SleeepyRN

SleeepyRN

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  1. I unfortunately know too many people who got into coding and never was able to get a job doing such. Let alone from home. My opinion: Become a CNA, and aim for a position in a hospital by networking.
  2. My nursing program had very specific prerequisites. You coyld have all the certifications in tbe world, but if you didn't have competetive grades in very specific classes, you wouldn't get in. Actually, there was a poster on here who graduated from ...
  3. In response to OP. Yes. Absolutely. You're a nurse, you shouldn't eat that. You're a nurse, you shouldn't speed, you know what can happen (SO DOES THE GENERAL PUBLIC!!!) You're a nurse, you should sacrifice your entire life and cry your days away f...
  4. While you are correct that we all have a choice in how we react to any situation, I found the comment less useful than understanding. I mean, this is the right place to come to to vent such things. Otherwise, the responses to the majority of posts wo...
  5. Irrational patients

    Nice anecdote, but when it's patient after patient, day after day...it can really wear you down. That's why its nice to have a place such as this where others can relate and we can just vent. Then go back to work hopefully a little more rejuvenated.
  6. Obese Nurses

    ROTFL
  7. Initial Drug Test

    EXCUSE me? I have never smoked Marijuana or done illegal drugs in my entire life. I have never smoked a cigarette nor do i drink. But I certainly don't look down on those who do. Their "issue" is a psychological/medical one that needs better understa...
  8. Best practices: Controlled substance handling

    OP stated "the remainder of the ampule." I took it to mean the remainder of what was inside. I misread the situation.
  9. What to do in critical patient situations?

    There is NO MD, NP, PA on call after 9? Forget that. I wouldn't work there.
  10. Leaving Bedside Nursing

    Well, when something is sucking the life out of you and turning your soul char black, it can affect your marriage. It certainly is affecting mine.
  11. Hipaa violation

    Oh, man. I can't stand people like that. As a naive new grad, I made the *incredibly* poor judgement of telling a patient who was super talkative, and asked about me all the time, something about myself on the personal side. Well, after getting mad a...
  12. Best practices: Controlled substance handling

    Forgive me if this has been said. I would have notified a nurse Manager immediately and have the sharps container removed and locked up until it could be safely opened to prove it was in there.
  13. Initial Drug Test

    So is speeding. Get off your high horse.
  14. Initial Drug Test

    False positive causes: Ibuprofen; (Advil, Nuprin, Motrin, Excedrin IB etc) Naproxen (Aleve) Ketoprofen (Orudis KT) Promethazine (Phenergan, Promethegan) Pantoprazole (Protonix) Riboflavin (B2, Hempseed Oil) Kidney infection (Kidney disease, diabetes)...
  15. Discussion about T.O.s

    Yep. I recall from nursing school repeating the order back as basic protocol, not just a suggestion. And this not only verges on practicing medicine, it IS practicing medicine...prescribing without a license.