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I work in an outpatient opioid treatment clinic. My office is moving into a new building and we are trying to configure a bathroom setup where I can directly observe patients without actually standing in the bathroom over them, since the new bathro...

The fact that you got ******* to crack the whip & beat a dead horse, then dance, make you the coolest people i know! And how did ***** get off the HEMSI truck without breaking something?!? My first job was as a new grad in the Peds ER at HH &a...

I work in an accredited chest pain center, and we use ASA, NTG, lopressor, Plavix, heparin, morphine, and a statin. Zofran if nauseated/vomiting. There are always cases where one or more of those might be contraindicated, and there are certain cardi...

I have had an Alabama nursing license since 2000, and I have faithfully renewed it every two years, even though I live and practice in TN and hold a license there. My AL license expires 12/31/2010, and when I went to renew it online today, they wante...

I recently found out I'm pregnant, and am wondering how long I will be able to stay at work (realistically...) We are a Level II, 50 bed ER, and since our staffing has been cut down to bare bones (5 patients apiece, but more at times) we literally ru...

We don't even have it in our onmicell. We use Dilaudid and Morphine in our ER. The only place I see Demerol in our facility is in the GI Lab, and we use it with Versed for conscious sedation.

A co-worker of mine teaches CPR as well as ACLS, PALS, etc. Here is the link to his website: http://www.eliteeducationalseminars.com

Hello, all! I've been an ER nurse for 10 years, and while I've never delivered a baby, I've 'caught' a few over the years. But other than a brief rotation during nursing school, I have never set foot in an OB unit, and tomorrow I am being induced, f...

I had a man sign in a few months ago with the dreaded "private" written in the chief complaint section. I figured it was the usual penile discharge or rectal complaint that this CC usually elicits. However, much to my surprise, the man told me that ...

Thanks! I figured as much... I mean, good lord, I work in an ER and GOD knows that things NEVER, EVER go according to a plan there! I understand that, but I'm worried about my nervous Nellie mother-in-law and my needle/blood phobic husband more tha...

Very infrequently. What gets confusing at our facility is that the city fire dept/EMS uses the fire radio, another ambulance service uses a different radio, and another two use the phone to call report. Sometimes the ones that have to call in via p...

It depends on what I needed... I'm having my baby at Baptist Womens. I will take my child once it is born to Methodist Germantown. If I was having chest pain I'd go to St. Francis. If I were severely injured or burned, The Med. (Full disclosure...I'v...

Unfortunately, yes... As soon as the schedule comes out, people grab it and start scouring it to make sure that no one got any extra shifts, and that someone didn't get more weekend hours (i.e. more diff=more money) than the rest of the staff. Ther...

Yep. Things are NOT rosy in Memphis right now, at ANY facility. Hours are tight everywhere, money is even tighter, and there is a general state of unrest among not only my co-workers, but my friends who work for other hospitals. We're all worried....

I'm worried. I work for a hospital owned by a national healthcare company, and the hospital I work at is supposed to be one of their 'better' hospitals. But we're sinking FAST. Our benefits have been slashed, we've laid off over 40 people (mostly ...

Thanks all that replied... I'm actually the third pregnant nurse at work right now, don't drink the water! Two other girls are due this month and still working. We are blessed that our co-workers help us out, and the charge nurses watch out for u...

I agree with the above poster...Memphis Jewish Home is top notch. I work in an ER, and while there are some nursing homes that I wouldn't send my dog to, I actually don't mind getting patients from MJH at all. The residents and staff all seem very ...

I posted a thread a couple of months ago about a co-worker who stole Dilaudid and signed it out under my name, as well as two or three other co-workers. There was an investigation, it was fairly obvious that it was this one particular nurse, and he ...

Yep. It's the circle of life. Then the EMS workers go home and kick their dog. HAHAHA! Just kidding. But it's true. I've seen it. As soon as we hear "MFD #5 to XYZ Hospital" on the radio, a collective groan goes up, no one wants to get the ca...

This is my pet peeve! One floor where I work is notorious for this. I don't give a flying crap if they're rude to me when I bring the patient up, I'm a big girl and will get over it. I just smile and bounce around and tell them how lucky they are t...

it's morphine... and that's been a problem at every place i've worked, as long as i've worked. i haven't actually heard the term "roxies" though.

This is lifted directly from their application. It might look a little weird, it won't copy right. But don't let the 2.5 GPA fool you. It is a very tough program with the highest pass rate in the state of AL right now. The faculty separate the she...

Minimum of 2.5. http://www2.una.edu/nursing/

I have been 'sortasick' since the day after Christmas! Not sick enough to call in, but too sick to function properly at work. My symptoms change every day, they've ran the gamut from nasal congestion, post-nasal drip, cough, sore throat, headache, ...

I started as a new grad in the Peds ER several years ago. There were two of us that they hired at the same time, we were the first "newbies" they had hired in a long, long time. I loved it. I am so glad they took a chance on us and took the time to...