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  1. How many mistakes can one nurse make? (A vent)

    Salty1 replied to JacelRN's topic in General Nursing

    Well said angel337! The OP vent sounds like a typical Nurses day to me. I recall a night from Hell in the ER during a generalized ice storm with multiple MVA's as well as slip and fall cases...

  2. Emergency' Ruling on RN Ratios Endangers Patients

    Salty1 replied to pickledpepperRN's topic in California Nursing

    If Arnold's proposal to negate the staffing ratios is accepted, he will truly become The

  3. Are these orders valid?

    Salty1 replied to Celia M's topic in General Nursing

    I am not sure I understand your question. How or in what manner would the RN be working outside the scope of practice. When a physician writes new orders it is not necessary that an RN be on duty at...

  4. old skills that we do not use anymore

    Salty1 replied to sassykitkatt's topic in General Nursing

    Along the same lines, how about paraldehyde for prevention of DT's. I recall an ER nurse pouring some into a styrofoam cup with a resulting noxious permeation of the entire ER area when the...

  5. 1,000 inmates 4 night nurses.......

    Salty1 replied to dazzle256's topic in Correctional

    It may or may not be a heavy case load. It is assumed that the correctional facility census is 1000 and if you divide that number by 4 Nurses that works out to a ratio of 250 inmates to 1 nurse. What...

  6. 1,000 inmates 4 night nurses.......

    Salty1 replied to dazzle256's topic in Correctional

    It may or may not be a heavy case load. It is assumed that the correctional facility census is 1000 and if you divide that number by 4 Nurses that works out to a ratio of 250 inmates to 1 nurse. What...

  7. Getting the run around when trying to get paycheck from nursing agency

    Salty1 replied to agent0068's topic in Agency Nurses

    I would agree with MSCHRISCO in that you should report the matter to the State Department of Labor. Depending upon where you live, you also might wish to consider filing suit in Small Claims Court...

  8. old skills that we do not use anymore

    Salty1 replied to sassykitkatt's topic in General Nursing

    I last recall using the Rotating Tourniquet Machine around 1976. It had four tourniquets attached-one for each extremity-and worked automatically with one of the tourniquets always being deflated. For...

  9. need advise on asthma treatment

    Salty1 replied to Still Riding's topic in General Nursing

    After noting all of your posts and the nature and number of questions you have posed it would appear that you do not have a pulmonologist. The questions you are asking of this BB are ones that should...

  10. old skills that we do not use anymore

    Salty1 replied to sassykitkatt's topic in General Nursing

    I recall using a rotating tourniquet machine as part of the protocol in the treatment of pulmonary edema. Of course, that was accompanied by IV Lasix. Apparently studies revealed that rotating...

  11. Protocol for Nasal CPAP Nasal prong and analysis of nasal CPAP(help)

    Salty1 replied to plasmamedia's topic in Research

    In the URL textbox of your computer screen, simply type in the words CPAP- Nasal Prongs which should bring up a host of articles to which you may refer. For example:...

  12. Lingo

    Salty1 replied to JACALA_CL's topic in Emergency

    Diagnostic abbreviations when all clinical tests and observations are negative: SWI = Something Wrong Inside GOK syndrome = God Only

  13. Question for ER nurses...

    Salty1 replied to matchstick's topic in Emergency

    You lost me! Either that or I'm still half asleep. What is unusual in the grander scope of

  14. Question for ER nurses...

    Salty1 replied to matchstick's topic in Emergency

    The symptoms you report are highly suggestive of anxiety/hyperventilation syndrome. However, croup (which was mentioned in prior posts as now being seen more frequently in older children) cannot be...