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  1. Tea Causing Vomiting?

    Meerkat posted a topic in General Nursing

    Hi everyone. I was wondering if anyone had ever heard of tea causing nausea and vomiting. I am not a coffee drinker, but if I drink tea on an empty stomach in the morning, it causes severe N/V. I'm...

  2. Psych Nurse ="not a REAL nurse"?

    Meerkat posted a topic in General Nursing

    I've heard this twice this week and being a psych nurse, it's very annoying. Do you nurses in traditional fields feel this way about psych nurses too? Please be candid, I would just really like to...

  3. Does My Forehead Say "I AM A Door Mat--Walk All Over ME!"?

    Meerkat posted a topic in General Nursing

    Jeez, can't a girl get a break? I am so tired of being bullied by nurses who have been on the unit longer than I have! Some who have only been there a few MONTHS longer. What's the deal? I'm a...

  4. How Do You Brush a Toddler's Teeth?

    Meerkat posted a topic in Pediatric

    I'm a single, new(ish) mom, and I'm having a devil of a time brushing DD's teef. Granted, she doesn't exactly have a mouthful of teeth, maybe 6 or 7, but I don't want them to rot. She howls like a...

  5. Do I Have the Right NOT to Be Weighed?

    Meerkat posted a topic in General Nursing

    Hi everyone... Was at the doctor for a routine gyn recently and of course the tech was doing all the pre-lims like BP and stuff. She wanted me to get on the scale, which I always defer when I've been...

  6. Using the Bathroom after Episiotomy/Perineal tearing

    Meerkat posted a topic in General Nursing

    Not asking for medical advice here, just wondering how many of you OB nurses or moms have seen problems with perineum long after birth. I gave birth a year and a half ago, with a 4th degree tear (thru...

  7. Help Please--where are the best salaries?

    Meerkat posted a topic in First Year After Licensure

    Recruiter or Direct Employer? What is the difference? I'm so disappointed with the wages here in lower Alabama. You'd never guess there was a nursing shortage when all they are offering is around...

  8. Boss Did My Annual Review--without Me..

    Meerkat posted a topic in General Nursing

    Hi everyone....Just wondering: I was on leave from work to have gall bladder surgery, and I was looking forward to my annual review when I returned. I felt it would be a good one and I also wanted to...

  9. Have You Had Your Gall Bladder Out?

    Meerkat posted a topic in General Nursing

    I think I might be headed in that direction. It hurts when I eat and a few years ago, I had an ultrasound that showed 'biliary sludge'. Do you have to avoid all fats after cholecystectomy? Is it a...

  10. Police Killed Our Patient

    Meerkat posted a topic in General Nursing

    Very disturbing...one of our frequent psych patients (d/c'd) was picked up by the police. For what, I don't know. But I've never known the guy to assaultive. Agitated at times, yes. Assaultive,...

  11. Where to Look for a Nursing Refresher Course?

    Meerkat posted a topic in General Nursing

    Need to brush up on clinical skills before going back to work.....any suggestions on refresher courses? Many thanks! By the way, I am new and I love the

  12. Criminal or just Bad Judgement?

    Meerkat posted a topic in General Nursing

    Would like input please... I work sometimes with a male nurse, who I usually enjoy working with. Tonight I had a new admit, who was also a male, so I called the other nurse to come do the skin...

  13. Do You take your patients out for smoke breaks?

    Meerkat posted a topic in General Nursing

    We do, but I don't agree with

  14. Suggestions For Leading A Group Session?

    Meerkat posted a topic in Psychiatric

    Does anyone have any links or resources for running a group? On our unit, the therapists do two groups a day and we nurses do three groups. Being new to psych, I am finding it very hard to get up in...

  15. No Holiday Pay?

    Meerkat posted a topic in General Nursing

    I just found out we do not get holiday pay! Do

  16. My Math Problem-What to Do?

    Meerkat posted a topic in General Nursing

    I thought I would never get through doseage and solutions in nursing school. The first time I remember having math trouble was in 1st grade, when there was a problem 0+0=? My answer was 2. I...

  17. What's your holiday bonus?

    Meerkat posted a topic in General Nursing

    Ours last year was a Walmart card for $50. Probably the same this

  18. Strange Facial Sensations

    Meerkat posted a topic in General Nursing

    OK, here's the legal clause first....I'm not asking for medical advice, recommendations diagnosis, or treatment. :) Here's the deal, at karate tonight, I was flipped by my instructor, and I landed...

  19. Spanish for L&D nurses

    Meerkat replied to livn4him11's topic in Ob/Gyn

    cervix is el cuello del utero (neck of the uterus) Some Mexican ladies have a sort of blanket called a 'reboso' that they like to keep with them for the birth. Some Mexican ladies will not express...

  20. My Math Problem-What to Do?

    Meerkat replied to Meerkat's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks for the suggestions! Any recommendations for an online

  21. Criminal or just Bad Judgement?

    Meerkat replied to Meerkat's topic in General Nursing

    It was a SKIN assessment, not an initial assessment (which I had finished). I charted what I SAW, which was the hematoma and various other scars. He was not called to assess, he was called to...

  22. Criminal or just Bad Judgement?

    Meerkat replied to Meerkat's topic in General Nursing

    Yep, you're right about that too! Later, the LPN told me there was a 'knot' under the hematoma, so you know he felt around pretty good. That was another thing I resented. I love our LPN's, they are...

  23. Criminal or just Bad Judgement?

    Meerkat replied to Meerkat's topic in General Nursing

    good

  24. Criminal or just Bad Judgement?

    Meerkat replied to Meerkat's topic in General Nursing

    Good points... As to the nature of his old felony, all I know is this: One night he was scheduled to float to children's unit and he flipped out, saying he was 'cleared' to work with kids, they had...

  25. Criminal or just Bad Judgement?

    Meerkat replied to Meerkat's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks, everyone for your input, also for pointing out the reasons for not talking to co-workers. I never thought about the rumour mill thing. I will talk to my supervisor today when I go for a team...