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what does TID mean?
tid is up for day nurse interpretation---at my workplace--I do not get a say in it. I also want to quit---but going to find a good place that makes sense of dr's orders. I think tid w/o specification is 9-1-5.
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Prevacid and G.Tubes
As one who gives this daily, sodium bicarb is a new method I haven't heard. But dissolve??? I read that the granules were enteric coated--not disolved in stomach, but in intestines.This was reason not to crush granules. I have 55-60 pts @ noc & the stupid DON wonders why I ***** because all old pts have stomach problems & I have to give 15 of these things @ 6:30--1/2 hr. a.c.---they get it all the same time? NO!! You can't be in 3-4 places @ once. I like protonix---give anytime w/o reguard for meals.
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Filipino Nurses
YES, THEY HATE TO BE WRONG--THEY'D RATHER DO IT WRONG THAN ASK THIS WHITE MAN-I'M NOT PREJUDICE--I JUST CAN'T UNDERSTAND SOME OF THE MIND WORKINGS--THEN THEY GET USED TO ME & IT'S CAN YOU DO THIS? PT REFUSES MY HELP--OTHERWISE THEY'RE OK--SPEAK ENGLISH,THOUGH-- (NOW I'M GOING TO GET CASTRATED)I SPEAK MY MIND ------------------
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Filipino Nurses
YES, THEY HATE TO BE WRONG--THEY'D RATHER DO IT WRONG THAN ASK THIS WHITE MAN-I'M NOT PREJUDICE--I JUST CAN'T UNDERSTAND SOME OF THE MIND WORKINGS--THEN THEY GET USED TO ME & IT'S CAN YOU DO THIS? PT REFUSES MY HELP--OTHERWISE THEY'RE OK--SPEAK ENGLISH,THOUGH-- (NOW I'M GOING TO GET CASTRATED)I SPEAK MY MIND ------------------
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returning to nusing school at 30 something
I WAS IN THE "TRADES" UNTIL I BECAME A NURSE (LVN) @ 32Y/0--NOW I KNOW MORE THAN ALL THE R.N.'S (FACT) BUT I WOULDN'T GO FOR MY R.N. I'M SORRY, BUT RN'S BECOME MORE MGMT. IN ATTITUDE VS PT. ADVOCATE---BESIDES, IF MONEY WAS THE POINT--I WOULDN'T BE HERE AS A MALE,I GET A LOT OF BITCHYNESS UNTIL THEY FIND OUT I KNOW MY STUFF-- & CAN FIX ANYTHING NOW IT'S IS HE ON?? OH, GOOD--THE OLDER=THE EXP YOU CAN GIVE! 17 YRS NOW (I'M 49) AND IT FREAKS NEW HIRES (RN TURNOVER) TO FIND I KNOW MORE,I DON'T RUB IT IN-- THEIR EMBARRASSED,& SEE THAT AGE CAN MEAN ADVANTAGE,I LOVE FOOLING PEOPLE--LOTS OF PTS STILL THINK I'M A DOCTOR SAYING I'M A NURSE, YOU DO WHAT YOU WANT B/CAZ YOUTH IS WASTED ON THE YOUNG(OLD SAYING) GO FOR THE LIMIT OF YOUR AMBITIONS TAKE CARE ------------------
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IS THIS YOU?
I USE LIGHT AFTERSHAVE & SUCK ON ALTOIDS WHEN I HAVE A CIGARETTE--NO, I DO NOT CARE, BECAUSE IT'S STILL(RELATIVELY) A FREE COUNTRY-I AM OUTSIDE WHEN I SMOKE-YES IT'S A BAD HABIT, BUT MINE OWN--GO AHEAD & REPLY NEGATIVELY--THINK IT WILL CHG MY MIND? HOMEY DON'T PLAY DAT
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PLEASE HELP NSG STUDENT-DOSAGE/CALC
I'M GLAD THAT YOU AT LEAST SEEK HELP- THE PLACE I WORK AT, THEY CALC & EVEN THOUGH I RE-CALC THE RIGHT DOSAGE, I STILL GET ARGUMENTS, ALTHOUGH I AM ALWAYS RIGHT--THERE IS ONLY RIGHT/WRONG--OK-- THIS IS WHAT EVEN THE RN DON SCREWS UP: ROXANOL 20MG/ML GIVE 7.5 MG S.L. Q4H PRN BREAKTHRU PAIN--I CAN'T REMEMBER THE SCREWY ANSWERS I SAW--INCREDIBLE! PROPORTIONS: THE EARLIER ANS ,IS BEST WAY 20MG/1ML :: 7.5MG/X ML, KEEPING LIKE VALUES ON SAME PLANE--CROSS MULTIPLY= 20X=7.5 X= 7.5/20=.375CC WON 20.00 WHEN I BET IT WAS RIGHT! A-S-K----YOU WILL GET HELP HANG IN!!! ------------------