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  1. I wish RN schools would quit teaching the RN students LPN's can't do anything!

    APRN. replied to Wannabeeinscrubs's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    Actually, the RN is Accountable" for evaluating what the LPN/LVN does, insofar as (per Title 22) the overall accountability for assessment, planning and evaluating of patient care remains with the RN...

  2. My Cushy Per Diem Job

    APRN. replied to Emergent's topic in General Nursing

    Off Topic Intermission: Write your own reference and give it to them. They can either confirm or deny what you have written about yourself. You'll find that you'll have a quicker response that way....

  3. CT Supreme Court Decision: Teen can't refuse Chemo

    APRN. replied to SC APRN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    My patient advocacy role leans towards not forcing care on someone who will be considered an adult in about six months

  4. CT Supreme Court Decision: Teen can't refuse Chemo

    APRN. replied to SC APRN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    But she is wanting treatment. Just not the treatment that the Drs are demanding her to take. I see my nursing duties differently than you do My idea of being a Patient Advocate is clearly different...

  5. CT Supreme Court Decision: Teen can't refuse Chemo

    APRN. replied to SC APRN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    The fatality rate of jumping off the Golden Gate bridge is roughly 98%. The fatality rate of alternative treatment for the disease that the 17 year old female patient is certainly not 99 to

  6. Hospitals Firing Seasoned Nurses: Nurses FIGHT Back!

    APRN. replied to allnurses's topic in General Nursing

    Strip Nurses from the Bed: Provocative, is it not? To the Executives in the C suite and to the Board Members to whom they are answerable, the Nurses at the bedside are not Nurses, they are Beds. Let...

  7. APA question (please, I'm tired)

    APRN. replied to anon456's topic in General Students

    Download PERRLA. It will drop your reference right in with the correct format and save you time and headache reduction. I will not do a research paper without

  8. CT Supreme Court Decision: Teen can't refuse Chemo

    APRN. replied to SC APRN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    I cannot imagine being this patients RN. She has a PortaCath and is getting IV chemo ~ what if she interferes with the IV ~ I'm thinking that THAT would be a deal breaker for me if I had to restrain...

  9. "hard science" requirements for RN's

    APRN. replied to brownbook's topic in General Nursing

    For LPN: 4 semester credits of Microbiology with a Lab. 4 semester Credits of Anatomy with a Lab. 4 semester Credits of Physiology with a Lab. For ADN: Algebra I & II After graduating with my...

  10. yelled at by doctor at another patient bedside

    APRN. replied to RadioJenn's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Our HR attorney has lectured us all over, and over, and over, about having a zero tolerance for abuse, harassment, yelling, temper tantrums, etc. This behavior would never, never fly where I work....

  11. Search term for nurses mediating patient-physician communication?

    APRN. replied to TRD05's topic in Nurse Management

    Clinical Nurse

  12. Nurses smoking e cigs at the station?

    APRN. replied to richardgecko's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    When I first graduated from nursing school, the smoker nurses used to sit the ash trays on the table in the hallway outside of the patient rooms and smoke while they charted. The head nurse, who wore...

  13. ADN

    APRN. replied to itsthatgirldj's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    Prestigiousness is in the eye of the beholder. There are hospitals out there who will hire you as an ADN new grad. There are also hospitals which will allow you to work as an ADN while going back to...

  14. RN Salary Survey 2013: Post here!

    APRN. replied to ItsColduphere's topic in General Nursing

    1. State you work in California ~ non San Francisco. Northern California area. 2. Years of experience LPN 15 yrs RN 9 years 3. Specialty/unit and work setting (clinic, hospital, prison, etc)...

  15. Finishing program but very hurt and disappointed

    APRN. replied to mrsnurse2014's topic in LPN, LVN Students

    I'm afraid that you're in for a very rough transition to nursing practice. You'll spend most of your time answering for things that go wrong, and will receive precious few recognitions for doing...

  16. Afraid of loosing my job

    APRN. replied to Katniss88's topic in General Nursing

    There is an art and a science to nursing. The most successful ones find that the art includes finding how how to deal with the emotional labor that comes with being a nurse....

  17. Asking questions about Leadership

    APRN. replied to meanaizme.mp's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    LOL.

  18. office for macbook air

    APRN. replied to savinglives33's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    PERRLA for

  19. Why in the world would you go lvn route???!!!??!

    APRN. replied to Jen_Loves_Nursing's topic in LPN, LVN Students

    I was an LPN/LVN for about 15 years before my RN degree. I worked acute care via the registry at the time. I was forced to go through a new grad RN program for an entire year at the hospital which...

  20. ICU RN Report- How does your unit do it?

    APRN. replied to seamel's topic in Critical Care

    We use SBAR Q at the patients bedside. It only takes about max. 15 - 20 min's for 2 CCU patients. Everything is in the computer for instant retrieval, if necessary. I don't need to hear the whole,...

  21. Colleges that allow one to earn RN degree at Home

    APRN. replied to blessnme7's topic in Online Distance Learning

    The OP has "highest degree" as RN-ASN listed in the profile. I really hope this post is inquiring about higher education AFTER already having received an

  22. Charting in patient rooms

    APRN. replied to JMoney's topic in Health, Stress Management

    I would be dragging a chair in the room with me. If management didn't provide me with a chair, I'd be bringing in my portable tripod stool to perch myself upon. No way am I going to make this...

  23. Attendance

    APRN. replied to IttyBittyBabyRN's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    It sounds like the entire NICU staff should call in sick (with advanced warning). There IS strength in numbers......from a California

  24. What is the proper way to address an RN?

    APRN. replied to planetoi's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    My last name is not on my badge. We had an issue with a stalker situation a few years ago at the hospital, and management decided to drop the last name requirement out of concern for staff safety....

  25. advice on being written up when I dont think I should have been...

    APRN. replied to anniegirl1988's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    I am an RRT RN as well as an RRT Rounder. If a nurse feels uncomfortable about what is going on with a patient, an RRT Rounder can come take a look at the patient to support both the nurse and the...