Rose_Queen BSN, MSN, RN

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    On Call Scheduling Applications

    I would assume that it would be a feature of some of the already existing scheduling programs out there. My facility still uses paper and pencil. It works for us, especially with so many people...
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    Quitting while on maternity leave

    My employer requires a week of PTO and then our short term disability kicks in. FMLA isn't a source of payment; it's a federal act that protects an employee's job but does not require an employee to...
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    I'm a Man, Can I be Successful as An OB Nurse

    I've told this story before, but I'll tell it again to offer perspective. I endured years of daily abuse as a child. Being touched or examined absolutely terrified me. Other than the forensic exam for...
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    Quitting while on maternity leave

    You will need to ask these questions of your employer's HR department. Policies may be different across different
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    I'm an RN in Philippines, can I apply as LVN

    In order to work as an LPN, you will need to be licensed as an LPN. How that is accomplished is generally by completion of an LPN program and NCLEX-PN. Some states may allow other methods to qualify...
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    Nursing School

    This is going to involve some work on your part. The BON should have a list of approved programs. ACEN & CCNE have searched available on their websites for accredited schools. Once you've got that...
  7. Then you may be setting yourself up for a lot of disappointment if you refuse to be flexible. What will you do when you aren't even offered an interview because all of the other candidates have...
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    Nursing

    If you aren't graduating an RN program until July, what NCLEX are you taking? PN? The NCLEX is the exam that establishes minimum competency is met or not met. What have your performance reports been...
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    That's So Fetch! (Pink Wednesdays)

    I wore mismatched socks today. One was black, the other was pink. Does that make me a cool kid or not? Life's too short to worry about matching socks, especially when one sock out of the pair decides...
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    Don't arrive early, don't leave late

    Wow. Exact minute seems way too nitpicky. I'm not home health, but we have a 5 minute before grace period (for both clocking in and clocking out) and a 5 minute after grace period (only for clocking...
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    How does compression affect BP?

    But if you are compressing an artery with enough pressure to halt the blood flow distally (the entire purpose of the tourniquet) how will you see higher pressures if there is no additional arterial...
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    Immature coworkers!!

    You are new. They don't know you yet. Of course they're going to laugh and joke among themselves- they've already formed that kind of camaraderie. I think you're likely misinterpreting things- they...
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    How does compression affect BP?

    What flow does BP measure? Arterial or venous? If you are compressing an artery, what does that do to the flow distal to the compression
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    So is there really a nursing shortage?

    The position exists. The intention to actually fill it does not. Basically, if a manager decides that a position is not needed and gives it up, there is a huge gigantic often unsuccessful attempt to...
  15. What things do you have in mind? We'd like to hear your ideas
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    claustrophobia and hospital

    Employers are only required to provide reasonable accommodations, and that is based on documented need. They are not going to pay someone to have enough time to ride the elevator with you, nor is it...
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    What EXACT documents?

    Contact the BON to be absolutely sure you have the correct information. Different states may have different
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    Smoking Nurses

    What are your thoughts? We'd like to see you start the discussion if you're going to ask a
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    WILTW 10/22: ENT and the Priapism

    This one? :barf01: I've learned that it is exhausting going back to work after a vacation. I need a vacation to recover from my
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    Advice

    These are questions you need to be discussing with your health care provider. Not only is it against the terms of service, it is impossible to do so without access to a history and a physical...
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    So is there really a nursing shortage?

    Well, it seems the federal government's HSRA is predicting a huge surplus of nurses by 2025. Schools are churning out new grads faster than they are needed in many areas- just ask all those new grads...
  22. I thought I knew- I was convinced I wanted to work in peds or L&D. They ended up being my least favorite clinicals. Instead, I found my niche in the OR in my very last semester when I did my...
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    Should ICU get more pay than floor nursing?!?

    No one has said that at all. You're reading words that aren't there. What is being said is that every nurse works in a specialty; why should any specialty be deemed "better" and thus "more deserving"...
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    Hospice, dyspnea, and morphine sulfate

    No, the morphine is not what kills them- it is their disease process that kills them. This is a common misconception even among nurses. Some will withhold pain medication because they are afraid of...
  25. The first thing you need to realize is that bullies and rude people will be found in all walks of life. Yes, they are nurses. They are also lawyers, plumbers, teachers, every single other profession...