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    RN with huge medical debt, looking for high paying work

    P_RN replied to neophyte's topic in General Nursing

    ok one warning to all: political posts will not stay on this forum. the op wanted to know how to work off a huge medical debt. please stay on topic or we will move these posts off the
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    Walking Report and HIPPA

    P_RN replied to rntg's topic in HIPAA Challenges

    I was in hospital earlier this year and by the end of my stay I knew more about most of the patients than the staff did. Apparently patients are sometimes supposed to be deaf and dumb to anything that...
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    Dissapearing Aids... the norm?

    P_RN replied to APP's topic in General Nursing

    I think "disappearing" might be an overstatement. IMHO it's an individual person/person's work ethic. My Nurse Techs had between 10 and as many as 30 patients to care for a shift 12h- on days there...
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    differences through the decades

    P_RN replied to colrainrn's topic in General Nursing

    Oh that is so true cat123. My first two were plain cotton and if you washed them then you had to starch, let dry, sprinkle and iron them. Therefore you really didn't want to go there. Of course...
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    Customer Satisfaction Surveys: Tell me what you think

    P_RN replied to UM Review RN's topic in General Nursing

    Earlier this year I was in hospital for a little over a week. While I am certain it was necessary to be there, I (being a Nurse rather than a layman) felt that I was being neglected. My insurance...
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    We lost one of our own this morning

    P_RN replied to LPN_mn's topic in General Nursing

    That is so very sad. My condolences to her family, to you, and your coworkers. All those I worked with were my second family
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    "Smart cards" coming soon to a hospital near you

    P_RN replied to BBFRN's topic in General Nursing

    I've thought about carrying one of those thumb drives with my info on it. It plugs to a USB port, but then it wouldn't be password or fingerprint protected..... In London we bought phone cards that...
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    differences through the decades

    P_RN replied to colrainrn's topic in General Nursing

    A century or so ago Nurses wore cloth caps like shower caps so that they wouldn't get their hair filthy from the environment of hospitals etc. Over the years the places got cleaner and the caps became...
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    differences through the decades

    P_RN replied to colrainrn's topic in General Nursing

    Here are a couple more threads from the "olden days." https://allnurses.com/forums/f8/lets-play-i-remember-when-903.html?highlight=glass+syringe...
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    Any Nurses Allergic to Iodine?

    P_RN replied to missninaRN's topic in General Nursing

    I have a Betadine AND Latex sensitivity. Blisters from either or both are no fun believe me. Always tell anyone who may come near you with any Iodine type product about your allergy. Some...
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    NEW NURSE with a question!!!

    P_RN replied to nurse~ashley's topic in General Nursing

    Do you know why it's the only
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    Now I've heard it all!!

    P_RN replied to TazziRN's topic in General Nursing

    One of my all time faves was "We wuz tusslin' and she knocked a wart off my thing." I must say that left me
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    rules of injections

    P_RN replied to imahobbit's topic in General Nursing

    1. Don't Do It Ever! 2. See #
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    Make up...?

    P_RN replied to ails's topic in General Nursing

    Ahhh yes the Harrah's case. http://caselaw.lp.findlaw.com/data2/circs/9th/0315045p.pdf (you need adobe reader for this, but it's
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    Gundersen Lutheran (La Crosse Wisconsin)

    P_RN replied to barbeldave's topic in General Nursing

    Let me move this to the Wisconsin
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    Need to vent...arghhh.. (*long post...sorry)

    P_RN replied to vamedic4's topic in General Nursing

    :yeahthat: Just what JOLIE wrote. I so sympathize. My sister could be your wife's twin. She finally found a Neuro/Pain Management doc
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    Would you hire a MEPN (master's entry program in nursing) candidate?

    P_RN replied to lisal11's topic in General Nursing

    That's what I'd do if I had to do it over
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    Scrubs for Short People!

    P_RN replied to Pinky2's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    5'1" here and the iron on webbing is wonderful to shorten the legs. Immediate bonding and through in a minute or so. I have rolled the waist bands and tacked (sew) a couple of places there to hold...
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    Chem 7 vs. BMP/CMP

    P_RN replied to Jesskanurse's topic in General Nursing

    It seems the change came about 1995 or so when Medicare decided to consolodate all the various shortcuts into one definite panel. I was told they no longer would pay for SMAC, SMA16, SMA3, Lytes etc....
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    Difference between RNs and LPNs and what they can do.

    P_RN replied to moomoo111's topic in General Nursing

    Welcome fellow South Carolinian. In our state the BON is under Labor licensing and regulation (LLR). http://www.llr.state.sc.us/ http://www.llr.state.sc.us/POL/Nursing/ and of course the Legislature...
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    Do you need a doctor's order?

    P_RN replied to veegeern's topic in General Nursing

    When in doubt-don't. Any invasive procedure needs covering by an order, a standing order (in black and white), or an absolute coverage in a procedure manual recognised by the medical and nursing...
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    How Can You Bear to be a Nurse?

    P_RN replied to Tweety's topic in General Nursing

    Tweety that was beautiful to this old retired nurse. Twas written by a past AJN president.
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    Uses for Expired Bottles of Saline Irrigation

    P_RN replied to Marie_LPN, RN's topic in General Nursing

    You need to ask before sending expired stuff, but what America trashes is pure platinum in the eyes of the 3rd world. We had a doc who would take used ortho prostheses, syringe boxes, gause etc....
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    Southern Nurses Please Help!

    P_RN replied to AngelicLady's topic in General Nursing

    Short and sweet-Hendersonville, NC.....Asheville is about 30 min away. Blue Ridge Parkway is right at your door. Aiken, SC is nice but mostly older retirees are the ones with the money.....rather...
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    Is this typical??

    P_RN replied to yankeesrule's topic in General Nursing

    This happened to me on my first on call night as RN. I had NEVER worked in a hospital. I was still on orientation on my regular floor. I got called in to a different (oncology) floor with me and a...