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August 6 - August 12 Hottest Topics

That's A Wrap! Exploring Wound Management

With the increased demand and complexity of wound care, how well are nurses supported? This growing, patient population is being discharged earlier than ever from hospitals. The transition to outpatient services has led to challenges with access to care, coordination of services and an increased demand for the nurses in various settings to manage the care for the patient and family.
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Robin Williams RIP: Coping Mechanism?

What interests me about some of the people who are most depressed is that they are the ones who always seem to be making others laugh. Is this some kind of coping mechanism? I have seen this in people in my personal life too.
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Anticipation: Behavioral Risk Assessment

To be pro-active, nursing has enacted many risk assessments. They prove true on each and every patient who is seen. A couple of the current focuses are on preventing falls, preventing skin breakdown, as well as assessing and treating pain and the control of same. Can we say that regarding behavioral risks? Would it not be prudent that a behavioral risk assessment is completed on all patients regardless of why they are being treated?
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Standard concentrations and frequency of infusate changes

Do you prepare your drug infusions or does pharmacy prepare them for you?

1) If you prepare your own, how often do you change the bag or syringe containing your infusions?

2) If you prepare your own, do you have a variety of "standard" concentrations to choose from, based on the size of your patient?
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Don't You Just Love It?

Don't you just love it when established posters get called out by new members who don't like the answers to the questions they've posted? Especially when the questions were rather inflammatory?
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Quiet initiatives - what has worked for you?

We're working hard to reduce noise on our unit to make it a more healing environment for our patients. Got any successful ideas to share?
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I Am a NURSE, Darn It!

Text from patient at 8pm = bring bathing suit and change of clothes because I am bringing X to pool and I need you in the pool to help

I just said I will accompany, but I am not going in the pool. Am I wrong here? Isn't that a liability issue?
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[Toon] Are you Tanning?

Ok so we all know that night shifters can become kinda hermit-like during the day. And this can lead to some interesting situations: doing grocery shopping in the middle of the night, calling friends at 2am and wanting to go shopping at 3 in the morning. So, what have you tried to do at night that just wasn't quite the norm?
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How guilty do you feel?

When your manager texts or calls because they are short staffed. You do not respond to the texts, knowing that your unit and your co-workers are going to have a rough time?
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Facebook...

What is the general consensus out there on Facebook friending your coworkers?
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