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  1. Is it selfish not to get a Flu Shot?

    steelcityrn replied to Tweety's topic in General Nursing

    If I can get my hands on some vaccine, I for sure will take it. I have already seen two patients with confirmed flu virus and its only

  2. "What do you need Christmas off for? You don't have kids!" (rant)

    steelcityrn replied to Marie_LPN, RN's topic in General Nursing

    This subject is causing me to have "post traumatic syndrome"

  3. Cutting Balloon cuffs

    steelcityrn replied to jewelcutt's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    i WOULD TELL THE PACU NURSE THAT YOUR FIRST CONSIDERATION IS YOUR PATIENTS SAFETY!!! ALWAY DEFLATE THE

  4. Typical Day For A Home Health Nurse | Life of a Nurse

    steelcityrn replied to hoolahan's topic in Home Health

    Alice.....that is one crappy day girl! When I see my D.O.N. next time, and she looks frustrated, I will be extra nice to her

  5. Typical Day For A Home Health Nurse | Life of a Nurse

    steelcityrn replied to hoolahan's topic in Home Health

    Home health has been so good for my health...NO MORE NIGHTTURN OR 12 HOUR SHIFTS....Typical day for me....leave my home after 8 am, usually have a patient within a mile, then I will venture out to the...

  6. Master Cleanse?

    steelcityrn replied to chattypattyCRNA2B's topic in General Nursing

    You should consult your physician before taking anything that could mess up your electrolytes. Any nurse has given a laxative , but that was ordered by thr

  7. What do you do if a patient strikes?

    steelcityrn replied to Emery's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    I would not try to defend myself as much as I would be trying to protect myself. One patient I had who struck out was having a bad reaction to a medication. What was I supposed to do...take the old...

  8. Nursing phrases

    steelcityrn replied to oneota's topic in General Nursing

    I never heard of bollod pressure??? What is that?? I am looking for phrases nurses commonly use with patients, e.g., "I am going to take your bollod pressure now," "This will hurt a little," "Please...

  9. cerner

    steelcityrn replied to caringRN's topic in General Nursing

    One of the systems where I worked included cerner, they have been around a long time. It saves alot of time, and they also had the scan for pt bracelets and medication bar

  10. "resort" healthcare featured on 60 minutes

    steelcityrn replied to pixie-dust37's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    And they also mentioned the problem a patient would have if they needed to sue for malpractice. Pretty much, you would have to "TRY" and sue the country of India.So, before PPl go over there in mass...

  11. Qualities of a Good Nurse?

    steelcityrn replied to cn2007rn's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Best quality is being able to communicate well

  12. Do you have to deal with these?

    steelcityrn replied to nursestudentx's topic in Emergency

    Why would you rather do the paper work in nursing then? I mean, come on, Im sure if you want to do paperwork, there would be more enjoyable forms of it ! Your no way going to make it in nursing, I...

  13. leave an office for nights in L&D?

    steelcityrn replied to nursescar's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    AFTER WORKING 11-7 FOR ALMOST 17 YEARS, I AM SOOO DONE WITH THAT. NOTHING WORSE THAN TRYING TO SLEEP WHILE EVERYONE ELSE IS ON DAYLIGHT. IF YOU DO TAKE IT, DOES IT HAVE TO BE 5 NIGHTS A WEEK? THINK...

  14. need help for severe depression

    steelcityrn replied to needs help's topic in General Nursing

    "WHY DO BAD THINGS HAPPEN TO GOOD PEOPLE" IS A GOOD BOOK FOR STARTERS :) AND AS FAR AS DIXILEE'S COMMENTS, I REALLY LIKE IT! IT WAS NOT COLD AT ALL. IT WAS JUST WHAT A WOMAN HER AGE SHOULD BE ABLE TO...

  15. How often do female pts request male nurses?

    steelcityrn replied to JessicaInOr's topic in Men in Nursing

    I guess psy is psych? And I have never had a female request a male nurse, but I have had a male nurse ask me to trade a patient because a female patient did not want

  16. At Your Hospice, Do You. . .

    steelcityrn replied to Katillac's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    This is a interesting post in that I also thought hospice patients could not be on

  17. How HOSPITALS created a nursing crisis!!

    steelcityrn replied to kwagner_51's topic in General Nursing

    OK.....so then what happens when a union of nurses band together and are forced to walk, after many, many attempts to make nursing better???? A greedy travel nurse steps in and makes 40+ and hour with...

  18. "real" role of pysch nurses

    steelcityrn replied to Still_searching's topic in Psychiatric

    Amy.....Hospital psych is alot of depression, mania, bi-polar and schizo's. You know how it goes, besides passing meds( if your the nurse passing them that day) its alot about having conversation,...

  19. Medicare Modernization Act

    steelcityrn replied to gerinurse10's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Are you talking about the ten thousand drug discount cards the gov dished out last year? They are very confusing to the elderly. Or were you speaking of the new medicare cuts they want to impose next...

  20. Rehab Nursing Intro

    steelcityrn replied to malusport's topic in Rehabilitation

    Aaron......Have passed thru rehab a few times. It is fast paced, of course alot of knee sx, hips ect.. Physical therapy started soon as person can apply weight. You need a strong back, alot of...

  21. I put myself in a bad situation.

    steelcityrn replied to Foxfour's topic in Washington Nursing

    My advise would be to get on a med surg floor for a year or two. Then you can transfer onto ped's or L+D. A school nurse is usually a job one takes after they had their feel of hospital nursing. Good...

  22. Why are Hospitals so darn mean when someone fails the NCLEX?

    steelcityrn replied to Roland's topic in General Nursing

    Why would a hospital publish the results of anyones nxclex results, be it pass or fail? This crosses the line as far as i am concerned. Whats next, maybe publish the next time a piece of equiptment...

  23. 14 Hours: new TV Movie on 4/3/05, 8PM dealing w/ Hermann Hospital Flood & Evacuation

    steelcityrn replied to szccdw's topic in General Nursing

    Karen.....Why is it that you always have the answers? lol...Too darn smart for your own good

  24. Artificial feeding-Terri Schiavo

    steelcityrn replied to ktwlpn's topic in General Nursing

    Seems horribly sad that the parents can't except their dgt's wishes, she has been without food and water now over a week. Its just a total

  25. Med/Surg and the Bad, Horrible, Terrible, No-Good Day

    steelcityrn replied to VivaLasViejas's topic in General Nursing

    I think the answer here would have been to consulted a homecare company. Because of the patients diagnosis, that would have been appropriate. Then instead of wasting all that time with documentation...