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    CEN review-which one to get

    Music in My Heart replied to OBigdog26's topic in Emergency

    I have several... David Woodruff's course, Jeff Solheim's course, Pass CEN, and a couple of others. Jeff Solheim's is the best of this
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    From the floor to the ER

    Music in My Heart replied to turnforthenurse's topic in Emergency

    I spent 11 months on a low acuity m/s floor before going to a small rural ED. From there I went to an ED in a somewhat larger city and finally to a large, academic trauma center. Each new position has...
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    From Cop to Nurse

    Music in My Heart replied to blueline's topic in Male Nursing Students

    We have no particular preference for ex-cops because the nurses are not permitted to physically engage except in urgent self-defense, which, thankfully, is relatively rare. Of course, working at an...
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    Must move with only 4 mos in 1st RN job (hubby job xfer)!!

    Music in My Heart replied to ReasonInTheMadness's topic in First Year After Licensure

    We've done the commuter marriage twice, 1 year each time, and it's hard... but manageable. Be wary of dumping yourself into the no-man's-land of not being a new grad but not having at least 1-2 years...
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    From Cop to Nurse

    Music in My Heart replied to blueline's topic in Male Nursing Students

    Very compatible careers, IMO, and your "copness" would have some value in a big ED. Nothing but encouragement from me... though go in with your eyes wide open regarding the stiff competition for...
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    which route to take to be an ER nurse? please help

    Music in My Heart replied to mandyd87's topic in Emergency

    I earned an administrative MSN as my entry into nursing. I started med-surg and found my way to the ER within a year and a level 1 trauma center two years after that. To maximize your chances, you...
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    define break...lol

    Music in My Heart replied to lkulmann's topic in General Nursing

    Could be... I've generally lived my life by taking appropriate risks and have gotten to the point I have by doing same. Had I played it safe, I'd probably still be working my original med-surg job far...
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    One huge reason I want to be a nurse

    Music in My Heart replied to mrnightinggale's topic in General Nursing

    It is cheesy, to be sure. But there is an underlying truth there that is easy to lose sight of in the midst of the chaos, the sh!+, the complaining, the manipulation, etc. I thought about this video...
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    define break...lol

    Music in My Heart replied to lkulmann's topic in General Nursing

    At times, I have clocked out for lunch and then hung out in the trauma room to help out with an interesting case, just out of personal and professional interest. In that case, it's no different than...
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    Do doctors have any idea what we nurses do? lol

    Music in My Heart replied to missladyrn's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I sometimes get docs from the floors asking why our docs did what they did and I generally take it as recognition that our docs often include us in their thinking about *why* they're ordering as they...
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    define break...lol

    Music in My Heart replied to lkulmann's topic in General Nursing

    A break is just that: My own time with no responsibility for anything at work. We get 60 minutes (30 paid, 30 not) somewhere 1/3 to 2/3 of the way through the shift. Slipping off the floor for 5...
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    One huge reason I want to be a nurse

    Music in My Heart replied to mrnightinggale's topic in General Nursing

    I really like this video. Several times in the last 45 years could I have been one of those people... We all have stories and each of us deserves compassion... though I freely admit that I sometimes...
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    Can I get fired from signing the MARS a night before my next shift

    Music in My Heart replied to pinkdustmagic28's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    I challenge this thinking.You do *NOT* deserve to be fired. I am sick of how our society's immediate response to a mistake or an error in judgement is to try to destroy somebody's livelihood. If you...
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    Why can't nurses intubate?

    Music in My Heart replied to natnat122's topic in Emergency

    At my last jobs, we were permitted to place IO lines. At this one, it's always done by a
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    Do doctors have any idea what we nurses do? lol

    Music in My Heart replied to missladyrn's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I'll speak up for our ED docs. They've got a pretty good sense of what our lives are like and are generally and genuinely respectful and
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    Workplace kudos mean so much

    Music in My Heart posted a topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    At the end of my last shift, one of our unit bosses quietly handed me a card in which they thanked me for my care of specific patient whose family (including a retired ED nurse and two docs) really...
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    My phone keeps going off at work...

    Music in My Heart replied to Brian's topic in Nurses Rock

    What if you have a smart phone and you use it for any number of important tasks in your unit? I always put my cell on vibrate when I go into the hospital. But we use our phones for meds, to calcs,...
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    Midlife Career Change to Nursing - Advice, please

    Music in My Heart replied to mcgocara31's topic in Nursing Career

    I graduated from nursing school in 2009 at the age of 45. I was not able to find a good job right away but did find *a* job which required many sacrifices: Working 200 miles from home, doing nights,...
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    Big dreams with much disappointment ...sigh!

    Music in My Heart replied to Dreaming4acute87's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    That *can* work at times... but at places like my hospital, you'd never, ever make it past the front of HR and security... online apps only... only...
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    Intake and Output problems

    Music in My Heart replied to EmilyEmily's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    It's every bit as absurd to say that 1 pint = 500 mL as it would be to say that pi = 3 So now 1 gallon = 4
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    ENPC

    Music in My Heart replied to ABM1227's topic in General Nursing

    I also found them to be very practical and informative... lots of bullet lists, tables, etc.Well worth taking and regularly
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    Intake and Output problems

    Music in My Heart replied to EmilyEmily's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    One reason why I despise American units and wish we'd gone SI back in the 70's when it was proposed and a token effort even made at implementing it (remember the dual-unit road signs?) There's simply...
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    Job market- ADN students being warned?

    Music in My Heart replied to hope3456's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    I have noticed this.It has some tendrils: 1) "I take full responsibility" when there is no actual accountability nor redress 2) The granting of responsibility to subordinates without concomitant...
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    ED vs. ICU

    Music in My Heart replied to muesli's topic in Emergency

    In a big ED, you will get some experience with invasive monitoring, drips, etc because the units are sometimes full so we end up boarding patients for quite a few hours. One thing I like about the ED...
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    Shift change and visitation in ICU/stepdown

    Music in My Heart replied to opossum's topic in MICU, SICU

    My only experience is as a NICU and PICU parent. In the NICU, they had a no vistors +/- 30 minutes from shift change. It was sometimes problematic for us as a family. I later did a preceptorship there...