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    Non Narcotic Theft and Terminated

    Medic_to_BSN replied to exelor's topic in General Nursing

    ^^ Here's the best advice you have received so far. Do not explain any further on AN or give any additional details that can identify your case (although it is likely too late for that). These threads...
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    Considering living off student loans my final semester (or two) - Advice??

    Medic_to_BSN replied to anchorRN's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    The above answers are great. Here are my thoughts: 1) Because you have not accrued student debt to this point and the maximum you will likely be able to take is ~ $6,000 per semester, your end student...
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    Nurse Charged With Homicide

    Medic_to_BSN replied to Nurse Beth's topic in General Nursing

    At least in the ER (all I can speak for at the moment), sedating pain medication is routinely given before and during imaging procedures (primarily for pain, of course). Usually opiates as opposed to...
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    Help with NCLEX-RN – Let’s do some sample questions

    Medic_to_BSN replied to SafetyNurse1968's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

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    Nurse Charged With Homicide

    Medic_to_BSN replied to Nurse Beth's topic in General Nursing

    How many alarms are ignored? Because ... well, everything is beeping, all of the time. Sometimes those alarms are because the diastolic BP went below 50. Sometimes they are because there is a tiny,...
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    Nurse Charged With Homicide

    Medic_to_BSN replied to Nurse Beth's topic in General Nursing

    Just to put this out there - the charge carries a 2 to 12 year prison term in Tennessee. Reckless homicide is not defined the same in every state. Criminally negligent homicide, a slightly lesser...
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    Graduation Hold

    Medic_to_BSN replied to bnm65435's topic in General Students

    (sheepishly raises hand) ... Definitely wasn't very funny to me when I "graduated" but didn't receive a diploma until I payed about a $95 library fine for a book that I had lost a year earlier. I felt...
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    Reminder why the seven rights are important

    Medic_to_BSN replied to Triddin's topic in Nursing News

    Don't forget the arsonist ... er, nurse, ... supplying oxygen, which also feeds raging wild fires!
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    Reminder why the seven rights are important

    Medic_to_BSN replied to Triddin's topic in Nursing News

    I found this story bizarre. I know that at some point, almost everyone will make a medication error. But it seems more than a little odd that this one occurred from selecting "the first medication"...
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    I don't feel like a real nurse

    Medic_to_BSN replied to joansmith1's topic in General Nursing

    I'm just a student nurse in my first semester of nursing school and with the little bit that I've seen in that time, I respect you for having been a nurse for seven years that has experienced all that...
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    Getting Sick as a Nurse

    Medic_to_BSN replied to EdwardE's topic in General Nursing

    A well-staffed flex team? Wow (like, seriously - WOW). Please go do some site visits (don't worry, flex staff will cover heh) and explain to the other 99% of hospitals how this is properly
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    Head to Toe Assessment

    Medic_to_BSN replied to Tiffc88's topic in General Students

    Now if your pillow responds that it's been short of breath and having recent gastrointestinal disturbances
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    Loud Cartoons for Elderly Patients

    Medic_to_BSN replied to NurseSince2014's topic in General Nursing

    Not ridiculous to me. Maybe I'm just being oversensitive, but this is detrimental to the quality of life of anyone who is in earshot (and, granted, if it isn't their absolute favorite cartoon or TV...
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    Flu shot advice

    Medic_to_BSN replied to bcm9579's topic in General Nursing

    I'm just a first-semester nursing student, but we were taught that Z-track was only for injections that irritate the skin - like iron. However, internet sites are mixed. Nursingcenter.com advises...
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    I can't do it all (mom rant)

    Medic_to_BSN replied to missmollie's topic in General Nursing

    I don't have any particular wise words of wisdom. I just want to say this: From everything you've said in your posts on this forum - and I realize we just get a snapshot and not a fuller understanding...
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    Well, there goes our bonus!

    Medic_to_BSN replied to T-Bird78's topic in General Nursing

    So ... I was in the (often hated) Performance Improvement Dept. for quite a while (ten years) in 3 large hospitals. As someone who cared a lot about how data was collected, analyzed, and presented,...
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    Misuse of the ER

    Medic_to_BSN replied to ShortFuse's topic in General Nursing

    Not you - the typical patient. You're a nurse and have extensive knowledge. However, your example is nearly perfect. Severe abdominal pain can be indicative of plenty of both non-emergent and emergent...
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    Misuse of the ER

    Medic_to_BSN replied to ShortFuse's topic in General Nursing

    I appreciate this perspective I was given a few years ago: A patient with a sore throat from a cold / similar virus. Should they go to the ER, from a medical perspective? (No, of course not). A...
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    Walmart cashiers wearing gloves?

    Medic_to_BSN replied to Misstika's topic in Coffee Lounge's Lounge

    Snopes did a pretty good job of evaluating the varying claims with concern to skin contact risk of fentanyl/carfentanil powder. The CDC initially warned first responders of such a risk and later...
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    I made a medication error. What will happen to me?

    Medic_to_BSN replied to whyohwhy's topic in General Nursing

    One thing I've never quite understood about med administration computerized programs such as you describe ... you scan the patient wristband (beep!) and then the medication bar code (beep!), or if you...
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    What do you wish you had known?

    Medic_to_BSN replied to TmooreA's topic in General Students

    So is Calliotter3's experience generally reflective of most nursing programs? I am about to start (just had orientation), and this site has scared me way more than anything the school could put...
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    Is Nursing for me? (Im an older male)

    Medic_to_BSN replied to freedom4the's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I'm just a student myself, and an early one at that, so I won't speak to whether nursing is "for you" or "isn't". In fact, it would be difficult for anyone (other than you) to come definitively to a...
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    Student in first Clinicals - Geriatrics

    Medic_to_BSN replied to Medic_to_BSN's topic in General Students

    Thank you for the advice! I have to be honest - this hadn't even crossed my mind yet, so I'm glad that your comment made me think of it in
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    Student in first Clinicals - Geriatrics

    Medic_to_BSN posted a topic in General Students

    Hi, this is my first post, so I apologize in advance for any faux pas. I am about to start my first full semester of an ABSN program (the summer is just about over - Patho, Nutrition for Nurses, and...
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    Student in first Clinicals - Geriatrics

    Medic_to_BSN replied to Medic_to_BSN's topic in General Students

    Thank you for taking the time from your studying! Any and all information is helpful to me right now. :) And I will keep in mind about staying out of the way! Good luck in your continued