TNRNMAN

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1. student nurse dreading outcome of misjudgement

   TNRNMAN replied to asdfgh123's topic in General Students

   Way to go Chris, you have stated the facts and you did it tactfully, you are dead on and I think that this is a huge problem in these United States we start early saying there young and its their first mistake,and before you know it they are in priso...

2. Nurses and Nursing Students: what was/is your biggest pet peeve in nursing school?

   TNRNMAN replied to GrnHonu99's topic in General Nursing

   That is the worst been through nursing school twice, LPN then RN and I hated having a lecture and someone always had a story about their aunts sisters cousins friends daughters boyfriend, and I would get so sick of it and roll my eyes and scream on t...

3. can lpn's do anything with central lines?

   TNRNMAN replied to dizzejan's topic in LPN/LVN

   I believe in TN that it is a NO NO for LPNs to work with Cental Lines, not that some of them aren't competent to do it, because most that I know are well versed in Cental Lines, but times they are a changin.

4. TV's ER new NM, Eve

   TNRNMAN replied to maolin's topic in General Nursing

   I think that this is a very over compensated response to the letter writing and fury that came from the Cynthia Nixon episode if you remember she made the most ignorant comment that implied we were not educated and were just MD helpers, HOW STUPID I ...

5. I'm supposed to wear an "Ask me if I washed my hands!" button?!

   TNRNMAN replied to daisybaby's topic in Activism

   I agree they are assinine management solutions, tongue in cheek or not they were used as excuse and we could go in alot of direction with this whole thread and I was making a point on one aspect my view on the flipant comments that are viewed as excu...

6. I'm supposed to wear an "Ask me if I washed my hands!" button?!

   TNRNMAN replied to daisybaby's topic in Activism

   \I think you need to read some of the earlier post and I am not misunderstanding them and you are not misunderstanding me either I meant what I said and it is foolish to think that we ALL wash our hands it is proven over and over again year after yea...

7. Small or large hospital as starting point?

   TNRNMAN replied to LeesieBug's topic in New Nurse

   Well here I go, keep in mind I need sleep if this sounds weird, I have already messed up one reply, I started at a small community hospital and grew from an LPN to RN in that time and learned alot and sometimes thought I had learned all there was to...

8. LPN or RN

   TNRNMAN replied to janel's topic in General Nursing

   If you are in the school mode and you have both options available to you go for the RN, if you need a quick change in pay and want work experience then you could go for the LPN and the Later advance if thats what you want, I think we have to be caref...

9. Nurses getting revenge

   TNRNMAN replied to DF-LPN's topic in Humor

   IF he was in on it then thats cool but if it was done as it was expressed as and I quote revenge then that is not appropriate, so it is early and I need sleep if that makes me wound a bit tight then excuse me and forgive me, and I do have chest hair...

10. Pet Peeves

    TNRNMAN replied to sjb2005's topic in General Nursing

    Oh my God do I ever hate that too, I thought I was awful but now I know I am not the only one, and I also hate the one that comes in shaking and the daughter says hes going to pass out on you from the dehydration , how many times has he vomited well ...

11. adding to doctors orders... legal or not?

    TNRNMAN replied to nursepeachie's topic in Legal

    I am not sure exactly what the situation is, are you writing above where a doctor has signed or under it as a new order, if you are being asked to write above a doctors signature then you need to clarify with the BON and that is okay to do they will ...

12. Do I do something wrong in this situation?

    TNRNMAN replied to Nurseinthemaking's topic in General Nursing

    You will do fine, that is obvious

13. Nurses getting revenge

    TNRNMAN replied to DF-LPN's topic in Humor

14. I'm supposed to wear an "Ask me if I washed my hands!" button?!

    TNRNMAN replied to daisybaby's topic in Activism

    I agree totally with needing to have more staff and more time for breaks I am a staff nurse in a very busy ICU, but it comes down to DO NO HARM and yes there is harm done lots of time with understaffing, I know all about the statistics DUH, but that ...

15. Relocating to TN

    TNRNMAN replied to IVyPush-her's topic in Tennessee

    I want to welcome you to TN and you are now in GODS country. I think you should look into Rutherford Co for housing esp. if you want land Symrna and Murfreesboro are great little communities and they have great schools well Murfreesboro does, and the...