GingerSue

GingerSue

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  1. Dilemma with Narcotic Med Count

    GingerSue replied to nurseangel78's topic in General Nursing

    Couldn't you just make the copy - then blot out the patient's name - so that only the date, medication, dosage, amount remaining, and signatures are

  2. capping & pinning suggestions

    GingerSue replied to Mommyof2's topic in General Nursing

    I can remember selling those chocolate covered almonds as a nursing student, for the purpose of fundraising for our

  3. Fellow student made a nasty comment what should I do?

    GingerSue replied to NewbieNurse2005's topic in General Nursing

    Keep up the good work! Even if the person says strange things to you - rise above

  4. Heart murmurs - what is PND?

    GingerSue posted a topic in General Nursing

    While I read about mitral regurgitation - the subjective data includes fatigue, palpitations, orthopnea and PND. While I read about murmurs due to valvular defects and mitral stenosis - the subjective...

  5. Treated badly in ER of hospital I work at!

    GingerSue replied to missmolly's topic in General Nursing

    She said that I will probably get a bill from the ER doc. I said that is fine and I will take that up with the state medical board. I refuse to pay him for screaming at me and treating me like dirt....

  6. Heart murmurs - what is PND?

    GingerSue replied to GingerSue's topic in General Nursing

    postnasal drip was the first thing that came to mind, then I thought - nah - somehow I don't think so, then I searched and found postnatal depression, that didn't seem to fit either, so I figured it...

  7. Heart murmurs - what is PND?

    GingerSue replied to GingerSue's topic in General Nursing

    thanks!

  8. migraine faker at the ED!

    GingerSue replied to z's playa's topic in Emergency

  9. Blatant Nursing "No-No's"........what's your worst???

    GingerSue replied to anndoodle's topic in General Nursing

    SophieMae - you are a gem! Thank goodness for you being

  10. Nurses struggling with mental illness

    GingerSue replied to Severina's topic in Nurse Disabilities

    Do you really have to be tough as nails?....Any information from anyone interested in helping me on the quest would be appreciated in the utmost. I think becoming a nurse will do wonders for my...

  11. help, suspect abuse

    GingerSue replied to turquoise's topic in General Nursing

    When you have concerns, contact those who can check it out. Once a co-worker mentioned her and her daughter's concerns about her daughter's friends because they were claiming there was no food in the...

  12. question about rubeola & rubella?

    GingerSue replied to GingerSue's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I appreciate the explanation - thank

  13. question about rubeola & rubella?

    GingerSue posted a topic in Ob/Gyn

    1. When during pregnancy is the mother's rubella or rubeola dangerous to the developing fetus? Some of my sources say that German measles causes various developmental abnormalities in...

  14. Trouble with Board

    GingerSue replied to Nurse4TG's topic in General Nursing

    Only to say that I am not in NJ, but I did have a co-worker - friend who had lost her job (I wasn't there at the time, she explained to me what happened). Next she lost her home. And successfully...

  15. Sexually abused elderly female client

    GingerSue replied to Fox88's topic in General Nursing

    error -

  16. I'm writing up the CNA at my LTC facility

    GingerSue replied to Blackcat99's topic in General Nursing

    Is she not doing them by 12 midnight, or is she not doing them at all? Somebody needs some clarification about job

  17. Concerned about this and other sites

    GingerSue replied to Kikumaru's topic in General Nursing

    Yes it is an invasion of privacy. Some of us intentionally keep our addresses out of the phone book, some pay for unlisted phone numbers. At my institute, if someone wants to contact me, then the...

  18. Can anyone help me with memory skills?

    GingerSue replied to nurseboop21's topic in General Nursing

    Make your own self-tests. For each term, instead of noting - change to asking. Force yourself to see the word and ask yourself to define it, as well as explain its characteristics, causes, normal and...

  19. How about this for an order?

    GingerSue replied to sharann's topic in General Nursing

    Evaluate the effects and ask the

  20. need help for severe depression

    GingerSue replied to needs help's topic in General Nursing

    PS what is pm and how does it work? (that probably sounds stupid but I'm new here and don't chat much online) Thanks. Rhonda pm is for private message, and if you want to send a pm to someone here,...

  21. Help regarding nursing priorities in regards to patient care

    GingerSue replied to tterri22's topic in General Nursing

  22. why is there a false high diastolic reading if the Auscultatory Gap is undetected?

    GingerSue replied to GingerSue's topic in General Nursing

    thanks - I was thinking through in terms of continuing to listen, so this would be the observer's error to stop

  23. latex allergy

    GingerSue replied to MisPlacedTexan's topic in General Nursing

    I remember working with a nurse who had skin problems - she wore thin white gloves while working - could you wear some kind of thin cotton glove under the latex

  24. I have tinnitus

    GingerSue replied to brigaily2000's topic in General Nursing

    I don't have the answer, but I do hope the results are helpful and that you feel better. Do you have any vertigo, dizziness, or

  25. I Passed Boards!!!!

    GingerSue replied to JB CC-RN's topic in General Nursing

    :balloons: ~~~~~ Congratulations! ~~~~~~ :balloons: :balloons: