Dplear

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  1. Experienced Nurse vs. Graduate Nurse

    Dplear posted a topic in Nursing Humor

    A Graduate Nurse throws up when the patient does....An Experienced nurse calls housekeeping when a pt. throws up A Graduate Nurse wears so many pins on their name tag you can't read it....An...

  2. Want to move to Texas

    Dplear replied to pinkyface's topic in Texas Nursing

    I am a nurse at Texas Childrens Hospital. I have over 18 years exp and make over 100k a year there. They start brand new nurses with no exp at a bit over 23. plus change per hour. I work with a...

  3. You can't go upside down when you menstruate?

    Dplear replied to jen42's topic in General Nursing

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  4. Concerned about this and other sites

    Dplear replied to Kikumaru's topic in General Nursing

    It does not list any jobs at all. It is all just public domain info that is gotten from each state board.

  5. What do you HATE to do at work?

    Dplear replied to mickeymouse1205's topic in General Nursing

    Ummm....thats a MAJOR OSHA violation. Suction cannisters are NEVER to be dumped out per OSHA they are to be disposed of in red bags. The fine is about 50,000 bucks for doing it.

  6. Concerned about this and other sites

    Dplear replied to Kikumaru's topic in General Nursing

    I paid the 9 bucks and got my report....It just shows where I have been licensed and when and past county of residence. It also has a section to show if you have had any action taken against you by...

  7. Help with Digital Camera

    Dplear replied to beckymcrn's topic in General Nursing

    I use a Fuji Finepix F700. I love it. It is small. Can fit into a pants pocket and it is 6.2 megapixel. right now you can get them for about 300-350 max. has a 12x zoom and great photo editing...

  8. Poor America doles our substandard social policy

    Dplear replied to Larry's topic in General Nursing

    Where I work, it seems to us nurses that if you have no insurance you get BETTER treatment than if you have it. I have seen people with no insurance get admitted and get the "million dollar" workup...

  9. Splenda and Hallucinations?

    Dplear replied to PJRNC2's topic in General Nursing

    Splenda is not really an artificial sweetner. it starts out as regular sugar but has one moleculechanged so that the body does not metabloize it the same way as sugar is. I would be more concerned...

  10. How does your hospital handle staff who want to vote?

    Dplear replied to directcare4me's topic in General Nursing

    Your management HAS to recognize your constitutional right to vote. Not to allow you to vote on the scheduled election day is against federal law. They will have to make provisions to allow you to...

  11. Breast cancer crusade turns contentious

    Dplear replied to NRSKarenRN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    As many men will die from Prostate cancer as will women from breast cancer yet it only gets 1/10 the funding and only 1/32 the publicity that breast cancer gets. I can see where there are battles for...

  12. internships for foreign trained nurses???

    Dplear replied to fabienne's topic in Texas Nursing

    Texas Childrens Hospital in Houston offers these types of internships. We just had a 4 week internship student from Great Britian. If you want I can check here and find out what department you need...

  13. A resident swore at me!

    Dplear replied to pumpkin's topic in General Nursing

    Tell him that he can take his head out of his *** and that you will NOT tolerate being swore at or treated that way by ANYBODY!! Then tell him you will be taking uit up with his chief...all the way...

  14. 2004 Presidental Election

    Dplear replied to alatta58's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Just a quick clarifacation, VA budgets has not been cut in fact it has gone UP over 10 BILLION dollars over the last 2 years and this year also it id going up 2.4 billion more.

  15. New overtime law "myths and facts" Yes, hourly RNs are affected

    Dplear replied to Hellllllo Nurse's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    OH MY GOODNESS!!!!!! It's Monday 8/23 the dreaded OT deathday and uess what. Not one of us here that is paid hourly has heard that we will no longer be getting OT. The scare tactics that the Dems and...

  16. What would you do?

    Dplear replied to hippienurse's topic in General Nursing

    Damn straight I am thinking MAJOR LAWSUIT . The shot they gave you could have consqences for you if there already is hormonal problems. Talk to a lawyer now.

  17. Seizure pts 101

    Dplear replied to RN92's topic in Emergency

    I work on a pedi neuro unit and we often see people hungry after seziures. Not everyone has the same type of seziure activity. I have only seen a few people urinate in themselves afterwards or...

  18. Raunchy advertisement

    Dplear replied to Repat's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Come on this is ridiculous....Nurses as a group need to get over themselves and realize that it is ADVERTISING for crying out loud. So I see an ad shouwing someone as a scantily clad nurse or teacher...

  19. digital stimulation, any suggestions

    Dplear replied to tiroka03's topic in General Nursing

    As a nurse who has worked extensively in the past on spinal cord injury patients, this is an EXTREMELY importany part of their care. A patient can be come impacted very quickly and it can cause...

  20. Nursing Salary Facts - You need to know!

    Dplear replied to km rn's topic in General Nursing

    Several things wrong here. 1) Yes we do make too little money. That is a given. 2) The average rate of inflation for the 90's was 2.81%. adjustred for inflation the 1990 wages for a nurse was...

  21. I was surprised at different answers on my unit about medication!

    Dplear replied to webbiedebbie's topic in General Nursing

    max dose on gent is 80 mg and never give faster than 30 minutes due to the fact that it can cause hearing damageif given faster. Also rememeber to figure the time of your flush in the total time...

  22. stupid mistake- wanna quit

    Dplear replied to Fly4Life12's topic in General Nursing

    Everyonemakes mistakes...hell after 17 years of doing this I still make mistakes. Also if the bag contained 20 mEq of K+ then even running it at 800 cc/hr would not have killed thepaitent in all...

  23. Differences between male ER nurses and Females?

    Dplear replied to TraumaInTheSlot's topic in Emergency

    Hell what about the women becoming more sensitive to the needs of us guys?

  24. Differences between male ER nurses and Females?

    Dplear replied to TraumaInTheSlot's topic in Emergency

    Hell what about the women becoming more sensitive to the needs of us guys?

  25. Are you in Nursing for the Caring or the Cash?? Be Honest

    Dplear replied to 1BlessedRN's topic in General Nursing

    I am a charge/staff nurse in Houston. I work pedi.