NTICURN

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1. Bending and Breaking the Rules in Nursing

   NTICURN replied to TheCommuter's topic in Geriatric, LTC

   My only issue with this is that she can silently aspirate. And especially in a nursing home, you don't have the capacity to intubate your patients. And if she had died as a result, your license, and...

2. Bending and Breaking the Rules in Nursing

   NTICURN replied to TheCommuter's topic in Geriatric, LTC

   Interesting how the daughter was so insistent upon what her dying mother ate, but couldn't be at her bedside for her last

3. In what setting does an RN do the most thorough physical assessments and health histories?

   NTICURN replied to Lemon Bars's topic in General Nursing

   And not all patients in the ICU are sedated. Some are awake and alert. ? I think you'd be surprised...I never thought ICU was something I'd like (I thought I wanted to be a labor and delivery nurse.)...

4. In what setting does an RN do the most thorough physical assessments and health histories?

   NTICURN replied to Lemon Bars's topic in General Nursing

   So, I've been a nurse for 9 years, and have worked in just about every Hospital setting there is except for Peds ICU and the OR (I'm sure there are more, but those are the big ones I can think of off...