Rose_Queen BSN, MSN, RN

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    Rapid response

    First, my sympathies for your loss. To answer your question, as others stated, the DNR did not yet come into play and truly relieving
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    Rapid response

    Actually, home O2 is indeed allowed as a comfort measure. Not to treat low sats but to aid in reducing air
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    Would this be considered abandonment?

    Some states require reporting of
  4. You don't necessarily have to pull examples from your nursing student experience. It will be much easier for you to answer these from your own experience rather than adopting the stories of
  5. The vast majority of nursing programs do not include clinical in the OR. There may be an observation day, but that's about
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    New grad Nurse quits nursing

    Based on spelling of pediatrics and bachelors in a specific specialty, I’m betting U.K. If OP is in certain countries, they educate to the specialty, so she may have to go back for additional...
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    Completing BSN in time

    It wasn't just the gamers that were let go. It was everyone who didn't complete the
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    Completing BSN in time

    People were terminated where I worked. There was a deadline to be in a program and a deadline to have it completed. There were some who thought they could game the system and start a program then drop...
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    PACU "brain/cheat sheet"?

    It is quite possible your future has a standard way to give/receive report, whether that is completed on paper or in the electronic record. My facility uses an SBAR form that the PACU RNs
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    Emergent's Answer

    Liver gets the same
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    Emergent's Answer

    ???
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    Bad CPR techniques- do you say something?

    It's actually one of the roles of the team leader in ACLS scenarios to monitor and provide feedback on CPR quality. However, anyone who notices should speak up.My facility only does manual...
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    Any advice for a New Nurse?

    Actually, you were never under her license. Common misconception, but the reality is that the only person working on a license is the person whose name appears printed on it. Students work under the...
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    Emergent's Answer

    This is true. Being young they should be tender and
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    Emergent's Answer

    Wait. It’s not our
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    CVOR: How many nurses to an OR?

    You’re beginning to go off the original topic. If a patient makes a request, yes we will try to honor it. Most of our patients make no such
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    CVOR: How many nurses to an OR?

    Most days we don’t have a floater at all. No, we do not segregate by gender for foley insertion- it’s a nursing skill to be able to place male AND female
  18. We had one on an appendectomy patient who came in through the ER. Apparently it’s her norm due to extreme periods. We still did her surgery (not much choice unless we wanted to let it rupture and...
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    Union

    Incredibly difficult to prove
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    What Should I Do?

    My general rule: don’t take out loans in excess of what you can realistically make in a year. Those loan payments can make an increase in paychecks more than
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    Wrist Injury Turned Arthritis - Career Ender?

    Have you had a medical evaluation completed? They may have recommendations such as physical therapy or other options. I have never seen arthritis end a career. Lead to things such as joint...
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    Ireland

    I've been there as part of a huge group trip (like, 40 people) with an organized itinerary. I will say, the itinerary was... aggressive, so I would plan not to pack too many activities into a single...
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    Career options for MSN?

    First, being overwhelmed is completely normal as a new nurse. The first year is the most difficult. Each time you change jobs, especially into a new specialty, it's going to feel like starting over....
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    I feel unsafe and unsupported

    If your manager won't address the situation, you need to take it to the next level. This is harassment, plain and simple. You've addressed it immediately with the individual, you've addressed it with...
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    Student loans

    Depends on the state, but yes, there are some that have licensure repercussions for not paying