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  1. Phasing out LPN's.

    babs_rn replied to BJ, LPN's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    I guess I could see a CMA in a physician practice but in a hospital environment? No. Never. So JCAHO won't let licensed nurses assess but they'll let unlicensed people give meds? Surely others see...

  2. PHS has taken over our prison

    babs_rn replied to Pattiecake's topic in Correctional

    Yeah it has been awhile. Only way I do corrections now is with the agency though - here in GA the company that has it now has some ridiculous policies and low pay rates so actually many of the prisons...

  3. drinks at the nurses station

    babs_rn replied to gamegirlkimmy's topic in Nurse Management

    I agree totally. One does get parched from all that running around and besides, some of us get a little hypoglycemic too. We still must take good care of ourselves if we are to take the best possible...

  4. Intimidation Tactics as Teaching Tools?

    babs_rn replied to Catys_With_Me's topic in General Students

    Exactly what I'm afraid of. That's kind of my point here. Where's my supervisor? lol....I AM the supervisor. Have been for years. Orientation? Except in the outpatient dialysis environment (10 weeks...

  5. Intimidation Tactics as Teaching Tools?

    babs_rn replied to Catys_With_Me's topic in General Students

    I'm sorry you miss my points here. For the third or fourth time I never said humiliation or temper tantrums are okay. Every crop of every profession (including nursing instructors) has its bad seeds....

  6. Intimidation Tactics as Teaching Tools?

    babs_rn replied to Catys_With_Me's topic in General Students

    I don't want a "nice" nurse. I want a strong, compassionate, intelligent nurse who knows what the hell she's doing and who knows what her limitations are. As an ED NM (over me) put it, "Sweet and dumb...

  7. Got any funny acronyms at your ER???

    babs_rn replied to RNin92's topic in Emergency

    I developed two as a result of a couple of patients we had seen...one inspired the DQA right off the bat (Drama Queen Alert) - the other came about after seeing several twenty-something men...

  8. Intimidation Tactics as Teaching Tools?

    babs_rn replied to Catys_With_Me's topic in General Students

    We don't have the whole story on that matter - I never said that temper tantrums are okay, and i never said humiliation is okay. But what people may find to be "intimidating" is something that is...

  9. Does anyone have a ESRD nursing tool I can look at?

    babs_rn replied to malca's topic in Dialysis, Renal, Urology

    Just a suggestion.....(since our admit assessment is 5 pages long)....why not call your nearest dialysis center and introduce yourself and ask if you could use one of theirs? There is an extensive...

  10. Intimidation Tactics as Teaching Tools?

    babs_rn replied to Catys_With_Me's topic in General Students

    Nope but i did walk to clinical cause i was 18 yrs old on scholarship at a small junior college, lived in the dorm and had no car. You were starched and pressed and pristinely white, no nail polish (a...

  11. What was the MOST ridiculous thing a patient came to the ER for?

    babs_rn replied to JUSTYSMOM's topic in Emergency

    what is a

  12. Intimidation Tactics as Teaching Tools?

    babs_rn replied to Catys_With_Me's topic in General Students

    I went through nursing school in the days of whites and caps and when you'd better not have a single hair touching your collar and your whites had better be pristine and not a speck on them nor on...

  13. Sick nurse goes to ER

    babs_rn replied to Butternut's topic in General Nursing

    I haven't run into that kind of treatment but I do generally assist in my own procedures. One time I had to have a breast biopsy under ultrasound. The u/s tech was an LPN in a "previous life" and a...

  14. PHS has taken over our prison

    babs_rn replied to Pattiecake's topic in Correctional

    I worked for PHS years ago. Brief history, CMS had been in and was under just a personnel contract for the state DOC - (which was much better working conditions, by the way - things made more sense...

  15. What was the MOST ridiculous thing a patient came to the ER for?

    babs_rn replied to JUSTYSMOM's topic in Emergency

    Here's another one... 20 y/o "Buffy" type sorority girl at an area university, comes in with the c/o "A bump down there and its tender", hx present x 2 mos. External exam by the doc reveals nothing...

  16. What was the MOST ridiculous thing a patient came to the ER for?

    babs_rn replied to JUSTYSMOM's topic in Emergency

    I can think of two right off... One young man came in with the complaint that he couldn't get an erection. Wanted Viagra. Young lady brought in by EMS with c/o broken artificial nail. NOT really sure...

  17. penile implants

    babs_rn replied to jaquar's topic in Dialysis, Renal, Urology

    roflmao!!!!!!!!!!!! [/ :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl:

  18. Code in Dialysis

    babs_rn replied to Paris40's topic in Dialysis, Renal, Urology

    I agree with Pamelina. I have a long, LONG background in ER and ICU myself - but remember....ACLS protocol is a protocol that applies in the hospital and pre-hospital environments where I guarantee...

  19. Dressing Change Supplies/How Often

    babs_rn replied to Robbilin's topic in Dialysis, Renal, Urology

    We used the gauze and tape for awhile but found it just didn't work well at all. What DOES work and is applied just like Tegaderm is the Island dressing...it's got the non-stick telfa like surface...

  20. Question regarding smaller unit...

    babs_rn replied to nosonew's topic in Dialysis, Renal, Urology

    As an old-school nurse I firmly believe in the concept of "continuity of care". I worked for several years in a smaller center (15 chairs, MWF) and we didn't switch up unless a schedule spot came open...

  21. What is it like working for Divata Dialysis?

    babs_rn replied to Frenchy01666's topic in Dialysis, Renal, Urology

    I think it's going to be interesting to see how this buyout plays out. It merges two really large companies....will they look at Gambro's computer stuff (their online purchasing program is FAR...

  22. If Martha Stewart was a nurse.....

    babs_rn replied to saintcheryl2002's topic in Nursing Humor

    well truth be told if Martha Stewart was a nurse....she wouldn't have time to be Martha Stewart! NOT that she'd ever get her hands dirty anyhow....but some of this has been proven to be true by...

  23. What is it like working for Divata Dialysis?

    babs_rn replied to Frenchy01666's topic in Dialysis, Renal, Urology

    Been a Davita nurse (in GA) and happily so for the past two years. Worked agency with other companies, wouldn't waste my time with them. Davita is a good company BUT it has developed more of a "bottom...

  24. Making assignment sheets

    babs_rn replied to RockiRN's topic in Dialysis, Renal, Urology

    I don't know. I like continuity of care, be it a 3 day clinic or a 6 day clinic. Just makes sense to me to distribute the patient load as evenly as possible and schedule one group of caregivers in a...

  25. Nurses marrying doctors

    babs_rn replied to Cqc_Cqb's topic in General Nursing

    While you may well be very correct in your assessment and certainly entitled to your opinion, and while nurses are much more educated and able to deal with the high-tech world that nursing has become,...