived in the minds of the perpetrators. Only thing that made me wonder if the doc meant no harm was that she apologised. In my...
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    I pay for these classes and these people won't shut up

    UM Review RN replied to happy2learn's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    As other folks have said: Get to class early enough to be able to choose your seat. Take the one directly in front of the prof. Sit far away from the noisy (un-serious) folks. Establish a relationship...
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    Instructor reamed me even though nurse said I did right thing..what do you think?

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

    HA! Her O2 sats probably were not accurate with that hemoglobin. You can have 100% O2 sats, but if you have only a few red blood cells to pick it up, you're gonna be short on O2. Following the ABC...
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    Instructor reamed me even though nurse said I did right thing..what do you think?

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

    Heck, I thought you did great! You had to get help for the patient, and you did. As a nurse, I would've wished someone did ABG's and got a CXR as soon's the first problem started, but that's just...
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    Those who have left bedside nursing (like me...)

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

    I left bedside nursing to do concurrent review for an insurance company. I miss some aspects of bedside nursing, but just couldn't take the craziness any more. I needed to be able to go to work...
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    Incident report for infiltrated vein?

    UM Review RN replied to 09NewGrad's topic in General Nursing

    It's happened to me a few times. When you find a patient with an infiltrate, take the proper corrective action for the patient, make your note, and write it up. Nothing to take personally; I've had...
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    TV shows and movies that are ruined, because you know better

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

    One of the reasons I enjoy Michael Connelly's books so much is that they're really good with the medical info. Even talks about Prograf for post-transplant. Another author screwed up so bad -- he had...
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    Do you identify yourself as a nurse when you or your family are a patient?

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

    I don't like to have important information sprung on me later, so for all of you who don't tell staff you're a nurse, that's how it feels when you're caring for someone and suddenly someone points...