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    Caught With Weed and Wants to Apply to Nursing School

    Hoosier_RN replied to Nurse Beth's topic in Career Advice Column

    I would also talk to the state BON where you plan to apply for a license. The school will take your money, but cannot guarantee under any circumstances, that a graduate of their school will get to...
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    First time in my life that I feel like a failure

    Hoosier_RN replied to Lpn2014's topic in General Nursing

    I'm thinking we must be related (laughing, crying, foul
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    without a job until after new years

    Hoosier_RN replied to RN252's topic in Nursing Career

    You call many on here snobby, but you are coming off with an attitude that is not exactly the best either. Understand, not one person on here has any control over when you start your nursing job, you...
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    Remember pagers?

    Hoosier_RN replied to Davey Do's topic in General Nursing

    in my hometown in Indiana, a girl in my class had this number, when the song came out. Her name: Jennifer. Her parents changed to an unlisted/unpublished number. That number is currently an elderly...
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    without a job until after new years

    Hoosier_RN replied to RN252's topic in Nursing Career

    my comment exactly. I hope that this is a
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    Sexually harassed during clinicals by a male nurse

    Hoosier_RN replied to mariawong86's topic in General Students

    Sorry that you had to go through that. Me, I'd have a huge bill from a doctor after whacking the crap out of him! Some men do experience sexual harrasssment from women, and it's just not in nursing....
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    Academic adviser says I'm selling myself short by going into nursing.

    Hoosier_RN replied to Wannabenurseneko's topic in General Students

    GPA is the numeric value assigned to your cumulative grade divided by the number of classes taken. I'm sorry, your answer doesn't make sense. If only taking 1 class at a time, you should be able to...
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    Pts who insult you?

    Hoosier_RN replied to 2018nurseandbeyond's topic in General Nursing

    You cannot force a patient to take their meds. The dr can order that all he wants, pt has the right to
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    Pts who insult you?

    Hoosier_RN replied to 2018nurseandbeyond's topic in General Nursing

    just tell him flattery will get him nowhere...he'll either laugh or stop and think. See if you can get the med time changed. When I worked LTC, I had all of the levothyroxine changed to Hs after...
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    What is the longest time you have spent in one position?

    Hoosier_RN replied to TinyDancer01's topic in General Nursing

    15 years of ICU at different facilities. Longest at one facility was 8 years. I've just changed to what I hope is my retirement gig. Ive got 15-20 years until retirement, maybe more until I
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    Survival guide for women of color

    Hoosier_RN replied to dinah77's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Thanks for the info, and for bringing this into our spotlight. I had been seeing a lot of headlines about maternal deaths, with no attributes specifically to WOC. I had read an article about Kira...
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    Let go after 11 years, feeling worthless and anxious

    Hoosier_RN replied to Nurse Beth's topic in Career Advice Column

    Nursing is a small world, your previous manager probably knows managers all around you and even further (it's like that everywhere). Ask contacts at other facilities that you are applying to listen...
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    Rising insurance premiums through work

    Hoosier_RN replied to Emergent's topic in General Nursing

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    Rising insurance premiums through work

    Hoosier_RN replied to Emergent's topic in General Nursing

    100% agree. I wish there was a sign at the lab "CBC $20, CMP $35, etc" Rising costs I believe has led to a rise in mortality. If you or your insurance can't pay the cost of tx, you die or get so...
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    Rising insurance premiums through work

    Hoosier_RN replied to Emergent's topic in General Nursing

    I'm tired of the blaming of both parties. If anyone thinks that these politicians cares about any of us little guys, you are delusional. Healthcare access has been an issue for years, probably since...
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    Rising insurance premiums through work

    Hoosier_RN replied to Emergent's topic in General Nursing

    Depends on the
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    Rising insurance premiums through work

    Hoosier_RN replied to Emergent's topic in General Nursing

    some PCPs do not accept Medicaid anymore. The local urgent cares are all owned by the local hospital and do not accept Medicaid either. Makes it hard for MCD pts to be seen at an urgent care in our...
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    New Grad with Some Job Choices

    Hoosier_RN replied to Frekledan's topic in First Year After Licensure

    call hospital B HR: "Hi this is Frekledan, I spoke with X on mm/dd, and s/he offered me a position to begin 1/7/19, and I'm waiting on a formal offer letter so that I can begin preparing for my start...
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    I hate my current job and want to work in a hospital

    Hoosier_RN replied to nr92's topic in Nursing Career

    I can almost see nr92 snapping their fingers, demanding this answer. Try dietary and housekeeping in the hospital if you don't want to do direct patient cleanup. Along with other responses, there is...
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    Charge nurse gave an antipsychotic without an order..how should i handle this?

    Hoosier_RN replied to sallykk79's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Never make an accusation without proof, but I would tell the 2nd nurse that you are going to management with her statement. And I would do so. Because if she's lying, this needs to stop. If she's...
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    How do you deal with angry/upset with patients?

    Hoosier_RN replied to Karlie2114's topic in General Nursing

    acknowledge the concern. If you don't know what to do, let the complaintant know that you will involve someone who can help (manager, charge nurse, Dr, etc) and make sure that you do so. When you do...
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    Looking for ideas

    Hoosier_RN replied to Hoosier_RN's topic in Dialysis, Renal, Urology

    The only reason it's an issue at this time is that our company corporate office says we have to "make" them come. Short of going to their homes and kidnapping them, there's not much we can do. Of...
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    Academic adviser says I'm selling myself short by going into nursing.

    Hoosier_RN replied to Wannabenurseneko's topic in General Students

    Work on getting your GPA up. That is not competitive for most programs. Some folks with 4.0 GPAs are fighting to get into programs. Talk to a nursing program advisor to see what you can do to improve...
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    Jeopardize nursing school, as a CNA

    Hoosier_RN replied to MyDream 2bRN's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    Nurses get it the same, and many times cannot walk
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    Jeopardize nursing school, as a CNA

    Hoosier_RN replied to MyDream 2bRN's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    Per TOS you cannot use RN in your username as you are not