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rnlately

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  1. Dietary policy- vent

    rnlately replied to trauma_lama's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Agree with you. I'm not going to ALLOW a pt to gorge him/herself with high sugar foods just to I can trek up and down the hall every 2-4 hrs checking your BS and then having to load you with extra...

  2. "No nurses of color....."

    rnlately replied to Queen2u's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Exactly.

  3. "No nurses of color....."

    rnlately replied to Queen2u's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Maybe it's not that the facility CHOOSES to hire a particular race. Maybe it's the location of the facility that causes certain races not to apply. Just a

  4. "No nurses of color....."

    rnlately replied to Queen2u's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I'd rather be assigned another patient also because I have been lied on simply because of the color of my skin. Patient stated that I'd never been in her room. Luckily for me I wear a locator, my...

  5. Oh boy, what was she thinking?!

    rnlately replied to uRNmyway's topic in General Nursing

    I live in Georgia and am somewhat put off by what I believe you are implying. Just because someone may obtain CNA certification at 16 doesn't somehow mean that they are incapable or a dullard. My...

  6. Worst night ever

    rnlately replied to beeker's topic in General Nursing

    I'm sorry this happened to you. I've met a couple of charge nurses such as you describe; even worked alongside a few with the same mentality. Charge nurses receive that title and are paid more for a...

  7. If you could post your own...

    rnlately replied to Daisy_08's topic in General Nursing

    RNsRwe; I can identify with every single thing you stated about visitors. And no, you are NOT

  8. Things you'd LOVE to be able to tell patients, and get away with it.

    rnlately replied to AngelfireRN's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    OMG; not "nackle"....lol. Where I work we call it

  9. Floor Fear

    rnlately replied to RNHURT's topic in General Nursing

    When I was a new nurse I had extreme anxiety/floor fear; so much so that I took a 9month leave from nursing and concentrated solely of practice management. Realizing that if I didn't face my fears I...

  10. Reasons NOT to give APAP for fever?

    rnlately replied to NocturneNrse's topic in General Nursing

    Exactly; give the body time to correct itself. Many times I will have a CNA, nursing student, family member come to me frantically stating "so and so's temp is 99.9" and then wonder why I'm not...

  11. Nurses Week/Hospital Week

    rnlately replied to wooh's topic in General Nursing

    Do you and I work together????? We just had this same convo at work last

  12. I exploded at work. Haha miserable. Here's what happened? Should I feel bad, I kinda

    rnlately replied to willowRN's topic in General Nursing

    Don't feel bad; I blew my top a few shifts ago and felt better for it...lol. I'm a lot like you; easy going, soft spoken, and generally agreeable. My shift doesn't start until 1900 but I clock in no...

  13. Improving HCHAP scores

    rnlately replied to pitt34's topic in General Nursing

    Exactly; some shifts are just crazy and we are literally doing all we can just to keep them alive. My facility likes to adhere to a STRICT ratio of nurses to patients regardless of the acuity. Some...

  14. What's your weird quirk?

    rnlately replied to Florence NightinFAIL's topic in General Nursing

    I absolutely hate when a patient has multiple IVPBs on the pole none of them are in a y-connector or capped; just blowing in the wind. I immediately SNATCH them all down and trash. Then if I have...

  15. Passed NCLEX-RN, still have not received my license. Help please.

    rnlately replied to SJ Cory's topic in Georgia Nursing

    Congrats, SJ. I called today and got the same song and dance "your file is under review with the cognizant board...based on a first come first served basis". How long could it possibly take to review...

  16. Passed NCLEX-RN, still have not received my license. Help please.

    rnlately replied to SJ Cory's topic in Georgia Nursing

    I too am awaiting licensure; I am an EC graduate, passed boards 12/27; BON received the results 1st week in January. Still checking my status and it remains under review. I am getting very, very...

  17. Excelsior College-Texas/GA

    rnlately replied to HM0000's topic in Excelsior College

    Yes, that's the process with quite a bit of a waiting game; I plan to complete my preceptorship (if needed) at my place of employment. Best wishes to

  18. Excelsior College-Texas/GA

    rnlately replied to HM0000's topic in Excelsior College

    I am replying from my phone so I am unable to include a link; however, go to the GA BON website/RN and once there click on the tab that says "Georgia Law" all of the info is

  19. Excelsior College-Texas/GA

    rnlately replied to HM0000's topic in Excelsior College

    Georgia accepts EC but you must meet several stipulations and/or complete a preceptorship. I passed my boards 12/27/11 and am still waiting on the board to decide if they want me to complete a...

  20. Transition to Nursing Home

    rnlately replied to Time4dilaudidyet's topic in General Nursing

    I worked LTC for little over 3 years and then transitioned to acute care. The routine you state is spot on and routine that I followed when I worked there and not only that once you know each resident...

  21. do you make sure your pts

    rnlately replied to juzme's topic in General Nursing

    Teamwork or lack thereof is an issue... sometimes. I as well as my coworkers try to do the best we can for ALL patients but sometimes IT IS just one of those days or NIGHTS. Out of a floor of 18 pts...

  22. swabbing off iv ports or saline locks before hooking up fluids

    rnlately replied to tjnurse67's topic in General Nursing

    I don't know about their injections as those are few on my floor other than subq insulin; most meds we give are piggyback or IV push. Phlebotomy techs draw all blood from peripheral veins and they...

  23. swabbing off iv ports or saline locks before hooking up fluids

    rnlately replied to tjnurse67's topic in General Nursing

    I am one of the ONLY ones on my floor that even bothers to swab the port and this is a wing full of immunocompromised patients. I cringe when I see a nurse pick up the IV tubing and port that has been...

  24. $15,000 for Preceptorship?!!!!

    rnlately replied to 4pancakes's topic in Georgia Nursing

    If I'm not mistaken, I think that some people were able to use a hospital in Macon. 15,000 is ridiculous; afterall, you're pretty much providing them with free labor. SMH; if you ask me they are just...

  25. Georgia code 43-26-7 (article 1) re Excelsior education

    rnlately replied to 4pancakes's topic in Georgia Nursing

    Call the board first and then of course show up in