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  1. Should I go into the LVN program or the RN program?

    mom23RN replied to mommy2boys's topic in General Nursing

    In our state it's a "graduated" program at many schools. LPN/RN take the same prereqs. You become an LPN after your first year of clinicals and then it takes another 2 semesters to be an RN. Seems...

  2. Family member RN asked for resignation yesterday

    mom23RN replied to GooeyRN's topic in General Nursing

    With a good orientation it's not important that she didn't do "some" of those skills. She can learn them on the job. But... she has to stop hiding from them. The other thing I could suggest is...

  3. Funnies/scariest thing to ever happen to you in the ED??

    mom23RN replied to mom23RN's topic in Emergency

    Eeeeeek!!!!!:uhoh21:

  4. Pepcid IV

    mom23RN replied to ckh23's topic in Emergency

    We always pushed, but it was a "slow"

  5. Physician bullying/sarcastic comments to nursing staff

    mom23RN replied to carachel2's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    WE had a fantastic group of doctors in our ER. We were such a great team!! Then they hired the "new guy". He had a chip on his shoulder the minute he got there. He was constantly going against...

  6. Funnies/scariest thing to ever happen to you in the ED??

    mom23RN replied to mom23RN's topic in Emergency

    OMG!!!!!!!

  7. Funnies/scariest thing to ever happen to you in the ED??

    mom23RN replied to mom23RN's topic in Emergency

    Then that must be something new, cause it didn't use to be. When he made me look it up in the PDR all it said was that it "shouldn't" be given IV but it didn't say what would happen.

  8. Seizures

    mom23RN replied to tinyrita's topic in General Nursing

    Call 911 and monitor the patient until they arrived. I'm not sure what you have on hand? Oxygen. There's really not too much to do except keep them safe until more help

  9. Night Shift Nursing

    mom23RN replied to HappyJaxRN's topic in General Nursing

    I was one of those that hated to waste my days off. I worked 2 8s and 2 12s per week with 2-3 days off in between. On my first day back I would have adjusted to days so I would get up between 9 and...

  10. Why is it ok to euthanize animals but not humans

    mom23RN replied to admorn03's topic in General Nursing

    I had a really hard time when my elderly aunt (97) was in the hospital, dying last winter. It was so hard to watch her suffer and know that there was nothing we could do excpet keep her comfortable...

  11. older children in picu

    mom23RN replied to luckybear104's topic in PICU, Pediatric

    When our first child was in the PTCU (Pediatric/Thoracic ICU) there was a woman who was 85 in there!!!!!!! They had just found a pretty large VSD or ASD (I can't remember) with some SOB with...

  12. ER/Urgent Care and Psych problems

    mom23RN replied to Curious1alwys's topic in General Nursing

    They might be able to have a service do an eval?? CAn you go to an ER with a psych ward where they might have a psychiatrist on call??? How about calling your physchiatrist and telling them what's...

  13. Lasix and Foley for female patients..automatic ?

    mom23RN replied to carachel2's topic in Emergency

    Not when they lean back and spill it all over the

  14. Standard precautions ignored

    mom23RN replied to Pattiecake's topic in General Nursing

    Also worked ED and also horrific at not using gloves when starting IVs. I know, I know all the reasons and such, but it was such a pain in the bum. Especially when you're doing little babies and...

  15. Er Salary

    mom23RN replied to nursern20's topic in Emergency

    I'm in Michigand haven't worked in over 5 years but when I hired into the ER I was making well over $21/hr plus my shift premium (8% for nights) and that was almost 10 years

  16. Help me! Freaking out bad over Nclex

    mom23RN replied to lela186's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    I would not think it would be posted on a weekend. Sorry. Hope all is well on

  17. Tips for day sleepers on darkening windows.

    mom23RN replied to 2003rn's topic in General Nursing

    I never found the room darkening shades that worked, but I have some roman shades that are a "suede like" material and it is darker than night when I close them! It's

  18. Scenario:What would you do?

    mom23RN replied to Happy-ER-RN's topic in General Nursing

    I had an instance like this many times in ER. First of all, the family sometimes "panics" when their loved one becomes incoherent or unresponsive. This does not mean that they want "heroic" measures...

  19. Doctor on the edge of ethical behaviour.....

    mom23RN replied to kersti's topic in General Nursing

    I think the key is that he isn't "on the edge" he has fallen over the cliff. Protect

  20. Physically attacked on the job?

    mom23RN replied to KungFuFtr's topic in General Nursing

    No one I know has ever filed charges? I'm interested now to know if it's even feasible or if this is an inherent risk to the

  21. Does Anyone No Longer Work As a Nurse??

    mom23RN replied to mom23RN's topic in General Nursing

    No I didn't, but my neighbor was a GREAT TEACHER!!!! I know that they do have classes from RN to MT. It is really nice, but I would still like to do nursing a couple days a

  22. Does Anyone No Longer Work As a Nurse??

    mom23RN posted a topic in General Nursing

    Hi, I'm new here. I worked as a trauma nurse for 5 years after graduating from nuring school. After we started our family I decided to stay home with my kids. It's been 5 years since I've worked in...

  23. Physically attacked on the job?

    mom23RN replied to KungFuFtr's topic in General Nursing

    ditto.

  24. How long did you breastfeed?

    mom23RN replied to Graciegirlienurse's topic in General Nursing

    Ds#1 - I was never able to nurse, but did pump the entire 10 weeks he lived. Dd - 16 months (she abruptly weaned when I became pregnant again). Ds#2 - He's still nursing and is 27