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    CBD & Nursing don't mix

    EaglesWings21 replied to OrganizedChaos's topic in General Nursing

    Hope you can get yot pain under control. You can buy Meriva on Amazon and there are actual clinical trials that state the benifits on it in managing inflammation and pain in RA. More and more...
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    Emergency Nurses More Pro-Police?

    EaglesWings21 replied to Emergent's topic in Emergency

    I'm not pro or con with police. There are good police officers and bad police officers. I took this post as regarding media coverage and how society feels towards police. My mother is a criminal...
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    Travel Nursing: The good, the bad, and why I probably will never do again-Part 1

    EaglesWings21 replied to Have Nurse's topic in Travel

    I, too, have been destitute before and struggling to get internet access, faxes sent through, spending a whole day running around town to take care of finalities for nursing school or a job. As a...
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    Accepting verbal orders from another nurse?

    EaglesWings21 replied to amberrenae, RN's topic in General Nursing

    No you were not wrong and wise to do what you did. I have however taken orders from a very wise charge nurse when a patient was decompensating and the doctor took 10 years to get to the bedside....
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    Maternal Mortality Is Rising in the U.S. As It Declines Elsewhere

    EaglesWings21 replied to herring_RN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Rest peacefully, Lauren Bloomstein. í
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    How to handle condescending doctor

    EaglesWings21 replied to MyAimIsTrue's topic in General Nursing

    Healthcare is different from other fields in that you are dealing with the lives of people. Interrupting the doctor and reporting numbers was not appropriate. I communicate with doctors in SBAR...
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    How to handle condescending doctor

    EaglesWings21 replied to MyAimIsTrue's topic in General Nursing

    I would probably not report a heart rate of 50 unless the patient was on a new medicine or symptomatic. I especially wouldn't interrupt the doctor when they were communicating with family and...
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    Hospitals offer big bonuses, free housing and tuition to recruit nurses

    EaglesWings21 replied to NRSKarenRN's topic in Nursing News

    Just took a full time resource job making 2x as much as I was on the floor. I'm putting myself back in school. I don't dislike bedside nursing but I do dislike working so hard and not being fairly...
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    Multiple CNA's refusing assigned task

    EaglesWings21 replied to Dawnkeibals's topic in General Nursing

    I feel like something is broken in teamwork reading these comments. I already know this isn't going to be received well but even if the CNA or tech is the subordinate we are all on the same team and...
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    SNF job from HELL

    EaglesWings21 replied to Glycerine82's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Sorry about your dad. As far as work goes, life is too short to be
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    OCNRN63

    EaglesWings21 replied to Kyrshamarks's topic in General Nursing

    Black birds singing in the dead of night. Take these broken wings and learn to fly. All your life, you were only waiting for this moment to be free. Black bird fly, into the light of a dark black...
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    Switching Jobs In The Middle Of Orientation

    EaglesWings21 posted a topic in General Nursing

    Would you consider switching jobs in the middle of orientation if you were offered more money (like several thousand dollars more per month) and you were familiar with the place that offered the job?...
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    Evidence Base Research Shows...

    EaglesWings21 replied to hppygr8ful's topic in General Nursing

    Yes made me smile too! Just wanted to make sure we knew there was a purpose for the
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    Evidence Base Research Shows...

    EaglesWings21 replied to hppygr8ful's topic in General Nursing

    EBP states that this is the most up-to-date, unbiased, and most accurate method of providing your patients with the best care possible. When my daughter was diagnosed with cancer my free time was...
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    Racism in Nursing

    EaglesWings21 replied to eastcoastrn586's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    As a white woman, I didn't realize there was so much racism in the world until I became a nurse, but the majority I have witnessed was from patients. And it wasn't just towards black people, but...
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    OCNRN63

    EaglesWings21 replied to Kyrshamarks's topic in General Nursing

    Please if anyone is able express my thoughts and prayers. I always appreciated her wise and carefully chosen
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    Jahi McMath "What does it mean to die?"

    EaglesWings21 replied to Christy1019's topic in Nursing News

    I read the article and all this proves is that maybe everything we know about brain death is not concise, but if Jahi does have the conscious part of her mind but not her brains stem her suffering is...
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    Why so much Negativity in Nursing?

    EaglesWings21 replied to lindsayCalifornia's topic in General Nursing

    I have found a passion in nursing and gaining trust from a complete stranger in one of their most vulnerable times. With that being said, nurses are pulled in so many directions daily. Your first...
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    Keep What You Love, Return the Rest: Healing from Trauma with EMDR Pt. 1

    EaglesWings21 replied to SafetyNurse1968's topic in General Nursing

    My family has many, many heartbreaks. My daughter will be trying this with her counselor once they build a rapport. I pray that it helps her, because at this point in time, the PTSD seems to take...
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    Hospital Readmissions - What does the research show?

    EaglesWings21 replied to realitytvnut's topic in General Nursing

    Maybe we should treat each patient as an individual and not just a diagnosis. My unit boasts about lower admission days but I feel like a lot of their needs are not being met despite me bringing them...
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    Effect of #metoo

    EaglesWings21 replied to FolksBtrippin's topic in General Nursing

    Sexual assault occurs more often than any of us would ever have thought, and it doesn't discriminate against man, woman, or child. I think it is brave to come out in social media and say #metoo to...
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    What if I'm the Bully?

    EaglesWings21 replied to SafetyNurse1968's topic in General Nursing

    You post was very thoughtful. I sense that you are a caring nurse but question yourself for speaking your mind so often. I know your frustrations. I have precepted new nurses who don't know how to...
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    I SAW HIM! - Near Death Experiences

    EaglesWings21 replied to spotangel's topic in Spirituality, Religion

    Spot angel, I hear you. We have all been through trials in this life, some worse than others. If we never speak on them we never heal. Sometimes counseling is useless in people with PTSD....
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    I SAW HIM! - Near Death Experiences

    EaglesWings21 replied to spotangel's topic in Spirituality, Religion

    It seems as though she sensed something in those patients and they were willing to share and mutual benefit was received. You can be an atheist or agnostic if you chose to, but that tells me you...
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    I SAW HIM! - Near Death Experiences

    EaglesWings21 replied to spotangel's topic in Spirituality, Religion

    I have to speak up. Did we not learn in school that nursing is holistic including a patient's spiritual needs? Just because you have different believes doesn't mean we should never discuss anything...