PollywogNP ADN, BSN, MSN, LPN, NP

Med-Surg/Tele/ER/Urgent Care

Former Faculty, ex Navy Nurse, Family Nurse Practitioner in Urgent Care

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    Yale Nurse Replaces Fentanyl Vials with Saline

    PollywogNP replied to J.Adderton's topic in Nursing News

    In the early 80s, I worked with a new grad RN that had been withdrawing Demerol from the Tubex pre-filled syringes. They cam 5 per pack, she would pierce the bottom of the pack & refill with...
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    HELP needed... Health Assessment

    PollywogNP replied to NP Student 101's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    I taught physical assessments for 10 semesters in a row! Seidels & Bates are the textbooks I preferred. Just checked & the Bates videos are on you
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    Buying a House on a Nurse's Income: How Do Nurses Afford $450,000+ Houses?

    PollywogNP replied to SilverBells's topic in General Nursing

    @SilverBells, out of curiosity is it the same with vehicles? Lots of people drive large suvs/trucks they really don’t need but as status symbols. I know a medical assistant driving a hummer working...
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    I got a verbal warning for not greeting the new Director of Care?

    PollywogNP replied to Convoy2022_TrumpSupporter's topic in General Nursing

    GThis reminds of the time as a Navy nurse I was drawing blood from a patient when a higher ranking nurse (0-6) Captain which is the equivalent of a full bird colonel, came on the unit. Protocol is...
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    Buying a House on a Nurse's Income: How Do Nurses Afford $450,000+ Houses?

    PollywogNP replied to SilverBells's topic in General Nursing

    I didn’t need a 3br2ba house for just me & my daughter. One she had friends over in middle school and one girl asked her how many people live here? It was investment & it was great price. I...
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    Buying a House on a Nurse's Income: How Do Nurses Afford $450,000+ Houses?

    PollywogNP replied to SilverBells's topic in General Nursing

    I paid $85,000 for 3BR/2BA double garage on 1/3 acre in 1997/8. It had been on market for over 1year, the owners were divorcing & not selling the house was holding up the divorce. They had painted...
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    PICO Help

    PollywogNP replied to Mattie Barone's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Translation is for written language, interpreters are used for spoken
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    NPs can not orders diabetic test strip under Medicare part B

    PollywogNP posted a topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Today a pharmacy in Texas sent back fax saying mid level practitioner can not order diabetic test strip under Medicare part B! I tried searching CMS website but kept getting in a never ending loop but...
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    Graduate Degree in Engineering? (Career switch worth it?)

    PollywogNP replied to CardiTeleRN's topic in General Nursing

    My my brother is an electrical engineer, does cyber stuff. They are on call & works nights evenings week ends
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    Graduate Degree in Engineering? (Career switch worth it?)

    PollywogNP replied to CardiTeleRN's topic in General Nursing

    There are different types of engineers. Mechanical, civil, electrical, industrial, aerospace and they all have sub specialties. You have had 4 different nursing jobs in 3 years? Nursing has so many...
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    COVID Faces

    PollywogNP replied to TheMoonisMyLantern's topic in Disaster Preparation

    I arrived at my current clinic June1, I kept getting my front desk staff names mixed up for the first month, had to learn hairstyles, shoes, even now I listen for the way someone walks. The first time...
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    Getting Flack For Not Getting Covid Vaccine

    PollywogNP replied to EDnurseAmen's topic in Disaster Preparation

    OP; The saying is “Getting Flack” which means receiving criticism. Slack means
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    How Long Do You Expect To Be a Nurse?

    PollywogNP replied to SilverBells's topic in General Nursing

    4 more years. Started as 19 y.o. LPN in L&D, RN at 21. Did about 22 years Med surg, 7 years telemetry, couple years ER, 3 years Navy Nurse & deployed Gulf War on hospital ship Comfort. FNP age...
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    How Long Do You Expect To Be a Nurse?

    PollywogNP replied to SilverBells's topic in General Nursing

    @mmc51264 What is
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    Texas Board of Nursing and WGU Pathopharm course

    PollywogNP replied to DFWPMHNP's topic in Western Governors University

    What’s is “pathopharm”? Is this a combined pharmacology & pathophysiology
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    allnurses Time Travel

    PollywogNP replied to Davey Do's topic in General Nursing

    Date: August 1977 Username: TeenageLPN Hi Everyone, I use graduated last week from LPN program at the community college. We go to the state capitol next month to take our board exams....
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    Need to vent - UPS lost "textbook".

    PollywogNP replied to FiremedicMike's topic in General Students

    Former faculty, perhaps professor has copy you can borrow? Once had a student come in with her book that her dog ate! The big fat med surg book that’s 4 inches thick, loaned her spare copy until...
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    Increase in hr/$pay for Bilingual

    PollywogNP replied to HeyHeyRN's topic in General Nursing

    Have never been offered money for interpreting, one hospital required me to get the certification as level2 Spanish interpreter or I would not be allowed to speak Spanish to the patients, I would have...
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    New Nurse Needing Advice: Should it be this bad?

    PollywogNP replied to kale_'s topic in General Nursing

    FNPs manage patients with all types of conditions of all ages, “cradle to grave” is the saying. Many of my patients are very complex, polypharmacy is the norm, it’s fast paced. Besides DM2/HTN/...
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    Attending nursing school without an MMR due to autoimmune disability

    PollywogNP replied to Thomas Murray's topic in General Nursing

    Former faculty, she will need all vaccines current to attend clinicals usually at hospitals and without MMR can not complete pediatrics or labor & delivery/nursery or any clinicals. She can not be...
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    Unauthorized online school and taking the NCLEX in another state

    PollywogNP replied to LPNwithBIGdreams's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    Then OP probably can not endorse a license to state of residence, thru compact or other means. Wasn’t this the case with Exelsior and California? OK it Is authorized in 6 states; Maryland,...
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    Unauthorized online school and taking the NCLEX in another state

    PollywogNP replied to LPNwithBIGdreams's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    What do you mean “it’s not authorized”? The school website says it is ACEN accredited and list board pass rates higher than
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    Looking for Mentor

    PollywogNP replied to krishzl's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    So you would like to become a pediatric NP that specializes in
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    How to get days off to go back to school?

    PollywogNP replied to Jay333's topic in General Nursing

    For both BSN & NP I worked weekends, allowing me to concentrate on school during the week. I ended up quitting one job while taking prerequisites for BSN due to boss scheduling me on the one day I...
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    NBC's The Nurses - Just another nurse show?

    PollywogNP replied to tnbutterfly - Mary's topic in General Nursing

    Just watching the trailer was difficult to stay focused, it basically sucked! THe charge nurse and who is the woman with the accent? Nope this show is doomed! ER was the only medical show that...