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    Blood Collection Variables are a Risk to Patients

    Nerd eNurse replied to Nerd eNurse's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks for the input. I enjoyed the articles. I saw somewhere they recommended asking the patient in the ER: If they would like you to draw off the IV to save them some pain with a 10%(?) chance of...
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    Blood Collection Variables are a Risk to Patients

    Nerd eNurse replied to Nerd eNurse's topic in General Nursing

    Thank you for all the great post. I didn't realize how technical drawing labs needed to be until I started looking into the standards. Now that I have researched the CLSI standards and communicated...
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    Blood Collection Variables are a Risk to Patients

    Nerd eNurse replied to Nerd eNurse's topic in General Nursing

    This is another good point and thank
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    Blood Collection Variables are a Risk to Patients

    Nerd eNurse replied to Nerd eNurse's topic in General Nursing

    Thank you for the comments. You don't know what you don't know. That is what this rticle is about. I was surprised to find out that there are actually standards on how to draw blood. This is an effort...
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    Blood Collection Variables are a Risk to Patients

    Nerd eNurse replied to Nerd eNurse's topic in General Nursing

    Thank you for the input. I am not beating up on nurses... I am a nurse. I recently discovered the CLSI venipuncture standards and feel they are important. I have spoken with a major healthcare...
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    Some Beds have X-ray Sleeves

    Nerd eNurse replied to Nerd eNurse's topic in General Nursing

    I have heard about the beds with the translators and it sound great. Thanks for the input! And I am glad to hear that people use the x-ray sleeve. Another item that I like, but it seems to be under...
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    Adult Critical Care Update: New Definitions of Sepsis and Septic Shock

    Nerd eNurse replied to Corey Narry's topic in Critical Care

    As we progress on identifying different conditions like sepsis we are improving other aspect of healthcare. For instance, the lactic acid lab that we use as one of the identifiers of sepsis is great....
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    Some Beds have X-ray Sleeves

    Nerd eNurse replied to Nerd eNurse's topic in General Nursing

    That is some good advice and I did look. When I finally called Hill-Rom they had trouble finding out what it was for. They sent me a copy of the user manual which was vague. With that said... do the...
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    Multiple lab draws off IV periph line, tourniquet timing

    Nerd eNurse replied to Sujule's topic in General Nursing

    Sujule, I am a critical care nurse/inventor. Proper lab collection is something that I am very familiar with because I had to research it for an invention that I developed. Your question is a good...
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    allegation

    Nerd eNurse replied to Salebow's topic in General Nursing

    I am not a legal expert but I though it wasn't sexual harassment unless the other person told you to stop the conversation which is my advice to you now. Don't text, FB etc. anything until you have a...
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    #nursesforgive

    Nerd eNurse replied to Nerd eNurse's topic in General Nursing

    I understand your point. I wasn't pushing customer service... I was pushing for humanity as I see
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    #nursesforgive

    Nerd eNurse replied to Nerd eNurse's topic in General Nursing

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    #nursesforgive

    Nerd eNurse replied to Nerd eNurse's topic in General Nursing

    I think we agree. I was pointing out that there are many statements, movies etc. that Nurses Unite can and in my opinion should pursue. I don't want this to become a one item issue. I don't want the...
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    #nursesforgive

    Nerd eNurse replied to Nerd eNurse's topic in General Nursing

    I never said male nurses had it worse than female nurses. And I agree with you that women have it worse than men do. I was just trying to defend my viewpoint. I think your last statement is spot
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    #nursesforgive

    Nerd eNurse replied to Nerd eNurse's topic in General Nursing

    I thought this was a serious site where nurses could talk shop and express ourselves. This line of discussion should be om a different discussion. I don't like talking about patients current or...
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    #nursesforgive

    Nerd eNurse replied to Nerd eNurse's topic in General Nursing

    It seems that the majority of the comments disagree with me. I am just rationalizing the possible reason for my different opinion with some validation. My perspective comes from a narrow point of...
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    #nursesforgive

    Nerd eNurse replied to Nerd eNurse's topic in General Nursing

    Intentionally negative comments and movie
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    #nursesforgive

    Nerd eNurse replied to Nerd eNurse's topic in General Nursing

    To: Farawyn "What does being a male have to do with anything?" Male RN's go through this alot. It is getting much better as time goes
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    #nursesforgive

    Nerd eNurse replied to Nerd eNurse's topic in General Nursing

    I understand your view. I believe I said forgive not forget. I believe they need to be accountable for their statements. It is the public crushing that I am worried about. I am not condemning the...
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    #nursesforgive

    Nerd eNurse replied to Nerd eNurse's topic in General Nursing

    I thought you wanted me to put the Golden Rule into context. My
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    #nursesforgive

    Nerd eNurse replied to Nerd eNurse's topic in General Nursing

    Do unto others as you would have them do unto you. In other words if(when) I do something stupid tell me..... but don't crush or destroy
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    #nursesforgive

    Nerd eNurse replied to Nerd eNurse's topic in General Nursing

    Thank you for the clarification. I know my perspective is different than most being a male nurse. In regards to my being an RN my children bore the brunt of it many times. Their friends made comments...
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    #nursesforgive

    Nerd eNurse replied to Nerd eNurse's topic in General Nursing

    Not sure what you are meaning?Are you saying I shouldn't have an
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    #nursesforgive

    Nerd eNurse replied to Nerd eNurse's topic in General Nursing

    I didn't say they shouldn't be accountable for their actions. I think we need to forgive them and let the public demand the apologies. There are plenty of comments that we can unite behind but we...
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    #nursesforgive

    Nerd eNurse replied to Nerd eNurse's topic in General Nursing

    Good point.... I have been a patient and it is very humbling. The few minutes a day that you see a nurse is almost the only time that you really feel human an hopeful. The rest of the time is like...