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  1. P_RN

    TB test- not sure what to do?? Help!

    P_RN replied to Epona's topic in General Nursing

    Show the negative cxr report. I looked up the Q test and it seems the price will be about $25 minimum. The good thing is it is not affected by the BCG that a lot of immigrants had received when...
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    QUESTION: Who have you TOLD about allnurses.com to ? ? ?

    P_RN replied to CaLLaCoDe's topic in General Nursing

    I talk it upall the time. No one has to know my screen name. The bossman -Brian- has provided us mods with some surcies (college talk for free gifts) and I've handed a bunch out. Everyone I tell...
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    The Annual Stella Award

    P_RN replied to FranEMTnurse's topic in Nursing Humor

    http://www.northwestern.edu/observer/issues/2004-01-08/juries.html According to this and other sites these are all
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    I cried in class today

    P_RN replied to JdNNurse2B's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I was in my GYNs office yesterday for a checkup, and he was telling me about a patient who was 17 weeks and got chickenpox. Her baby was dead, and he was crying as was I at hearing that. I'm 63...
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    Safe Harbor

    P_RN replied to woody62's topic in Texas Nursing

    uhhhhh---y'all getting a little "warm" in here. And I'm not even FROM
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    Safe Harbor Protections

    P_RN replied to mia98's topic in Texas Nursing

    I found this PDF document re: this. I confess I wish ALL states (not only Texas) had this in their BON policies.
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    Unrealistic steriotypes of medicine on TV

    P_RN replied to chnc1024's topic in General Nursing

    Oh but Dr Kildare was sooooo cute......both the TV show and the earlier b&w movies. Totally anachronistic and unlikely, but
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    Lack of confidence in skills, knowledge, experience... trying to return to nursing..

    P_RN replied to Buttercupkitten3's topic in General Nursing

    just a note to say this original post is from
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    Ladies, Can you wear your hair down at work?

    P_RN replied to kgard7777's topic in General Nursing

    I had long, long hair in nursing school and as a gift to my self I had it cut short. Wish I'd never done it. It took years to grow it back and never looked the same. I loved the big chiffon bows that...
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    UGH dumb people

    P_RN replied to Kidrn911's topic in General Nursing

    At headstart I had a little boy who was reported to have "seizures" and they told me to let him squat as that was what his mom told them to do. It didn't sound right to me but after seeing him have a...
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    Florence Nightengale Pledge.

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

    In '74 we were told "if you want a cap....go downtown and buy one-if you want to wear it go ahead but you don't need to.....If you want a stripe or not, that's up to you." "If you want to come to...
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    Help me, I am African Amercian male nurse

    P_RN replied to PurifiedH2O's topic in General Nursing

    This is one case where a Nurse is a Nurse is good enough for me. I recently had a terrifying visit to the ER, cath lab and pacemaker OR. Believe me I loved every Nurse I came in contact with. None...
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    Have I displayed drug seeking behavior??

    P_RN replied to elthia's topic in General Nursing

    My pharmacy insurance is through Medco and they interpret just about the same as yours. However, my doc has been successful in making appeals for a couple of expensive drugs. When you have such a...
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    CEU requirement in ILLINOIS?

    P_RN replied to BlearnRN's topic in Illinois Nursing

    Let's move this to the Illinois forum. I took a look at the Professions web page and that is too confusing to even attempt. My suggestion would be to call the
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    Alternatives to Pajam...I Mean, Scrubs

    P_RN replied to NursingAgainstdaOdds's topic in General Nursing

    Thhis reminds me of the phrase "what goes around, comes around". Back in 91 our floor had 11 nurses get called up for the 1st Gulf War. We were really short staffed, really fast, and we voted to go...
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    Have You Had Your Gall Bladder Out?

    P_RN replied to Meerkat's topic in General Nursing

    This is a year old thread y'all. I had mine out in 96 and aside from shoulder pain from the abd. insufflation very little pain. LOT of diarrhea though....had to stay really near the loo. Then last...
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    ANGRY! There's no place to eat or drink 'round here!

    P_RN replied to CaLLaCoDe's topic in General Nursing

    It been "the rule" ever since I've been a Nurse. My state health dept is called DHEC and they'll write the place up in a skinny minute. Do you really want to take a sip of that bright yellow substance...
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    IV Push Practice

    P_RN replied to Deb123j's topic in General Nursing

    Lasix a MG a minute? or a mil a minute? I've given as much as 240 mg of Lasix at a time(too fast and you can cause deafness) but 240 minutes is waaaaay too slow. Frankly eyeballing it has always...
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    Pet Peeve: Poor Grammar by Nurses

    P_RN replied to FireStarterRN's topic in General Nursing

    them darn't infinitives. cap'n kirk said it all (wrong) to boldly go where no man has gone before....... | split by →an adverb←, how humbling.| but then the good cap'n had other...
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    Guess the mispronounced medical term

    P_RN replied to EricJRN's topic in General Nursing

    doctor writes darvocettes all the time. lpn says tie-nol clerk says patient needs to go to the foundation room ? facility/bathroom? she's from nigeria so maybe a little is lost in the accent. baby...
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    Has your hospital closed the floor for low census?

    P_RN replied to nursenatalie's topic in General Nursing

    Yes back in '93 when the health initiative the Clintons proposed, our floor got down to 3 patients. But we had almost all certified RNs. The other end was chosen to be closed and we got their...
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    what do you say when thanked?

    P_RN replied to NurseNature's topic in General Nursing

    In the first example: Thank you, she was a lovely and loving lady wasn't she. I shall miss her Thanks for closing my door: Oh, you are welcome. Thanks for bringing donuts: Hey, you get to bring...
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    What do you think about cell phone use?

    P_RN replied to RNontheroad's topic in General Nursing

    I was in ICU a while back and all the nurses and staff carried at least 2 cell phnes. I had monitors up the ying-yang and nary a blip was out of place. I wonder how old the studies on this
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    Oh my......nowwhaddoIdo?

    P_RN replied to TazziRN's topic in General Nursing

    I don't think it's so much competition as fact. Some people are better than others at some
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    seek all U.S. accelerated BSN programs that meet Ca. stndrds

    P_RN replied to 2bnurseyogi's topic in Nursing Career

    That UA partnership program looks goodern' gold. I wonder when the prickles start sticking