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Honestly, regardless of whether or not you are clean and whether or not you want to continue working as a nurse or not, it would be wise to do the rehabilitation program. I don't want to be negative but drug addiction is so dangerous and it can be ve...

I agree with GrnTea. In my opinion it would be violating HIPAA if the healthcare providers told Donnie. However, if Serena had sex with Donnie knowing that she had an infectious disease and did not disclose this information she would be breaking the ...

Thanks for that long winded response, but I really think you misunderstood what I said or that I wasn't clear in my response. I wasn't saying that they derived the nursing dx from the medical dx. What I was getting at was they wrote nursing dx that c...

While I do understand your concern. We use the ninth edition Nursing Diagnosis Handbook, and I got all of these from the book relating to substance abuse. In my book the first 100 or some odd pages have examples of nursing dx for different medical di...

Here are a couple possibilities:Noncompliance r/t denial of illness AEB (any statements he makes to you about not having a drug problem). Compromised family coping r/t codependency issues AEB family kicking pt out of house. Dysfunctional family proce...

I don't know how all schools teach writing a nursing dx. We were taught using the PES format (Problem, Etiology, and Signs/Symptoms). It would be written as such Problem r/t Etiology AEB Signs/Symptoms, when writing an Actual dx; however, when writin...

Okay now that is more understandable. However, you wrecked your credibility and confirmed what I already thought, that this wasn't a true story. In the original post you stated that the other nurse was a male saying "he" throughout, and in your last ...

IMO, you seem like one of those charge nurses that just wants to sit at the nurses station and do nothing. I will agree that the way he handled the situation was inappropriate; however, it was inappropriate for you to take on one patient and dump all...

I was the girl who hung out with all the guys, not because I was a tomboy but I just always got along better with guys. I skipped school, acted out a lot, and almost didn't graduate because I went into my junior year with just over a 1.0 GPA. It was ...

Lol they usually call those "buggies" med-carts! At least that's what every facility I have worked for has called them!

This moved me to tears! You and your wife are raising a wonderful young man! I don't have children yet, but I do know that there is no love more genuine than that of a child! What a beautiful story, we can really learn a lot from the children in our ...

I have several patients that have been admitted due to Thanksgiving cooking mishaps, now the next time one of you decides to put on the call light it better be for a better reason than wanting another piece of pumpkin pie!

Thank you!!! Congrats to everyone else that has gotten accepted thus far!!!

YAY!! I finally got my acceptance letter today and couldn't be any happier!! Where are you attending? Greenville Technical College in Greenville, SC What are you most excited for? Learning new things and clinicals What are you most scares about? the ...

YAY!!!! I got accepted into my program!!!! My school randomly puts all the new nursing students in two groups and starts the two groups at different times I am in the second group so I will be starting in March!!! I couldn't be happier! God is GREAT!...

Our letters are supposed to be sent out today so hopefully I will get mine tomorrow!!!! xFingers Crossedx

Congrats everyone who got in!! My school's application period was between July 15 and Sept 15. I had my application in at the beginning of Aug. They send letters out approx 8 weeks after the deadline, so I have a week left to wait!! I am so anxious t...

These stories are hilarious! It is amazing how uneducated people are when it comes to the basics of healthcare

From what you have said, it sounds like the facility that you work in could use an attitude adjustment. I have been a CNA for 6 years and hoping for spring 2013 acceptance into nursing school. I have worked in LTC, Home health, assisted living, and a...

I am in the same position! I feel confident most of the time, but then sometimes I feel really scared that I may not make the cut! Good luck to you! I won't know until end of Oct or early Nov.

I applied for Spring 2013 acceptance and the anticipation is KILLING me!! Our Spring application period goes from July 15th-Sept 15th and we won't have letters until late Oct probably at the earliest!! I just want to know already LOL I turned in my a...