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    Should I leave nursing school, even if I just started?

    NurseBlaq replied to willowmadrone's topic in General Students

    Finish the first semester of actual nursing classes. If you don't like it, switch then to whatever your passion is but don't continue until the end and waste time and money on something you don't want...
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    RNs giving patient lab results.

    NurseBlaq replied to Dperez201's topic in General Nursing

    I stopped after the large goiter BS because you don't seem to understand it's possible to have a large goiter and it not be obvious due to being overweight, short neck, etc. Instead you just want to...
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    I Am A Sober Nurse, But Only for Today

    NurseBlaq replied to J.Adderton's topic in General Nursing

    Congrats! Wishing you many more sober
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    How do I transfer non ambulatory pt from WC?

    NurseBlaq replied to cutescrubs's topic in General Nursing

    Nope, nope,
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    RNs giving patient lab results.

    NurseBlaq replied to Dperez201's topic in General Nursing

    If a patient ask what a test is, it's not wrong for a nurse to explain that test. If they ask why a test was ordered, we'd still explain what the test is and refer them to the provider to explain why...
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    RNs giving patient lab results.

    NurseBlaq replied to Dperez201's topic in General Nursing

    This whole post is an example of what I'm talking about. You are arguing several things that weren't said, including the assumption my thyroid wasn't palpated and still missed. Also, my thyroid...
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    RNs giving patient lab results.

    NurseBlaq replied to Dperez201's topic in General Nursing

    Not to get in the middle of this but "textbook normal TSH" person here who was also misdiagnosed for years and actually had a multinodular goiter with a textbook normal TSH. TSH levels don't always...
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    Experienced nurse turned down several times..

    NurseBlaq replied to kmek30's topic in General Nursing

    Happy for you. That means you weren't meant to get the other jobs because there was something better waiting on you. Good luck at the new
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    Experienced nurse turned down several times..

    NurseBlaq replied to kmek30's topic in General Nursing

    Congrats! What, if anything, did you do
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    The Art of Telling Patients Bad News: One Physician's Story

    NurseBlaq replied to Melissa Mills's topic in General Nursing

    Condolences. Hope you're doing better. I would have had to pull over
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    RNs giving patient lab results.

    NurseBlaq replied to Dperez201's topic in General Nursing

    Unless it's something detrimental or requires relaying a diagnosis or a myriad of follow up questions, I'm giving the results. I've never gotten in trouble about results. Let's also be sure to note...
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    I just failed my NCLEX...

    NurseBlaq replied to LilUZT's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    Just sit down and do 75 questions at a time. Even if you go back and grade them later, just get a bunch of NCLEX books and sit down & do questions ONLY. Once you grade them, only review what you...
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    Non Narcotic Theft and Terminated

    NurseBlaq replied to exelor's topic in General Nursing

    Understood but it's too detailed and if the right person comes across this post, it can be identifiable. Also, we don't know the culture of her
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    MSN done

    NurseBlaq replied to dagobah's topic in Nurses Recovery

    Congrats!
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    Non Narcotic Theft and Terminated

    NurseBlaq replied to exelor's topic in General Nursing

    So because you're a travel nurse, as many of us have been as well, you assume we're ignorant on what happens when nurses job hop after doing things in which they should have lost their licenses? And...
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    Exhausted; I want a way out.

    NurseBlaq replied to KalipsoRed21's topic in General Nursing

    No ma'am, you spammed the thread and your posts came across as phony. I stand by what I said. Yes, she said that wasn't it and you came back with a snarky reply saying: So were you REALLY trying to...
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    Non Narcotic Theft and Terminated

    NurseBlaq replied to exelor's topic in General Nursing

    Get an attorney. End of story. No one on AN can give you a valid plan. We can only give opinions. We practice nursing, not law. However, I will say "what the hell were you thinking?!!!" Blood pressure...
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    Chemical Castration Condition for Parole in Alabama

    NurseBlaq replied to J.Adderton's topic in Nursing News

    Or just keep the violent offenders in jail, especially pedophiles and rapists, and let out the nonviolent offenders. I have a problem with pedos and rapists getting slaps on the wrist while nonviolent...
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    Exhausted; I want a way out.

    NurseBlaq replied to KalipsoRed21's topic in General Nursing

    Why are you spamming the thread? Many of those posts could have been put into one. And why are you hostile to OP wanting to be a mom? One minute you want her to get rid of her husband and the next...
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    New York Nurse Steals Narcotics from Cancer Patients

    NurseBlaq replied to Melissa Mills's topic in Nursing News

    @goodnightopus4 Thanks for sharing your story and glad you're on the right path again. Good luck to you on your journey. As to the article, that's just cruel and horrendous. Don't care if someone has...
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    Exhausted; I want a way out.

    NurseBlaq replied to KalipsoRed21's topic in General Nursing

    Wow! Never knew this could be a result of
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    Exhausted; I want a way out.

    NurseBlaq replied to KalipsoRed21's topic in General Nursing

    Maybe it had something to do with your snarky reply and being loudly wrong. You came off as a jerk so I responded in kind. It wasn't an estimation when OP revealed these things herself. Nevertheless,...
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    Difficult lazy coworkers

    NurseBlaq replied to WeimaranerluvinRN's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Welp, when dealing with people like that just smile say OK and keep doing what you were doing as though she didn't say anything. Some people abuse power, or what power they think they have. You're...
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    Night shift mentality: keep them alive until day team comes on

    NurseBlaq replied to stacylethani's topic in General Nursing

    I will call the administrator at home if I have a patient I need to move and no one will address it. I'm not into running codes unnecessarily because no one wants to follow up on patients crashing. I...
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    Difficult lazy coworkers

    NurseBlaq replied to WeimaranerluvinRN's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    You tell her to put the sandwich down and go help them then smile and keep doing what you're doing. Don't bite your tongue but you can get your point across without being confrontational. What lazy...