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  1. Things I have learned from being a nurse/NP (and some that required no degree at all)

    regularRN replied to AngelfireRN's topic in General Nursing

    "You can keep someone alive, but you can not make them

  2. Co-worker eats like a cave woman...

    regularRN replied to Born2BWild's topic in General Nursing

    I eat with my fingers all the time - it's not unusual anywhere. What disturbs me are all these references to the third world... are there three? (this is the second time I've come across this tonight...

  3. Do diversity programs work?

    regularRN replied to vivicaq's topic in General Nursing

    There are three

  4. Do degrees mean nurses will not 'dirty' their hands?

    regularRN posted a topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    From the BBC UK; Has anyone experienced this... I have and I work in the US. Do degrees mean nurses will not 'dirty' their hands? The training changes that have given students the opportunity of...

  5. Can RNs really make this much?

    regularRN replied to MiahMSN's topic in General Nursing

    The starting rate in the Bay Area is high because the cost of living here is high too... if a new grad can find a job. Seems to be a hiring

  6. Do degrees mean nurses will not 'dirty' their hands?

    regularRN replied to regularRN's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    Thank you for all your responses - very interesting. I work in the US. I posted because recently a student would not answer her pt.'s call light. She knew the pt. was on the BSC and the CNA was...

  7. Not sure how I'm going to survive

    regularRN replied to BabyLady's topic in General Nursing

    OP - it's great that you found a second income. I was going to suggest you apply to the local jail. I've been told correctional nursing is in demand, and you get to pick your shifts because they are...

  8. Relationship-based care...

    regularRN replied to regularRN's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks Batman... they already did the whole "hourly rounding" and customer satisfactions thing. I wonder how much relationship-based care consults cost?!!! Does anyone work in a hospital where RBC...

  9. Relationship-based care...

    regularRN replied to regularRN's topic in General Nursing

    That's why I'm asking... I don't know what relationship based care is . They are attempting to implement it where I work and I'm curious... what are the

  10. I have Shingles

    regularRN replied to jrbl77's topic in General Nursing

    Shingles is very painful... and very itchy. I had shingles in April 09 and the affected area is still itchy/numb/painful. You are fine to go to work if the lesions are healed (no oozing). I found...

  11. heres one...speaking other languages in front of patients

    regularRN replied to VM85's topic in General Nursing

    I cannot speak any other languages except English and French (not many French people where I live in California). However, it bothers me when CNAs, RNs and managers converse in Spanish in front of me...

  12. If you have rec' d the H1N1 vaccine - please report

    regularRN replied to CrunchRN's topic in General Nursing

    I had mine Monday - no side effects at all.... (so far!). However, the regular flu shot gave me a sore

  13. Circumcision at change of shift?

    regularRN replied to Rhee's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I'm thinking if the Md wants to circ at that time, he/she needs their PA to

  14. Washington Redskins Cheerleader Suffers Dystonia From Flu Shot

    regularRN replied to musiklover's topic in Disaster Preparation

    Out of interest - because I work neurology - I googled "movement disorders" and my results were very real. I don't want to belittle such disorders, but I would like to find out more about this case,...

  15. Washington Redskins Cheerleader Suffers Dystonia From Flu Shot

    regularRN replied to musiklover's topic in Disaster Preparation

    Psychogenic dystonia... or may be genetic? Even so, her movement disorder does not seem typical of any of the dystonia cases I have come across - but then again (as a disclaimer) I am not a...

  16. Washington Redskins Cheerleader Suffers Dystonia From Flu Shot

    regularRN replied to musiklover's topic in Disaster Preparation

    I watched the video several times... and I noticed she was able to fix her hair behind her ear when she apparently had no control over her body. I'm not making a judgment, just an

  17. Learn To Say It Correctly!!

    regularRN replied to SheriLynnRN's topic in General Nursing

    I'm not Scottish, but I believe they pronounce it "glas-gee". In England we say,

  18. Let's Hear It for Med Surg!

    regularRN replied to stellina615's topic in General Nursing

    Med/surge is a specialty... but it is very fast paced - time management is an issue; knowledge and experience of the whole spectrum of illnesses/surgeries is essential and being assigned more than one...

  19. Learn To Say It Correctly!!

    regularRN replied to SheriLynnRN's topic in General Nursing

    Maybe it was a dramatic change with a drastic

  20. Working 2 Fulltime RN jobs

    regularRN replied to KirbyEMT's topic in General Nursing

    I know an RN who works full time in the hospital and full time in the jail! Apparently, because the nature of each job is so different, it's do-able. When I was younger a lot of full time RNs also...

  21. Pre employment drug screen positive for pcp!!!!

    regularRN replied to cocosmama's topic in General Nursing

    Glad everything worked out fine. This is a very interesting thread, because recently one of my pt's tested positive to PCP... and she was really upset. She obviously was not using PCP. Now I have...

  22. What's in your pocket(s)?

    regularRN replied to AllieSparksRN's topic in General Nursing

    I always seem to end up with way too many pens and pencils (most of them not mine); those red caps that go on IV tubing; alcohol swabs; way too many rolls of tape; several saline flushes; stethoscope;...

  23. Securing that nursing cap!

    regularRN replied to GeauxNursing's topic in General Nursing

    When I trained and worked in the UK during the 1980s, we had to wear paper caps... so they were disposable, but always fell off anyway. Later I had a cotton lacy cap that was supposed to be starched...

  24. Wasting Narcotics

    regularRN replied to tolerantgirl's topic in General Nursing

    You did exactly the right thing... if your colleague forgot to waste 12 hours ago, then she/he needs to take it up with pharmacy, especially if you didn't witness the waste. If he/she forgot, then...

  25. Online MPH programs

    regularRN replied to sincere1782's topic in Public, Community Health

    I just started at San Jose State University. So, even though it's an online course, it is backed by a bricks and mortar university. The MPH program focuses on health eduction. The course is intense...