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    Radonda Vaught Was A Guest On A Good Nurse / Bad Nurse Podcast

    Emergent replied to Anonymous865's topic in General Nursing

    I agree that Radonda was probably destined to make a grave error eventually in her nursing career. My impression of her is that she has skated through life on her bubbly personality and ability...
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    Radonda Vaught Was A Guest On A Good Nurse / Bad Nurse Podcast

    Emergent replied to Anonymous865's topic in General Nursing

    The problem with some of these "safety systems" is that the constant flashing of ALERT, ALERT, causes alert fatigue, just like alarm fatigue. It creates a sensory overload that causes people to just...
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    Philippine doctors to nurses in the US

    Emergent replied to Motongever's topic in General Nursing

    I worked with a Canadian woman who trained as an MD in the US, and that didn't meet the qualifications in Canada, so she practiced here in Washington. Apparently the education is structured...
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    New Words In The Medical Field

    Emergent replied to dianah's topic in General Nursing

    Incarceritis comes to mind...
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    Radonda Vaught Was A Guest On A Good Nurse / Bad Nurse Podcast

    Emergent replied to Anonymous865's topic in General Nursing

    Back in the old days we didn't have "overrides". We read the MAR, checked the 5 rights. I started to listen to the podcast, it sounded very tedious and boring. When I tried to advance to 40...
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    New hope in transplant medicine?

    Emergent replied to RuralMOSchoolRN's topic in General Nursing

    As far as I'm concerned, medicine has gone way too. It will lead us to destruction
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    Exhausted from Covid

    Emergent replied to gonzo1's topic in General Nursing

    I was there last July. I had battle fatigue. I quit and took time off to mentally recover. In October I started working 2 days a week at a farm store as a cashier. Soon I'll be adding to that working...
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    Does Joint Commission have any credibility left in 2022?

    Emergent replied to KalipsoRed21's topic in General Nursing

    Not a fan of nurse Blake. I gave him a good try, I find him
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    Dirty Needle Stick (PTSD)

    Emergent replied to NYCNative21's topic in General Nursing

    Wow, I'm pretty sure this is against TOS here. Good
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    Nurses Oppose New CDC Rule Lowering Isolation Time for COVID-Positive Nurses

    Emergent replied to tnbutterfly - Mary's topic in Disaster Preparation

    High fever that gradually subsided. Slept a lot. Loss of appetite. Weight loss. I suffered much more with vaccine reaction I had. I assume it was the new strain, that has become the dominant...
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    Nurses Oppose New CDC Rule Lowering Isolation Time for COVID-Positive Nurses

    Emergent replied to tnbutterfly - Mary's topic in Disaster Preparation

    I got covid from my vaccinated kids over Christmas. We all had it. Health Dept called, said stay isolated 5 days from onset of symptoms, wear a mask when going out for 5 more
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    ADVICE PLEASE For A New Medsurge Nurse (Off Orientation)

    Emergent replied to MedSurgeRN1998's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Sounds like normal stuff to me. I remember forgetting to break the neck of an antibiotic when I started at a place where you had to do that, and was coming from a place where they would come up...
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    How to handle difficult co workers when you're the new kid on the block?

    Emergent replied to BeatsPerMinute's topic in General Nursing

    If some makes a scene about something, I find it helpful to calmly explain that I prefer to be spoken to in a courteous way. It really does foster stronger communication. Do it in the moment. I...
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    Writing “poop” is unprofessional?

    Emergent replied to guest1143647's topic in General Nursing

    orifice sounds grosser than
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    Writing “poop” is unprofessional?

    Emergent replied to guest1143647's topic in General Nursing

    You spelled that out!? Without all asterisks (not partial)? Is this acceptable at this G-rated
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    Writing “poop” is unprofessional?

    Emergent replied to guest1143647's topic in General Nursing

    How about "Man oh man, pt unloaded a ginormous, hard mountain of Number 2! The giant turd in question was definitely in the oven toooo long, in this nurse's professional
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    Writing “poop” is unprofessional?

    Emergent replied to guest1143647's topic in General Nursing

    How about "Pt took a large, hard dump!"?
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    Writing “poop” is unprofessional?

    Emergent replied to guest1143647's topic in General Nursing

    LOL. Yeah, it's not very official sounding, but at least you didn't use ***
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    The Flower and the Bees!

    Emergent replied to spotangel's topic in General Nursing

    It sounds like you have overcome incredible obstacles and become a spiritual role model. Your positive and forgiving nature is amazing, and a light upon a
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    Epic HIPAA violation

    Emergent replied to EmNightShamala's topic in HIPAA Challenges

    We were told that employees charts would always be audited, to protect against curious coworkers with prying
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    The Flower and the Bees!

    Emergent replied to spotangel's topic in General Nursing

    Is this a 'save the bees' crusade? Seriously, some people can find fault with anything on this forum... @spotangel thank you for sharing a very personal story, and a bit more about your...
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    Leaving temporary position

    Emergent replied to chillibite's topic in General Nursing

    Your best resource for answers is those who are closer to the
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    Drugged

    Emergent replied to Newt123's topic in Nurses Recovery

    Emergency rooms don't report drug screens obtained unless they are subpoenaed. A legally binding drug screen has a protocol that must be followed, that isn't done on ordinary
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    Just realized a med error.. What to do?

    Emergent replied to kQ123_'s topic in Patient Medications

    The reason you dilute it is mainly for practical reasons, not really safety. The patient might have gotten a little less of an already very small dose. That's because some adhered to the syringe most...
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    URGENT! Please help with job choice

    Emergent replied to Angitia's topic in General Nursing

    Since you think living in a rural area means "no fun to be had outside of work", I say go for the city job. General medical is a great place to