heron ASN, RN

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    Gov. Christie impose pain pill limit: 5 days for initial RX despite N.J. docs objections

    heron replied to NRSKarenRN's topic in Nursing News

    This, on the other hand, is a valid criticism, in my
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    Gov. Christie impose pain pill limit: 5 days for initial RX despite N.J. docs objections

    heron replied to NRSKarenRN's topic in Nursing News

    That poster recently tried to ignite similar fireworks in the breakroom. Don't
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    Eating Their Young

    heron replied to futurelnd's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    You didn't ask me, but I watched as much of the video as I could. For myself, I found the points in the video to be old news. She's basically restating ideas that have been around for
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    Nurses Eating Nursing Students

    heron replied to Cisabel's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    You being the arbiter of what constitutes the "right" attitude, of
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    Chinese births in U.S. hospitals?

    heron replied to Plumrose15153's topic in General Nursing

    @ dishes: But they have the same non-citizen status as immigrants. Any child born before an immigrant becomes a legal citizen would be affected as well ... and their children and so
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    Chinese births in U.S. hospitals?

    heron replied to Plumrose15153's topic in General Nursing

    That would mean that anyone descended from immigrants arriving here since the end of the American revolution are not citizens, wouldn't
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    Eating Their Young

    heron replied to futurelnd's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Good question ... obviously you haven't reached it
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    Eating Their Young

    heron replied to futurelnd's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    So - where's the
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    Nurses Eating Nursing Students

    heron replied to Cisabel's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    She did refuse ... the OP ignored
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    Nurses Eating Nursing Students

    heron replied to Cisabel's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Because, like you, the OP seemed to feel that the nurse was not allowed to set limits on the demands made on her time and energy. She had a choice: do a lousy job with two students or do a decent job...
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    Nurses Eating Nursing Students

    heron replied to Cisabel's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Sniped by
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    Is it legal..

    heron replied to L&DRN93's topic in General Nursing

    Whether floating from L/D or adult med-surg, the thing management seems to be forgetting is that infants and children are not mini-adults. Definitely agitate for better
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    Is it legal..

    heron replied to L&DRN93's topic in General Nursing

    The picture is complicated by the fact that we are, as far as I know, obligated to decline an assignment for which we know we are not adequately
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    scab nursing

    heron replied to defyinggravity2009's topic in General Nursing

    Sorry, not impressed. Sitting around waiting for a union to fix things for you is just as exploitive as scabbing. If your union was ineffective, you have only yourself to blame. Hope your record...
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    Ativan and getting punched in the face

    heron replied to Happynurse2222's topic in General Nursing

    Very true ... and sometimes that very skilled addict is also seriously
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    Ativan and getting punched in the face

    heron replied to Happynurse2222's topic in General Nursing

    Not an ED or even really acute surg nurse, here, but "kidney stones, appendicitis and an aneurism" sound like part of the differential dx of acute onset severe abdominal pain. I agree that better pain...
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    Nursing During The HIV/AIDS Crisis

    heron replied to DoGoodThenGo's topic in General Nursing

    Excellent thread - wish I hadn't missed
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    For The Love Of All That Is Holy . . . .

    heron replied to Ruby Vee's topic in General Nursing

    Just as it did on genY-ers, genX-ers, boomers, The Greatest, and so on back. It's not a generational thing - it's a developmental stage, just like adolescence. End of de-rail ... carry
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    Ativan and getting punched in the face

    heron replied to Happynurse2222's topic in General Nursing

    With that list of diagnoses, delirium is a real possibility - Ativan would be like setting a match to gasoline. I've learned the hard way to be very judicious with
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    Nurses Eating Nursing Students

    heron replied to Cisabel's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Not impolite - more like incredulous From my experience, the whole story seemed quite selectively edited. The only direct quote was not impolite at all and the rest of the characterization was heavy...
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    Nurses Eating Nursing Students

    heron replied to Cisabel's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Did you even read Ruby's post? We have no credible evidence that the nurse in question was
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    Nursing During The HIV/AIDS Crisis

    heron replied to DoGoodThenGo's topic in General Nursing

    I was up to my ears in it from 1984 until 1998, first as a nurse in a university health service then as a charge nurse on a dedicated AIDS unit from 1987 thru 1998. The best work I've ever done, with...
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    Nursing During The HIV/AIDS Crisis

    heron replied to DoGoodThenGo's topic in General Nursing

    What was the
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    Eating Their Young

    heron replied to futurelnd's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Speaking of hypocrisy, why is it that the bedside nurses being scolded for their lack of empathy and compassion are the only ones who never get
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    How to annoy irritating Drs.

    heron replied to Avid reader's topic in Nursing Humor

    Hmm ... the same behavior (ridicule) you claim is so sophisticated and intelligent suddenly becomes a disservice to our profession when it's directed at you. Got it. Are you feeling respectful,...