RNOTODAY BSN, RN

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    Am I overreacting?

    RNOTODAY replied to Rnpk's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    Congratulations!!! That's a major accomplishment, be
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    Am I overreacting?

    RNOTODAY replied to Rnpk's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    Yes, I think you are over reacting.... but- it could be because I'm just like that-- I do not like calling attention to myself for anything, birthdays, nothing like
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    Pay grades for different units??

    RNOTODAY replied to MarySnov's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    My facility pays more for the Operating
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    Visitors to our little corner

    RNOTODAY replied to Twoyearnurse's topic in Nurses Recovery

    I could be considered such a " visitor ", However, from what I have read here, spoken to others in similar situations, etc... I have decided that I will absolutely never , EVER seek professional...
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    That dreaded question...

    RNOTODAY replied to jdub6's topic in Nurses Recovery

    Also , just a thought... if the op had ever legitimately been prescribed opiates ( assuming that's the doc) , she could claim she was, what NATURALLY Happens, she became PHYSICALLY DEPENDANT, and felt...
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    nurses who have had a positive drug test and what the board of nursing will do

    RNOTODAY replied to chico0909's topic in Nurses Recovery

    * just wanted to add... even if it's legal at state and federal level, PLUS she had a medical use card for marijuana, it's STILL not legal to practice as a RN with it, in any state .... pot and...
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    Addictions nurse practitioner?

    RNOTODAY replied to shellbeach's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    I'm sorry I have to say it... for a Registered Nurse, your spelling is.... horrendous... it's
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    Should mental health nursing be grouped with addictions nursing?

    RNOTODAY replied to hatchit's topic in Addictions

    Worth seriously considering, since an inordinate number ( I don't know the percentage) of addicts also have a psychiatric disorder/ diagnoses as well, and if , for example anxiety isn't treated or...
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    Methadone worse than heroin....ideas?

    RNOTODAY replied to Maevish's topic in Addictions

    Methadone exists, in a big part, simply because it's a " safe" fix, as in the addict doesn't have to rob steal and God knows what to get their fix... it's supposed to provide them with a routine,...
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    Detox nursing is sucking the life out of me

    RNOTODAY replied to number41's topic in Addictions

    Ummm yeah, that's just an insane decision... is this facility in the habit of making similar ones?
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    When Your Patient is an Addict...How to Deal

    RNOTODAY replied to Nurse Beth's topic in General Nursing

    Respectfully disagree... the acute care setting, post op is not the time nor the place, in addition... most of the time there's not enough time to even make that assumption that one is an addict......
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    When Your Patient is an Addict...How to Deal

    RNOTODAY replied to Nurse Beth's topic in General Nursing

    I'll re iterate ... just because a patient is an addict, OR a chronic pain patient on a **** load of narcotics from pain management....does NOT mean that we disregard or minimize their pain......
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    9 Tips for New Operating Room Nurses

    RNOTODAY replied to Rose_Queen's topic in Operating Room

    Excellent, and much needed Post. So so many nurses have NO idea what it's like beyond the double doors....and experience, or years of practice make zero difference... I've seen more than a few veteran...
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    Resume Template Source I found

    RNOTODAY replied to resqbug's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    FYI : just last night I went through great detail to write a perfect resume with one of those templates from that site, I finished, and it charges you, a monthly service, to sell it to you in word ,...
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    Returning to work after 2 year leave

    RNOTODAY replied to guest833402's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    Me too , not the baby part , but two years out of work.... following this
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    Do you think nurses get special treatment?

    RNOTODAY replied to NurseLife88's topic in General Nursing

    Yes, I do . BUT... only by other healthcare professionals, docs, other nurses, etc Also from
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    Trauma I OR Position: Advice Needed

    RNOTODAY replied to Henbenj87's topic in Operating Room

    level 1? Prepare for stat craniotomies , for one... bowel obstructions... Ortho trauma, your regular lap choles and
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    Even the Stoic Have a Breaking Point

    RNOTODAY replied to Rose_Queen's topic in General Nursing

    I work in the OR , and I often say: " the things I do and see, to make a paycheck
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    I Should Be in Jail

    RNOTODAY replied to allnurses's topic in General Nursing

    I had an infant patient, who suffered head injuries to the head, from... a barbell... the father claimed the baby " fell" a short distance, as well... After the craniotomy was done, and the baby...
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    What do you think? My mother is told she is a drug addict by her primary care physician

    RNOTODAY replied to lhome's topic in General Nursing

    This is a tough subject, for sure. You have docs who are scared to death to write for Vicodin and Percocet scrips, ... fearing the DEA will bust through their doors at any moment, shutting them down ....
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    I survived the Board of Nursing

    RNOTODAY replied to KCMnurse's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    Of course... she saved her own skin, rather than going down with you, because she absolutely would have gone down as well....
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    Doctor Behaving Badly - What would you do?

    RNOTODAY replied to allnurses's topic in General Nursing

    The OR is the prime place for such behaviors. i , thank God, somehow have the ability to defuse even the most miserable, abusive surgeon, just by talking to them. It's a skill I have that GREATLY...
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    Your Worst Mistake

    RNOTODAY replied to aurora_borealis's topic in General Nursing

    Seriously? That doc totally and completely missed a heart condition, ignoring the murmur.. your child needed open heart surgery-- yet you STILL trust this doc with your children's healthcare??? WOW...
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    Very worried I made a huge mistake..just need some advice

    RNOTODAY replied to webrn1969's topic in Nurses Recovery

    Not true ... pre employment, working or not, they have a duty to report
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    Currently working RN looking for steps to take without sinking career??

    RNOTODAY replied to Sallyjoe3737's topic in Nurses Recovery

    Yes!! Correct... MOST definitely do Not contact EAP , do not contact the