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  1. state is threatening to go after license over precharting

    NurseFirst replied to oramar's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    "House of God" by Samuel Shem. Someone just put the "rules of the House of God" up here on the board somewhere. It's many years old. but explains a lot--a lot about the kinds of pressure that medical...

  2. learning from mistakes...too many?

    NurseFirst replied to miss.bandaid's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    I've known about ISO 9000, used to work as a SQA Engineer. Went from there to working in Release Engineering. Satisfied my need to get things "exactly right." (I can be a bit obsessive.) It was...

  3. Your perception of student nurses when they visit your hospital?

    NurseFirst replied to avery's topic in General Nursing

    ...and different responsibilities. In our program the nurses are told we have total responsibility for the patient except ... (whatever we can't currently do, say, for instance, hang blood or do IV...

  4. Patient safety

    NurseFirst replied to SueBDoo's topic in General Nursing

    has a form for their union members to sign: "Assignment Despite Objection" form, if they feel that they are taking an assignment which is inherently unsafe due to staffing levels.......

  5. Nursing School Bloopers

    NurseFirst replied to Jabber964's topic in Nursing Humor

    Wow....I thought we had a lot of meds on med/surg, but I'm not sure of hearing of 19--all to go down a GT.

  6. Nursing School Bloopers

    NurseFirst replied to Jabber964's topic in Nursing Humor

    i had to change a condom catheter on a patient; i was running late, so another student and the instructor's assistant (male) were in the room with me. the patient (yes, the patient) kept telling me...

  7. My name is Chim-Chim Apple Hiney

    NurseFirst replied to kristylee's topic in Nursing Humor

    Gadget GirdleSniffer???

  8. Minimal Lift

    NurseFirst replied to Nurseboy1's topic in General Nursing

    Lift sheets are used in every place I've been so far (4 hospitals). I first learned about them well before I entered nursing school, from the LVN at the residential center where my Dad lived, when we...

  9. Respiratory Assessment Case Study with Lung Sounds!!

    NurseFirst replied to gwenith's topic in General Nursing

    No...he doesn't look barrel chested to me. I would think the angle between his rib cage and his abdomen would be greater.I need to look up what I learned in PM school about "pink puffers" and "blue...

  10. Respiratory Assessment Case Study with Lung Sounds!!

    NurseFirst replied to gwenith's topic in General Nursing

    Wow! 8 findings! I didn't find that many! 1. circumoral cyanosis 2. tripoding 3. accessory muscle use 4. retractions 5. pursed lip

  11. What do you HATE to do at work?

    NurseFirst replied to mickeymouse1205's topic in General Nursing

    From many years ago, when I was an ER clerk... The alcoholic who was brought in (usually some shade of yellow) who hasn't bathed in who-knows-how-long--and their B.O. lingers in our area long after...

  12. Tell me about your first codes

    NurseFirst replied to ChrisA's topic in General Nursing

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  13. What's you highest...?

    NurseFirst replied to talaxandra's topic in General Nursing

    I think, shortly before he passed away, that my Dad had a PSA of either 13,000 or 17,000. The visiting nurse who changed the dressing on his nephrostomy said it was the highest she had heard of....

  14. Earthquakes

    NurseFirst replied to jaimealmostRN's topic in California Nursing

    when someone claims to be: (head of) "the world's most experienced rescue team." I think that readers of this thread should read the comments that are now at snopes; I don't know if they were there...

  15. what should I learn NOW-before Nursing school?

    NurseFirst replied to michele08540's topic in Nursing Career

    Also helps to give you another perspective on

  16. PROS and CONS LVN vocational school

    NurseFirst replied to xxpnoisnxx's topic in Nursing Career

    This, actually, is something that I've recommended to people. It would have been something I would have considered, if I were facing the barriers to getting into nursing school that my school now...

  17. Walden University

    NurseFirst replied to harley_fan's topic in School, College Programs

    ...however, accreditation is everything in education. And it's got to be the RIGHT accreditation. I haven't seen what he's up to lately, but one of the "guru"s of distance education is a guy named...

  18. Nurses leaving in droves...

    NurseFirst replied to Trauma-tizedRN's topic in General Nursing

    I'm wondering if it wouldn't help those poor abd post-op patients get their digestive tract working quicker... ? (But yes, the poor, poor, npo folks...)

  19. Nurses leaving in droves...

    NurseFirst replied to Trauma-tizedRN's topic in General Nursing

    It's bad for other healthcare professionals, too. Docs, in particular, are getting hit hard, between malpractice insurance, managed care and the student loans they have to pay back. And they spend...

  20. What do you think of throwing away "soiled" items in regular trash?

    NurseFirst replied to NewbieNurse2005's topic in General Nursing

    those feces-soiled items? "briefs" ? What about at home? What do you do with your diapers??

  21. Foreign Objects in Body Cavities

    NurseFirst replied to SWFlorida's topic in Emergency

    Got that through the urethral sphincter? That's pretty amazing...

  22. Thinking of taking a phlebotomy class while waiting...

    NurseFirst replied to SarasotaRN2b's topic in General Nursing

    The difference is this: the phlebotomist might spend 10 minutes with the patient. The CNA will be responsible for a set of patients for a whole shift. As a phlebotomist, you'll know something about...

  23. Thinking of taking a phlebotomy class while waiting...

    NurseFirst replied to SarasotaRN2b's topic in General Nursing

    Holy Tamale! And I thought California was going overboard with their recent changes in the requirements for phlebotomist certification. What in the world do you have to take that fills up 2 years?...

  24. how can i pass pharmacology

    NurseFirst replied to lrcordoba's topic in General Nursing

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  25. how can i pass pharmacology

    NurseFirst replied to lrcordoba's topic in General Nursing

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