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    What are your pet peeves?

    Emergent replied to forgop's topic in Emergency

    One thing that annoys me is after a staff member cleans the room, when they leave the TV on. I bringing a pt back and having to turn off the
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    What are your pet peeves?

    Emergent replied to forgop's topic in Emergency

    They probably want to know if their favorite, most generous with Dilaudid Doc, is
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    Why did you choose nursing?

    Emergent replied to Joe V's topic in General Students

    I choose nursing after one of my children was in an accident requiring surgery and hospitalization. It gave me an up close view as to what a cool job it was.A year later I returned to school. I wanted...
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    friend in trouble... looking for your thoughts

    Emergent replied to catebsn25's topic in Nurses Recovery

    Admitting to smoking pot is a far cry from admitting to stealing drugs from a hospital. Pot is socially acceptable in many circles. Stealing drugs is
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    friend in trouble... looking for your thoughts

    Emergent replied to catebsn25's topic in Nurses Recovery

    Just to be the Devil's advocate, there is a possibility that your friend was diverting. I can imagine that a person might bring drugs home to use recreationally, and not test positive for that...
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    Nurse to patient ratio in ED

    Emergent replied to 1fastRN's topic in Emergency

    Truthfully, I seriously doubt that a lone nurse complaining about the staffing matrix would have any effect on any hospital administration
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    Clinical rotation report from 1920s

    Emergent posted a topic in General Students

    Photo of an old clinical rotation report from the
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    Nurse to patient ratio in ED

    Emergent replied to 1fastRN's topic in Emergency

    Wow, that's a lot of patients! We have 4 rooms, with the help of a flow nurse (sometimes). We used to have an acute section with a 3:1 ratio, and a fast track with 5:1, but combined them for more...
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    Clinical rotation report from 1920s

    Emergent replied to Emergent's topic in General Students

    I believe the 1920s were a time of increasing awareness of sanitation, germs, importance of cleanliness. Some of these practices were over-reactions to that new information. Marketing new, unnecessary...
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    New RN - help on how to get out of med surg!!

    Emergent replied to east-westRN's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I would start by being careful not to verbalize what you've said here at work. You don't want to be perceived negatively by others. You don't want to be running away from something, but running to...
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    Conflict with a coworker

    Emergent replied to phlebo2rn's topic in General Students

    I think everyone here should take a deep breath. This conversation is getting a little too
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    How do you know when it's time to move on?

    Emergent replied to NYNursingStudent's topic in Nursing Career

    I don't it helps to call the OP "disgusting". That's rather
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    How do you know when it's time to move on?

    Emergent replied to NYNursingStudent's topic in Nursing Career

    I work in ER now, and believe me, it's not all codes and traumas. There is a lot of humdrum there, with the same old drunks coming in, the same old drug seekers. I worked ICU in the past, there are a...
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    Clinical rotation report from 1920s

    Emergent replied to Emergent's topic in General Students

    Did you notice how common a treatment alcohol rubs were? To bring down a temp, I'm
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    Conflict with a coworker

    Emergent replied to phlebo2rn's topic in General Students

    I would go to human resources and ask the facility policy on this. Explain that you are feeling uncomfortable when coworkers speak around you in another language. Socially isolating a coworker is...
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    How do you know when it's time to move on?

    Emergent replied to NYNursingStudent's topic in Nursing Career

    You've had 3 of your Med/Surg pts code in only 1 year? I have to say, that sounds like a high rate. I've been a nurse for 20 years in many different settings. In Med/Surg codes are rare. A good way to...
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    Clinical rotation report from 1920s

    Emergent replied to Emergent's topic in General Students

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    Clinical rotation report from 1920s

    Emergent replied to Emergent's topic in General Students

    It really is priceless. Cool that this site allows uploads from ones computer. I wonder how Catherine A Webster's life played
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    Clinical rotation report from 1920s

    Emergent replied to Emergent's topic in General Students

    I have a vintage edition of State Board review, I found this folded up in it. I'll have to post some pictures from that. Some very interesting questions about how to make a turpentine
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    Clinical rotation report from 1920s

    Emergent replied to Emergent's topic in General Students

    I like that Acceptability to Patient, Sense of Humor, and Imagination were
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    Cliques in Nursing

    Emergent replied to 0.adamantite's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I feel for you. I've struggled with this issue throughout my nursing career. Some units are worse than others. The Joint Commission addresses this. It is considered bullying to socially isolate a...
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    Questions for Jehovah's Witness

    Emergent replied to hodgieRN's topic in General Nursing

    I also want to point out that the sentence, "Ask the patient about preferences or beliefs regarding receiving blood or blood products.", really is crying out for better punctuation. It would read...
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    Questions for Jehovah's Witness

    Emergent replied to hodgieRN's topic in General Nursing

    Incidentally, "So." is not a complete sentence by any stretch of the
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    Questions for Jehovah's Witness

    Emergent replied to hodgieRN's topic in General Nursing

    Well, some people think correcting the grammar of others is poor
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    Unrealistic nursing students

    Emergent replied to dnsonthego's topic in General Nursing

    I think you hit the nail on the head. Sometimes these up and coming whippersnappers are threatening. They are smart, tech-savvy, and remind us old mares that our generation is going to soon pass the...