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butane bottle in the rectum, could have been an explosive situation. that and the grntleman who decided to remove his penis because it hurt to pee

I know its off topic but we're nurses we do not diagnose CHF, or anything of the sort. I know where you are coming from here, but ....... Also how can the public possibly percieve nursing when nursing as a whole has no agreement on what that percept...

Often on the floor when we had such problems we would use the creams and then cover it with long john tops, always worked well, but got a bit warm in summer

Erin, both area's have a hospital they are smaller but decent. Neither are trauma centers. All high acuity pt's either go to Harrisburg or York. kelly Actually the level one trauma in the area is Hershey, Several staff take the drive from Chambersbur...

maybe I'm crazy here, but how about what would the patient want. Not what the family wants, not what JCAHO wants, not what Billy Bo Bob Bush wants. What does the patient want, shouldn't this sort of thing be addressed at the time we look at advance...

I don't know about other areas, but we definitely take students without any clinical put them some classes for a few weeks then assign them to RN's to learn the ropes. I was one and also have precepted several. They are doing basic stuff, baths amb...

Look into your local hospitals many of them have what my facility calls a nurse extern. even while you are in prereqs you can learn life in several depts and get paid for it. They actually teach you basic nursing tasks which will be great in clinic...

Sorry but I think that reply was slightly out of line. 1 nursing students need to help each other learn. 2 It is NEVER too soon to be a patient advocate. The insulin thing still befuddles me would you actually concider pushing heparin with an insu...

I think ultrascope makes a yellow one You can even get designs in the heads and most colored tubing. lots of online stores have them. happy hunting

forgot the most important thing the number of staff total higher acuity requires more licened staff in general. Higher staff numbers = better moral for staff, but lower cash flow for mgt

just guessing at what you're asking here. As far as safety goes the more staff the less likely injuries are to occur in pts or nurses from what I've read. Cost wise nurses are expensive NLAP's aren't as expensive but are limited in what they can do...

Don't try to make yourself out as a victim here Greensleeves you just questioned the motivation of a person who has chosen a particular calling, to expect anything less then an emotional reply is rediculious. Your question was not one that should no...

PACU and a little med surg on the side

speechless, furious, and generally offended. sounds like our troll had some form of freudian hang up JMO but for the record there is a similar thread here about males and revealing procedures. I believe the concensus of it was in a revealing procedur...

fine idea as soon as all MD's have PHD's

When I took the NCLEX a few years back and palpating BP and then following up with the manual BP cuff was called "the 2 step BP method" old idea new name I also leart this when I was in EMS can't hear Korotokoff sounds over the wheel noise Also in ...

Do not carry your illegal handgun in the front of your pants especially if the safety is off, didn't you see 8mile you will damage the goods and will require ice packs to your scrotum for an extended period of time (just yesterday) Also after you ac...

Word from mgt " pt satisfaction scores must go up or no more bonuses for you" Odd that pts spending 2 days in the ER or staying in PACU overnight would be unhappy with the service. Not to mention the poor understaffed floor nurses. Did I mention f...

In order to unionize in a workplace a vote must be held and a large majoity must approve. Facilities are not allowed to intimidate or threaten you for attempting to unionize. the best start tould be to contact one of the national unions they have l...

Thought to all out there maybe the essence of the prayer is to help sooth the sayer not the one its being said over. I may not be the same faith as you but have no fear I would not hold offence we all have things to do in order to tolerate a patient...

the inpatient cocktail Metoprolol percocet Ducolax Prozac combivent

Possibly PACU or out pt surgery the bulk of their pts are gone by 5pm

I don't know if a tox screen is a good idea, acid and ectasy are pretty soluble and run through the system pretty quickly (learnt this from a really intresting pt in psych) it may be possible that other similat drugs do also. If the screen would com...

I have a couple classics. Had a woman come in BAC up in the 4's Massive vaginal bleeding, She had just been D/C from the hospital the day before post TAH and her and her other half decided to celebrate with some copulating; tore everything apart had...