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At my ltc facility we can send home a 3 day supply with a dr's order. If they discharge to another facility then we can send all of the meds with them.

I had outpatient surgery a few years ago and developed a temp of 104. I paged the surgeon like my post op instructions said to and he instructed me to do IS. It did decrease my temp. down to 100. So I guess I would say it did work for me. I didn...

my husband is also a police officer. we have been married for 8 years and he has only been a police officer for the last 2 1/2. there are only a couple of other guys that he works with that are married to people in medical field. most of the wives...

I have seen this order recently. One of our docs at the facility I work at has been giving that dosage for renal patients. Does this guy have some sort of renal diagnosis?

we use a silent knight. it takes plastic pouches you put the pills in. not too loud or messy. if you google silent knight pill crusher you can see it.

i was up feeding my son who was born 3 weeks earlier and had the tv on to keep myself awake while he ate. i will never forget what i saw on tv that day.

at the ltc facility where i work we also recently had a resident we all were very close to pass away. it helped me a lot to go to the funeral home to pay my last respects. a fellow nurse i work with was crying at the desk, and a family member of an...

i had the same problem for the entire duration of my first pregnancy. my son was 3 months old when i had surgery. the thing that helped me was eating bland food and strangely enough those infant gas drops when i had an attack. i feel for your sist...

my daughter didn't put anything in her nose, but when she was 11 months old she swallowed a penny that required endoscopy to remove. since then she has swallowed another penny and a pair of earrings. she just turned 4 a couple of weeks ago, so i'm ...

Having children myself I would have to say you arean angel. Any amount of time you have to spend with your child is wonderful, and to think you gave these parents more time than what they might have had. You deserve a pat on the back. At least now...

I have a purple littman.

congratulations!!!!!:biggringi :smiley_aa

i have also given morphine as an inhalation to a man who hd lung ca.

I agree. It does depend on what you have in your system. I am not saying that I agree with tasing or disagree. I think it is much better than the alternative, a gun, though. I agree we should wait for the investigation before we jump to conclusio...

...and finally, for those of you who insist that Tasering is a kinder, gentler mode of restraint, there's this very disturbing video: http://www.palmbeachpost.com/news/content/news/video/taser_video3a.html I have personally seen someone being tased. ...

As the wife of a police officer I couldn't agree with you more. You said everything I was thinking. I am proud of my husband and know everything he does on the job is so he can come home safely to our children. We do need to reapect other professi...

i'll have to go with alexa rae. this is my daughter's name and i love it!

I am from Indiana.

i wear nike shox. since i got them i don't ever come home with my feet hurting. they are pricey, but worth the money.

any time we get an antibiotic order we also get an order for acidophilus qid for the duration of the antibiotic. it seems to help quite a bit. hope this helps.

I am very sorry for your loss, but glad for you that you were able to be there. That gives you comfort in knowing he went peacefully. My thoughts and prayers are still with you and your dd.

I had a lady one time c/o not feeling well all day. She said she needed to poo. i gave her MOM, and that didn't work. So I did an impaction check. Imagine my surprise to find nothing but whole peanuts. There was very little poo actually. I gave...

you are in my thoughts and prayers. i hope he continues to show improvement for you and your daughter.

We love the Colts in my family. So much we named our son Peyton!!!! GO COLTS!!!! SUPERBOWL HERE WE COME!!!!

This is what i do. I work on my dh days off, he works 6 days on and 3 days off, and every other weekend, and probably will continue to do this until my kids are in school. Good luck in finding something.