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    Patients and the race card

    MassED replied to CanadaEh's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    that's basic nursing school information - cultural differences in reporting pain. With reporting of pain comes treatment. Stoic patient likely may lead to less pain intervention - think Wong Baker....
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    Patients and the race card

    MassED replied to CanadaEh's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    oh it permeates a lot deeper than just managers..... a lot
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    Patients and the race card

    MassED replied to CanadaEh's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    :yeah:very smartly
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    Patients and the race card

    MassED replied to CanadaEh's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    unions protect all. Good and bad nurses. Therein lies the bad side of
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    Patients and the race card

    MassED replied to CanadaEh's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I agree with much of what you wrote, but know you'll likely be flamed for it. You write the truth. I don't like to generalize on cultural differences, but cultures DO have their differences and it's...
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    Patients and the race card

    MassED replied to CanadaEh's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    on a sidenote, I deal with a Somalian interpretor who was a "doctor" in Somalia. He knows NOTHING about medicine, as we know in the western world.
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    Patients and the race card

    MassED replied to CanadaEh's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    well you certainly aren't missing anything by not knowing who Kanye West is.... it's unfortunate that I know who he is, mainly because of his Katrina
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    Patients and the race card

    MassED replied to CanadaEh's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

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    Patients and the race card

    MassED replied to CanadaEh's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    acting like that, she was probably a frequent flyer of my ER. Any ER. ETOH, drugs, psychiatric issues... those are the only really plausible reasons for that kind of behavior. From
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    Patients and the race card

    MassED replied to CanadaEh's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    think Condoleeza Rice. She did a great job, quietly focusing on the task at hand. She didn't engage in jibber jabber or field stupid questions. She was professional in her interactions. I think...
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    Patients and the race card

    MassED replied to CanadaEh's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    that picture is so funny. I saw that years ago.... I can't believe you posted that picture! haaaaa!!! to that patient on that stretcher: Good luck, man!!! Haaaaaa!!! Love what photoshopping can...
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    Patients and the race card

    MassED replied to CanadaEh's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    likely because identification of either race of the pastor or the woman is not the issue, the issue is abortion and being prolife or prochoice. Not
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    Patients and the race card

    MassED replied to CanadaEh's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I was once called a "white devil." I had to go ask what the hell that was... this was said to me by a 3 year old girl. I was horrified. I think I posted this before a while back, but she was freaked...
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    switching to night shift

    MassED replied to bdbrdb's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I haven't worked LTC, so can't really offer real world advice for that setting, but that said... I would start my Am med passes a lot earlier, at least an hour prior, but depending on how many...
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    Nitro drips

    MassED posted a topic in Emergency

    Curious to see how you all out there have your pump settings for Nitroglycerin drips - what's the concentration of your Nitro bottles? Do you use mcg/min or mcg/kg/min...??? What about low or high...
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    Confidentiality

    MassED replied to nursingishard's topic in General Nursing

    I'm sorry, but I really haven't a clue as to what you're trying to convey.... sometimes what's in your brain (including the scenario) isn't explained in these posts.... so you are the only one who...
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    Nitro drips

    MassED replied to MassED's topic in Emergency

    yep, exactly. Trying to figure that out myself - why
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    Nitro drips

    MassED replied to MassED's topic in Emergency

    no one using
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    "Nurses don't make judgments"...do they?

    MassED replied to Darjeeling22's topic in General Nursing

    you are in school to LEARN about judgments and your own bias. We all make judgments, in whatever we do (we're human). Tthe key is to keep that in your brain and filter it. Allow that to stay in that...
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    getting walked on

    MassED replied to UtErRnEmt's topic in Emergency

    I'd call security, while arming myself with other nurses and witnesses. I'd also mention that if they attempt to assault you, you will have the police come and you will file charges against them. Then...
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    getting walked on

    MassED replied to UtErRnEmt's topic in Emergency

    There's a fine line from being verbally abused and politely, but firmly, stating what the situation is (whatever you're explaining). If that's not satisfactory, and you try to rectify a situation,...
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    Being trained by CNA to do procedures

    MassED replied to Ginger80's topic in General Nursing

    well in my setting, yes. I wouldn't ever ask a resident about that.... If any procedure gave ME pause, then I might ask the charge, or another nurse who has been in this facility for a while. For some...
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    Hyperkalaemia and saline

    MassED replied to Darknights's topic in General Nursing

    wow, that really is remote! It's fun, though, to learn without a ton of resources. Makes you appreciate the resources once you are working somewhere where you have them. Good
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    Hyperkalaemia and saline

    MassED replied to Darknights's topic in General Nursing

    haven't had someone complain of vein irritation after
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    how to remedy this situation?

    MassED replied to smartnurse1982's topic in General Nursing

    nurses that have been around for a while, in the same place, often like to belittle newer (to a facility) nurses. I'm experiencing that. It's like they dumb you down, because they're threatened by...