NJNursing ASN, RN

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    Got my 1st butt chewing today - humiliating!

    NJNursing replied to RN2Bn2006's topic in General Nursing

    I feel your pain on this one. I also just had my first 'butt chewing" (although not as harshly!) for doing things that I thought would have been nice and how I thought was helping my unit. Like you,...
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    Kaplan Course Book or Saunders Comprehensive Review?

    NJNursing replied to cracker jack's topic in General Nursing

    I most certainly recommend the Saunder's book. I did Kaplan too, but I did my primary questions from Saunders and then read up on the rationales on all of the questions I got wrong or right so that I...
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    What would you have done?

    NJNursing replied to NJNursing's topic in General Nursing

    I was called to have a meeting with my director. She called me at home on Christmas Eve saying she wanted to have a meeting. At first I thought she wanted to discuss the new orientee I just got off...
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    great orientation programs for new grads in NJ?

    NJNursing replied to file03's topic in New Jersey Nursing

    You have to be really persistant. many hospitals (especially metro ones) get hundres of applications a week/month. Also all of the nursing programs are all ending now so the market is flooded with...
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    HEY!!!! pleaseeeeeeee

    NJNursing replied to L P N to B's topic in New Jersey Nursing

    I think that English comp would be easy to clep out of (especially if you were good at it in high school). Psych I decided to take and sociology too because those are changing fields and I wanted to...
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    Vna In Central Nj

    NJNursing replied to mina123's topic in New Jersey Nursing

    You could try calling around to your local VNA's and first of all see if there are any per diem positions. Then ask if they have positions for just wound care. It's a good place to start and there's...
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    Learning Medical Spanish online

    NJNursing replied to sherreis's topic in General Nursing

    I carry these in my locker: http://search.barnesandnoble.com/booksearch/isbnInquiry.asp?z=y&EAN=9780960283866&itm=14...
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    What would you have done?

    NJNursing replied to NJNursing's topic in General Nursing

    Well George Cloony was a different situation all together. People who had no business being in his medical file were accessing it just for the sake of curiosity and those people were just blatantly...
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    Scrubs

    NJNursing replied to BiologyNerd's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    When I first started out I bought 3 tops and 3 bottoms plus a scrub jacket. Then as I started making more money, then I'd pick up an extra pair of pants here and tops there. I made my original 3...
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    I am giving up

    NJNursing replied to ZootRN's topic in General Nursing

    I'm so sorry to hear that you're feeling like that. I know that earlier this year I was on the verge of transferring to another unit or just looking for another hospital all together because I was...
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    Learning Medical Spanish online

    NJNursing replied to sherreis's topic in General Nursing

    One of my fellow clinical coordinators used Rosetta Stone and swears by it. However (downside) it's pretty pricy with the first Lesson costing about $150, the second like $250 and the third like...
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    Drinks in the nurses station...

    NJNursing replied to mcknis's topic in General Nursing

    When I worked in Maternity (same hospital) we were not allowed to have drinks at the nurses station. Now that I'm elsewhere and we've got multiple nurses stations and much more room we're allowed to...
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    HIPPA and the Allnurses.com Forums

    NJNursing replied to Tait's topic in HIPAA Challenges

    Thanks for the clarification. I feel better about it. I'm just glad that the pt is gone and all is done with, but it leaves me a little
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    HIPPA and the Allnurses.com Forums

    NJNursing replied to Tait's topic in HIPAA Challenges

    I kind of feel like this is personally attacking my post and I'm already upset about all that was said there. I didn't mention anything about who the person was, what hospital I work at, what floor....
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    What would you have done?

    NJNursing replied to NJNursing's topic in General Nursing

    I somehow doubt you know who it is based on that little bit of info. Do you know how many extreme sports athletes there are out there? Hundreds. I never said which extremem sport (there's tons -...
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    What would you have done?

    NJNursing replied to NJNursing's topic in General Nursing

    I've seent as much (if not more sometimes) posted about people and their patients around here. I was trying to give a 'whole picture' view. You're really angry about this for whatever reason that is...
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    What would you have done?

    NJNursing replied to NJNursing's topic in General Nursing

    OK, some clarifications. I was not the ONLY person who gave out their personal cell numbers. Other clinical coordinators and our director also gave out their numbers to the pt. I was reprimanded this...
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    What would you have done?

    NJNursing replied to NJNursing's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks everyone. It's mixed advice and I've got mixed emotions. Y'all are right, I didn't do much more than anyone else here didn't do either. In my mind, I was doing the 'above and beyond' but...
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    What would you have done?

    NJNursing replied to NJNursing's topic in General Nursing

    Well he also had my director's cell phone numbers and the phone numbers for administration (their personal office numbers, not the main desk there). And no, I received nothing from him (no gifts, no...
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    Too many nurses not enough jobs

    NJNursing replied to DONN's topic in Pennsylvania Nursing

    Even if you look in the new grad or first year thread, there's a lot of posts of new grads who can't get hired or are interviewing for months and not finding a job. My hospital (between Philly and...
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    It's easy: Tamper with things and EXTEND your STAY!

    NJNursing replied to CaLLaCoDe's topic in General Nursing

    Ewwwwwww......... After thinking a little more, I had a pt who was in with headaches and about to be discharged. The doctor had come in at 9pm to tell her he was going to discharge her the next day....
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    arterial vs capillary glucose sample and a disagreement @ work

    NJNursing replied to november17's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I didn't have the pt when he was in ICU. He had pulled it out before he had ever come to me. I had gotten in report that it was an arterial line that he ripped out, they had a sandbag on it for 6...
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    Why do docs give D5 to diabetic patients a lot?

    NJNursing replied to Shell5's topic in Medical-Surgical

    I noticed this as well. Just about every patient (with DM or not) has D5 1/2NS or D5NS hanging usually at 100-125ml/hr. I see a lot of DM patients with increased BS on these fluids and once we get...
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    Irritated with myself....

    NJNursing replied to Virgo_RN's topic in General Nursing

    It happens. We can only juggle 378,347,191,383,114 balls at once. :selfbonk: I know i don't like when the previous shift stick me with bum IV's, but it happens and I'm sure there's times it's...
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    First real ethical dilemma yesterday

    NJNursing replied to changeofpaceRN's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Why did not one person just start an IV and give her some D5 1/2NS or D5NS to keep her hydrated and her sugars up? Why were they giving her meds orally and not through the NG tube to begin with? I...