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1. Can I change a needle on a syringe for drawing up, and then change it back?

   offlabel replied to mollyy's topic in General Nursing

   are you talking length of the same gauge? either way, swapping out needles is

2. CCU vs ER

   offlabel replied to gratefultobeanurse16's topic in General Nursing

   If doing due diligence and conscientious and intentional inquiry (ie asking questions of people that should know), then it isn't realistic. But there's no reason why a well prepared professional can't...

3. Should diverting nurses be prosecuted?

   offlabel replied to Emergent's topic in General Nursing

   Providers intent on diverting have, as a strategy, given IV beta blockers and recorded giving a narcotic instead and taken the narcotic for their own use. The rationale being that the physiologic pain...

4. Should diverting nurses be prosecuted?

   offlabel replied to Emergent's topic in General Nursing

   Huge issue, but anyone, nurse or doctor, should get charged with a crime if it can be firmly established that someone else was harmed, ie, gave a beta blocker or something and diverted the narcotic...

5. your Nurses: What's going to happen?

   offlabel replied to artistnurse's topic in Case Management

   Which hospitals will be closing? Medicaid/medicare doesn't pay **** as it is. How is rooting out fraud and abuse going to close

6. Is it inappropriate to talk to a patient outside of work and give them money?

   offlabel replied to bluescoop's topic in General Nursing

   Sorry for the blunt response and don't take it personally but you've put yourself in a very dangerous position. His interest in you is likely material and probably physical. You should have a very low...

7. Should handshaking be obliterated from our culture?

   offlabel replied to Alnitak7's topic in Disaster Preparation

   Short some religious observance, ie, Muslim woman shaking the hand of a man, I wouldn't think 'weirdo' either. Arbitrary personal preference? I would think 'odd' just reflexively as it is an...

8. Should handshaking be obliterated from our culture?

   offlabel replied to Alnitak7's topic in Disaster Preparation

   Nah, it is weird and awkward especially in professional settings in the United States. If it's not someone's thing, no shame, but own the negative consequences if dying on that hill. I guess offering...

9. CCU vs ER

   offlabel replied to gratefultobeanurse16's topic in General Nursing

   Worked in an inner city level one trauma center and while frequent, the times when we were 'keeping people alive' was the minority of the time. The majority of the time we spent treating routine...

10. CCU vs ER

    offlabel replied to gratefultobeanurse16's topic in General Nursing

    The RN's use the consent for the operative time out and if there is a wrong site surgery, ie, they take out the wrong fallopian tube, the RN is on the hook

11. CCU vs ER

    offlabel replied to gratefultobeanurse16's topic in General Nursing

    Weird...getting a toxic vibe...anyway, just for starters, as pain is one of the symptoms of this problem, if pain develops on the contralateral side of the ectopic, that could be a relevant exam...

12. CCU vs ER

    offlabel replied to gratefultobeanurse16's topic in General Nursing

    No dog in the ICU v. ER nurse fight, but why is asking which side the ectopic on a

13. CCU vs ER

    offlabel replied to gratefultobeanurse16's topic in General Nursing

    yeah...obnoxious nurses are the

14. CCU vs ER

    offlabel replied to gratefultobeanurse16's topic in General Nursing

    Pick the one with better hours, pay and time off. All things being equal, then pick the unit with less drama and more mature and well adjusted

15. Being Video Taped by pt/family

    offlabel replied to Irving's topic in General Nursing

    It does if it's in a public