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1. Burned Out & Bummed Out - Can't find my nursing "niche"

   pleb replied to Nurse Beth's topic in Nurse Beth

   I'm much like you, five years into my nursing career, and increasingly dissatisfied. The whole of my experience has been in med surg, and the thing that I have come to liken it to is a game of whack-a-mole, where the "mole" is pain and/or nausea medi...

2. Words You Hate

   pleb replied to OyWithThePoodles's topic in General Nursing

   I hate the word "morbid," as in morbid obesity. I get that, in the clinical setting, it is a clinical descriptor, but to list "morbid obesity" on discharge paperwork that we give to the patient seems a little insensitive. BMI is a definitive quantifi...

3. What's the best pulse ox brand to get?

   pleb replied to Birdy2's topic in Uniform/Gear

   Hi. New member, first post. I did a lot of research before buying mine. I'm on a pulmonary unit so I wanted something that was accurate and reliable, and in my pocket. I got the Nonin Onyx Vantage 9590. Not cheap, but it's intended for professional u...