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Aside from its anti hypertensive and portal hypertension indications, propranolol is actually prescribed for significant stage fright and/or fear of public speaking. Also commonly prescribed to surgeons to counteract hand tremors secondary to perform...

Get a little more life experience dear before you start qualifying how others spend their non-working hours. Camping? With your boyfriend? Bless your little heart....

Go to eeoc.gov for more info. I've found that educating myself about the law instrumental in asserting rights as a disabled employee. Although an employer's affirmative duties under anti-discrimination laws as enforced by the EEOC and other federally...

I think it's important that OP gains a better understanding of the implications of playing Nancy Drew in the future. Whether you agreed with this coworker's "libelous" statement, that's actually not relevant. You might be interested to know that even...

In the U.S., it's illegal for an employer to ask whether an applicant has a disability prior to a job offer. Technically speaking, an applicant and/or employee isn't required by law to disclose a known disability before, during, or after the applicat...

What are people's thoughts on a single color scrub for everyone? Starting next year all nurses, CNAs, transporters, etc have to wear navy scrubs embroidered with the hospital's logo because apparently patients were overwhelmingly in favor of it to he...

I'm so sorry you're going through this! No matter which profession you ultimately choose, you've gotta do you first! Since you're 75% through your BSN, have you considered pursuing your MSN in nursing informatics? Congrats on your success so far, but...

This thread's given me great ideas. My hospital uses an annual peer review performance evaluation that coworkers, one physician, and myself evaluate my performance over the preceding year. I'm going to write down every instance of my going above and ...

There's a world of difference between a confused patient who isn't capable of distinguishing between right and wrong and a patient who understands that threats of and/or physical acts of violence to intimidate others are generally frowned upon; whose...

My hat goes off to you! At what point during the AIDS epidemic did your hospital decide that the safety of healthcare workers outweighed the cost of gloves and other PPE? My colleague said that in school and as a new grad, the use of gloves was frown...

That's something that I can't wrap my mind around.... I guess I just assumed that gloves of some sort had always been available to anyone who came in contact with blood, spit, puke, and poop. I had been a nurse for over 3 years before I learned that ...

Actually, a major component of the informed consent as required by EMTALA is that the transferring physician discusses transportation arrangements with the patient. The nurse is responsible for assessing the patient's understanding. Questions posed b...

zenitude: If not already, have you considered seeking evaluation by an immunologist? I graduated from nursing school mid 2009, and became pregnant with my 2nd child in 2010. Since giving birth in 2011, my health has undoubtedly taken a nose dive to t...

Western Governors University. About 3.3K per 6 month term, not per credit. You can begin semester at the beginning of each month. CCNE and regionally accredited. There may be some states that don't accept WGU, but doesn't hurt to check it out.

I cry when I'm frustrated or angry. One of my ears will turn Rudolph red, and I break out into bright red blotches across my neck and chest. My allergist tells me that the blotchiness are some sort of histamine mediated response to stress for which B...

Just a thought. When my titers were checked before nursing school, rubella was nonexistent. Three MMR boosters later, and nothing's changed. I'm considered a "nonresponder", but the only precaution that I've ever been made aware of by my employers is...

I've learned that assuming anything, especially that every registered nurse knows that Golytely is a clear liquid and is therefore subject to that pesky 2 hour NPO time, really can make an ass out of you and me I learned that although July 1 is an o...

I suggested that pt should hold med until able to see PCP during my discussion with anesthesia, but was told that wasn't necessary because pt's angioedema was in no way related to lisinopril. I wasn't the nurse who discharged the pt, but I made sure ...

I just had a patient a few weeks ago who walked in for an outpatient procedure with lips and tongue visibly swollen. Patient had chalked it up to a reaction to the bowel prep even though it's happened once before.... Patient wasn't in any distress, b...

I attended a cardiac resuscitation symposium recently, and there was a TON of really interesting information presented that might interest you. -AHA will release its 2015 guidelines in October, and there are several ongoing studies that will likely a...

Having National Guard, state troopers, and local police officers surround my hospital makes me smile. I love being able to walk up to them and say thank you! Baltimore's picking itself up and brushing off the dust, and it feels good!

I'm not sure if it's an option for your triage setup, but the prospect of impending "lady" questions seemed to have a dispersing effect on family members. Something about vaginal discharge that makes people run for the hills :)

No words. I'm sad for and will be thinking of you, your school, and the students