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    Nurses eat their young?!

    P_RN replied to cyrus's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Hi Cyrus welcome to allnurses. Indeed this is a well worn topic here. There are lots of previous excavations into this topic. Search the phrase and
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    anioin gap and dka

    P_RN replied to WSU_Ally_RN's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    One of our wonderful members Mark Hammerschmidt has a great FREE MICU site: http://www.icufaqs.org/ Check section 4.2 It's all
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    Need opinions quickly please

    P_RN replied to Stitchie's topic in General Nursing

    big red flag alert :angryfire i'd also make the report to anyone who will listen and make sure your practice insurance is intact. the bon, the health department, medicare, medicaid no end to the...
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    a pill to make the pain go away

    P_RN replied to babynurselsa's topic in General Nursing

    I have old memories of 2 fires I'd love to trade off. Age 7 and age 11 and I still have nightmares on occassion. Inderal is an old drug. New uses for old things. I hope that it would not trigger a...
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    Ideas about purple?

    P_RN replied to GingerSue's topic in General Nursing

    Your friend needs to seek medical advice from his health care professional. Please encourage him to do this NOW. There is no way a bulletin board advice could possibly help and many ways it could...
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    coma patients-out of bed

    P_RN replied to katmecan's topic in General Nursing

    By all means! Short, short anecdote. Kid, head injury, comatose, 2 arms, 2 legs fx. Every day I got him up in the cadillac and we sat him in the nurse's station for about an hour. Of course "they...
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    How many of your patients didnt survive anesthesia?

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

    We aren't able to give medical advice here. Please ask your doctor this as anything you read on the internet is subject to many different interpretations. Thread
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    excelsior accepted in ?? states

    P_RN replied to 1dreday's topic in Online Distance Learning

    One chance here. Debate the topic. Do not confront, accuse, react or otherwise engage other posters. NO MORE ONE ON ONE. The question is Excelsior accepted in ?? states. If you have a problem with...
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    Cast carts-how do you do it?

    P_RN replied to jenlotus's topic in Orthopedic

    Hi Jenn and welcome! I love to see ortho nurses come to allnurses. As far as a cast cart I don't think I've ever used one. We had a cast room on the floor and there was one in each pod in the er....
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    Vet tech calling herself RN

    P_RN replied to Nightcrawler's topic in General Nursing

    RN , Registered Nurse is a protected title in all states. That's it. That's all. If this lady was a Nurse who then went to vet. tech school (can't spell today) then she is a vet. tech who used to work...
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    Vet tech calling herself RN

    P_RN replied to Nightcrawler's topic in General Nursing

    Do a GOOGLE and the Veterinary Nurse title is exclusively a British Empire one, eg: Great Britain, Australia, Canada, New Zealand, etc. It is an intense course. HOWEVER, in the US, the title Nurse,...
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    Scrubs for nursery staff suggestions please?

    P_RN replied to tammki5g's topic in Ob/Gyn

    michaelglass The budget required to dress launder for an entire nursery staff and physicians will be monumental!!!! My suggestion would be for the nurses to have name tags that say RN in huge...
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    ASN question ~ hospital-based or community college

    P_RN replied to OB_or_NICU_hopeful's topic in General Nursing

    My state has no hospital programs left. I understand that "up north" they still exist. I"m "down
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    supervising staff

    P_RN posted a topic in General Nursing

    Hi mtg welcome to allnurses. I see you are in the UK. I'm not familiar with the levels of Nursing there. We'll move this to the UK forum and leave a redirect here so you can find
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    Supervising

    P_RN replied to mtg's topic in International Nursing

    Welcome to allnurses mtg. I'll move this to the UK forum. I'm not familiar enough with the UK nursing levels to offer any advice
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    All you do is pass meds and chart....I do everything else........

    P_RN replied to Tweety's topic in General Nursing

    I've had a lot of luck explaining why uop should be 30 cc an hour, and have had the tech come to me and let me know it hasn't reached that at the 2 or 4 hour mark. I've had pulses reported right in...
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    Mistreatment of agency nurses by staff nurses

    P_RN replied to babieface_7's topic in Agency Nurses

    That sounds like a tense situation to be in. I was always happy to see the agency nurses. It meant help for the harried, a new person to chat with and in certain cases their bringing new knowledge...
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    Has anyone heard of CNI?LVN program

    P_RN replied to elma327's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Hello Elma. Welcome to allnurses. Are you a nursing student now? The California Board of Vocational Nursing has a list of the schools accredited by the state. http://www.bvnpt.ca.gov/98vnstat.htm...
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    What makes a great CNA?

    P_RN replied to GiantHeart21's topic in General Nursing

    GiantHeart you sound like someone I would love to work with. You are an example of a REAL CNA! Good luck in Nursing School and keep up posted on your
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    Interdisciplinary teams and Multidisciplinary teams

    P_RN replied to crystalpalace's topic in General Nursing

    They sound quite similar don't they? http://www.members.shaw.ca/anderson.r/teams.html...
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    Donating Scrubs

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

    I found one site in the UK that's desperate for uniforms http://www.hopeandaiddirect.org.uk/Wish_List.htm as well as just about anything else. You could try the website of your church's missionary...
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    Pinned and Capped???

    P_RN replied to CyndieRN2007's topic in General Nursing

    We had neither. If we wanted a pin they said go to the student union bookstore. If we wanted a cap-go downtown to the uniform shop. This was in the mid 70s. I think it would have been nice
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    LPN in charge in the ED?

    P_RN replied to carribeanbound's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    Chill down time friends. Closed and taken to the moderators. There is absolutely no reason to have such heated responses when discussing a
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    LPN in charge in the ED?

    P_RN replied to carribeanbound's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    last chance here. no more one on one. debate the topic which is a hospital having an lpn as charge nurse. what one's opinion of one lpn or one rn is not justification for slamming an entire...
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    Medicaid. Is it being abused?

    P_RN replied to SWFlorida's topic in Emergency

    I'm totally disabled and get Medicare. It's no walk in the park I will tell you hthat. The looks I get from drugstore clerks, office assistants, hospital clerks shrivel the soul. When you get SSDI you...