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    nursing caps

    P_RN replied to biker nurse's topic in General Nursing

    All I can do is smile. There must be almost as many threads on here about caps as all the other topics put
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    Some one please tell me

    P_RN replied to misslo's topic in General Nursing

    My sincere condolences for your loss. That was indeed a sad thing to
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    TKR question

    P_RN replied to rntoon's topic in Orthopedic

    http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/40103.php This is an older article without some of the more recent info on the COX-2s. But some good info here. So they may inhibit bone healing; nsaids...
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    I was just thinking about the child who was disemboweled

    P_RN posted a topic in General Nursing

    at the country club pool. Apparently she sank to the bottom and the suction was strong enough to pull her small gut out. It seems to me this would be a perfect trial of a stomach, pancreas, liver...
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    Ever get infection/ disease from a patient??

    P_RN replied to philosophical's topic in General Nursing

    Mycoplasma pneumonia from a man who was too tall for the stretcher. I was supporting his shoulders and he coughed right into my face. Couple of days later was dawg sick. Shoot we were moving him...
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    Columbia SC Hospitals??

    P_RN replied to TangoLima's topic in General Nursing

    http://www.sciway.net/med/colamed.html this is the SC State information site. Palmetto Health is the largest system in the state. I really don't know much about the other hospitals though, I did...
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    Short Cuts in Nursing

    P_RN replied to NeuroMedic's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    Well 33 years ago I aced the boards and became an RN. Worked my tukkus off those 32 years. Had to have surgery, got a physical clearance from my internist, had the surgery went home to recover....ta...
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    He want to study medicine after finishing his BSN Degree

    P_RN replied to Adham Ahmed's topic in General Nursing

    I know several people who have taken this route. Most worked as nurses during semester breaks and vacations while in medical school. Where are you located? In the US it usually takes 4 years to...
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    desparately seeking advice

    P_RN replied to 3rdgenRN2B's topic in General Nursing

    what you want to do is the thing that counts. took me 12 years and 2 intervening degrees-one mama wanted, 1 hubby wanted-and then the one i wanted-33 years a nurse so far. i'm retired but it was...
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    Is There An AllDoctors.com?

    P_RN replied to pagandeva2000's topic in General Nursing

    http://alldoctors.com/ Actually according to my address bar there is an alldoctors.com so not actually a mirror image com vs net. But it's blue and that's my favorite
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    Knee-Pain Mystery

    P_RN replied to WannaBeNrse's topic in Orthopedic

    Did they check leg length differences? I had to quit driving a straight shift car cause of chondromalacia. It was just as you describe it. But guess what fixed it? A 'felt cookie' in my left shoe...
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    Nursing hat with ruffles required?

    P_RN replied to Suninmyheart's topic in General Nursing

    Here's a site with some history and pictures. http://www.civilization.ca/hist/infirm/inevo03e.html I always wanted a cupcake cap just to add to my collection. My first one was neat, second got...
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    Hospital Workers Suspended for Peeking at George Clooney's Medical Info

    P_RN replied to student456's topic in General Nursing

    True violation. ButIMHO a large pay cut/even a drop in "rank" for x number of days/months/years might make others aware you can't get away with this. Confronted by stares from your peers has a great...
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    Don't you just love the stereotype?

    P_RN replied to annmariern's topic in General Nursing

    Mah mule SuKie May is illin' this here week and I ain't been up to the mercantile. Annybod; git a pohotygraph of that invisible Nus' they could show us what she looks like. I personally, myself, make...
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    Which nursing skills do you dread?

    P_RN replied to TigerGalLE's topic in General Nursing

    I hate recording a code. I can't write as fast as the 2 dozen people are shouting. I wish there were a tv camera in every room that would just record it all. Then some of the doofi (med students)...
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    Fired from longtime job, too much LOA r/t cancer, deaths in family. Not Fair.....

    P_RN replied to FireStarterRN's topic in General Nursing

    Add this little piggy to the nursing service cost control line. Your'e sick? Too bad-call in every day before 4 am oh and you can only have FMLA once in a 365 day term. Oh and we can have 3 new RNs...
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    Can nursing schools kick out students who are overweight?

    P_RN replied to veritas's topic in General Nursing

    Goodness. There has to be more to this tale than just 20kg over. *I* am that and a pretty good nurse too if I may brag on myself. at my height I should weigh (according to the Met scales) 100# for...
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    Nurses: what's your Myers-Briggs classification??

    P_RN replied to Diary/Dairy's topic in General Nursing

    gosh it's been over 10 years....i think i was istj-that sounds right. i just found a place and ran it again. 10 years now and i'm still istj. your type is...
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    What's "CVVH" in the ICU??

    P_RN replied to tutored's topic in General Nursing

    Would someone give us a precis on what's actually done? I've only done the dialysis with the AV-fistula or shunt. Not V
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    Wrist blood pressure cuffs

    P_RN replied to OklaLPN's topic in General Nursing

    I have an OMRON digital one that you inflate yourself. Its results are almost identical with what I get with my regular self BP cuff and Littman. I tried it around my wrist just to see and got...
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    BON wants my adoption decree!

    P_RN replied to brookorrn's topic in General Nursing

    Congratulations, NURSE! And someone at your BON ought to be very, very
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    NEW TECHNOLOGY TO HELP START IVs

    P_RN replied to toni ann's topic in General Nursing

    That second link looks like the special effects used on the "Bionic Woman" the other night! I have had times I wished for something that could make veins appear. I became pretty good at starting IVs...
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    Does anyone here have a pacemaker? Tell me about it.

    P_RN replied to P_RN's topic in General Nursing

    Thank
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    Nurses that write their own orders

    P_RN replied to Kanani_Ikike's topic in General Nursing

    Look on your board of nursing site. I'm happy to say I worked at a teaching hospital and it had physician residents up the ying-yang. I'm in SC and on our BON there are multiple scope of practice for...
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    Does anyone here have a pacemaker? Tell me about it.

    P_RN replied to P_RN's topic in General Nursing

    Not seeking advice. Im a supermoderator here :) I got one in August and so far I know of NO ONE who has one. So while I *know* about pacers, I'd like to hear of any nurses who have