SionainnRN

SionainnRN

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    You didn't use any specifics examples but considering you've been upset at the direction of this thread from the beginning, it wasn't a stretch to assume you were talking about this one. But you do...
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  5. Nursing Interventions for drug seekers in the ED

    yep, you document that pt states 10/10 pain, currently eating, watching tv in NAD, VSS. Or that they are requesting more pain meds even though they are having a hard time keeping their eyes open or...
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    Motel 6 is cheap and they're everywhere, what's your next
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    No but what you need to do is PLAN for those snow emergencies, by you know, coming in early and grabbing a motel room, or crashing at a coworkers house. No one is saying you can't live far away from...
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    No what I said was in this instance there was no one who could cover his shift. All the other docs had their own shifts to work or were out sick, and you can't just not show up, especially in the ER...
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    Like I said there was no one else who could work. You can't shut down an ER, doesn't happen. And there's not some magical pool of ER docs just lying around. Doc wore a mask and everything was fine....
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    It happens. What was the alternative, closing the ER? Sent from my iPhone using
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  17. Nursing Interventions for drug seekers in the ED

    Why would you make the pt show you their mouth? What is that going to do other than antagonize the pt? I work in a large urban hospital and we have a majority of pts who are drug seekers. You treat...
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    They could care less about their commute time. They let them know that even in the winter storms I the sierra mountains they are expected to come into work. Doesn't matter that their commute is an...
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