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  1. "You'll be a nurse two years after you get your RN"

    APRN. replied to nurseby07's topic in General Nursing

    Wow! That is quite possibly one of the more confrontational, rude and demeaning statements that I've heard in a while. What a snooty you-know-what. Shame on her. LPN's are most certainly nurses, and...

  2. Aside from Nursing, what else do you do?

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

    I like to fly, work on my vintner skills, pet my cats, spend time with my husband, and

  3. You can pass NCLEX with 77 questions

    APRN. replied to aspiring_midwife_wi's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Congratulations! You can now write "RN" after your name. It's a wonderful feeling. I would like to add, that the old pen and paper tests of yesteryear totally sucked rocks. I'm glad to see that...

  4. Nursing Student admits online doing Ectasy and encouraging another how to do it .

    APRN. replied to lillypad274's topic in General Students

    I don't have a soap box, nor an egg crate for that matter. However, I do have something that every single one of you have, and that's an opinion. Unfortunately, my opinion will not matter when it...

  5. discharged a patient wearing telemetry

    APRN. replied to vashtee's topic in General Nursing

    From a voice of 'been there, seen that', this would be an event that would be a write off for the hospital. The event that I remember involved the old HP portable telemetry boxes that retailed for...

  6. Finally broke 1 year -- and on my 3rd hospital!

    APRN. replied to imanedrn's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Absolutely yes ranaazha. As previous posters have stated, you should not knock yourself for trying to find a happier place for your own sanity. If you've ever flown in an airplane and have listened...

  7. Orientee's now being counted as staff!!

    APRN. replied to GiGiRNICU's topic in General Nursing

    Excellent responses, all of them. I would like to add, that in a court of law, (unfortunately) if something happens to that patient under your care, an incident report is not going to prevent your...

  8. An Atheist Outnumbered by Christians at Work (an ethical dilemma)

    APRN. replied to Jo Dirt's topic in General Nursing

    As the old country song goes; "If you don't stand for something, you'll fall for anything." Perhaps you are more in doubt about your beliefs than you care to admit. If you are truly an Atheist, and...

  9. Is there a nursing representative/lobbyist in washngton??

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

    Try repeating after me; "Dear belabored working nurses, I'm really sorry that my post offended all of you hard-working nurses. I am beginning to understand that your patient advocacy at the bedside...

  10. Health Insurance crap at new Job?

    APRN. replied to NickiLaughs's topic in California Nursing

    Is there an independent insurance broker in your area whom you could contact and discuss your options? Perhaps there is additional insurance that you could purchase that would not jepoardize your...

  11. Meaning of "Cumulative GPA"

    APRN. replied to Boy-->RN2b's topic in General Students

    Cumulative GPA is a tally of all the courses that you've taken, in which you've sent transcripts. You may have taken classes elsewhere, but if you haven't forwarded your transcripts to that certain...

  12. Student Reports Alcoholic mom

    APRN. replied to skoolnurse's topic in Ob/Gyn

    My 5 year old daughter (A Kindergartner) - (this was MANY years ago............) reported me to her teacher for abuse. A "meeting" with a Social Worker was held at the school with daughter without...

  13. I think peri/rectal swabs are a humiliating 'welcome' to the hospital

    APRN. replied to FireStarterRN's topic in General Nursing

    The only concern that the hospitals have is to not get stuck with a bill. They have the patient swabbed - the patient comes back positive - the patient gets treated for MRSA and the fault lies with...

  14. I think peri/rectal swabs are a humiliating 'welcome' to the hospital

    APRN. replied to FireStarterRN's topic in General Nursing

    Many hospitals in my area are implementing this requirement, as per newly enacted legislation in California dictates MRSA screening. No hospitals in my area require swabbing the nether regions upon...

  15. Dilaudid shortage - anyone else seeing it?

    APRN. replied to roosmom's topic in General Nursing

    That's right!! It's like a stupid conspiracy or something of the like. The doc's write the order for 1mg of Dilaudid, but all that is available is the 2mg vials/carpujects. Just peeves me off to no...

  16. Dilaudid shortage - anyone else seeing it?

    APRN. replied to roosmom's topic in General Nursing

    We are also experiencing the Dilaudid carpuject shortage at several facilities where I work here in Sunny California. We have the Dialudid in ampules that are available for the time

  17. agency nurses

    APRN. replied to mykrosphere's topic in General Nursing

    This may be due to a common denominator that they have. Everyone there is getting paid, and it's a nice momentary salve for the way agency nurses frequently get slammed with the worst patient load...

  18. The Circumcision Discussion

    APRN. replied to jmspeach's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Then why are they trying to promote circ's in Aftrica to prevent

  19. The Circumcision Discussion

    APRN. replied to jmspeach's topic in Ob/Gyn

    LOL!! My son's circ won't give your daughter

  20. Would greatly appreciate some input on Research for a Book

    APRN. replied to Tom123's topic in General Nursing

    I'm about half your "nursing age", but I've seen changes in the past 20 years alone. I can remember sitting around the table by the nursing station while charting and having to fend off the vapors of...

  21. " they need to feel their sadness not mask in it"

    APRN. replied to kipepeo77's topic in General Nursing

    I think he meant to say "To feel their sadness and not BASK in it". Mirriam-Webster defines 'bask' as " to take pleasure or derive enjoyment transitive verb. Personally, I don't know beans about...

  22. Just need to vent about my exasperating coworker.

    APRN. replied to NeoPediRN's topic in General Nursing

    I like all of the suggestions on this site. I had a kinda - similar experience one time. I actually went to the Nurse Manager and he told me to write report and save a copy for HIM, by slipping it...

  23. What kind of math/chemistry is actually used in nursing?

    APRN. replied to emily_ganshert's topic in General Nursing

    Ratios and Proportions have never failed to save my tukus yet. Know your conversions so that you can plug them into the Ratio and Proportions set

  24. who's license do med techs work under?

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

    the laws regulating "med tech/aide" is different from state to state. here is an excerpt from the nebraska text; http://www.hhs.state.ne.us/crl/nursing/ma/ma.htm#competency a medication aide must...

  25. Home Health Aide accusing me of not giving meds

    APRN. replied to Sherriblu's topic in General Nursing

    This HHA needs to be informed that when you slander or libel someone you had better be prepared to defend yourself in a court of law......... I would tell her that you want her to drop the nonsense....