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    RN ICCU

    ixchel replied to Ma4060's topic in Nurse Registration

    Maher, welcome to AllNurses! This website is a great place for connecting with colleagues worldwide. I see you are looking for work in Sweden. I recommend using a search engine and looking to see if...
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    1/30 This week I learned: you suck, EMTALA.

    ixchel posted a topic in General Nursing

    From loony tunes, to total inadequacies, this week was ... unusual. Certainly plenty to learn. I actually had a much bigger list and realized I was a bit *too* specific with some details. Don't want...
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    2/6 What I Learned This Week: If you annoy them, they will order

    ixchel replied to ixchel's topic in General Nursing

    Definitely meant "Doctor". Our NPs are amazing and usually notice the same things we do before pestering them would ever start to cross our minds. I love them.
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    Nurses with pedometers - How far do you walk?

    ixchel posted a topic in Health, Stress Management

    How many steps do you walk in a busy shift and a slow shift? I just put a pedometer app in my phone. I was unsure about its accuracy, so I counted steps with it in my pocket and it's pretty good! I've...
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    2/6 What I Learned This Week: If you annoy them, they will order

    ixchel replied to ixchel's topic in General Nursing

    Let's be friends. Best
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    2/6 What I Learned This Week: If you annoy them, they will order

    ixchel replied to ixchel's topic in General Nursing

    I hope you have an awesome day! Be cordial, ask questions. No one expects you to know anything! Good luck and share an update
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    2/6 What I Learned This Week: If you annoy them, they will order

    ixchel replied to ixchel's topic in General Nursing

    I am so, so excited for you!!!
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    2/6 What I Learned This Week: If you annoy them, they will order

    ixchel replied to ixchel's topic in General Nursing

    This sounds like half the stuff ever written I the Internet. :\ Do the people you're stuck with get huffy and nasty when they don't get
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    2/6 What I Learned This Week: If you annoy them, they will order

    ixchel replied to ixchel's topic in General Nursing

    This is how a litter is rigged for transport.
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    2/6 What I Learned This Week: If you annoy them, they will order

    ixchel replied to ixchel's topic in General Nursing

    You live for this shizz and you know it! Esther needs to be reprised for anyone who doesn't know who she
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    1/30 This week I learned: you suck, EMTALA.

    ixchel replied to ixchel's topic in General Nursing

    Forgive me for being a crappy OP! I haven't been on here much at all this past week. Grrrr New thread is up:
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    1/30 This week I learned: you suck, EMTALA.

    ixchel replied to ixchel's topic in General Nursing

    Oh my god!!!! How does your employer not recognize the absolutely devastating consequences to this action?! GET OUT!
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    1/23: What I learned this week: Long, long week. But the bagel was tasty.

    ixchel posted a topic in General Nursing

    This week has felt painfully long. And here it is: the end. Just in time for the new one to begin already. I'm so not ready for a new week to begin, especially if it's going to be more of the same. In...
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    1/23: What I learned this week: Long, long week. But the bagel was tasty.

    ixchel replied to ixchel's topic in General Nursing

    Next thread is out!
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    1/16 What I learned this week: Siamese Twins be Pimpin'

    ixchel posted a topic in General Nursing

    After last week's fun and games, I'm feeling rather boring! Here is what I've learned: 1. Hepatitis, PVD and pyoderma gangrenosum are a horrible combination for medical history. HORRIBLE! 2. Chasing a...
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    1/9: What I learned this week - Worst. Vagina. EVER.

    ixchel posted a topic in General Nursing

    I still can't believe it's January! Where did 2015 go?! If your unit is like mine at all, brace yourselves.... Respiratory failure is coming. Out of 10 different patients since 1/1, I've had only one...
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    Esme Needs Your Prayers

    ixchel replied to ixchel's topic in General Nursing

    I was just thinking about you last night, and came to the conclusion I need to check in because your posts have been few are far between. I do hope you are healing well! Stick around this time! If...
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    Administering Tylenol to a friend

    ixchel replied to Em31200's topic in General Nursing

    (It was meant to be silly. The poster said this in
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    New license expires a month later

    ixchel replied to nursejoti84's topic in California Nursing

    (Psssst... This is in the California forum...
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    Age- looking young

    ixchel replied to Newnurse1792's topic in General Nursing

    Wow, sounds like a great big dodged bullet! Congratulations on the place you did
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    Administering Tylenol to a friend

    ixchel replied to Em31200's topic in General Nursing

    If you give me tequila or vodka, I will not only be the most interesting person you have ever met, I will be the best singer and dancer,
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    Administering Tylenol to a friend

    ixchel replied to Em31200's topic in General Nursing

    No. Eff the liver. You've got two of them
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    Administering Tylenol to a friend

    ixchel replied to Em31200's topic in General Nursing

    I'll need a head CT with contrast
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    Administering Tylenol to a friend

    ixchel replied to Em31200's topic in General Nursing

    Well, if you think about it, first time, develop the allergy. Second time, have an allergic reaction. If they promise they've never, ever, ever had it before, you're
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    Administering Tylenol to a friend

    ixchel replied to Em31200's topic in General Nursing

    It is if the pain is a 12/10 and you're allergic to all NSAIDs and opiates except