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    I am physically sick with worry :(

    P_RN replied to SmithTNRN's topic in General Nursing

    Call your OB and get the final opinion (and reassurance). You didn't touch it and you learned a great lesson you will never
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    Criticized by the media...(long)

    P_RN replied to RN in pink's topic in Emergency

    Your rooms should be at least clean. What we did was make incident reports for every complaint that we got for our horrid carpet they put in our patient rooms. Hey we got renovated within the year....
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    so happy!

    P_RN replied to labrador4122's topic in General Nursing

    That was always my dream-to teach. Good luck with the interview and let us know stat OK? How it went I
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    Cats in the the facility

    P_RN replied to NurseLoveJoy88's topic in General Nursing

    We declined an ECF for Mama 'cause they had not only a dozen or so cats roaming with the accompanying odors, but rottweilers , parakeets out of their caged flying around and a parrot with a profane...
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    RN working as LPN in insurance work

    P_RN replied to thekid's topic in General Nursing

    You are an RN working as an RN but getting LPN pay. You are held to the RN scope of practive. Do not let them talk you into calling yourself an
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    Largest Nurses Strike in US History - Replacement Nurses Arrive - Your opinion

    P_RN replied to girlvet's topic in Collective Bargaining, Union

    i am for minnesota nurses!!! you go guys and gals!!!!! *_________* , a replacement nurse from florida, said she will get paid between $1,600 and $1,800 for the one day of work. all of her expenses...
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    Anyone familiar with Lemierre's?

    P_RN replied to sadie252's topic in General Nursing

    Lemierre's syndrome - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia The description sounds horrible. I wonder how many doctors have even heard of this. By the time you get through a typical antibiotic course for...
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    CNA license?

    P_RN replied to Marissa2619's topic in General Nursing

    It's a certification not a license. In my state the State Health Department handles
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    get pt. up off the floor and keep your back healthy?

    P_RN replied to ontocrna's topic in General Nursing

    As a BIN (back injured nurse) believe me there is no going back after you do something and injure your back. For some reason our hospital had a cache of Korean War type folding stretchers. Canvas with...
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    lpn supervising RN!!!

    P_RN replied to masry123's topic in General Nursing

    As far as I know it is NOT legal, nor are you covered since the LPN scope of practice is not that of the RN. You need to get with your state board's legal dept. to make sure. This happened to me...
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    Posting advice: "I can't do this, ...I don't understand you"

    P_RN replied to cmonkey's topic in General Nursing

    In a profession where a mere dot/period can KILL someone, there is no room for misunderstanding. You might as well learn proper ENGLISH writing skills NOW! The texting goes on your Blackberry or I...
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    "Bundle Switches"

    P_RN replied to lsad78's topic in General Nursing

    this is from the univ. of utah and to me explains pretty well most arrhythmias. http://library.med.utah.edu/kw/ecg/ecg_outline/Lesson6/index.html THen there's always you tube Wenkebach...
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    medication aides

    P_RN replied to makes needs known's topic in General Nursing

    Medication Aides - Nursing for Nurses _________________________________________________________________ Doing a search of allnurses, I found a 15 page thread about medication aides starting in 2002...
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    Meniscal Allograft

    P_RN replied to cicatrixx15's topic in Orthopedic

    We aren't perrmitted to give medical advice here, however: Are you using an orthopaedist who specializes in knees? In particular a sports medicine orthopedist? My doctor who did my shoulder had his...
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    Employment Dilemma

    P_RN replied to Kim, HHRN's topic in General Nursing

    If I may answer also. I went from A bunch of non hospital jobs; Headstart etc to hospital and then to Public health. I found myself floundering. I had skills but not what was needed in home health...
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    Question about hepatitis B vaccine

    P_RN replied to CrazierThanYou's topic in General Nursing

    Ask your doctor or NP to check with the CDC. I took the series when it first came out I cant even remember how long ago. I've been told repeatedly that is all I would ever need even if no titer...
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    Took out wrong person's IV

    P_RN replied to jess17's topic in General Nursing

    I had an order once to take out a foley on April XX. That happened to be my Mother's birthday. SO the date stuck in my memory. I went to the gift shop, bought Mama a gift and had it wrapped, still...
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    Can a pt get a PE with a Picc line that has a miniscule opening?

    P_RN replied to pookiesmom's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    What was the brand of the
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    A Wardrobe Malfunction, or Why Not to Wear A Halloween Costume to Work

    P_RN replied to VivaLasViejas's topic in General Nursing

    I dressed up like Florence Nightingale and another nurse like Raggedy Ann. The visitor in the room a far from the station you can get decided to rag on her husband that she was having an affair and...
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    associate's degree continuing to bachelor's degree

    P_RN replied to purple*11's topic in General Nursing

    South Carolina is implementing a program where all junior or 2 year state colleges will have total credit
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    Should I tell the hiring manager??

    P_RN replied to Epona's topic in General Nursing

    I totally agree with not telling until you are actually hired. While it is illegal to discriminate, I was told I wasn't hired for a desk job telephoning insurance companies to precertify coverage...
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    Straight caths - to clamp or not to clamp?

    P_RN replied to SaraO'Hara's topic in General Nursing

    Most of the quads I worded with in vocational rehabilitation cathed themselves and emptied their bladder.In the very old days of my career This was the fashion (74-78) but now days the urologists I...
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    Greenville, Columbia, or Charleston?

    P_RN replied to redshott's topic in General Nursing

    The first two years at South University campus in Columbia are not in Nursing but in "Health Sciences" I guess that's comparable to other schools that have a tier system but that just bothers me a...
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    South University

    P_RN replied to avaloncar's topic in General Nursing

    Of note: The baccalaureate is only at the West Palm Beach and Tampa campuses in Florida. The RN to BSN is the only one the SC campus
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    First year here ... how'd you get there?

    P_RN replied to brookeycookie's topic in General Nursing

    With me it was trial and error, job hopping if you will. I REALLY wanted to be an OR nurse 'til I was one and then