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    Gave patient the wrong forms

    /username replied to enfermeratobe's topic in General Nursing

    Yeah, I'm pretty sure that the part they're referring to covers things like phone calls, conversations, and anything that might be revealed incidentally. Giving a patient someone else's test...
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    4 months of OR experience?

    /username replied to YesYesRN's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    What did the evaluations
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    Violating HIPAA by responding to Yelp

    /username replied to RiskManager's topic in HIPAA Challenges

    It's literally in the beginning of the law that describes who it applies
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    New grad jobs

    /username replied to rn2014's topic in General Nursing

    Pretty much everyone from what I
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    So I kind of messed up

    /username replied to oopsmybad's topic in General Nursing

    It is a very generic prescription for anxiety. It is also a controlled substance and can be highly
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    Sterile Water for Enteral Feeding Tubes?

    /username replied to med_geek's topic in Critical Care

    My facility does this as well. I've been told it has to do with a few infections years ago that were thought to come from the tap water, but nobody was sure, but they went to sterile water only...
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    Scary Situation

    /username replied to smithRN16's topic in Critical Care

    There's no reason you should concern yourself with the performance of one of your
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    Pharmacists giving injections!?!

    /username replied to chevyv's topic in Patient Medications

    #zombiethread
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    Thrown From the Tower!!

    /username replied to pcaldea's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    And point of interest. you werent thrown. you
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    Thrown From the Tower!!

    /username replied to pcaldea's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Could you imagine what would happen if someone was three ******* hours late to work on an inpatient unit? I know my manager would tell them just to stay at home. My unit has a reputation for making...
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    Do you go to work with parabens on you?

    /username replied to RNdynamic's topic in General Nursing

    I don't make enough to carry around
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    Decreased cardiac output help!

    /username replied to CallieBennett's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Without an aline/flowtrack or swan, you really don't know what their CO is. Sure you can get it from BP cuffs, but my point is that tachycardia does not always equate to decreased
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    Amiodarone

    /username replied to BecomingNursey's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    And OP was never seen or heard from again. 2/10 troll post. low
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    Do you disclose AN to coworkers

    /username replied to Keepstanding's topic in School

    It's my weekend
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    Do you disclose AN to coworkers

    /username replied to Keepstanding's topic in School

    I've figured out that one of the nurses that works on my unit posts here regularly, but I don't know who they are, nor do they know my
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    Help! I want to be an NP but A&P is killing me! Should I reconsider?

    /username replied to Hefziba's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    You have to crawl before you run. You're not even in nursing school yet. Focus on that first, then getting the requisite RN experience to apply to NP school. A&P is rote memorization, so look at...
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    Dialysis Subclavian line antibiotics.

    /username replied to ArvinC EMT's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    No, they're both venous.... That just differentiates which one goes to the machine and which one goes to the
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    ET tube questions

    /username replied to Thedevinestman's topic in Critical Care

    Breathing is
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    What do you do when a pt goes into anaphylactic shock?

    /username replied to xmilkncookiesx's topic in General Nursing

    Well, if my patient is going into anaphylactic shock i typically start running around. If they code, lunch
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    Tube Feeding on Hold

    /username replied to grace08's topic in Critical Care

    If it comes to the point of chest compressions, tube feedings are the least of your
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    Tube Feeding on Hold

    /username replied to grace08's topic in Critical Care

    It all depends. Where is the distal end of the tube located? Stomach? post pyloric? Regardless, the slow rate of the TF will have little to no bearing on acute decompensation unless you have some...
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    how do i move on?

    /username replied to justwants2moveon's topic in Licensure: Criminal History

    So how is it not your fault that you drank while on duty, didn't pay for a lawyer, and now have to face the consequences of your
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    No One Talks About… An Easier Way to Catheterize Women (and Prevent Complications)

    /username replied to melissamabd's topic in General Nursing

    Hahahaha, are you gonna come flip my vented patient with a baloon pump and no blood
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    CCRN with tele experience?

    /username replied to jennysong81's topic in MICU, SICU

    Do not do it. You will not pass. A significant portion of the test is on hemodynamics and swan calcs. How many swans do you get in step down? Additionally, the test is designed for critical care,...
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    Self defense and protection in a hospital.

    /username replied to Ruger8mm's topic in General Nursing

    TACTICAL