CCU NRS

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  1. Where did you start?

    CCU NRS replied to beccaleigh72's topic in General Nursing

    Yep it is an open market right now, there are so many vacancies due to the non-existant nursing shortage that new grads can pick and choose from just about anything they want. Right out of LVN school...

  2. Is English required to be an RN?

    CCU NRS replied to Jailhouse RN's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    so when Asians come to the US and they start all thier sentences with, you such as you take medicine, or you want drink or you go back to bed does this mean they are not

  3. Is English required to be an RN?

    CCU NRS replied to Jailhouse RN's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    Love the caps on every word

  4. Is English required to be an RN?

    CCU NRS replied to Jailhouse RN's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    also this reminds me of a joke I heard The english professor is telling his students that English is the only language in the world in which there are no two positive words when used together that...

  5. Is English required to be an RN?

    CCU NRS replied to Jailhouse RN's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    ouyay aymay ebay ishingway atthay ouyay evernay artedsay isthay ubjectsay eforebay tiay siay llaay veroay nope but you must be fluent in pig

  6. Actual NCLEX question

    CCU NRS replied to J.R.'s topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    I also went to the library and just checked out all of the NCLEX review books I could find saunders, kaplan, lippencott, Previous poster I don't know what state you are in but states now have a BON...

  7. Is English required to be an RN?

    CCU NRS replied to Jailhouse RN's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    So are you a nurse or do you work in the medical field? If so you should know that nurses do not act on notes only orders. Orders are written many times by doctors that write illegibly and must be...

  8. 2nd time taking nclex

    CCU NRS replied to have2beRN's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I tell all pre-testers to read the letter posted at this link

  9. Actual NCLEX question

    CCU NRS replied to J.R.'s topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    Read the letter at the link posted this helped me more than anything else I did. The anxiety/paranoia factor will decrease if you understand this letter.

  10. Misdemeanor/Felony:Restricted License ??

    CCU NRS replied to georgie's topic in Ohio Nursing

    Time of offense being greater than ten years and if you haven't been in any trouble since you should be able to get it expunged. Go to the county or city of record and check your file there. Request...

  11. Should I get malpractice insurance NOW!?!

    CCU NRS replied to jschut's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    If you are an intelligent nurse get insurance. You can be Florence Nightingale and a confused or spiteful Pt can accuse you of abuse. If you are solely named in suit by a Pt the facility insurance...

  12. Why do you come to All Nurses?

    CCU NRS replied to Energizer Bunny's topic in General Nursing

    The reasons are numerous and varied. I like to read responses like the one I was just purusing earlier about different pulses bilat radial, that is one funny thread. I like to make responses like I...

  13. I need HELP

    CCU NRS replied to CCU NRS's topic in MICU, SICU

    Bump

  14. Funniest injury you have ever seen.....

    CCU NRS replied to MrsWampthang's topic in Emergency

    That is probably what his wife thought and I bet he does his own now LOL :roll

  15. post op dressing left on for years

    CCU NRS replied to galenight's topic in Emergency

    That is truly amazing perhaps we should take some of his blood to attempt to kill other viruses or perhaps cancer cells or

  16. When in uniform?!?!?!?!?

    CCU NRS replied to Still Riding's topic in General Nursing

    It is definately next level, but it would have to be in the big picture considered Customer Service. I mean as nurses we are trained and educated and do make important decisions that affect lives, but...

  17. When in uniform?!?!?!?!?

    CCU NRS replied to Still Riding's topic in General Nursing

    That is very interesting but to me always begs the question of training/upbringing realted to the cause of such behavior. example: I had a 50y M Pt with cardiac problems, Hx DM, Seizures, CHF. The...

  18. When in uniform?!?!?!?!?

    CCU NRS replied to Still Riding's topic in General Nursing

    well you certainly seemed to hit a nerve, i guess people do think about cutomer service and or lack of it everywhere we go. ps you better break the bong before you start nursing lol just kidding i...

  19. When in uniform?!?!?!?!?

    CCU NRS replied to Still Riding's topic in General Nursing

    You are very astute as always Tweety! My point was going to be that we as nurses do a very high level of "Customer Service" and as such when we are in a place that offers service we expect not...

  20. Anyone else having trouble getting work?

    CCU NRS replied to rasberryblonde's topic in Agency Nurses

    I did angency nursing for 6 years as an LPN and it just has tides like that ebb and flo feast or famine you have to work whenever and where ever they need ou during these times but if you are a...

  21. Black nurses VS. White nurses

    CCU NRS replied to tmiller027's topic in General Nursing

    Don't know if it has been said but Joe VS the

  22. Drug Testing

    CCU NRS replied to shel_wny's topic in General Nursing

    I just think that Police Agencies and Govt. Make a lot of money from the process as it is currently set up. I also beleive it would naive to believe that some Police and govt. officials (not...

  23. Survey: Should nurses from other countries be recruited to aid in the nursing shortag

    CCU NRS replied to Brian's topic in General Nursing

    Really tho rerading & writing english are still very separate from a clear understandable

  24. 5 worse things a patient can do ...

    CCU NRS replied to Witheney's topic in General Nursing

  25. Survey: Should nurses from other countries be recruited to aid in the nursing shortag

    CCU NRS replied to Brian's topic in General Nursing

    You know I really am torn on this issue as well. I did vote no on the survey, and here are my reasons. I think english is my main concern. I know that these nurses are intelligent and can often speak...