Medic_to_BSN BSN, RN

Medic_to_BSN has 5 years experience as a BSN, RN.

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   Non Narcotic Theft and Terminated

   Medic_to_BSN replied to exelor's topic in General Nursing

   ^^ Here's the best advice you have received so far. Do not explain any further on AN or give any additional details that can identify your case (although it is likely too late for that). These threads are not confidential and do not protect your info...
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   Considering living off student loans my final semester (or two) - Advice??

   Medic_to_BSN replied to anchorRN's topic in NP Students

   The above answers are great. Here are my thoughts: 1) Because you have not accrued student debt to this point and the maximum you will likely be able to take is ~ $6,000 per semester, your end student debt will be quite manageable. It's always prefer...
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   Nurse Charged With Homicide

   Medic_to_BSN replied to Nurse Beth's topic in General Nursing

   At least in the ER (all I can speak for at the moment), sedating pain medication is routinely given before and during imaging procedures (primarily for pain, of course). Usually opiates as opposed to benzos, but still sedating and CNS depressant. SpO...
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   Help with NCLEX-RN – Let’s do some sample questions

   Medic_to_BSN replied to SafetyNurse1968's topic in NCLEX

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   Nurse Charged With Homicide

   Medic_to_BSN replied to Nurse Beth's topic in General Nursing

   How many alarms are ignored? Because ... well, everything is beeping, all of the time. Sometimes those alarms are because the diastolic BP went below 50. Sometimes they are because there is a tiny, harmless bubble in an IV line. Sometimes they are be...
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   Nurse Charged With Homicide

   Medic_to_BSN replied to Nurse Beth's topic in General Nursing

   Just to put this out there - the charge carries a 2 to 12 year prison term in Tennessee. Reckless homicide is not defined the same in every state. Criminally negligent homicide, a slightly lesser charge in TN, carries a 1 to 6 year prison term. From ...
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   Graduation Hold

   Medic_to_BSN replied to bnm65435's topic in General Students

   (sheepishly raises hand) ... Definitely wasn't very funny to me when I "graduated" but didn't receive a diploma until I payed about a $95 library fine for a book that I had lost a year earlier. I felt like someone who ignored a parking ticket until t...
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   Reminder why the seven rights are important

   Medic_to_BSN replied to Triddin's topic in Headlines

   Don't forget the arsonist ... er, nurse, ... supplying oxygen, which also feeds raging wild fires! haha
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   Reminder why the seven rights are important

   Medic_to_BSN replied to Triddin's topic in Headlines

   I found this story bizarre. I know that at some point, almost everyone will make a medication error. But it seems more than a little odd that this one occurred from selecting "the first medication" from a two-letter input, especially given that midaz...
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    I don't feel like a real nurse

    Medic_to_BSN replied to joansmith1's topic in General Nursing

    I'm just a student nurse in my first semester of nursing school and with the little bit that I've seen in that time, I respect you for having been a nurse for seven years that has experienced all that I'm sure you have. It's not about degrees and cer...
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    Getting Sick as a Nurse

    Medic_to_BSN replied to EdwardE's topic in General Nursing

    A well-staffed flex team? Wow (like, seriously - WOW). Please go do some site visits (don't worry, flex staff will cover heh) and explain to the other 99% of hospitals how this is properly done!!
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    Head to Toe Assessment

    Medic_to_BSN replied to Tiffc88's topic in General Students

    Now if your pillow responds that it's been short of breath and having recent gastrointestinal disturbances ...
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    Loud Cartoons for Elderly Patients

    Medic_to_BSN replied to NurseSince2014's topic in General Nursing

    Not ridiculous to me. Maybe I'm just being oversensitive, but this is detrimental to the quality of life of anyone who is in earshot (and, granted, if it isn't their absolute favorite cartoon or TV channel lol). But, seriously, the disruption to rest...
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    Flu shot advice

    Medic_to_BSN replied to bcm9579's topic in General Nursing

    I'm just a first-semester nursing student, but we were taught that Z-track was only for injections that irritate the skin - like iron. However, internet sites are mixed. Nursingcenter.com advises using it on all IM injections (with very little to no ...
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    I can't do it all (mom rant)

    Medic_to_BSN replied to missmollie's topic in General Nursing

    I don't have any particular wise words of wisdom. I just want to say this: From everything you've said in your posts on this forum - and I realize we just get a snapshot and not a fuller understanding of a person, you are a great Mom. You should not ...