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Indian culture and health care go hand in hand
illness is illness culture has nothing to do with it ..the person with the illness is the one that deserves the respect of all no matter what culture ,,remembering that the care giver also has a culture to be respected by the patient and families
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stupid question about the brain...
see the little hole in the middle that looks like an orifice in the middle of a pelvis ,,that is acually the base of the brain and it is one slide of a ct scan @ the base of the brain ,,:trout:
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The worst or strangest orders you have seen...
how about prosac 10 mg daily when patient is on proscar 10 mg daily ,,,happy but can't pee ,,found it a week after order started ..
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nurse salary
hi don't know where all of you are from ; but in Canada province of Manitoba we start at $25 and work to $32 in 5 years per union contract when I travel to Az. in winter to work I get $29 plus travel and lodging your wages seem low and possibly you should look at change. or renegotiate
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ECG Question
ecg readings 5 lead monitors are non-diagnostic they only show a potential or a trend up /down of st seg as for t-wave you can print a QRS configuration and it shows pt. mormal with interposed change but 12 lead is only true reflection
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Discrimination Against Men in Nursing
believe me I am not trying to be a victim . but there are enough others out there that are very acusing , and when in doubt the male nurse will be at fault I have been acused of many things and been hauled on the carpet with out even pre-reading my documentation ,,,, 1)it had to be a male nurse who put the supp. in the wrong hole .a female would know the difference,,,2)the man nurse can't do peri care because they don't know enough about the anatomy!! 3) if a male nurse does a catheter on a female he can be acused of inappropreate touching (always take afemale in 'cause another male wouldn't know the difference),,4) if doing a cath on a male you could be acused of inappropriate touchind because "men don't touch other men" take a female in with you because another man wouldn't know the diff
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Discrimination Against Men in Nursing
if you buy online scrubs they are all unisex and I find they are a poor fit... the only way to get good fitting ones is to hire a seamstress or learn to sew... or try on each one in the shop until you find one that fits As for discriminating it's there if you let it bother you ,,,, "we all know men are perverts and women are angels",,,, so cover your butt when you are working and no-one can acuse you of anything...... don't ever let the plumbers crack show,...... it will be construed as wrong and you will pay for it I have been told I got jobs "just because of that thing between my legs" and my reply was 'maybe but I like to think I worked hard to get it'