RNOTODAY BSN, RN

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    am I wrong?

    RNOTODAY replied to Ms.RN's topic in General Nursing

    yup, your wrong. and you do you think its Appropriate for a patient to be on the toilet with someone else in
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    Advise, please

    RNOTODAY replied to StudentNPA's topic in Operating Room

    I feel the opposite... I feel like if I cant scrub, I am not a true blue OR nurse...lol.... scrubbing is like circulating... you just gott a keep doing it until its a repeat.... it takes time.... be...
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    Common LTC no-no's (part vent, part question)

    RNOTODAY replied to Zergasaurus's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    so what was she supposed to do, chart wise, if the med wasnt there? i agree a call to the md to say the dose wasnt given... maybe he could have given an order to d/c that one dose? i dunno.... what...
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    How do you stay sexy in nursing school

    RNOTODAY replied to 2bnurseforce1's topic in General Students

    well, i used to (and still do) wear neutral pink/ beige polish, keep my nails short, and I wear make up tastefully done- not made up to go clubbing... and if you have a great cut, your hair will show...
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    How exactly should I handle this?

    RNOTODAY replied to LaurenNicoleRN's topic in General Nursing

    mind your business
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    "No self- respecting nurse"

    RNOTODAY posted a topic in Operating Room

    I heard a conversation a surgeon and a new ST were having at the field one day while I was giving a lunch break. The tech was saying how she was probably going to nursing school, and that when she was...
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    "No self- respecting nurse"

    RNOTODAY replied to RNOTODAY's topic in Operating Room

    I disagree.... the title NURSE is a protected entity, it is illegal in many states to call yourself a nurse if you are not... and yes, that means even the ones "caring for, or trained to look after...
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    Burnt Bridges

    RNOTODAY replied to Vossome's topic in General Nursing

    i know what your saying, and its true, it all who you know...in most areas of life, not just healthcare.. but for me, thank god.. early on in my career, i burned some very large bridges.... I had some...
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    Was the doctor right or wrong about this?

    RNOTODAY replied to NurseLoveJoy88's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    hes right. why bother leaving a message with no patient info? its NOT a hippa violation, this is the patients physician. whether he yelled or not is another issue...but really, there is no hippa...
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    What is the "right" answer?

    RNOTODAY replied to PureLifeRN's topic in Operating Room

    i think the answer you would want to say is that you would never engage in an argument with the surgeon while the case is gong on... you simply get what they are asking for without losing your...
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    Kinda dissappointed

    RNOTODAY replied to sameasalways's topic in Operating Room

    i think that you are putting too much thought into this particular surgeon..... to be honest, be glad you got your foot in the door, thAT IS if you really want to go to the OR.... surgeons and...
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    calling report to ct icu.. to the secretary?

    RNOTODAY posted a topic in Operating Room

    when your patient goes to cticu,from the or, do the people who answer the phone...take your report? like a person who is not a nurse? they do this at my hospital, and it just doesnt seem right to...
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    calling report to ct icu.. to the secretary?

    RNOTODAY replied to RNOTODAY's topic in Operating Room

    well apparently, this only happens in our cticu's, not others, because I just started doing CT, and I just noticed it. My first case, a valve, the BA (secretary) -insisted she was taking report,...
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    calling report to ct icu.. to the secretary?

    RNOTODAY replied to RNOTODAY's topic in Operating Room

    thanks, i didnt think this was kosher.... so should i point this out to my manager ? they probably dont even know its an issue.. and the state is all over us right now for other
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    Can I bolus this patient? A legal / practice question about sedatives and narcotics

    RNOTODAY replied to simvee's topic in MICU, SICU

    seriously, it enrages me and humiliates me that an RN, new, old, any kind, would actually do this, and then ask on a message board if its "ok" or "legal" ummm NOOOOO its not, and frankly, I dont care...
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    Can I bolus this patient? A legal / practice question about sedatives and narcotics

    RNOTODAY replied to simvee's topic in MICU, SICU

    your kidding right? this is rediculous. you think its ok to bolus, not have an order for it, and then on top of it not chart it? i guess the only thing more idiotic then that, would be to actually...
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    Medications that make you helpless and psychotic for nursing students

    RNOTODAY replied to Elsarap's topic in General Nursing

    is this a serious
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    Why are patients scheduled for operation not allowed to eat?

    RNOTODAY replied to ms.pebbles's topic in General Nursing

    i really think this is nursing 101, and it saddens me too that a nurse had to ask
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    Do I need to maintain my CST after nursing school??

    RNOTODAY replied to SC APRN's topic in Operating Room

    isnt it sort of like being an RN and still keeping a Nurses Aid license? what would be the
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    Not smart enough to be a doctor?

    RNOTODAY replied to AprilRNurse's topic in General Nursing

    well, i am in the minority, i suppose. i know i could go through med school. i just had the two little things lacking, years back, called "confidence and self esteem".... lol i barely thought i was...
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    student nurses pay

    RNOTODAY replied to achapman's topic in Connecticut Nursing

    $39.35, 2 years at current hospital. new grads where I work start at
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    set up how do i proceed to work with these people

    RNOTODAY posted a topic in Operating Room

    How do you handle working witha scrub tech that you do not get along with, plus, whom is not above lying about you and reporting you. without getting into details,there is a huge attitude problem...
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    emergency cases - what's your record?

    RNOTODAY replied to goats'r'us's topic in Operating Room

    lap chole, 2o min skin to
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    Rant: Physician pagers!

    RNOTODAY replied to BridgetJones's topic in Operating Room

    yes yes yes.... this makes me so mad..... especially when your in the middle of COUNTING a large open abdomINAL case and they yell out " CAN YOU GE THAT PAGE"......ummm.... no I cant.... I will gladly...
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    OR Pet peeves

    RNOTODAY replied to MsLeylaBar's topic in Operating Room

    a patient accepting an organ, but refuses any blood products. ***** doesnt an ORGAN supercede blood? It makes no sense to me.... Furthermore, I dont think they should be allowed to get the organ. If...