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pricklypear

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  1. Hospital infections on Good Morning Amercia.

    pricklypear replied to sunnyjohn's topic in General Nursing

    She wrote me back a terse email ( apparently she missed the graduate class on professional courtesy) which referred me to some study by the RAND group, which she says was published in the NEJM in June...

  2. Nurses Who Shouldn't be Nurses

    pricklypear replied to bobnurse's topic in General Nursing

    No problem, Alexillytom. :) I

  3. Need advice and reassurance on a bad situation.

    pricklypear replied to midnightRN's topic in Medical-Surgical

    Who does respond to the code if the patient isn't on the first

  4. Hospital infections on Good Morning Amercia.

    pricklypear replied to sunnyjohn's topic in General Nursing

    OK, I'm a little mad now. I just cruised over to GMA to check out the stuff, which led me here... http://hospitalinfectionrates.org This group seems to disseminate information that is not based on...

  5. Hospital infections on Good Morning Amercia.

    pricklypear replied to sunnyjohn's topic in General Nursing

    It's my favorite! It came from the movie "The Kid" with Bruce Willis. He was talking to one of his whiny "Image Consultant"

  6. Nurses Who Shouldn't be Nurses

    pricklypear replied to bobnurse's topic in General Nursing

    Alexillytom : That's my point...if I was just out to make some money, it wouldn't be in nursing. Too many headaches just for a

  7. Ranking Order.

    pricklypear replied to ARNPsomeday's topic in General Nursing

    well, you guys have convinced me!! I guess I would rank MAs parallel to LPNs - since their scope has a much wider potential than CNAs. Hi Andi! Nice to see you

  8. Nurses Who Shouldn't be Nurses

    pricklypear replied to bobnurse's topic in General Nursing

    If you're upset with me, I'm sorry, I meant no offense to anybody. I don't really care why people choose nursing, as long as they do their jobs well. I was just saying, that if I were looking only...

  9. Hospital infections on Good Morning Amercia.

    pricklypear replied to sunnyjohn's topic in General Nursing

    How sad! They don't even have a foley in surgery??? What if they pee the table? How good could that be? Maybe they're taking it out in PACU? My husband had an emergency appy last year and they...

  10. Ranking Order.

    pricklypear replied to ARNPsomeday's topic in General Nursing

    :thankya: I had to work really hard at it. Anyway, about the MA/LVN thing...MAs aren't licenced, LVNs are. LVNs/LPNs can be certified to give IV meds, and can actually administer medication. MAs...

  11. Ranking Order.

    pricklypear replied to ARNPsomeday's topic in General Nursing

    Gotcha! I see now. I guess I just tend to lump everybody together. I guess you could draw a parallel between them, but the equivalant to a nurse would be missing in the medical column. Nursing...

  12. Nurses Who Shouldn't be Nurses

    pricklypear replied to bobnurse's topic in General Nursing

    I can't understand how anybody could stay in nursing if they were in it only for the money. I think it's way too much work and stress - and you can make money elsewhere. There are so many things...

  13. Ranking Order.

    pricklypear replied to ARNPsomeday's topic in General Nursing

    begalli! You usually make so much sense, but ya lost me here! Are you ranking a MA above an RN?? My list was from lowest to

  14. Tired of people disrespecting where I work before I even start

    pricklypear replied to sarah_bellum's topic in General Nursing

    Sometimes I think people just hold onto beliefs and prejudices too long. Rumors fly about how "bad" one hospital is and they stick. I think I would just respond "A lot has changed since then, and it...

  15. Ranking Order.

    pricklypear replied to ARNPsomeday's topic in General Nursing

    I'll do my best - some may not agree!! CNA/Medical assistant * LPN/LVN RN Physician Assistant * I found out recently that some MAs actually have 2 year degrees in medical assisting. CNAs do not....

  16. Need advice and reassurance on a bad situation.

    pricklypear replied to midnightRN's topic in Medical-Surgical

    You have WAY nicer ER docs than we do! Some of ours are OK, but some don't really care what's "good for the patient" unless it's an ER pt. One in particular sometimes doesn't even show up at codes....

  17. Definitions

    pricklypear replied to FranEMTnurse's topic in Nursing Humor

    :chuckle :rotfl: :chuckle :rotfl: :chuckle :rotfl: Good one

  18. Need advice and reassurance on a bad situation.

    pricklypear replied to midnightRN's topic in Medical-Surgical

    Our ER docs are not required and will not respond to calls like that. They come for codes, and a select few of them will re-intubate someone or start a central line. This is because they are not...

  19. staying neutral in nursing ground zero

    pricklypear replied to GN1974's topic in General Nursing

    I think it is a lack of manager involvement in conflict issues. These days it seems like the usual practice is 'you people need to settle this amongst yourselves' That works great for those of us...

  20. new nurse on cardiac unit

    pricklypear replied to hzrizen's topic in Cardiac

    Hi Donna! That sounds like a pretty good unit to start on if you're interested in cardiac nursing. The ratios sound good, and the orientation sounds more than adequate. I started out on a tele...

  21. Hospital infections on Good Morning Amercia.

    pricklypear replied to sunnyjohn's topic in General Nursing

    If this is true - that she said it's "often overlooked by hospital staff", I'm glad I didn't watch it. It's not something I have ever seen overlooked. I'd like to see the research behind

  22. Hospital infections on Good Morning Amercia.

    pricklypear replied to sunnyjohn's topic in General Nursing

    I don't think I've heard about it, but I can totally see how it's happening. With the rise in infection ->the rise in abx use = rise in yeast proliferation. Treat that ineffectively, and

  23. staying neutral in nursing ground zero

    pricklypear replied to GN1974's topic in General Nursing

    That's so true. Good advice. Toxic people are rarely very helpful, either. Much more likely to let you sink in a crisis. I avoid gossip and stuff like that usually by giving some neutral answer -...

  24. Hospital infections on Good Morning Amercia.

    pricklypear replied to sunnyjohn's topic in General Nursing

    Wouldn't that be funny if people started asking their doctor "Now, YOU are going to be taking pre-surgery abx before you operate on me, right?" "Some doctor on GMA said it was a good idea." I...

  25. Hospital infections on Good Morning Amercia.

    pricklypear replied to sunnyjohn's topic in General Nursing

    The only time I can think of where several days worth of Abx is used before surgery is the bad teeth + bad valve