Steve123

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1. RN patient ratio in dialysis

   Steve123 posted a topic in Dialysis, Renal, Urology

   I am thinking about moving to dialysis but I do not know much about this field. I have 10 years of RN experience. What is RN patient ratio in outpatient dialysis? How many dialysis techs help one RN...

2. Pain Medications

   Steve123 replied to Steve123's topic in Nursing Professionalism

   . I've seen nurses who wouldn't give PRN valium because the pt. wasn't displaying "anxiety". I just don't have that mainframe. If it is ordered and they request it by name I will generally give it,...

3. Pain Medications

   Steve123 replied to Steve123's topic in Nursing Professionalism

   Yes. I read in New York Times several years ago that someone became addicted after taking few pill of Percocet after tooth extraction. If you want to know more barrow from library books "American...

4. Pain Medications

   Steve123 replied to Steve123's topic in Nursing Professionalism

   What I can say... the less opioids the better. if your friend's mother develops opioid induced constipation (it is not fun at all) neither your friend nor your friend's mother should complain... One...

5. Pain Medications

   Steve123 replied to Steve123's topic in Nursing Professionalism

   Thank you for your input. So called "pain scale" is criticized a lot on doctor's forums but most nurses still believe in pain scale. It is my personal

6. I hate the politics in nursing

   Steve123 replied to cwill2015's topic in Activism, Healthcare

   I hate politics in nursing too. But I also understand that if nursing organizations do not participate in politics, RN's wages were on the level of phlebotomist. Or may be on the level of LPN while...

7. Pain Medications

   Steve123 replied to Steve123's topic in Nursing Professionalism

   That's exactly I wanted to say. it is better one patient to suffer from pain than prescribe opiates to 10 people unnecessary. You may disagree, but emergency situation has been declared and this...

8. Pain Medications

   Steve123 replied to Steve123's topic in Nursing Professionalism

   In war time someone has to die to protect the nation. Now we have opiate crisis and emergency situation has been declared. By other words, it is better to undertreat one patient than over treat many....

9. Pain Medications

   Steve123 posted a topic in Nursing Professionalism

   I am happy to notice that doctors prescribe much less pain medications now then they did even five years ago. Some nurses say that new approach makes some patients to suffer unnecessary. Well, lets...

10. CDC now banned from using "evidence based" and other words per White House

    Steve123 replied to babyNP.'s topic in Nursing News

    I started nursing school in 2004. Even in 2004 it was absolutely clear for me that wide use of opioids for absolutely all types of pain was not safe and I did not believe that it was "evidence based"....

11. CDC now banned from using "evidence based" and other words per White House

    Steve123 replied to babyNP.'s topic in Nursing News

    evidence based???? Wide use of opioids also was "evidence based". We all were brainwashed to give opioids to treat all kind of pain. As a result prescription drug abuse kills tens of thousands every...

12. Legal elderly abuse

    Steve123 replied to Steve123's topic in General Nursing

    Yes, I am sure, PT's WBC was normal, no fever, no puss around the lesion. No signs of infection. I have a lot of stories like that. I write a diary, it is just one story from my diary, some time I...

13. Irritated MDs: to SBAR or not to SBAR?

    Steve123 replied to Melanin's topic in General Nursing

    You've been in the hospital for 1 year. You should know doctors and be flexible. When talking to a mean doctor, start conversation from SBAR, when talking to an adequate doctor, skip it. I once was...

14. Legal elderly abuse

    Steve123 posted a topic in General Nursing

    A confused patient from a nursing home was admitted to hospital with skin lesion. According to the color and irregular form of the lesion it was obvious for doctors that it was skin cancer. The...

15. rate of pay in ohio

    Steve123 replied to Kell7wrig's topic in Home Health

    I quit home care a year go. At that time they paid 35$ per routine visit and 50 $ for the first visit. Ad a little bit more if a patient had a PICC line. A routine visit used o take me one hour, it...