SuesquatchRN BSN, RN

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    LPN looking to reenter the work force after 6 years

    SuesquatchRN replied to danderson632's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    LTC will hire you on in a heart
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    Are any of you loyal?

    SuesquatchRN replied to MzTayTay's topic in General Nursing

    Feel what way? That we'd like to get the job we want and stay at it? Sure. Am I loyal to employers? As loyal as they are to me. So
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    Complaint Survey

    SuesquatchRN replied to txdon's topic in LTC: Directors, Assistant

    T&P clocks are just that - xeroxed pictures with clocks with what position a patient should be in at a certain time. For example, at 3 everyone should be on their back and the clock should say...
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    Hospice Charting and Recertifications

    SuesquatchRN replied to abcwood's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    http://www.nhpco.org/i4a/pages/index.cfm?pageid=5580 local coverage
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    Complaint Survey

    SuesquatchRN replied to txdon's topic in LTC: Directors, Assistant

    You're going to need a plan of correction that is measurable and acceptable. I would start with T&P clocks and audits to see that those who must be are where they should be according to the...
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    Telling your head nurse that they...uhh.., sabotaging new staff?

    SuesquatchRN replied to hazyblue's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Just a big ol' hug. I just had a terrible time on a med/surg unit. No hospital experience, given six days of orientation and thrown a patient load of six, of whom three came back later that day...
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    May-Thurner syndrome

    SuesquatchRN replied to Clovery's topic in General Nursing

    I think the doc made the best possible diagnosis with the information she had and, as Ashley said, did the right prophylactically. You wll discover that diagnoses are ephemeral things, often making...
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    May-Thurner syndrome

    SuesquatchRN replied to Clovery's topic in General Nursing

    She had
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    Why Long Term Care?

    SuesquatchRN replied to jocelynlpn's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Well, git to gittin'. :) I did my RN distance as
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    Talking to MD

    SuesquatchRN replied to username33's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Commuter beat me to posting
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    Why Long Term Care?

    SuesquatchRN replied to jocelynlpn's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    It was all that was available where I was. And I loved the autonomy. The first word in nursing home is nurse. You get into a good place and you run it. No egotistical docs just dropping their...
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    ALF gone bad

    SuesquatchRN replied to NurseLoveJoy88's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Stop asking anyone else. You'll just pi$$ off the DON.
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    California Sympathy Strike

    SuesquatchRN replied to Ruby Vee's topic in Collective Bargaining, Union

    I'll look into them. I am not impressed with the ANA but that's all I thought there
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    O hai hospice!

    SuesquatchRN replied to SuesquatchRN's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    I think I will. I believe in what I'll be doing, I relish the autonomy, which I miss from LTC, and I'll be working with like-minded people.
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    What are the advantages of being a BSN over ADN?

    SuesquatchRN replied to Whitneylou01's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    Aside from advancement opportunities, it depends on the program. Mine was very focused on nursing research and prepared one for administration, teaching, etc. There are far more clinically-intense...
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    I wasn't hired because I failed the personality test???

    SuesquatchRN replied to loveishope's topic in General Nursing

    Heh. It's just as well you didn't get into such a rigid
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    Best online RN to BSN programs?

    SuesquatchRN replied to janice_c67's topic in Online Distance Learning

    I'd hang in and stick with Arlington and start in spring. Knock out a couple of classes at your local CC now.
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    California Sympathy Strike

    SuesquatchRN replied to Ruby Vee's topic in Collective Bargaining, Union

    Well, I took my first hospital job ever in August and within a month joined the ANA. If we don't advocate for ourselves no one
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    O hai hospice!

    SuesquatchRN replied to SuesquatchRN's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    Thanks, Leslie. I'm really
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    bad nursing care rant

    SuesquatchRN replied to ashleyisawesome's topic in General Nursing

    I left a hospital position this week, after less than two months. Hated it. Hated the patients, hated the families. Here is one nurse who knows she does not belong at the hospital bedside. There...
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    Don't You Just Want To Scream?

    SuesquatchRN replied to CapeCodMermaid's topic in LTC: Directors, Assistant

    You do INRs on
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    Difficult families

    SuesquatchRN replied to HurricaneCasRN's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I just ant to tell you your post cracked me up. Thanks. I needed
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    Giving meds crushed in applesauce

    SuesquatchRN replied to anastasia158's topic in General Nursing

    I do the same thing for problem med-takes. Essentials first. And ice cream is better accepted than the unsweetened applesauce we had. Nasty, let alone with bitter meds crushed
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    What is the meaning of immunization status readiness enhanced?

    SuesquatchRN replied to chicksy's topic in General Nursing

    Willing to get a
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    Please help as my clinical instructor won't answer my questions...

    SuesquatchRN replied to anastasia158's topic in General Nursing

    I run everything as a primary unless fluids are running. Separate lines. I initial, date and time the tubing and leave the bags as identification - you wouldn't remove them, anyway, so as to keep...