Nursing Q/A for Nurses and Students

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Can an NP work as an RN?

Can an NP work a second job or pick up hours (evenings/weekends) as an RN in a hospital or other setting?

SRNA

Pass CCRN!! What scores were you getting?

If youve used the PASS CCRN! CD to study for your CCRN prior to applying to CRNA school, what scores were you getting on the practice exam? Im consistently...

General Nursing

Absurd Medical Abbreviations

by whodunit

What is the worst you have seen?I think mine is , as a new nurse I saw an order for LOC PRN. Im thinking level of consciousness as needed??? Turned out doc...

CNA/MA

CNA or Phlebotomist...or both?

by Samantha2587

I cant decide if I should become a CNA, or Phlebotomist. Which would be a better position and which would pay better? Should I get my certification in both?

General Nursing

Can an employer penalize you for calling-in due to illness?

by NursingAgainstdaOdds

Were having some issues related to absenteeism on our unit, which resulted in our director auditing the attendance of every employee on the floor, and...

General Nursing

What makes a good nurse?

by T123G123

What kind of person should become one? I know you need to get a university degree or college diploma and pass the exam and you are in but what kind of a person...

Medications

Allergic to tegaderm?

by stunner127

I had started an IV on a stable er patient tonight and she claimed to be Severely allergic to tegaderm, refusing to let me put a dressing on the site. I had no...

Oncology

Why Do Some Portacaths Have No Blood Returns but Flushing Well? Is…

by arms

Some portacaths that I accessed have no blood return, but is flushing well. Sometimes have but need to reposition the patient, raise the arms, twist the head...

General Nursing

How to get stool smell off of your hands?

by mickjordmoll

I just started working my first job as an LPN for a Home Health Agency. I have one client who I take care of in the mornings before I go to my full time office...

Do you check every medication ordered by doctor?

New Nurse

Checking Meds As A New Nurse

by Journey_On, BSN, RN

I am a 3rd semester nursing student set to graduate soon. I have some questions about when you are administering medications as a new nurse. When you first...

General Students

Newborn Nursing Diagnosis

by liltam7

If I use Ineffective Thermoregulation R/T immature compensation for changes in the environmental temperature AEB baby always wrapped in a blanket, temperature...

General Nursing

IM Injection, Hitting Bone?

by etep1209

I was giving my mother an IM injection for the Flu Vaccine at the hospital, I did the injection and felt that I hit a bone or something. I did aspirate and...

Flight

Commercial Arline Flight Nursing

by fuzz0908

Has anyone heard of a nursing position in which you accompany people who are sick, on major airlines to hospitals all over the world to receive treatment?

International

ielts or NCLEX first?

by fudgeremedy

Im a recent graduate, and I already passed the 2008 PNLE. I am planning to start taking other tests but I am thinking what do take first. Some of my batchmates...

General Nursing

Documentation Of A Fall

by JettaDP

Im a first year nursing student and I have a learning issue that I need to get some information on. Im trying to find out what your employers policy on...

General Students

If you fail one class do you fail out of nursing school?

by Shawnygirl003

Oh my goodness! Is it true if you do not pass one class for nursing school you fail out of the whole thing?! That would be such a waste of time if you are...

General Nursing

Documenting an IV insertion?

by spuropathy

Can anyone give an example of a documentation of an IV insertion? Thank you.

General Nursing

AC & HS

by 2008el

Can someone explain me what it really means when accuchecks are ordered ac & hs? it is simple but I never understand how this thing works....

General Nursing

Do Hospitals in New Jersey pay for schooling?

by iceangelnnj

Hi, my name is Heather and I live in new jersey. I was wondering if hospitals really do pay for your schooling here if you agree to work with them for a...

NCLEX

Anyone got the last question wrong but still passed?

by awfullysweetgal

Hi! Am just so anxious in getting my results... I think I got the last question wrong *sigh*... Is that a bad sign? And it was an easy question! Got so many...

General Nursing

What do young single nurses do on their days off?

by chichimitchi

Im a 23 yo new grad who is only working 3 days a week (Friday, sat, sun following my preceptors schedule) and for the 4 days that Im out of work I dont know...

General Students

Can anyone explain FTE?

by lizzyberry

Can anyone explain me in an easy way how to figure out FTE? Im trying to figure it out so if my manager asks me I know what hes talking about.

General Nursing

Why do dying people reach upward?

by Jo Dirt

Ive noticed that when it gets toward the end for people (not necessarily the VERY end, but maybe the last month or so when they have started really going...

Do any NP's out there own their practice?

by ANPFNPGNP

Are there any NPs out there who own their practice? I plan on opening a clinic in a rural area, which has a large Medicare/Medicaid population. This town is in...

General Nursing

Is there ANY department in nursing that I can avoid cleaning up po…

by Future-nurse

Sorry for the awkwardness but I looked through previous threads and read the stories and I think I would just lose it if I walked into a bathroom where the...