Rob72 ASN, RN

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    Standard Hospital Scrubs National Standard?

    Rob72 replied to HeartsOpenWide's topic in General Nursing

    While these ideas are touted as "safety", they are not. In fact, it decreases safety, in that anyone determined to enter the facility with felony(ies) in mind, knows exactly what to wear. BTDT,...
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    Fantastic CNA. but...

    Rob72 replied to nursetiffany.'s topic in General Nursing

    Weeelll... as a CNA she is licensed under the BON. Not being on your assigned post, w/o notification is neglect or abandonment. I've had times when the power went out, and I was running late, but it...
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    Your body did what?!?

    Rob72 replied to pink_shoes99's topic in General Nursing

    Sissy! That's how my (now) wife and I started dating- after a conversation over a single gangrenous toe. Ahhh, medical practioner love,
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    The Bearing Ring

    Rob72 replied to Kooky Korky's topic in General Nursing

    Fixed that.:) I take some small consolation in the fact that useless MBAs will be a large percentage of tangenital deaths when the "switch is flicked", and our First World become a member of the Turd...
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    Education helpful for corrections nursing?

    Rob72 replied to flipflopsRN's topic in Correctional

    Depends on what you're wanting to do. Outside of hard sciences, BS degrees are pretty much all BS, no different than the BSN. I worked as a CO, and as an EMT, so I took a few CJ courses as fillers,...
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    Insulin tips for no bubbles in syringe

    Rob72 replied to princess pickles's topic in General Nursing

    Physiologically, no. Subjectively, it may give a lasting burning
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    responsibility to report threats?

    Rob72 replied to nursecass's topic in General Nursing

    No, this is not "PHI", this is a physical threat, and carries the duty to report(i.e., the doc could sue for wilful endangerment by the facility and management, the QC person as an individual). Matter...
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    How does the study of sociology relate to Nursing?

    Rob72 replied to Aiesram's topic in General Nursing

    I'm going to confess a personal bias- sociology operates on the belief that societies are able to make positive choices to improve the lives of adherents to the society. History really doesn't bear...
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    Insulin tips for no bubbles in syringe

    Rob72 replied to princess pickles's topic in General Nursing

    I will disagree slightly, in that if you are using current 28-30g tuberculin insulin syringes, the amount of needle-air is insignificant(i.e., if you see bubbles, there is too much). Also, while it...
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    lab top color for vanco trough?

    Rob72 replied to lsvalliant's topic in General Nursing

    ?? you mean whole blood vs. serum? serum is the liquid sans cellular material, typically used in chemistry analysis. whole blood would be your anti-coag tubes, for hematology(cbc, pt/ptt,
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    Will the stress of nursing be too much for me?

    Rob72 replied to SoCal student's topic in General Nursing

    Wellll, it isn't an unreasonable question. If your love is psych, you should already know the questions to be asking: Is my desire (arousal bias) effecting my ability to make clear judgements? Am I...
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    lab top color for vanco trough?

    Rob72 replied to lsvalliant's topic in General Nursing

    FYI, it used to be plain red, as there was some question as to whether the serum separator gel would actually filter out some drug particulates. Facilities do differ (call!), but I suspect that you'll...
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    Is a blood glucose of 455 ever "normal"?

    Rob72 replied to gatoraims RN's topic in Diabetes, Endocrine Nursing

    I know, but continuing care is a series of long, involved progress notes. Death is a single packet. You are absolutely correct, but many docs aren't comfortable/proficient enough (nor are many...
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    Developmental Psychology

    Rob72 replied to ttownstudent's topic in General Nursing

    You're welcome! When you're out of school, and have the time, look up some of the pubs from the FBI and the Behavioral Science Unit. Some cool stuff. If you're, "someone who notices things", and you...
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    Developmental Psychology

    Rob72 replied to ttownstudent's topic in General Nursing

    Thank you for the sunshine! You are absolutely correct, I agree with all of the criticisms you state. I guess what I come back to is the concept that in every effective lie, there is a kernel of...
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    Developmental Psychology

    Rob72 replied to ttownstudent's topic in General Nursing

    Agreed. But. Erickson and Maslow, the foundationals, are repeatable, verifiable and generalizable, would you not agree? I'm very much a believer in personal responsibility, and in that context, I've...
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    Developmental Psychology

    Rob72 replied to ttownstudent's topic in General Nursing

    Psych based teaching is called "effective manipulation". As noted, many don't want to change, many aren't near a state of readiness to change, and with those groups one is simply more aware of the...
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    Developmental Psychology

    Rob72 replied to ttownstudent's topic in General Nursing

    t.student, read over what I posted. I hope it will give you some direction. If I need to be more specific, or if you need anecdotes, LMK. I don't want to write the paper,
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    Developmental Psychology

    Rob72 replied to ttownstudent's topic in General Nursing

    Laur, try reading some of the non-sociological criminal psych stuff by Stanton Samenow, economic psych (motivational/bias) by Dan Ariely, Dan Korem's personality assessments and some of the extreme...
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    Developmental Psychology

    Rob72 replied to ttownstudent's topic in General Nursing

    If you have a poor professor (common), or don't bother to assess the decisional processes of your patient population, psych is neither fun nor useful. A primary responsibility of the nurse is patient...
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    Ring Cutters

    Rob72 replied to ashleyjean3's topic in Emergency

    I'd second the Gem. With the increased use of Ti, tungsten and cobalt, especially for guys, manual cutters won't do. Using the Gem, we would sometimes have someone else ("someone" being the pt, at...
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    Manager mad RN followed policy and procedure!

    Rob72 replied to elfinM's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    As with most "cost containment" policies, a statistician crunched the numbers, and advised Legal that it was a statistically valid choice. Don't need all those $$ phlebs, techs, or aides, if you can...
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    FIRED!!! What to do now?

    Rob72 replied to safiri's topic in General Nursing

    Only before the end of the probationary
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    Dealing with sexual harrassment and verbal harrassment from patients?

    Rob72 replied to ksm23's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    You've made a subjective-conditional statement, followed be a declarative. First, you need to define, for yourself, whether the comments are inappropriate or not. If you do in fact "know" it happens,...
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    Stethoscope Complications

    Rob72 replied to LunaSkye's topic in Nurse Disabilities

    Here's a place to follow: http://www.amphl.org/stethoscopes.php I don't know which scope you have, but: Available for $50-70 less than MSRP, if you shop around:...