Rose_Queen BSN, MSN, RN

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    Call back practices

    OR, not radiology. I get call back the minute after my shift ends. If I'm working until 1530, at 1531 I start call back. If I leave only to get called back in again from the parking garage (has...
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    That's So Fetch! (Pink Wednesdays)

    Any laps left or do I gotta go find a chair? I'm uncool
  3. In order to have a discussion, you must start it. What are your thoughts on all of those
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    Online Education For Staff?

    There are several learning management systems out there. The one my facility currently uses is proprietary to the facility, but commercial ones include those in this list and many others: The
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    Lpn to Rn

    An LPN to RN program requires one to first hold an LPN license. Because a student in an LPN to RN program has already completed some nursing education, although with a different scope of licensure,...
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    Circulating nurse

    Juliana, I've asked to have your thread moved to the OR forum. In that forum, you will find a tab for FAQs and Articles. I highly recommend reading those and then seeking clarification of any...
  7. I don't know what the right direction to go is. However, the system is unsustainable. The US spends the most per capita on health care. You would then expect that we'd be one of the top countries for...
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    No longer required for Nursing program

    This sounds like a question for your academic
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    Help asap circulating nurses

    What is the scope of practice of the RN and the scope of practice of a CRNA? That can help guide you as you work through the way the roles
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    Cath lab procedures for menstrating women

    As you are the patient, this is a question best directed to your care provider. He or she would be familiar with the policies and protocols where you are having the
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    Help asap circulating nurses

    Why not tell us what you remember from the interview and we can help fill in the
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    Saddle Pulmonary Embolism

    In critical patients, I have been involved in ECMO placement and for some, even cracking the chest, putting the patient on bypass, and removing the clot surgically. In those cases, the amount of clot...
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    BSN is a joke

    If you'd like to present an opposing view to the research being discussed, please have sources available to support your view. That is what leads to constructive debate, not simply dismissing research...
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    Care plan help plz!

    If you are having difficulties finding your previous thread, simply tap on bookmarks if you're on the mobile browser or your username then bookmarks on the webpage. That is where you will find your...
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    That's So Fetch! (Pink Wednesdays)

    And you aren't going to
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    That's So Fetch! (Pink Wednesdays)

    Super concentrated pink. Close
  17. If you click on students in the yellow bar across the top of the website or in the grey menu at the bottom of the mobile website, you will find forums dedicated to students. In several of them, you...
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    7/30 This week, I learned Deanna Troi sucks

    We haven't seen a new one in a while, but there isn't really an assigned person to start it either, so if you'd like to share, go ahead and start
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    Can I place tele leads on a pt’s back?

    In surgery, we placed the RA and LA leads on the top of the shoulder. The RL and LL leads are on the hips, low enough to be out of the sterile field. The V lead is just below the axilla. The leads...
  20. In my facility, we have one nursing supervisor whose sole responsibility is beds and assigning patients. Then there's a second nursing supervisor who would handle all other
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    Can I place tele leads on a pt’s back?

    Yep, we've gotten creative in cardiac surgery since we need access to the full chest. Same with thoracic when we need access to front and back of one side. It's possible to work
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    #HELP Why don't I understand nursing diagnosis??

    Do you have a care planning book? You can never go wrong with going directly to the source and getting the book published by NANDA. Additionally, medical diagnoses shouldn't be used in your nursing...
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    Not sure anymore

    Every nurse has something(s) that he or she has difficulty dealing with. Personally, I hate respiratory secretions, hence why you will never see me aspiring to become a CRNA. And there's a big...
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    Need some light

    Were you able to shadow as part of the interview process? Shadowing would be the best option to gain insight into that particular unit. Other facilities and even other units at that facility can be...
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    Share What You Do With Your MSN!

    I have an MSN in nursing education. I am currently one of several staff educators for all perioperative employees in my hospital system- we cover around 900 staff between perianesthesia and...