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  1. ISU LPN to BSN ..RN Graduate in Washington State.. letter of guidance to such students

    knotizer12 replied to cleealto's topic in Indiana State University

    Hey, I know I am very late to the party, but can I ask a few questions about the LPN-BSN program? 1) How hard, on a scale of 1-10 (har), were the classes? 2) How much did the program, in total, cost?...

  2. Why are so many nurses against unions?

    knotizer12 replied to Icunicenurse's topic in Collective Bargaining, Union

    I'm a bit late to this party. I work at a hospital in WA state in an ambulatory surgery clinic. I was hired at the beginning of 2018 as a temporary employee and have since moved on to permanent...

  3. Sign A Consent Without Witnessing Actual Signature

    knotizer12 posted a topic in General Nursing

    So I work at a surgeon's office as my main job. One of the duties we have (the LPNs and MAs) is signing the surgical consent forms as witnesses. After we room the patient, we fill out some basic stuff...

  4. Sign A Consent Without Witnessing Actual Signature

    knotizer12 replied to knotizer12's topic in General Nursing

    I agree. I just mean in terms of asking "do you have any other questions?" and being able to tell the doctor to go back and speak to them or give them a call later. Not just sign as a witness and...

  5. Sign A Consent Without Witnessing Actual Signature

    knotizer12 replied to knotizer12's topic in General Nursing

    I think one of the reasons this issue is so "near and dear" to me is because, for the most part, the clinics do not hire many nurses. At wound care and primary care, you have a handful of RNs to do...

  6. Sign A Consent Without Witnessing Actual Signature

    knotizer12 replied to knotizer12's topic in General Nursing

    I guess it's facility vs facility. Actually this is a very good question. Why do we need witnesses at my facility? I can ask

  7. Sign A Consent Without Witnessing Actual Signature

    knotizer12 replied to knotizer12's topic in General Nursing

    I'll tell a little bit about my clinic. So we are a specialty surgery center connected to a hospital. We actually mainly provide colonoscopy consults and colonoscopies. Before anyone asks, the risks...

  8. Is there a "Nurse Shortage" Lie?

    knotizer12 replied to New_Man_Nurse's topic in General Nursing

    I live in a rural area of Washington State. ADNs and BSNs hired for acute care at our hospital. I think they (of course) prefer BSNs but they take what they can

  9. Bringing in the Boys: How to Attract More Male Nurses

    knotizer12 replied to Melissa Mills's topic in General Nursing

    I'm asking questions because I do NOT want to assume anything. And you're accusing me of "speaking for you" or "assuming" things yet you're doing the exact same thing to me. Where did I say that I am...

  10. Bringing in the Boys: How to Attract More Male Nurses

    knotizer12 replied to Melissa Mills's topic in General Nursing

    So what extra duties are my female coworkers doing for me? Why am I going above and beyond for them? If you're doing the "heavy lifting for them" then of course they appreciate you but are you getting...

  11. Bringing in the Boys: How to Attract More Male Nurses

    knotizer12 replied to Melissa Mills's topic in General Nursing

    Except I see so many people on this board, and in real life, going on and on about how increasing the number of men in nursing IS about increasing wages because "women get paid less for the same...

  12. Sign A Consent Without Witnessing Actual Signature

    knotizer12 replied to knotizer12's topic in General Nursing

    I will let y'all know how the meeting goes and what conclusions we came

  13. Sign A Consent Without Witnessing Actual Signature

    knotizer12 replied to knotizer12's topic in General Nursing

    My point was: isn't the best way to assess if the patient understands the procedure, barring asking them, to be present in the room while the provider explains everything? I guess if you can't...

  14. Sign A Consent Without Witnessing Actual Signature

    knotizer12 replied to knotizer12's topic in General Nursing

    Ok so here is how I handled this case: I called the patient and asked him if he felt he was provided adequate information regarding the procedure. He said he was and denied having any other questions...

  15. Sign A Consent Without Witnessing Actual Signature

    knotizer12 replied to knotizer12's topic in General Nursing

    Not sure as to the reason, but our surgery scheduler informed us that they cannot act as their own

  16. Aggressive family member

    knotizer12 replied to Jerez's topic in General Nursing

    I think this is a great response. OP, did you explain the procedure when you went in? I know you said the doctor explained everything, but you never know if the father was even paying attention. Maybe...

  17. Bringing in the Boys: How to Attract More Male Nurses

    knotizer12 replied to Melissa Mills's topic in General Nursing

    Although there is so much I want to reply to, I am going to address the OP's article. In my nursing class, there were 3 dudes including myself. In our first fundamentals class, we had a section where...

  18. BS 94, Lantus 20 units, give HS snack?

    knotizer12 posted a topic in General Nursing

    So I work in a LTC facility on the weekends. One of my residents had a blood sugar of 94 at around 1930. She gets scheduled Lantus 20 units at 2000. Would you guys give her a snack at HS? The nurse...

  19. Apical pulse 61; gave metoprolol and held Digoxin

    knotizer12 posted a topic in General Nursing

    I have a resident who gets, among other things, scheduled digoxin and metoprolol during his 0800 med pass. Both meds have a parameter on them to hold if AP is less than 60. His Apical was 61; I gave...

  20. Giving OTC medications to your aides/coworkers?

    knotizer12 posted a topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    I'm an LPN in WA state. I passed my NCLEX this January so I am pretty new. I work at a LTC facility and I had a question about how y'all feel about providing OTC meds like Tylenol and Tums to CNAs and...

  21. What nursing specialty has the best work life balance?

    knotizer12 replied to dianearc's topic in General Nursing

    I work in a surgeon's office. M-F 8:30 to 5. No weekends, no holidays. Although I miss that sweet holiday

  22. BS 94, Lantus 20 units, give HS snack?

    knotizer12 replied to knotizer12's topic in General Nursing

    It mentioned nowhere in this resident's MAR that she was to be offered a snack at HS; the reason I bring this up is because I have seen on other resident's MARS that they are to be offered a snack....

  23. BS 94, Lantus 20 units, give HS snack?

    knotizer12 replied to knotizer12's topic in General Nursing

    I am very aware of this; my point was that our hypoglycemia protocol ONLY says we can give a simple sugar and/or snack if the resident is

  24. BS 94, Lantus 20 units, give HS snack?

    knotizer12 replied to knotizer12's topic in General Nursing

    See I really should have asked that. I was just wondering if any of my more experienced nurses would have just given a snack. Her chart/MAR mentioned nothing about giving her a snack at

  25. BS 94, Lantus 20 units, give HS snack?

    knotizer12 replied to knotizer12's topic in General Nursing

    I'm not sure if that night nurse was aware that I gave Lantus (even though I specified Lantus); she may have thought I gave a short-acting and was negligent enough not to offer a