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    Hospice has doped my dad!

    With your brother's hx of drug abuse, I am sure that Dad figured out he may not be in a safe place. He may have had some meds turn up missing. He is much better off with you. Sounds like it won't be...
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    Calcium deposits in the stomach?

    Well, Tums are made with
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    Near miss, should I be blamed?

    I am speechless. I wanted to tell you how sorry I am that you went through this, Tony. It is horrifying. This is why we have a nursing shortage. You are in no way to be blamed for this. Best of luck...
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    kicked out of school- failed professionalism!

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    kicked out of school- failed professionalism!

    This is just MHO, but I think that the OP wanted the patients to think that he was an instructor and got caught up in his "role". Some people don't like to be in a subservient role and will go to...
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    Tobradex Eye Drops

    Those lacrimal glands on the side of your eyes are indirectly connected to the back of your mouth. (by way of the sinuses). I often can taste my eye drops after I use
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    30 day notice????HELP

    I would just tell them you are giving them 3 weeks notice and you cannot change it. What can they do, fire you? My last job I only gave 2 weeks
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    Am I a loser? I couldn't keep up....

    Traumamama59, I feel for you so much. Anyone who has had this done to them knows how badly you felt, and a pox on anyone who would sit and watch you drown knowing that you came out to help them. The...
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    Munchausen Syndrome by Proxy

    I had a patient who had Munchausen Syndrome (not by proxy). She injured herself many times and was caught with her hands in sharps containers, taking caustic substances, etc. Whatever she could do to...
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    Question about PRN Ativan...

    Who is to know whether he is getting it for the other effects or if he has anxiety. It appears he has substituted the ativan for ETOH, and now he needs it like a drink. If he does not get it he is...
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    Interviews and pay question

    Michelle, Some people put salary requirements in the resume itself, others wait till the interview at at that point it should definitely be brought up. If the interviewer does not bring it up, then...
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    Doula Thoughts on L&D (long)

    If the doula had more of a medical background she would know the difference between hyperoxygenation and hyperventilation. This is the one glaring error in her observations that make me aware that she...
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    Question re: lupus and fibromyalgia

    I think it is very rude and narrowminded for a certain group of the posters to insinuate that there are any links between psych issues and dx of lupus/fibromyalgia that are not coincidental. It angers...
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    How Did We Survive?

    That is so funny! When I was growing up we had one of those Volkswagen campers. My brother would sit in the front with my mom and I remember him always standing on the front seat. He actually fell...
  15. I agree with the other poster who said that you were not terminated, you quit. And you should have collected the sick and vacation time in your last
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    Most easy job in Nursing?

    You have enough experience to go into managed care as long as that experience is recent (they usually look for 1-3 years recent experience)I graduated from a diploma school also. You don't need more,...
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    Most easy job in Nursing?

    I have worked for several insurance companies in my area, and know people from other jobs who worked there. But there are times when these companies do advertise for jobs. When you see an ad in the...
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    BNE Declaratory Order Help!

    Why would you accept a plea if you did nothing wrong? It seems that if she was the "bad person" then she would have had the charges filed on her not the other way around. I am sorry, but it does not...
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    Most easy job in Nursing?

    I have been working in managed care for the last 16 years. I have worked for different insurance companies in my area, and I like it a lot. You go home at night at 4:30 pm (start at 8) knowing that...
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    Ventilator Associated Pneumonia

    I am wondering how they clean the vents between patients. I have had patients develop MRSA pneumonia after being on the vent and I wonder if there is somewhere in the machine that cannot be cleaned,...
  21. Looks like you are on the right track! Good luck with the rest of your
  22. Sounds like you are on the right track! Good luck with the rest of your
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    What's causing my eyes and lips to burn?!!

    I get this with peanut butter and/or other nuts. Do you eat sunchokes with peanut
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    Oldest and youngest mothers?

    Personally, I had my 4th child when I was 45. No complications with that one or the 3 before him. Easiest pregnancy and birth, he was, thanks to the epidural (great new
  25. Just a warning-just because a school is private, does not mean a better education. I had my older children in our parish school. One lasted a couple of months, the other lasted 2 years and they both...