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    Unna Boots... to cover the heel or not?

    P_RN replied to jnette's topic in General Nursing

    I don't believe I've ever covered a heel. Most of the ones I can remember were above the ankle. What would be the reason to cover and unaffected
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    should I share personal info to mgr??

    P_RN replied to Undecided7's topic in General Nursing

    I agree w/ Tweety. A little knowledge is a dangerous thing and a lot of knowledge (conveyed to your manager) WILL be a dangerous thing. You apply for FEMLA through EAP or human resources and leave the...
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    How much do you owe in loans?

    P_RN replied to Butterfly3001's topic in General Nursing

    Zero in loans. When I started university it was $13/hour. After a hiatus it went up to $396 for 3 nursing courses. Forgive me I neglected to mention this was in 1963
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    ripping an arm out of a socket...is this true

    P_RN replied to lpnstudentin2010's topic in General Nursing

    I had a slip and fall onto my outstretched arm and yes indeed it dislocated my shoulder. However, I think the nurse was a little less than tactful saying that to you. I was able to come back on...
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    Question of ethic: applying the rule or doing what you feel is right?

    P_RN replied to zoprack's topic in General Nursing

    I think this reflects my opinion completely. First you must live with yourself and your beliefs. While "rendering unto Caesar" you must not forget that you are the one who has to live with your...
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    Quitting after orientation, part deux

    P_RN replied to sarita279's topic in First Year After Licensure

    If the correct job is out there go for it. I've had several people quit in the middle and at the end of orientation and it's kind of a bummer, BUT who wants to work with someone who doesn't want to...
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    quitting!!

    P_RN replied to G'smommy's topic in General Nursing

    Incident report comes to mind. Don't let it happen again even if you have to call the president/CEO of the hospital.(And I have done that
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    families with clipboards/notebooks

    P_RN replied to shock-me-sane's topic in General Nursing

    Mama is in a nursing home. I keep a journal there mostly to remind her I was there, or my sis was there. I write what she was wearing. I write weather rain, sunny, hot cold. My sis also writes in...
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    Anyone have one of these??!??

    P_RN replied to Beary-nice's topic in General Nursing

    Don't cross her. This is a dangerous person. Keep a paper trail with witnesses. I'd think about taking some kind of legal action like a restraining order. I had an "in" with the cops as my BIL was...
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    Silliest Non-Emergency?

    P_RN replied to Meerkat's topic in General Nursing

    Not an ER nurse but I worked for a family practitioner and on Mondays we would get people who had been sick on say SATURDAY, come in feeling great but wanted to know if they had been really bad sick...
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    Nursing retention

    P_RN replied to HarryPotter's topic in General Nursing

    Interesting topic. I loved my job for about the first 10-12 years until the 90's when managed care hit town. Up until then it felt as if Nursing had input in decisions, as if we were valuable to the...
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    How can I be assertive when it comes....

    P_RN replied to Rivs's topic in Men in Nursing

    Whenever a new person came to our floor I was tickled pink, and the last thing on my mind at least was it a he or a she....they all looked like Nurses to me. And VERY welcomed Nurses at
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    How about the HARDEST job in nursing?

    P_RN replied to APP's topic in General Nursing

    I'd say the hardest is getting up each morning and putting those scrubs on for another
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    Background/Credit Check, Bankruptcy

    P_RN replied to markjrn's topic in General Nursing

    From what I gathered from human resources is that as long as your job has nothing to do with handling money there is not much of a problem. In fact they had provision that you could borrow against the...
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    Atheist or Agnostic?

    P_RN replied to firstyearstudent's topic in General Nursing

    One's beliefs are as personal and individual as the persons themselves. Someone said earlier the patient is what it's all about. Please debate the subject. Not others' beliefs, not others activities....
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    Residents and Interns?

    P_RN replied to bth44's topic in General Nursing

    I would never work at a place that DIDN'T have them. You have help at your fingertips 24/7/365. Ours are called neither one. They are post graduate 1-2-3-4-5 or PG-1 etc. Different specialties...
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    Please, help me understand the culture

    P_RN replied to mccmaeve's topic in General Nursing

    We've pondered this very question many times here. I saw it in a couple of non-Nursing jobs I have held but you are correct in saying it is also found in Nursing. I don't know why. Maybe it's...
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    Air Embolus?

    P_RN replied to Irishgirl's topic in General Nursing

    I've removed dozens on our floor (not critical care) without any problems. That is such a sad story about the patient in the recliner. We'd have the patient valsalva (grunt loudly) at the moment it...
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    sorry, i have to vent, I am losing my MIND!!!

    P_RN replied to sherichance's topic in General Nursing

    You sound stressed beyond belief. First off I'd urge counseling before making any life changing moves. He's military, do you qualify for base housing, daycare, financial advisors? A list of tasks...
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    Lack of daycare or neglect?

    P_RN posted a topic in General Nursing

    A baby died of dehydration as his mother left him in the car while she worked her shift at a store near here. http://wistv.com/Global/story.asp?S=4732090 (The temp here was in the 80s for the past few...
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    Lack of daycare or neglect?

    P_RN replied to P_RN's topic in General Nursing

    The news updated this somewhat. The store she worked at is across the street from a waffle house, a chilis, an outback, a chinese restaurant, a chick-fil-a, etc a real franchise row. I see now that...
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    nursing signing doctors Rx's

    P_RN replied to curiousgeorge38's topic in General Nursing

    If it was a Schedule II narcotic there are no refills (not in my state). A new bottle of sched II pills requires a new prescription written by the doc or ANP. I think Schedule III and IV can be...
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    Terminated? Do I get paid for unused paid time off?

    P_RN replied to GooeyRN's topic in General Nursing

    My place of employment would "lend" you your time off until your 1st year anniversary. If you left before the one year they took it back by subtracting it from your finall paycheck. I think we got...
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    Can you identify the significance of abnormal lab values in relation to patient care?

    P_RN replied to Bala Shark's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Merck manual is/was my dearest friend for lab values.
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    How Did We Survive?

    P_RN replied to Meerkat's topic in General Nursing

    My kids have scars all over. My son has one on his knee where he tripped over an outside faucet and the threads on the bibb cut his knee in 3 parallel lines, he also fell from a rack the was for 50...