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    Epic HIPAA violation

    Ugh, sounds like an Epic Failure. Such an egregious
  3. That sounds very
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    I’m struggling....

    Not only that, but the regulatory demands from the government have become increasingly unrealistic. New, impracticable protocols, charting demands, multple, time consuming screening questions, are...
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    Diploma and Associate Degree in Nursing

    And, 'intelligent' is a verb, used to describe a noun..."She is an intelligent person.". Intelligence is a noun. "Artificial intelligence is the wave of the
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    Diploma and Associate Degree in Nursing

    Of course thinking it doesn't make it true but that's what a lot of people think. I only have an ADN and I know that I'm more intelligent than most people. I even scored extremely high on the IQ test....
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    Diploma and Associate Degree in Nursing

    Not sure why folks are attacking the OP. Diploma programs are getting pretty rare in the United States. I have heard that they are superior. One of the best nurses that I ever worked with, and a...
  8. Yeah, bringing up the 'V' word here at this site will just attract an angry mob. Don't waste your time. Sorry about your reaction. I had a severe reaction to Moderna myself, but not as bad as...
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    Every 3 Hour Vitals and Lung Sounds

    All I can say is 2 + 2 does not make 3. I present my evidence to the
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    Every 3 Hour Vitals and Lung Sounds

    Has anyone here ever even heard of Q3 hr vitals?
  11. Did they think this was a racist incident? Is that why they included a racial identifier in the title? The story doesn't have a lot of
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    Every 3 Hour Vitals and Lung Sounds

    Maybe the other nurses will DC these
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    Unwelcoming Facility/Shunning

    So 'strong personality' is code for the 'B'
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    Is earwax removal an emergency?

    What is an emergency? Is an overdue ear irrigation one? How about bedbug bites from a sleepover? A stiff neck from sleeping wrong? A child's fever, who got started on antibiotics prescribed by PCP...
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    Nurses Deleting Orders to Reduce Charting

    @macawake I haven't heard the term "conniption fit" in forever. I'm going to have to revive it in my
  16. I think the OP got scared off by everybody. Thankfully there is one gender that is not prone to histrionics. Personally, I am I a woman, and especially now that I have PTSD, I can easily break...
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    Managing a Migraine

    What about going home because you are sick? Why is it that a nurse is expected to stay at work while having an excruciating
  18. What do you think of a young adult male patient who appears to be wearing diapers by preference? You have no idea about it until he uses his call light to let you know he had an "accident " in his...
  19. I was talking to a former coworker from the ER who retired about four years ago. We are going to get together. She told me that she used to pay the ER techs and unit secretaries cash to do all the...
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    Posting on Social Media

    Another thing I've learned about social media is, some of my friends on facebook will go ballistic over the mildest things because they make everything political, or they just don't understand the...
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    Paying People To Do Meaningless Online ED

    Belly
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    Posting on Social Media

    The whole thing sounds like trailer trash drama to me. Why participate? Just unfollow this person on facebook and restrict their access to only view what you put out to the general public....
  23. I'm working at a Farm store. I started at $15 an hour, it went up to $16 an hour after a
  24. Maybe you can transfer to a less intense unit? What you did doesn't sound particularly unsafe. I've turned up Propofol like that before. Some ICUs have very toxic social dynamics and intense...
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    Patient going to complain against me?

    I'm an ER nurse and totally agree with @morelostthanfound I've also worked post-surgical, which is what this patient was, along with the enabling family. The patient was NOT an acute kidney...