kbrn2002 ADN, RN

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    Can you search anyone in the controlled substance monitoring database?

    kbrn2002 replied to Nveez's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Umm, why? Even if you could look up this information about a co-worker what on earth would make you want to do this? You do realize doing so would grossly violate HIPAA as well as a lot of...
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    Should I take the job?

    kbrn2002 replied to MiLin's topic in General Nursing

    Working in an LTC is all about the facility, the management and the staff. If it's good it can be a great place to work. If it's bad it can be a terrible experience. There's really no way to...
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    LPN failed out of RN program 2x, advice?

    kbrn2002 replied to Nurse Beth's topic in Career Advice Column

    Go back to school when you feel ready for it. It's hard juggling school, work and life so make sure you have the time to dedicate to your schooling to succeed. That may require cutting down in hours...
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    Can Non-Licensed Individual Supervise RN and LVN?

    kbrn2002 replied to Nonie76's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    It depends on state regulations. WI for instance has very specific language regarding LPN's in a supervisory role that only applies to LTC. In short the LPN can supervise non-care related tasks but...
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    The Healthcare Hero Paradox and the Alleged Nursing Shortage

    kbrn2002 replied to AM408's topic in General Nursing

    I can see why the powers that be decided lowering standards for nursing instructor's was needed. I don't agree with it but I can see it. I recently got a recruitment letter from a local community...
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    Emergency

    kbrn2002 replied to hppygr8ful's topic in Coffee Lounge's Lounge

    Oh my! Well that's no good. I sure hope as healing progresses your vision returns to
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    Dear Healthcare Leaders: Self-Care is Not the Answer

    kbrn2002 replied to Nurse Writing Nook's topic in General Nursing

    You are not wrong. We live within a broken system, health care is only one component of that. Mental health funding is minimal, addiction treatment is not readily available in many areas or if it is...
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    School Not Allowing Us to Take NCLEX

    kbrn2002 replied to JDS's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    Ahh, well that makes a little more sense I guess. The whole situation is still very strange though. Never heard of school that allows students to graduate and attend the graduation ceremony with an...
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    Have debt but don't know if I want to be an NP?

    kbrn2002 replied to daisychains11's topic in General Nursing

    Tuition assistance is a benefit offered by some employers. Heck, maybe it's an option with your current employer? Ask HR if you are unsure if the benefit is offered and what you need to do to qualify...
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    Stressed as a nurse. Experience needed to be a Nurse Educator?

    kbrn2002 replied to Jennifer George's topic in Nursing Career

    I got a recruitment letter recently from a local community college, which I found a little odd as I don't meet the education requirements to be an instructor but here is the minimum qualifications for...
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    School Not Allowing Us to Take NCLEX

    kbrn2002 replied to JDS's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    The more I read the less sense this makes. How can a school fail students after they graduate? I've never heard of a school, any school not just nursing, that allows students to graduate but then...
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    Have debt but don't know if I want to be an NP?

    kbrn2002 replied to daisychains11's topic in General Nursing

    You are of course welcome to do whatever you want, and if you are OK with that amount of debt nobody here is going to be able to stop you. But please at least go into it with your eyes wide open....
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    Do I need to keep two active RN licenses?

    kbrn2002 replied to ss626's topic in Nursing Career

    I live on the WI /MN border and with job opportunities on both sides I licensed in both states, needed to if I were going to work in MN as MN is not yet a compact state. After a few years of renewing...
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    Media: Where are the Nurses?

    kbrn2002 replied to Brenda F. Johnson's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    The only shows that I can think of where nurses were portrayed reasonably well aren't on the air anymore. Scrubs, ER, Code Black and Night shift did it pretty well. The couple that were centered on...
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    To overcome nursing heebie-jeebies?

    kbrn2002 replied to angel5000's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    There is no path to becoming a nurse that skips the general nursing education/degree. You can't just jump right into becoming a nurse midwife without first becoming a
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    RaDonda Vaught - What is she doing now?

    kbrn2002 replied to tnbutterfly - Mary's topic in General Nursing

    I hadn't heard the orientee said that and I always kind of wondered where the orientee was during this. Probably a good thing as that makes me even more angry and disgusted with the whole situation if...
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    Needing Ideas

    kbrn2002 replied to Rusti22's topic in General Nursing

    It would maybe require some collaboration with the social workers but a good, possibly vital topic to patients discharging to home is an easy to access list of community resources. I Under the...
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    Delta 8 THC now federally legal, what does this mean for nurses?

    kbrn2002 replied to RNMN667's topic in General Nursing

    You said it yourself. THC stays in your system as a detectable substance for a considerable amount of time. There's no way to prove, at least with current testing exactly when you consumed THC based...
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    Nursing Then and Now

    kbrn2002 replied to RN WRITER NC's topic in General Nursing

    I haven't been around quite long enough to have seen the 3 day in person paper and pencil NCLEX but have been around long enough that to get early results we could call a 1-900 phone number after 3...
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    RaDonda Vaught - What is she doing now?

    kbrn2002 replied to tnbutterfly - Mary's topic in General Nursing

    Frankly I am surprised at how many nurses have rallied to the side of this being simply a mistake. What happened is way more than a simple mistake. The amount of safety protocols designed to prevent...
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    MEN, dont come into nursing

    kbrn2002 replied to DUDERNGUY's topic in Men in Nursing

    Well, there's that...and I am jealous! Significant COVID bonus? Not here in the good old US of A. Sure, everybody got the so-called stimulus checks but there was nothing extra specifically for health...
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    Old Timer's Take on Fixing the Nursing Shortage

    kbrn2002 replied to KathyDay's topic in General Nursing

    It sort of worked having mixed 8's and 12's at the SNF I worked for. A previous DON came up with the idea to try the 12's for those that were interested. I'm sure it would have been to their...
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    School Not Allowing Us to Take NCLEX

    kbrn2002 replied to JDS's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    It's not an NCLEX problem you are having. It's the school that's not allowing you to graduate and test that is the problem. Hire that lawyer. I assume all of you considering the lawsuit are in the...
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    Job ideas with a Restricted License

    kbrn2002 replied to Balbaroy's topic in Nursing Career

    Good question. The rare patient that takes a narcotic pain med during treatment brings their own med and was always able to self administer in my clinic. I suppose on the off chance a patient uses a...
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    Old Timer's Take on Fixing the Nursing Shortage

    kbrn2002 replied to KathyDay's topic in General Nursing

    I have worked with a couple of old school diploma nurses and they ran circles around the BSN nurses. That kind of hands on education worked! While the old diploma programs definitely graduated...