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    I hate this "squeaky wheel gets the oil" actions in healthcare!!

    Emergent replied to LPNewbie's topic in General Nursing

    I do a little self promotion. One of my strong points is bedside manner. I have an uncanny ability to feel out the sweet spot of my patients 99% of the time. Therefore, a lot of patients really...
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    Survival guide for women of color

    Emergent replied to dinah77's topic in Ob/Gyn

    The best thing our nation can do for people of all colors is bring back home economics classes into the schools. Teach nutrition and cooking from scratch, using healthy ingredients. Ban soda pop and...
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    Rising insurance premiums through work

    Emergent posted a topic in General Nursing

    My share of my health care premium through work is going up 50% next year. I think this is part of a nationwide trend. Things have become essentially more financially unmanageable for the middle class...
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    Boomerang Coworkers

    Emergent replied to Davey Do's topic in General Nursing

    I left my current job, staying Per Diem. I went to my Per Diem job. I returned after realizing I preferred my current job as my main gig. My attitude is definitely more
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    Verbally Abusing a Nurse

    Emergent replied to Hk30's topic in General Nursing

    Sometimes, calling security can escalate a situation. It's always best to give the patient a way to save face. Often, if I am calm and matter of fact, I'll get an apology next time I enter the room....
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    Rising insurance premiums through work

    Emergent replied to Emergent's topic in General Nursing

    Obamacare hurt the middle class and the Trump administration has no solution. Heathcare is not something that can be treated as just another commodity on the open market. One of the biggest advantage...
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    Medical/nursing shows/critical thinking shows...

    Emergent replied to wandwaving's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    I cannot watch medical shows. The inaccuracies drive me crazy. My family absolutely refuses to watch any with me because I can't stop pointing out those
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    needs input to keep my inner peace

    Emergent replied to singleye's topic in General Nursing

    I think the trend these days is that the charge nurse is more of a unit coordinator, not necessarily a seasoned nurse to turn to for clinical expertise. You see a lot of young, smart, capable newer...
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    How do you deal with know-it-all family members?

    Emergent replied to StephaneeD27's topic in General Nursing

    My stepmother is a fount of knowledge about stuff I know way more about. She never raised kids, but was giving me lots of advice when I was babysitting my grandson. When I reminded her that I'd...
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    Irony regarding cellphone use at work

    Emergent posted a topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Our unit got another one of our periodic reminders to quit looking at our phones at work. So, my last shift I made a concerted effort to comply. Yes, I'm as guilty as the whippersnappers! What do you...
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    Situational Trauma

    Emergent replied to Davey Do's topic in General Nursing

    Black Friday is a symptom of our decadent, materialist
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    Would I test positive for marijuana if my client smokes it

    Emergent replied to Kitiger's topic in General Nursing

    That's opiates, actually. Opium comes from the opium poppy, which is related to other
  13. Emergent

    Nurses 'Eat their Young?'

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

    I think that the perpetuation of this stereotype is harmful. It causes people to see bullying under every rock. Every sigh or slightly critical remark by an older nurse is interpreted as eating young....
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    Long hair unrestrained at work

    Emergent posted a topic in General Nursing

    Sorry if I'm offending anyone here, but in nursing school wearing ones long hair down was a big no no, due to infection control issues we were told. Yet, I constantly see nurses with long hair at...
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    Would I test positive for marijuana if my client smokes it

    Emergent replied to Kitiger's topic in General Nursing

    I think it's perfectly acceptable to ask someone to abstain from smoking around you. Yes, you can test positive from second hand smoke. We have the occasional call into CPS regarding a baby who tests...
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    Returning to school after devastating Camp Fire

    Emergent replied to naveiak's topic in School

    California fires: 'Bus driver from heaven' Kevin McKay rescued young children - CNN Here is an account of the escape of one busload of
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    Returning to school after devastating Camp Fire

    Emergent replied to naveiak's topic in School

    I think there will be some PTSD among the students. They lost everything, and endured a frightening escape. They may have known people who were burned alive. Some may also have lost their
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    Thankfulness - What's Yours?

    Emergent replied to traumaRUs's topic in General Nursing

    I'm thankful for family, health, prosperity, pooches, cats (particularly Nala, the favorite
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    "Pay your dues" or go for what you want?

    Emergent replied to BBeers7's topic in Post Graduate Students

    A lot of it depends on your personality. I work in the ER and wouldn't have been ready for that straight out of school. I never even considered it until, working in a small hospital, was floated...
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    When you thought it was patients you needed to watch...

    Emergent replied to smf0903's topic in General Nursing

    You're correct, it doesn't specify whether the recovery bays were empty or not. Obviously, that's an important differentiation. If he was doing this in occupied bays, that is beyond reason. I hope he...
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    Fired on my first day of work

    Emergent replied to staple1027's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Wow! You definitely dodged a bullet. Have you considered filing a report with the State? That sounds over the top, to say the
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    When you thought it was patients you needed to watch...

    Emergent replied to smf0903's topic in General Nursing

    As a side note: I do agree with him about turning the monitors off that are not in use, which is what it sounds like from the article. I also wonder about these monitors taking 2 to 3 minutes to...
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    When you thought it was patients you needed to watch...

    Emergent replied to smf0903's topic in General Nursing

    Well, it does sound like a mental breakdown of some sort to me. People sometimes snap unexpectedly, losing all rationality. We don't know much about the history of this guy. Maybe he was always...
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    When you thought it was patients you needed to watch...

    Emergent replied to smf0903's topic in General Nursing

    Anesthesiologist Charged In Strangulation Of Nurse An anesthesiologist went crazy, turning off alarms due to alarm fatigue. The recovery nurse kept trying to turn the alarms back on. He, then,...
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    Nurse refuses to give me report!!!

    Emergent replied to Longleggedstar's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    She sounds like she's diverting. I knew a gal who was, and boy was she