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  1. If I was in your situation, I and my husband would get the flu shot, but not the 3 month old. I would wait until they were a little older to get the shot (6 months to a year) and make sure everyone...
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    ever notice that

    ...when you have all your 10am meds pulled and in order, the surgeon on call comes in and changes every order in the
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    Who's The Priority?

    Oh wow thats great!!! Good luck in
  4. Oh lord! I started the day yesterday with a deceased pt but you definatly take the cake my friend. I'm so sorry you had such a bad day
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    BN vs. Diploma Program

    I was very much expecting to enter this thread and see the old debate popping up but am very happy to not see that today. What an informative thread about diploma nurses. I love
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    To grow a backbone....

    I just checked out that site and its
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    Is 26 too old to go back to school?

    Heck no! I was 26 when returning back for my ADN and I'm going to go on to my Masters eventually. I even had a classmate who was a grandmother and she did very
  8. Oh my Lord you're kidding
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    A question for all Nurses.

    We worked on pig fetuses and cats but not human cadavers. Dealing with death and dead humans is something you will be exposed to if not in nursing school then as an actual nurse. Just one of the...
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    Low sodium correction question!!!

    Wow! Thank you for that great detailed response. I have a much better understanding of sodium imbalance and wasn't even sure until just now that I was lacking understanding
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    Desperate !!

    All these are extremely good suggestions! Are you stil
  12. But if its droplets that we are worried about, don't we put pt's on droplet precaution where we can't come in 3 feet without face mask and other PPE? I wish you luck and hope you feel better
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    Ampules still being used, Ouch!

    I don't know about your unit, but ours does't always use filters for every IV. YIKES! Only for the central's, PICC's and
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    Ampules still being used, Ouch!

    The two on my unit are phenergan and digoxin, but I know there was another one that is on the tip of my tongue that was a big sucker (can't remember it for the life of me). I cut my thumb on a...
  15. I'm thinking troll post
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    frustrated with myself & IV's

    I can't even imagine putting an 18 into a hand, not unless it was a big vein there. Generally I don't even start with the hand, I start looking above the wrist, work up to the AC, even look above the...
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    Found out about CNA's and stethoscopes

    I've always kept mine around my neck, perhaps I need to rethink
  18. I was actually hoping this was a joke :uhoh21: Take what you learned from it and look forward to the next test, don't keep looking
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    I am a nurse, but I dream of....

    In my fantacy life, I would be... Definatly super mom, archeologist, But I always did want to be a
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    eating disordered nurses

    Oh hunny, you're not a fraud in any way. Nurses are well known for taking care of others and not themselves. Some smoke, drink, addictions, over or under eating, stress, you name it. Thats not...
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    Where were u 9/11/01?

    I'm sorry, as this is not going to be completely short. I was pregnant significantly with twins and had a 9 month old and had taken off of work that day (hated my job). We were watching teletubbies...
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    Pregnant while in nursing school.

    I was pregnant during my last year of nursing school. I was also 9 months pregnant when I graduated and did the pinning ceremony (want to talk about a whole lot of white fabric!). I missed no...
  23. If it were me I wouldn't come to a well baby or any other nursery sick. We tell family members all the time not to come to the hospital to see newborns when they are sick, same applys don't
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    Pt wants to return to ICU???

    A thread below got me thinking about what a pt said to me this weekend. I was told by a young (not pediatric young, but teenage in 20 year old body young) patient that he wanted to go back to the ICU...
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    Meth is destroying communities

    I clicked on the URL to see the link right when one of my 4 year old twins came walking into the room. She said right away "look Mommy, Zombies!" ain't that the