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    Yellow Gowns: Fall preventative or bandaid solution?

    Emergent posted a topic in General Nursing

    Are any hospitals using the yellow gowns for fall prevention? Is there any solid, objective evidence that yellow gowns, en masse, will actually prevent falls, or is this another bandaid solution to...
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    to work or not to work

    Emergent replied to gardenkim's topic in General Nursing

    I suggest that nursing students work part time as CNAs while in school, especially those with no health care experience. It's invaluable. I was totally green when entering nursing school, so got...
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    I give in, I'm a COB

    Emergent replied to Emergent's topic in General Nursing

    That term "horizontal violence" is so silly sounding. I must've been made up by a desk jockey working on a thesis somewhere. And, redefining the word "violence" to include catty women in the...
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    I give in, I'm a COB

    Emergent replied to Emergent's topic in General Nursing

    Ruby, you are our guru, the Yoda of the COBs. Guide us
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    Calling diabetes experts

    Emergent replied to Libby1987's topic in General Nursing

    It sounds to me that this patient is doing well with diet improvements. He isn't taking any meds, and has a blood sugar that is a low norm. I suggest having the patient start leading the diabetic...
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    I give in, I'm a COB

    Emergent replied to Emergent's topic in General Nursing

    Maybe SCABs? Semi-Crusty Amateur
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    Dear Miss Manners, How to I deal with touchy/feely coworkers?

    Emergent posted a topic in General Nursing

    I'm no touchaphobe, but it sort of makes my skin crawl when co-workers I don't know too well get all touchy with me. I've loosened up quite a bit about the folks I've built up relationships with, and...
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    Am I the only one that's done this?

    Emergent replied to Trama_junky's topic in General Nursing

    I thought you were going to ask if you're the only one who misspelled a word in your user
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    Do you get sick a lot working in the hospital

    Emergent replied to Infofreak411's topic in General Nursing

    Think of it, most hospitalizations are because of non-contagious reasons. COPD, CHF, Gallbladder, pancreatitis, renal failure, back surgery, colon resection, SBO, renal failure, respiratory failure,...
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    Yellow Gowns: Fall preventative or bandaid solution?

    Emergent replied to Emergent's topic in General Nursing

    Well, naturally ventilated, comatose patients meet fall risk criteria, per the fall risk check list. They are too confused to even open their eyes, or
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    Ridiculous medical mistakes on TV

    Emergent replied to adventure_rn's topic in Nursing Humor

    At least they didn't stick the temp probe you know
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    accused of falsifying documentation

    Emergent replied to Jrgt312's topic in General Nursing

    This is a good example of why it's better to have the one giving the insulin also take the blood sugar. I once made a med error when a tech told me that a pt had so and so a blood sugar. Turns out he...
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    CA BRN DUI Experience as a practicing nurse

    Emergent replied to TitoG's topic in Licensure: Criminal History

    You forgot to turn on headlights? Silly you. I'm sure that had NOTHING to do with being
  14. Emergent

    why so many 12 hour shifts?

    Emergent replied to direw0lf's topic in General Nursing

    Just imagine yourself looking at a staffing spreadsheet. What is simpler, piecing together three shifts per day, or two? Or even worse, what about a mix of 8s and 12s like it used to be? Continuity...
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    Did I mess up my second interview??? (kinda long...)

    Emergent replied to Nursing2102's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    She sounds like a witch and I think you dodged a bullet. Next time, give enthusiastic answers that you know they want to hear, like a politician running for office. "Are you interested in continuing...
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    New Nurse in the ER and Feeling Stressed

    Emergent replied to Cloud6221's topic in General Nursing

    I agree. Our ratio is currently 4 to each nurse. We are soon going to 3, but will be expected to triage our own pts. We are a level 3. when traumas come in we take those one to one, we get plenty of...
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    Shoes for ER???

    Emergent replied to Traumajunkie91's topic in General Nursing

    comfortable supportive shoes, preferably. I'm sure you well know that everyone has different shaped feet. some are flat footed, others have high arches. What works for one might not work for another....
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    Should I wait to have a baby?

    Emergent replied to AHobbs's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    First comes love, then comes MARRIAGE, and then comes a baby in a baby carriage. Call me old
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    Ridiculous medical mistakes on TV

    Emergent replied to adventure_rn's topic in Nursing Humor

    One little detail that drives me wild is that they can rarely get the nasal cannulas on right. They go under the chins, you
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    Ridiculous medical mistakes on TV

    Emergent replied to adventure_rn's topic in Nursing Humor

    How about when the doctors or nurses are in the ER, then they scrub for emergency surgery for the patient, then they recover the patient and take care of them on the floor. Lots of time for emotional...
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    Ridiculous medical mistakes on TV

    Emergent replied to adventure_rn's topic in Nursing Humor

    How about the doctor single handedly doing chest compressions, then grabbing the defibrillator paddles to deliver a shock. Nurse looks on. No other team members
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    The Wisdom of Lurking

    Emergent replied to Ruby Vee's topic in General Nursing

    Allnurses is a community, just as real as offline ones. It is important to hang back and observe a social group that one might want to participate in. Just like in real life, there are cliques and...
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    Are you really not a "real nurse" unless you work in acute care?

    Emergent replied to tenderfootjoe's topic in General Nursing

    Where did you hear that? Nursing has many specialties. Anyone who told you that is full of
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    How do you handle narcissist patients?

    Emergent replied to mikala3's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I think the term Narcissist is often used colloquially, in everyday language, to refer to a self absorbed person. I've referred to my father, and others, as narcissists. Most narcissists would never...
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    Scripting sounds patronizing

    Emergent posted a topic in General Nursing

    I recently went toe to toe with a new grad who had made a mistake in judgement, was passing the pt off to me in report, and I pointed out her mistake and tried to correct her. Let me preface this...