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  1. Injured doing compressions?

    malestunurse replied to dbabz's topic in General Nursing

    Wrong. You work environment is crap if that is the case. In the many 'code blues' I've been a part of we are always looking out for each other and making sure the person doing CPR is not getting...

  2. need clean catch urine specimen

    malestunurse replied to surps's topic in Dialysis, Renal, Urology

    It's bad practice but I wouldn't fret too much about how clean or sterile the specimen is, it doesn't really make that much of a difference to the test. Put a paper pan in the toilet and use

  3. PPD

    malestunurse replied to gReeNTwin1's topic in General Nursing

    Can't for the life of me figure out what PPD is at 3am can anyone please

  4. Drug seekers

    malestunurse replied to russianbear's topic in General Nursing

    How about PRN fentanyl as per protocol. 20mcg Q3Min for as long as their resp rate is over

  5. Drawing labs from CVC locked with heparin

    malestunurse replied to JollyGreenGiant's topic in Dialysis, Renal, Urology

    I keep hearing conflicting information on this. Some people saying that not discarding 5mls doesn't make a difference and some do. I need to do some

  6. Considering to apply for dialysis nurse position.

    malestunurse replied to Steve123's topic in Dialysis, Renal, Urology

    Our acute dialysis unit has the same shifts as SmilingBluEyes. You cannot get away from shift

  7. "Was she one of your patients?" HIPAA, and other inconveniences

    malestunurse replied to ixchel's topic in General Nursing

    I actually kind of think that all nurses should try and know as much about all the patients on the ward as they can in case an emergency comes up or even something as simple as taking someone to the...

  8. What not to say to patients

    malestunurse replied to Emergent's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    You know this isn't a very normal situation/attitude to have

  9. Where is everyone from in the world?

    malestunurse replied to Kiwiguy's topic in Male Nursing Students

    New Zealand. States on

  10. Recurring Pediculosis

    malestunurse replied to vintagemother's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Ahh the joys of mixed sex forensic psychiatric

  11. What makes a COB crusty?

    malestunurse replied to Pepper The Cat's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    What is a

  12. Post-Op Pain with PCA

    malestunurse replied to NurseStelri's topic in PACU

    What is your actual question? I'm struggling to decipher

  13. Can a patient video tape me?

    malestunurse replied to MirwinRN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Your facility is not a public

  14. HR's mistake hurt my paycheck

    malestunurse replied to 33-weeker's topic in General Nursing

    What a ridiculous statement. You are saying that a nurse should be reprimanded because her hospital's administrative side is inefficient, she gave them plenty of time in my opinion. IT should be...

  15. Nicotine Test, No smoking policy

    malestunurse replied to AspergersRN's topic in General Nursing

    What if you only smoke before or after

  16. Is there a line floating?

    malestunurse replied to applesxoranges's topic in General Nursing

    This site talks a lot about people not doing things within their scope of practice and are usually wrong about what that means, but this is actually a scope of practice issue if she has not had mental...

  17. No worries USA. Only healthcare workers will be exposed to ebola.

    malestunurse replied to Raviepoo's topic in Disaster Preparation

  18. Charge nurse

    malestunurse replied to Nightowl_lpn's topic in General Nursing

    Are CNAs able to take responsibility for patients? Don't CNAs work under the license of a nurse? Shouldn't it have been the responsibility of the nurse caring for that patient not the CNA that should...

  19. If you had money to spend on your unit or staff---

    malestunurse replied to NanikRN's topic in General Nursing

    Bar

  20. Mom and school nurse...

    malestunurse replied to jk82's topic in School

    You mean like any other

  21. What are the toughest classes in nursing school?

    malestunurse replied to JDK1's topic in General Students

    Acute illness and

  22. Hang abx COLD?

    malestunurse replied to Colorado1's topic in Infusion, Intravenous

    I can't even think of any antibiotics that are required to be stored

  23. Male pediatric nurses?

    malestunurse replied to FutureNurseKyle's topic in Pediatric

    All my male lecturers are paediatric nurses funnily enough. There is a big cut before he they start singing that song so they may have cut all that stuff out. Some places don't require labeling of...

  24. How hard is your nursing school?

    malestunurse replied to EternalFeather's topic in General Students

    But I'm sure our tests and assignments are written to a scaled level. Your 75% might be our 50%. We never just have multi choice question exams all of ours have a short answer and long answer section...

  25. How hard is your nursing school?

    malestunurse replied to EternalFeather's topic in General Students

    50% is a pass for us, just like that rest of the