Persephone Paige ADN

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    Extreme nurse burn out need help please

    Persephone Paige replied to NURSEJSS's topic in General Nursing

    FMLA applies for you too. Get a doctor to write you for the short term disability. I don't fool around with that crap. There's more than one way to skin a
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    I Make Less Than a Brand New Nurse, Why?

    Persephone Paige replied to Nurse Beth's topic in Career Advice Column

    My Uncle is a Lt. Colonel in the ARMY. He said, 'when you reach that rank, the ARMY owns you.' It would be nothing for an ADN to switch gears and go into a different direction. It would be harder for...
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    How do you take blood pressures for 90 people?

    Persephone Paige replied to wandwaving's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    Take two machines in the room at once? One on each
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    Opiates Are Not for All Pain

    Persephone Paige replied to soliantony's topic in Advanced Practice

    SobreRN is being
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    Positive UDS

    Persephone Paige replied to Red<nurse's topic in Nurses Recovery

    In my experience, it's 21 days. Where do you live again? Because these people obviously don't know what they are doing (which is to your advantage in this situation). What a pEth shows is a snapshot...
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    What's next? I hate my job

    Persephone Paige replied to Taylor1432's topic in Health, Stress Management

    My support is pretty basic. Do you show up for your shifts? If your answer is 'yes,' you are WAY ahead of the game whether you know it or not. I work on a busy med-surg floor too. I am two weeks into...
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    My coworkers dont like me because I bragged

    Persephone Paige replied to esrun13's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Why didn't they apply for it? It's dumb to get mad at someone for getting days, when the solution is so simple. Apply! But do be
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    It is DONE.

    Persephone Paige replied to Ash2213's topic in Nurses Recovery

    Congratulations!
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    Help Please!

    Persephone Paige replied to JLA's topic in School

    For me, the only real benefits of school nursing are the ones you spoke of. Don't get me wrong, the kids are great. Great little entertainers and a truly fun vibe... But it's not them that make your...
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    Return to Med-Surg, new way of charting slowing me WAY down

    Persephone Paige replied to Persephone Paige's topic in Medical-Surgical

    Terrific idea!
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    Religion & Ectopic Abortion

    Persephone Paige replied to Happy.Nurselet's topic in Spirituality, Religion

    So true! I felt my initial post was very moderate and I support termination of ectopic pregnancy, despite being a Christian. But immediately someone latched onto my statement about how easy it is not...
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    Failed drug test, getting reported to BON

    Persephone Paige replied to troubledrn12's topic in Nurses Recovery

    This isn't my thread but I wanted to reach out. Baclofen? I had to look that one up. I'm sorry you got busted for an old muscle relaxer. I'm sure there are some high up institutional policies...
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    Opiates Are Not for All Pain

    Persephone Paige replied to soliantony's topic in Advanced Practice

    I will add that if the patient is asking for this medication, that's another story. I had shingles this time last year and it was horrible. I took only Gabapentin and it worked the first dose and then...
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    Opiates Are Not for All Pain

    Persephone Paige replied to soliantony's topic in Advanced Practice

    You made the right call. We had a family member 'advocate' strongly for a very specific narcotic recently, she was just a little too insistent for the doctor's taste. The floor called security on her....
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    When family fails the patient... it breaks my heart

    Persephone Paige replied to Kharma711's topic in Critical Care

    After watching my mother do this with her mother (my grandmother), I had a long talk with everyone. My mother is not my medical surrogate. In families like this, I think it's failure on the part of...
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    Religion & Ectopic Abortion

    Persephone Paige replied to Happy.Nurselet's topic in Spirituality, Religion

    Yes, never
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    Positive UDS

    Persephone Paige replied to Red<nurse's topic in Nurses Recovery

    So true. I quit for a while because I was NOT going to stop until I was ready. It was wasting their time and my money. But, I played 'beat' the program for a while and eventually, like I said, they...
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    Positive UDS

    Persephone Paige replied to Red<nurse's topic in Nurses Recovery

    I agree with Spanked. No reason to right yourself off because of this. You will be a nervous wreck if you try and 'beat' the program. As I said before, I speak of this from experience. It's not worth...
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    Positive UDS

    Persephone Paige replied to Red<nurse's topic in Nurses Recovery

    I hate to ask the obvious, but why would you drink? I share from experience, even the most savvy individual will eventually be caught. If you don't think you have a problem that is A OK by me. But,...
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    Religion & Ectopic Abortion

    Persephone Paige replied to Happy.Nurselet's topic in Spirituality, Religion

    This is not my thread. I simply responded. This has been MY experience. You have YOUR
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    Just got selected for blood test in TPAPN. Anyone else get this before?

    Persephone Paige replied to LDavidsonRN's topic in Nurses Recovery

    I think you will find it's a pEth test, for alcohol. If they wished to do the more comprehensive tests for drugs, they could request that you submit to a hair or nails test (the matrix tests). But,...
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    Religion & Ectopic Abortion

    Persephone Paige replied to Happy.Nurselet's topic in Spirituality, Religion

    I specifically said in the paragraph below the one you quoted that I was happy to have my taxes help women prevent unwanted pregnancies. Except in cases of rape, incest, etc... it's easy to prevent...
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    Religion & Ectopic Abortion

    Persephone Paige replied to Happy.Nurselet's topic in Spirituality, Religion

    I am pro-life, as I believe there are plenty of families who would give anything for a child. That being said, ectopic pregnancy is life threatening. And unless there are some new procedures I know...
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    Seasoned nurses really affecting my self esteem as a newer nurse..need to vent?

    Persephone Paige replied to mzsuccess's topic in General Nursing

    I feel your pain. I am now a nurse on a very busy med-surg floor, with VERY sick patients and I haven't worked true 'clinical' in 22 years. I will say this only. Perhaps because of where I've been...
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    HELP! I need for a school paper.

    Persephone Paige replied to Erosa's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Having worked with school aged children for most of my career, I would say: 1. Parenting. ****** parenting permeates every aspect of a child's life. And I'm not just talking physically. Parents who do...