dtweed

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1. PAIN as the 5th vital sign ..What's it about??

   dtweed replied to prn nurse's topic in Pain Management

   Some of us in LTC are working on pain as a fifth vital sign also. We just implementated a pain management policy in the facility I work in. We have a long way to go, but it is very necessary. When we...

2. What is a real nurse?????

   dtweed replied to duckie's topic in General Nursing

   A real Nurse is anyone who takes cares of patients. I have seen some very good CNA's, LPN'S, AND RN'S. And i have seen some not so good. I have worked acute care, critical care and now am in long...

3. a few more abbreviations?

   dtweed replied to frappachino's topic in General Nursing

   lIn one facility I worked in, they adopted a whole book of medical abbreviations. On very, very slow nights, when all the extra cleaning was done, we would make up stories using the abbreviations. The...