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  1. Employment drug screen to include nicotine

    originalred posted a topic in General Nursing

    Is there a hospital in Dallas that refuses to hire nurses that test positive for nicotine? Im all for not smoking but as a term of employment?? Where will it stop? Elevated Cholesterol... Genetic...

  2. Employment drug screen to include nicotine

    originalred replied to originalred's topic in General Nursing

    and did i mention those of us who wear corrective lenses... or walk with a limp or do not have a daily BM? all reasons that an employer could refuse to hire a good nurse. Forgive me for posting the...

  3. Employment drug screen to include nicotine

    originalred replied to originalred's topic in General Nursing

    and when u find ur self working all alone dont whine. Those of us in the real world will be working somewhere that understands the real world... just

  4. Employment drug screen to include nicotine

    originalred replied to originalred's topic in General Nursing

    im sure your eating a double bacon cheeseburger as you read this. I wonder if they will fire me for speeding a little on the way to work when im on call. Does your family have a history of cvd or...

  5. You might be a PACU nurse if...

    originalred replied to mustanggirl's topic in PACU

    thats why im calling report... they need to have a bm. discharge criteria for

  6. stupid question?

    originalred replied to brownbook's topic in PACU

    Missing a little. Have worked with surgeons that used no local... pt wakes up in pacu miserable.... use local= much less narcs needed. I would never use a doc that did not use

  7. Travel nursing near Wichita Falls, TX....

    originalred replied to HajaRN12's topic in Travel

    Denton

  8. Thinking about traveling... any advice?

    originalred replied to Brennaj's topic in Travel

    Give aureus medical a call. they have been good to

  9. Is this a good offer in Cali???

    originalred replied to Sharmaine616's topic in Travel

    Dont be afraid to ask for more. housing counts. but gas,

  10. propofol

    originalred replied to popbob's topic in Emergency

    Attitudes changing on propofol

  11. propofol

    originalred replied to popbob's topic in Emergency

    Great post tridil2000. Well put. I,m sure you will NOT be popular on this thread for long. Hang in

  12. propofol

    originalred replied to popbob's topic in Emergency

    rn29306. I would rather suck it up and take care of my patients if 2, 5, or 3 more years of school would close my eyes to the rest of the world. There is an old saying about an ostrich but I will not...

  13. propofol

    originalred replied to robrn's topic in Gastroenterology

    We have been following the info and direction offered at drnaps.org. It is great to find a site where you are not threatened with legal action and called unsafe cowboys pushing anything, anywhere......

  14. propofol

    originalred replied to popbob's topic in Emergency

    Hang in there guys. Our BON recently had a review of our practice act and RN administered propofol for endo... THEIR anesthesiologist stopped the rebuttal being offered by the BON exec after our Docs...

  15. Propofol

    originalred replied to czipp's topic in Gastroenterology

    Most abstracts, discussions, arguments... are biased based on your experience. Some of these "articles" have thousands of procedures done with propofol and no negative outcomes...At some point we have...

  16. propofol

    originalred replied to popbob's topic in Emergency

    I hope most of the participants from the gastroenterology thread do not find this nice little discussion. According to some, any RN who pushes Dip is guilty of capital murder and threatened with legal...

  17. Propofol

    originalred replied to czipp's topic in Gastroenterology

    Robrn, Thanks for having a open mind on the issue. The "tribal mentality" may start to weaken soon as more people become aware of the

  18. Changes to BLS/ACLS and PALS

    originalred posted a topic in General Nursing

    Has anyone seen the AHA guideline changes: BLS, 30-2 compression to ventilation ACLS, 1 shock then 2 minutes of CPR then the 2nd shock How could the science have been that far off to have changes this...

  19. Propofol

    originalred replied to czipp's topic in Gastroenterology

    Anybody doing any research on this or does the "tribal mentality" still hold true? We can't do it because we never have??? Still see posts where a lot of patients have survived propofol admin by a...

  20. Post resuscitation gtts

    originalred replied to 2rntish's topic in PICU, Pediatric

    Thanks misschelei, Just to clarify for me....Our standard "premix" dopamine is 1600mcg/ml. Is there more potential for error by using 2 different concentrations for peds vs adults...in your opinion??...

  21. Propofol

    originalred replied to czipp's topic in Gastroenterology

    The position statements are interesting. Will we ever see one that does not mention "billing issues"? That ruins the validity of the evidence for me. Is it safe or is it not or is it a turf war over...

  22. Propofol

    originalred replied to czipp's topic in Gastroenterology

    Same reply. NONE of the critical care docs I know have been anesthesia providers. I wonder if the ISMP or anyone has numbers of deaths r/t all drugs given...Anesthesia may need to give all sedating...

  23. Propofol

    originalred replied to czipp's topic in Gastroenterology

    God Bless anesthesiologists. Without whom, the world would no longer turn. It does sound like we have gone past pt safety and entered into some sort of turf/ego thing. Sound off any way you need to on...

  24. Propofol

    originalred replied to czipp's topic in Gastroenterology

    I know that ER and critical care docs all over the world will be glad to hear this.

  25. Propofol

    originalred replied to czipp's topic in Gastroenterology

    Second, do you really believe that most gastroenterologists are capable of running a code? I've worked with surgeons who just stay sterile and step away--if called upon to do CPR, they do it wrong....