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    My boyfriend's back

    P_RN replied to ReinventingMyselfAgain's topic in Orthopedic

    hastypasty.net absolutely. Ask about Charite'. Make sure you go to spinal disorders and not pain. Great bunch of folks Sorry though we are not able to give advice on treatment. So the thread will be...
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    Ethical/Legal question

    P_RN replied to Sis123's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    However you see it, does the patient have a choice? Off topic story. My father had a brain tumor, they gave him versed when he was having an arteriogram. He went into a coma shortly thereafter. My...
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    Trouble c accents at work?

    P_RN replied to Suninmyheart's topic in General Nursing

    F'shah tis. But y'all is always plural so all y'all would be inclusive of several y'all groups. Say there were the Baptists over yonder and the pentacostals over that away, then to call 'em to...
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    Pain shots are us, not this nurse!

    P_RN replied to CaLLaCoDe's topic in General Nursing

    Never enraged. If they ask, they get it. I believe the most dilaudid I ever gave was 10 mg q
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    Patient as Customer model of healthcare

    P_RN replied to GardenDove's topic in General Nursing

    What about "Nursing Service Line" The first robot welds the frame together, the second puts a windshield in the Nursing service line hands out meds, the next server puts in the seats and the last...
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    You Know You're an Old(er) Nurse If . . .

    P_RN replied to hollyvk's topic in General Nursing

    I just thought of a "terrible one" you hate to empty foley bags for fear of having a "gasseous eruption" when you squat
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    need help with care of child with cardites

    P_RN replied to lorinurse's topic in General Nursing

    I am not familiar with the term cardites. You may want to post on the student nurses forum for some help, but we do encourage our members to do their own
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    How long can you go without working and your license not go inactive?

    P_RN replied to nursemom33's topic in General Nursing

    SC requires I think 940 hours in 5 years. You can go inactive anytime you want and not have to pay the biyearly fee though and reactivate your license with CEs or take the NCLEX (gasp)...
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    What makes you nervous about or irritated with a new grad or orientee?

    P_RN replied to GardenDove's topic in General Nursing

    I really had to think on this one. I want my new orientee to put forth an effort to be on time, be clean and smell good. You'd be surprised at what I saw on some young people. I want them to...
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    Munchausen's by Proxy?

    P_RN replied to Patient's topic in Psychiatric

    Susan Smith is from the state I live in. I honestly don't believe she is afflicted with MBP anymore than my back door is. She found her children inconvenient and manufactured a story to rid herself...
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    Do you use filtered needles for Im injections

    P_RN replied to ceen's topic in Emergency

    I have to say no. They were not available when I was
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    Have you ever been a patient?

    P_RN replied to Bluehair's topic in General Nursing

    Yes a patient back in the fall. I was very unhappy to see that particular facility that usually has good press. The unit I was on was dirty, really dirty. The RNs were competent-but distant. Maybe...
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    Trouble reading/decipering orders & meds

    P_RN replied to JoAnna McNurse's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Mine's gotten so bad I hate trying to read my own. In college I printed everything. What does an 18 year old know? Anyway that fad went bye bye and I have/had a pretty good handwriting. I guess I...
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    When they can't (or won't) walk anymore...

    P_RN replied to Jo Dirt's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Does he have Parkinsons? My MIL did that too though not so
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    Good Bye to Nursing for me...

    P_RN replied to healer27's topic in General Nursing

    Healer27 it sounds like you didn't get the introduction to the nursing life. Not all nurses work in hospitals. I didn't until I'd been out of school almost 5 years. In life there are just mean...
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    You Know You're an Old(er) Nurse If . . .

    P_RN replied to hollyvk's topic in General Nursing

    That's about the funniest thing I've heard all week!!! Eggbeaters.....metamucil.....purple
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    Lowest blood sugar you have seen

    P_RN replied to AfloydRN's topic in General Nursing

    I saw a documented and witnessed BS of
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    Reporting a Doctor

    P_RN replied to NurseWi_JennJenn's topic in General Nursing

    What I did was make an occurrence report, I kept a copy, I gave the weekend director and I slipped one under the DON's door. I then wrote a short letter to my service chief (Like say I was...
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    Questions: Nurses leaving the Profession

    P_RN replied to anouk's topic in General Nursing

    HARD isn't the word for it. I think we handle weights equivalent to dock workers. Except if their load drops oh well it's probably be OK. Another is the attitude of corporate/money...
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    Is becoming a nurse harder now?

    P_RN replied to clemmm78's topic in General Nursing

    My BSN 2 1/2 years were awful. Instead of the large fish in the small high school pond all of a sudden I was with a tank of big fish and sharks. When DH proposed between soph and jr years I said yes...
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    Difficulty with a CNA

    P_RN replied to NurseWi_JennJenn's topic in General Nursing

    SO what happened with the patient with the ↑ BP and pulse? Did you get your instructor or charge nurse involved? Vitals can shoot up though not usually that rapidly. If it took say 45 minutes to get...
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    How much did you start as a nurse and when.

    P_RN replied to ZASHAGALKA's topic in General Nursing

    6 yr experience but 1st hospital job......$4.03 32 years experience with 22 at same facility $24.21 On disability pension from OJ injury $984 a
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    Scrubs with style.

    P_RN replied to Thedreamer's topic in General Nursing

    Have you tried painters pants and shirts? They aren't exactly scrubs, but they last forever and a day and have pockets and belt loops etc. Go on the dickies site and look. Another site is Aramark...
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    Bed Baths, I dread giving them.

    P_RN replied to GardenDove's topic in General Nursing

    We used to have those packets of liquid soap for ss enemas. I think they were Castile Soap. Anyway they make a great and gentle bath soap. The shampoo that comes in the admission thingy also works...
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    Wiping Butt...

    P_RN replied to Chicagoan's topic in General Nursing

    Ladies and gentlemen if you will permit, may I put this out of its misery? PM me if you want to keep it alive, but I believe it's time has long