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  1. to aspirate or not while giving insulin and flu vaccines

    twotrees2 replied to ginger43's topic in General Nursing

    i agree all IM's shoudl be aspirated - the only advantage i see is a tad quicker injection - id rather a second more for safety. but truly ( i wsa out of nursing for 4- 5 ys so maybe something...

  2. to aspirate or not while giving insulin and flu vaccines

    twotrees2 replied to ginger43's topic in General Nursing

    i hate b12's - i agree they shoudl change the color

  3. to aspirate or not while giving insulin and flu vaccines

    twotrees2 replied to ginger43's topic in General Nursing

    sa much as i hate gluteal ( id hate to be the one to hit the nerve - cross section or not doesnt gaurentee not hitting the damn thing) but i would cringe even more at a hip shot- i have only done ONE...

  4. to aspirate or not while giving insulin and flu vaccines

    twotrees2 replied to ginger43's topic in General Nursing

    i dont see hwo giving sq you could even give it iv - unless someone does not know how to do sq ( get a nice bubble and your sure its sq) there is no way to hit a vessel that i can see. with hepaarin...

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    twotrees2 replied to artistnurse's topic in General Nursing

    wow - im in wosconsin and havent heard this- then i dont get to watch tv or read paper so i am always out of the loop there. will check on it - sure makes it scary doesnt it - what makes it scarier is...

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    twotrees2 replied to artistnurse's topic in General Nursing

    LOLOL yep and thats why a lot of us "charge nurses" especially the ones who DONT WANT IT - are quitting - everyone gets bad end of the deal bt pity the poor charge nurses - i ma one of 2 rns on pms -...

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    twotrees2 replied to artistnurse's topic in General Nursing

    nope- had one wayyy back when i was a young woman going to getout of being a cna to go to school to be a nurse- havent had one since- and all the nurses we havelost in last month ( nealry a dozen...

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    twotrees2 replied to artistnurse's topic in General Nursing

    bummer- i had serously thought of going there as i think its one of teh state my license carries over to - but sad to hear it isnt much different - and i know having relatives there and visited there...

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    twotrees2 replied to artistnurse's topic in General Nursing

    agree with you its all about money - when i first started this job i thought about my administrator she is great - she cares - she sees i am a good nurse and will be an asset - since 1 1/2 yrs has...

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    twotrees2 replied to artistnurse's topic in General Nursing

    i wold have had to tell your instructor she doenst know diddly about where i work - there is NOONE to take my place when i go to work - and the higher up know all about it cause they do the scheduling...

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    twotrees2 replied to artistnurse's topic in General Nursing

    i left nursing for 4-5 yrs and now am back and often wish i hadn't come back- luckily for me the place i work for were so desperate they hired me ( i am blacklisted due to calling state ) and i only...

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    twotrees2 replied to artistnurse's topic in General Nursing

    we can pray - i know i wont stand up for it alone again ( though i tought i was fully backed ALL my coworkers turned on me when state actually came in sigh) id stand beside anyone but my mouth wont...

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    twotrees2 replied to artistnurse's topic in General Nursing

    just one thing wrong with this view i see- yeah ok we have 2 min to go get our food to eat while we chart - that isnt taking care of US cause if you get busted doing it you can get a heafty fine - i...

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    twotrees2 replied to artistnurse's topic in General Nursing

    great in thery but not practical inmany places - when one doesnt ahve the staff to cover each other the residents just gtet left alone- i soooo wish state made unnannounced visits any time of yr so...

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    twotrees2 replied to artistnurse's topic in General Nursing

    HAHAHAHAH phew - sorry had to laugh - nextshift doing it? yeah - i can go away for 2 days and still have to finish the paperwpork from admit i started 2 days ago - all the shifts are as bad as the...

  16. #%@&$ Flu Shot!

    twotrees2 replied to JaneyW's topic in Ob/Gyn

    yeah well when your blacklisted for calling state on a facility - you tend to not say much at whatever emplyment that will take you. so guess i am blessed tohave here to come cause the place im at is...

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    twotrees2 replied to artistnurse's topic in General Nursing

    for one thing - in america - at least most places - do not have nurse patient ratios- they do not go by aquity of resident care but only the number of residents there- so a 90 bed facility that they...

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    twotrees2 replied to artistnurse's topic in General Nursing

    we have lost quite a few new grads quit due to lack of orientationand slammed with what we put up with - thats in the last month - after we lost many of our "old time" nurses who got out just for...

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    twotrees2 replied to artistnurse's topic in General Nursing

    yeah and like this week - i take my half hour cause the boss says i have to and the resident i have had to one on one since i started ( what a joy to drag a resident around as you pass meds - and...

  20. What doctors do that bugs you...

    twotrees2 replied to 33-weeker's topic in Ob/Gyn

    unfortuantley some of us have had to ask for orders like this as no matter how much we talk to cnas, nurses to watch cnas and directors who dont even approach it cause thats a minor issue to them -...

  21. What doctors do that bugs you...

    twotrees2 replied to 33-weeker's topic in Ob/Gyn

    or the on call doc yelling at you for calling them about something that isnt thier patient and it had been going on all day but days never took care of it - like its my fault noone on days took care...

  22. What doctors do that bugs you...

    twotrees2 replied to 33-weeker's topic in Ob/Gyn

    let me gues , they tell you without the doc you have no residents - at least thats what we get when we voice concerns about docs behaviors - in other words rhey tell us to just put up with

  23. What doctors do that bugs you...

    twotrees2 replied to 33-weeker's topic in Ob/Gyn

    i hate when docs come in to see a resident dont tell you they are there and later you find orders there not even knowing they had been there

  24. #%@&$ Flu Shot!

    twotrees2 replied to JaneyW's topic in Ob/Gyn

    at my work two yrs in a row the administrator cam in said miss tracie you havent had your flu shot yet so im gonna give it to you and she slams it in my arm before i have a chance to say no then hands...

  25. Im soooo lost..what do I do next

    twotrees2 replied to Dreamer528's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    looking back on my life it was bad time but really is a blessed story - i tell it to show - grades dont mean everything - there are straight a students that dont belong in nursing and straight d ones...