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    ER triage over phone

    nurse4theplanet posted a topic in General Nursing

    I was wondering, how many hospitals allow ER nurses to triage over the phone. I was having a problem the other day, and I called the ER to see if they thought it was serious to be seen immediately,...
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    Anyone working as a student nurse???

    nurse4theplanet replied to CaliNurs06's topic in General Students

    I landed a great extern job in the ICU. I work second shift, which is super laid back because usually its just the nurses and the pts...docs, PT, and such have already gone home. The nurses allow me...
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    Religion Needed to be a Good Nurse?

    nurse4theplanet replied to Kabin's topic in Spirituality, Religion

    If you read my entire post, I said the same thing...that nurses must have a caring kindred spirit to even perform in this feild. I totally agree with you that some Christian nurses can be awful to...
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    Religion Needed to be a Good Nurse?

    nurse4theplanet replied to Kabin's topic in Spirituality, Religion

    I think having religion/spirituality in your life DOES make you a better nurse (whatever that religion may be), because (and i am making a broad generalization here, i understand) most religions...
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    ER triage over phone

    nurse4theplanet replied to nurse4theplanet's topic in General Nursing

    this would be a really awesome resource to have in the us...but we tend to be a little too sue happy i think... I do understand the liability aspect, and the fact that patients might leave out...
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    prostituting our nurses

    nurse4theplanet replied to Agnus's topic in General Nursing

    agnus.... sounds like this "communication workshop" to facilate doctor-nurse communication was actually a "let's find a way to tell the nurses to quit bothering us" you are totally right! this is...
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    I saw something new and scary

    nurse4theplanet replied to teeituptom's topic in Emergency

    hahahahahahahahahahahahahaha.....that made my coffee come out of my nose!:roll :roll :roll good one
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    ...and a side order of placenta please

    nurse4theplanet replied to HeartsOpenWide's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I think I would rather have the synthetic version,
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    Is a community college education a bad one?

    nurse4theplanet replied to Kay28's topic in General Nursing

    When people ask this question it really burns my butt...:angryfire. There are MANY people out there that think a community college is not as good as a university, however, that is soooooooo UNTRUE....
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    ...and a side order of placenta please

    nurse4theplanet replied to HeartsOpenWide's topic in Ob/Gyn

    would this be considered a form of cannibalism? I mean, it is human flesh. And I don't quite understand how it would help with hemorrhage. I read the lotus thread too, and that was quite...
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    geez, these stories freak me out!!

    nurse4theplanet replied to baker90803's topic in General Nursing

    Nursing is highly demanding and stressful, but I have found this board to be a great way to unleash vented frustrations, share stories, laugh at myself and others mistakes and brainless moments, and...
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    Low BP's

    nurse4theplanet replied to lpnstudentin2010's topic in General Nursing

    usually your vitals drop to their lowest around
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    These are my options. What would you do?

    nurse4theplanet replied to lavanda's topic in General Nursing

    go for your BA in psych! It will come in handy as an RN! CNA is a great way to learn about hospital structure, but not necessarily gain as much info as you would like as an aspiring RN...and...
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    Ever had this happen?

    nurse4theplanet posted a topic in General Nursing

    I have to say I am starting to get tired of this happening... I am finishing up my first year of nursing school, and on many occassions my nsg buddies and I will go out during and after clinical to...
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    Ever had this happen?

    nurse4theplanet replied to nurse4theplanet's topic in General Nursing

    :rotfl: Love your answer. I will have to use this one! For a minute there, I was beginning to think I was the only one this was happening
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    Ever had this happen?

    nurse4theplanet replied to nurse4theplanet's topic in General Nursing

    This was a very prominent part of town. It has also happened at smaller, nicer resturaunts and such where we try and sit down quietly to eat. We are all quite young in our early twenties, so maybe...
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    Human musculature vs. the Cat

    nurse4theplanet replied to artistnurse's topic in General Nursing

    Is this an assignment you are doing for A&P? How strange. I have never learned this nor been asked this, and don't understand why it would matter:rotfl: But if I had to use my common sense to...
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    Painful Feet, Please Help!

    nurse4theplanet replied to BlessedbyGod's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    I also have flat foot and would LOVE a reccommendation for shoes. Sometimes I get painfull shooting pains where my arch should be, that feels like steppin on a
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    Received this email today and I am steamed!!!

    nurse4theplanet replied to MomBSN's topic in General Nursing

    Like someone posted earlier, this email is simply a satire geared towards the differences in new nurses and more experienced nurses....just like Saturday Night Live does in their skits about politics,...
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    New to ICU with no clue

    nurse4theplanet replied to nurse4theplanet's topic in General Nursing

    yeah this is a great site. I printed out most of it!
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    New to ICU with no clue

    nurse4theplanet posted a topic in General Nursing

    I am about to be finished with my first year of nursing school and I have taken on a Nurse Tech position in the ICU. I will be like the nurses sidekick, doing assessments, giving some meds, and...
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    In the new Good Housekeeping...

    nurse4theplanet replied to BittyBabyGrower's topic in General Nursing

    Since when does GoodHousekeeping Magazine start thinking they have the authortity to distribute faulty medical advice? A letter to the editor and a call to Fox News seems quite...
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    Ever been physically attacked by MD? What have or Would you Do?

    nurse4theplanet replied to artistnurse's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    what is so sad is, that if these situations were turned around, and it was the nurse assaulting the doc, they would have his/her license for LUNCH! Fortunately, I have not had enough experience in...
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    So embarrassed, just want to vent.

    nurse4theplanet replied to Jo Dirt's topic in General Nursing

    Sometimes to overcome embarrassment and others treating you like you are a subhuman freak and they have never experienced moments like that, you must take drastic measures. It would have been SOOOOO...
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    Is audiotaping shift report a hipaa violation

    nurse4theplanet replied to Nursing1Student's topic in General Nursing

    I don't think it would be a violation of hippa because it is another form of an electronic record--like dr's dictating pt info, computer charting, and faxing info. It just has to be protected like...