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    Ebola here in Dallas USA

    duskyjewel replied to HappyWife77's topic in Disaster Preparation

    Because a bunch of Liberians would be really well educated about and familiar with that, right? I don't deny history. I object to its use to race-bait and muddle an issue that has nothing to do with...
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    We in hospice have a lot of educating to do

    duskyjewel replied to duskyjewel's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    Exactly, yes, newhospicern. Thank you.
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    Miss Manners for Nurses

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

    Some people I meet, I know weren't raised by wolves, because wolves would have done a better
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    "Houston we have a problem" This just got very real

    duskyjewel replied to Esme12's topic in Disaster Preparation

    And I've worked with BSN-prepared nurses who couldn't put their gowns on correctly even with a big picture on the outside of the box for instruction! (They were the kind with the loop that goes over...
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    Will the Texas ED RN become a scapegoat in the Ebola patient discharge?

    duskyjewel replied to preddish's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    You can't fix
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    public school systems

    duskyjewel replied to lalonzo27's topic in HIPAA Challenges

    Vaccinations are a public health issue, and schools have both a right and an obligation to ask about them. Especially if your kids aren't vaccinated, they need to know whom to order to stay home when...
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    We in hospice have a lot of educating to do

    duskyjewel replied to duskyjewel's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    When our patients can no longer take PO meds, they're routinely switched to subQ. I know our nurses have trained some family members in giving SQ meds. If a patient has to have IV meds, then either...
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    Yesterday

    duskyjewel replied to Vtachy1's topic in Spirituality, Religion

    If you have a problem with religious and spiritual topics in regard to nursing, perhaps you should avoid this particular
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    What gives with the unsupportive spouses?

    duskyjewel replied to dragonfly414's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I really think anyone who has trouble with a spouse over pursuing a career is in a marriage that had massive issues already. Someone who truly loves you, wants the best for you, and values you as a...
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    Mantra?... Whats yours??...

    duskyjewel replied to PrayingToPass's topic in Spirituality, Religion

    Only X hours to
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    Any ways to prove you're neg for TB?

    duskyjewel replied to cococh15's topic in General Students

    I paid $130 to have a Quantiferon Gold test done at a local lab to satisfy a cranky community college nursing program that didn't want to accept my TB testing history. It was good enough for my...
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    36:1 ratio?

    duskyjewel replied to FNPwannabe123's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    I wouldn't take that job at RN
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    Admin nurse returns to bedside and.....

    duskyjewel replied to duskyjewel's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I'm not taking "joy" out of it. Joy is a big, meaty level of enjoyment. This is a little snicker behind a hand, followed by moving on. I agree middle management must suck, because I imagine it must...
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    Ebola here in Dallas USA

    duskyjewel replied to HappyWife77's topic in Disaster Preparation

    I think they're being fed that line by Al Sharpton and other race hucksters and have no patience with
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    We in hospice have a lot of educating to do

    duskyjewel replied to duskyjewel's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    We do NOT withhold fluids or nourishment in hospice. We do NOT forbid anything by mouth. Most hospice care takes place in people's homes, so we couldn't forbid anything even if we wanted to. But...
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    Waiting for Labor to start on its own strongly recommended (no surprise here):

    duskyjewel replied to SmilingBluEyes's topic in Ob/Gyn

    If a patient is "bugging" her doctor for a medically unnecessary induction, it's the doctor's job to educate their patient and refuse to do unethical
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    We in hospice have a lot of educating to do

    duskyjewel replied to duskyjewel's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    I'm a hospice CNA, hoping to be a hospice nurse at some point. I have two years of hospice experience now and achieved CHPNA earlier this year. It upsets me to hear the erroneous ideas the general...
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    Ebola here in Dallas USA

    duskyjewel replied to HappyWife77's topic in Disaster Preparation

    He lied on his health screening form to get here. Had he returned to Liberia he would have been
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    Nurses Who Don't Want to be Nurses

    duskyjewel replied to mindofmidwifery's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    As a woman married to a "bean counter" I thank you for this. My husband is not employed in healthcare, but is a financial professional in another nonprofit sector. If you want your organization to...
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    PVT "Good pop up" Failed?

    duskyjewel replied to GodmademeRN's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    Search the hundreds of threads on the
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    Seventh Day Adventist and working on Sabbath???

    duskyjewel replied to NeoNatMom's topic in Spirituality, Religion

    How is providing honest, paid work for other people, in obedience to one's own religious laws, which those others do not have to obey, wrong? Seems to me that giving work to a family provider is an...
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    Nurses Who Don't Want to be Nurses

    duskyjewel replied to mindofmidwifery's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    This is why I don't think I could ever bring myself to work somewhere that runs 8 hour shifts. Doing this job five days a week is just about guaranteed to burn you out and destroy your body. If my...
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    Never wear black scrubs.

    duskyjewel replied to Psychosocialist's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    In the hospital system I used to work for, staff wore color coded scrubs, and black was radiology. They/we had no choice of what to wear to
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    I hate my new CNA job

    duskyjewel replied to Alexandra_C23's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    I hate my
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    I hate my new CNA job

    duskyjewel replied to Alexandra_C23's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    Are those 4-5 staff members you speak of all CNAs or dies that include the nurses? Because if they're all CNAs, that's a 5-6 patient per CNA ratio and not for minimize your stress, but many of us...