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  1. HELP!! Post Op Bariatric Nursing

    scampi710 posted a topic in Gastroenterology

    Hi ....I am almost embarassed....I have been an RN for 25 years, but I do not know about what to look for in a fresh post-op bariatric patient. What type of complications should I be alert

  2. Retaliation for voicing concern over unsafe pratices

    scampi710 replied to Keysnurse2008's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Thank you so much for your tenacity, professionalism, endurance, documentation and being an inspiration to all of us. CONGRATULATIONS......AND THANK

  3. Group One background checks in Texas

    scampi710 replied to edgreen's topic in Texas Nursing

    One way we RN's can stand against agencies like Group One and the vagaries of incompetent nurse managers and administrators is for those of us who are "travelers" to refuse to take any assignments in...

  4. Dear Abbey, about a nurse

    scampi710 replied to Faeriewand's topic in General Nursing

    Since "Dear Abby" is the authority on all matters, is the columnist now responsible for all the millions of spouses who will as questions when their loved one is in PACU? .... and take the...

  5. does therapeutic touch belong in grad programs?

    scampi710 replied to traumahawk99's topic in Post Graduate Students

    Have any one of us ever felt better after a massage or a backrub? That's

  6. Retaliation for voicing concern over unsafe pratices

    scampi710 replied to Keysnurse2008's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Everyone who has read this thread knows the truth of what is happening in hospitals. We all need to sign the petition. Thank you Tsunami Kim and Kim Sanders-Fisher.

  7. Transplantation Nursing

    scampi710 replied to Hoozdo's topic in General Nursing

    :balloons: Hooray....I found a wealth of information on Google....forget Yahoo...... I feel so greatly relieved that I finally found it:balloons: No longer

  8. Transplant Nursing

    scampi710 replied to acutecarenp's topic in General Nursing

    Hey Nurseboy.....Any guidelines you can give me for renal transplant care is welcome..... Articles you can direct me to? I will be assuming care for a 7 day post op renal transplant patient. I...

  9. Help-Transplant Team Info

    scampi710 replied to saltydad's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Hi Curlyfries......I definitely need the patient's point of view along with some solid pointers on post op care beyond ambulation, temperature, vs's. I will assume care of a 7 day post op patient....

  10. Transplantation Nursing

    scampi710 replied to Hoozdo's topic in General Nursing

    Is there anyone on the forum who can help me with post op care of a renal transplant patient? The patient will be 5 to 7 days post-op when I assume care. What about 24 hour urines at this time....

  11. What was the MOST ridiculous thing a patient came to the ER for?

    scampi710 replied to JUSTYSMOM's topic in Emergency

    The answer is "NO". I think you handled it poorly. Laughing at a young girl who may be subjected to bestiality is hardly what I would call a professional intervention. Getting more information...

  12. What was the MOST ridiculous thing a patient came to the ER for?

    scampi710 replied to JUSTYSMOM's topic in Emergency

    It is so nice to see that some ER nurses are NOT into treating the patients like "annoyances" or to be abused by rude, unempathetic staff. Yes, some people do come in with self-indulgent complaints,...

  13. No I wouldn't recommend nursing

    scampi710 replied to manuelvillanueva's topic in Nursing Career

    Welcome to nursing Nursing is not a job. It is a profession, and as such we have professional ethics, responsibilities, and standards to effect and perform quality life saving care. In our...

  14. Job search Harlingen/Brownsville Texas

    scampi710 replied to bookworm38571's topic in Nursing Career

    While I was on contract in College Station, TX. (one of my fun places to work), I worked with a traveler who had just finished an assignment in Harlingen. She described some harrowing details and...

  15. new nurse dead at 23

    scampi710 replied to RN@34's topic in Infectious Disease

    How totally tragic. Been an RN,BSN for 28 years, and for all of those years I have been saying that we should have hazardous duty benefits. Can't even begin to describe how much comes through the ED...

  16. Job search Harlingen/Brownsville Texas

    scampi710 replied to bookworm38571's topic in Nursing Career

    It is paramount to speak spanish since most of the patient population is Mexican/Mexica-American. The population is primarily poor, with some extremely wealthy clients from Mexico. The classes...

  17. Should nurses return to wearing uniforms?

    scampi710 replied to hellerd2003's topic in General Nursing

    Would also suggest you focus your energy for change to eliminating excessive jewelry, rings (with stones), acrylic nails. Nosocomial Infection and patient safety is at

  18. Should nurses return to wearing uniforms?

    scampi710 replied to hellerd2003's topic in General Nursing

    1) 28 yrs. 2) Critical Care 3) Texas 4) BSN 5) Scrubs are uniforms. In 1978 I did a research thesis on nusing caps. My hypothesis was "Nursing caps are a vector to carrying pathogenic...

  19. No I wouldn't recommend nursing

    scampi710 replied to manuelvillanueva's topic in Nursing Career

    HMMMMM. Let me see. Went to work. Had 5 critical patients. Had marginal monitoring equipment (the hospital is "renovating"). Had to use the computer before I could start on my...

  20. Retaliation for voicing concern over unsafe pratices

    scampi710 replied to Keysnurse2008's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    It is time for us to unite as a profession----across the country. The fact that a Magnet Hospital (number one in the country....Baltimore, MD.) is not much different than those in the south and in...

  21. Retaliation for voicing concern over unsafe pratices

    scampi710 replied to Keysnurse2008's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    :o Panhandler says it all so well. I also have been in the position of being THE outstanding nurse, the one everyone turned to for clinical information, a proponent of patient advocacy, a champion...

  22. What was the MOST ridiculous thing a patient came to the ER for?

    scampi710 replied to JUSTYSMOM's topic in Emergency

    Sometimes this is the perfect opportunity to start some patient teaching. Frequently these people are told to NEVER start an antibiotic before consulting with the healthcare system, be it a...

  23. Retaliation for voicing concern over unsafe pratices

    scampi710 replied to Keysnurse2008's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Dear TNNNURSE: I feel for you. I admire your tenacious ethic to patient advocacy and your unyielding honor. HAUNTED and PANHANDLER have given you the most valuable advice, inasmuch as nursing in...

  24. Group One background checks in Texas

    scampi710 replied to edgreen's topic in Texas Nursing

    :uhoh21: We all need to realize that Group One is a malignancy that is pervasive in DFW, but can and will effect all of us in Texas and metastisize throughout all of nursing if we let it. Soooo,...

  25. Group One background checks in Texas

    scampi710 replied to edgreen's topic in Texas Nursing

    Just read this entire thread from page one and you can make up your own mind. I have practiced in many parts of this country....Texas and Florida are the