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  1. Nurse Managers: Do you answer your phone on your days off even when not on call?

    CommunityRNBSN replied to SilverBells's topic in General Nursing

    GOOD. That will accomplish much more than obsessively getting on AllNurses and reassurance-seeking. If you don’t click with the first clinician you speak to, try another; sometimes it takes a few...

  2. Lost a pill for my patient

    CommunityRNBSN replied to Nick Forthofer's topic in General Students

    When I was in nursing school, I was in the med room with the RN and I was going to administer all the oral meds. They were in blister packs. Inexplicably, I put the whole handful in my pocket. Then...

  3. Non Clinical Positions For New Grads

    CommunityRNBSN replied to Prosper2018's topic in General Nursing

    That’s me! Go to a job search site and look for “community health nurse” or “FQHC” (you were very close with the acronym, Rose_Queen). I got my job as a new grad. I do have a lot of contact...

  4. We Must Demolish Traditional Universities

    CommunityRNBSN replied to Guest1168644's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    As a new PMHNP student (not beginning clinicals yet) your experience just makes me wince. It will now be that much harder for me to find a preceptor— because this sub-par group of students you’ve...

  5. Aspiring Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner

    CommunityRNBSN replied to Bubbagouda's topic in Psychiatric

    I second the motion to go to a reputable brick-and-mortar school that offers some or all of its program online. (That is different from a true “online school.”) I just started a PMHNP program at a...

  6. Do nurses hate nursing?

    CommunityRNBSN replied to pandora1212's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I will echo what somebody else has said. I work outpatient but many of them problems described here (being asked to do more and more while your resources dwindle) applies in my setting too. I have had...

  7. Anxiety Over Past Mistakes

    CommunityRNBSN replied to anxiousnewgrad58's topic in General Nursing

    In the self-help arena (like the woo-woo stuff on Instagram), it’s common for people to say: “I don’t regret the decisions I made back then. I was doing the best with what I had at the...

  8. So, who are you?

    CommunityRNBSN replied to JBudd's topic in General Nursing

    This is amazing. My husband and I like to read novels aloud together and sometimes we turn to each other and say “Can you believe that people will sit down and, like, write a whole book?” Good...

  9. So, who are you?

    CommunityRNBSN replied to JBudd's topic in General Nursing

    I’m a nurse (I don’t know if that necessarily always comes first but it is BIG for me; I’m so proud of being a nurse) and a wife to someone that, as of this year, I’ve known for fully half my...

  10. Mandatory Staff Pictures In Patient Rooms

    CommunityRNBSN replied to ClassOf2004's topic in General Nursing

    People see my face all day long when I’m walking around. Anything new and mandatory is annoying but your FACE isn’t a secret! It’s literally the first thing people see when you walk into a...

  11. Late for Practicum

    CommunityRNBSN replied to Guest 441704's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    She was actually asking how to move forward. I think you move forward with a brief, honest apology (sounds like you already did that), and then by being extra reliable and dependable. You...

  12. We Must Demolish NP Diploma Mills

    CommunityRNBSN replied to cprimavera's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    The reality is though that there is no standardization of clinical experiences, which is why I am concerned. Yours was wonderful and enriching, because of all the factors you mentioned. But some...

  13. We Must Demolish NP Diploma Mills

    CommunityRNBSN replied to cprimavera's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    I agree that one of the primary changes that needs to happen is that schools must arrange their own clinicals. I have a friend who is in a pediatric nurse practitioner program. She is an...

  14. Chiropractors

    CommunityRNBSN replied to Davey Do's topic in Coffee Lounge's Lounge

    My FQHC has a chiropractor, which means that Medicaid is paying for it. My husband is horrified that our tax dollars go to this. But from my perspective— the alternative is that those patients have...

  15. Cause of Death: Old Age

    CommunityRNBSN replied to Davey Do's topic in General Nursing

    I’ve learned from working in an FQHC: If a person dies at home and their family or visiting nurse finds them, somebody calls the funeral home, who takes them away for burial or cremation. Next,...

  16. Case Study: Does this Cherokee Woman Have Dementia?

    CommunityRNBSN replied to SafetyNurse1968's topic in General Nursing

    I don’t have much to offer medically, but the thing about “asking for weird TEAS” is easily addressed. If she asks for a specific type of tea, maybe the cafeteria staff can write it down and it...

  17. COVID Vaccine: False sense of security or green light?

    CommunityRNBSN replied to Schweet's topic in Disaster Preparation

    One of my favorite books as a child— I love your

  18. COVID Vaccine: False sense of security or green light?

    CommunityRNBSN replied to Schweet's topic in Disaster Preparation

    There are things worse than death, and one of them is to be 100% isolated, in your home, without seeing your family or friends, for a year. Have you seen the reports of spiking suicide rates among...

  19. COVID Vaccine: False sense of security or green light?

    CommunityRNBSN replied to Schweet's topic in Disaster Preparation

    I will be getting back to my life. The people who say “The vaccine isn’t 100% effective”— nothing is. Not the flu vaccine, not MMR (I had to have that one again at age 30 because it “wore...

  20. How to stop last minute calloffs?

    CommunityRNBSN replied to PManager's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    I also don’t really think their particular roles are all that relevant. She is an NP and she is sticking the MD with her work. That is unacceptable, and it would be unacceptable if an MD was always...

  21. OK, what are you supposed to be doing instead of being in here?

    CommunityRNBSN replied to JBudd's topic in General Nursing

    I’m in an APRN program and I have a document open on my computer labeled “pathophysiology paper 2.” It is

  22. What is your opinion on "calling in sick" when not really sick?

    CommunityRNBSN replied to Convoy2022_TrumpSupporter's topic in General Nursing

    I am so very sorry this happened to you. That is truly a nightmare and hard to even think about. (And obviously that is not the situation the OP was thinking of when talking about people who...

  23. What is your opinion on "calling in sick" when not really sick?

    CommunityRNBSN replied to Convoy2022_TrumpSupporter's topic in General Nursing

    My opinion on this is evolving. I never call out, basically unless I am dying. So when somebody says “I woke up feeling a little tired and unwell so I called out,” my knee-jerk reaction is to...

  24. Communication Barrier: "Untie Me Now!" | Nurse in Action

    CommunityRNBSN replied to spotangel's topic in General Nursing

    Wow this is beautiful. I gave birth overseas and while I spoke a little bit of the language, not nearly enough to navigate any medical problems or crises. None of the hospital staff spoke...

  25. How to Answer 'What Did You Like Least About Your Last Job?'

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

    The waitress example was great. It showed something that would realistically be unpleasant (being too busy) and gave it a great