Pipsqueak ADN

Homecare Peds, ICU, Trauma, CVICU

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About Pipsqueak

Pipsqueak has 8 years experience as a ADN and specializes in Homecare Peds, ICU, Trauma, CVICU.


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    Nurses pulled as CNAS??

    I respectfully disagree. Every nurse has recieved "training" in basic care. That is included in the classwork and clinicals no matter if you are an LPN or an RN. That said, I personally would not be comfortable or happy if I was pulled to fulfill a ...
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    passing NC

    Not to mention the notes are not 100% complete, you have to understand what you are expected to know to understand some of what the notes mean. Because they are just that, notes. They are not complete thoughts. And I'm not sure I would want any nurs...
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    walk in or online when applying for a job?

    Or worse yet, what always happens to me, I go through the time and effort to apply online, only to be told that I still have to fill out a paper application which expends even more time and effort, and all the info is duplicated anyway. So unless I'm...
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    PLEASE HELP~~~My Job took my license~~~

    I also live in PA. My former employer held our original licenses as well. I didnt really have a problem with it. I retrieved it when I needed it for my part time job then gave it back. It was policy at the long term care facility I worked at. Not sur...
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    Wearing Cologne to work Yes Or No

    Thank you, Thank you Thank you from the bottom of my heart!!! It's rare someone understands what I go through.
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    Wearing Cologne to work Yes Or No

    I get instant debillitating headaches from all perfumes/colognes/scented lotions no matter how lightly applied. Even scents I think "smell good" still gives me these horrific headaches. Like another poster said, in public, I just have to deal and avo...
  7. The LTC facility I worked at had several residents who smoked. There was an area outside designated for the residents (and another area designated for empoyees who didn't wish to share their breaks with a resident). Only one was deemed safe to smoke...
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    Things people say coming out of anaesthetic

    I cry like a baby everytime when I come out of it. I remember the first time I was put under: my boyfriend came back to recovery just as I was waking up and I was lying there balling my eyes out telling him to go away, that I didn't want to see him. ...
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    Where to find practice supplies for CPNE??

    I do homecare so unfortunately snagging supplies from work is not an option.
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    Where to find practice supplies for CPNE??

    Thanks for the suggestions. And I never even thought about needing a Rx for a needle. So how do you practice this if you don't have access to these supplies. I'm currently doing pedi homecare, so this is really unfamiliar territory for me. I'm guess...
  11. So where has everyone found their practice supplies? The excelsior skills bag is so expensive and I don't need everything in it, such as alcohol swabs, gloves, but I do need the IV stuff, the primary/secondary bag and tubing, and the wound. I've been...
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    I'm a Registered Nurse

    congratulations!!!!! how relieved you must feel!
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    morphine in TB syringe etc

    Oops, sorry! Gosh darnit, this assuming thing has been getting me in trouble alot the last few days!!
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    personality clash? Bad Aide? HELP

    I am so sorry if you took my post the wrong way. One, I totally missed that this was LTC, I guess I assumed it was acute care, and two, I always try to keep an open mind and remember that every story has two sides. I have witnessed so many complaints...
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    Wishing Suesquatch Luck On Nclex!

    Good luck Sue! Heck, NCLEX will probably feel like a piece of cake after all the EC exams and CPNE! Best case scenario, only 75 questions! You've got this.