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  1. ? central line mistake

    If you're saying that you started the heparin infusion through the port that you had not already flushed, it shouldn't be too much of a problem, as long as it was patent. And if it wasn't, sooner or...
  2. The right to use...

    God bless you for being so incredibly compassionate! This poor woman is so lucky that you're looking out for her, and letting her know it's okay to still want to feel like a woman even though the...
  3. Public Misconceptions

    -Technology is always a good thing. So sure, I'll go ahead and schedule that bilateral knee replacement for my 85 year old mom who weighs 300 pounds and has such severe emphysema that she can't walk...
  4. Mean/Rude Doctors

    I completely agree with Grimmy's post. In my experience, MD's who are consistently rude/mean are simply acting out their own power trips, and the worst thing to do is to act intimidated or scared....
  5. My most frustrating experiences have been at ALF's...they are designed to assist basically well people, and the caregivers are generally not trained to care for the ill. Tons, tons, tons of...
  6. Student considering hospice

    I agree - there's no place like a medsurg. unit, including tele or oncology, to cement the basic skills you'll need for any specialty area you decide to go for down the road. Get your basics down,...
  7. Do Nurses Finally Have a Voice?

    I think we're getting better at using our voices - it helps that the national nursing shortage is (finally!) getting press! But we need to become as good at advocating for ourselves as we are at...
  8. Nursing Issue - Medication Aides

    I work as a hospice field manager, and deal with a few assisted living facilities that use med techs. As an RN, I can tell you it's truly frustrating to have nonlicensed staff giving meds to my...
  9. Artificial feeding-Terri Schiavo

    A question for those who support reinserting the feeding tube (and this is an honest question, not an attack :): If there were incontrovertable proof, such as a living will or videotaped statement,...
  10. Nurse hangouts?

    Hi all, I've been in Las Vegas for about a year and a half, and am wondering if there are any organizations/informal groups for nurses to meet up and hang out. Also, any good conventions or meetings...
  11. Artificial feeding-Terri Schiavo

    Mercyteapot - that reference to Congress was simply to point out that we, as Americans, are woefully underprepared to think about (much less plan for) our eventually deaths. Hopefully this whole mess...
  12. Artificial feeding-Terri Schiavo

    I've read lots and lots of posts from people who suspect Mr. Schiavo of really horrible things - does anyone have any documented proof of any abuses, past or present? "I suspect" or "I heard" or "it...
  13. Tube feeding controversy

    What's everybody thinking about the potential impact of the Florida case on our jobs? Stopping a tube feeding is fairly routine for hospice; do you think the new national attention will change that...
  14. Have you worked outside the OR?

    I did 6 years med/surg and tele before going to the OR, which saved my sanity. :) After a few years of not dealing with awake patients, I'm over my burnout and in hospice, but if I hadn't gone to...
  15. What are current Hospice issues?

    Hope this still helps, since it's been a few weeks since you posted, but I think a really hot topic (which I recently had a bad experience with) is palliative sedation. It's the process of sedating...