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    Baptist Health Fall 2020 Nurse Residency (South Florida)

    Rose_Queen replied to nursetaylorrr's topic in Nursing Career

    Hello all, There are two approved ways of creating a special area for your cohort on this site. One: create a facebook page. Two: create a "club" for your cohort by clicking on the Breakroom link in...
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    New grad anxiety

    Rose_Queen replied to bt40567's topic in General Nursing

    What you are feeling is normal for new grads these days. You will want your first job to have a thorough and supportive orientation. You will likely not feel comfortable and competent until you have...
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    Polk State College Fall 2020 Hopefuls

    Rose_Queen replied to FlNurse248's topic in School, College Programs

    Hello, all! Please note that it is against the Terms of Service to post identifying information of program staff, including names and email addresses. Several posts have been edited to remove this...
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    Ways to cover a hand tattoo for nursing school and clinicals

    Rose_Queen replied to AshleysNursingJourney's topic in General Students

    Welcome to allnurses, Ashley! I personally don’t have any experience with tattoos that needed covering, but if you search you may find some posts that help. This is a quick search I just did and I...
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    Prepare Nurses to Pass NCLEX, or Prepare Nurses for Real World?

    Rose_Queen replied to Hoosier_RN's topic in General Nursing

    And I think that's one of the biggest influences that have changed things. The hospitals are no longer invested in the
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    Why do nurses cringe when I say I want to be a OR nurse?

    Rose_Queen replied to mariawong's topic in General Nursing

    You’d be surprised how many non-OR nurses think they’re glorified go-fers who just sit in between running for
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    Why do nurses cringe when I say I want to be a OR nurse?

    Rose_Queen replied to mariawong's topic in General Nursing

    Many nurses who haven’t worked in the OR don’t know what we do there. Are there skills you use on a med surg floor you won’t use in the OR? Absolutely. Will you learn skills the nurses on a med...
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    Can someone explain to me how INR, blood clotting and Warfarin works?

    Rose_Queen replied to Convoy2022_TrumpSupporter's topic in General Nursing

    Several of member's other posts indicate he works as an RN in a retirement
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    Fact or Fiction? Masking and CO2 Dangers

    Rose_Queen replied to J.Adderton's topic in General Nursing

    If that were true, OR nurses, surgical technologists, and surgeons would be dropping like flies. However, we all manage to wear our masks and not suffer for
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    Pandemic-ball 2020

    Rose_Queen replied to sirI's topic in Coffee Lounge's Lounge

    Hey @sirI the Birds are coming for the Yanks in the AL East!
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    Doctor Derogatory Comments in the OR?

    Rose_Queen replied to Loveliest's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Agree with JKL. However, remember that you are getting this at least second-hand. Have I heard comments by surgeons regarding things like patient size? Yes, but it's mostly in regard to needing longer...
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    Med Surge II requirements

    Rose_Queen replied to Beldar_the_Cenobite's topic in General Students

    Each state BON sets the number of required hours per specialty in order for the school's graduates to be eligible for NCLEX. Many schools set up clinicals in an order that works for them but still...
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    Referral Bonus, Y'all

    Rose_Queen replied to Bluebird777's topic in Travel

    Hello, all, we welcome discussion on the pros/cons of utilizing referral bonuses and what companies you'd recommend, but we do ask that referral links not be publicly posted. Thank
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    Pandemic-ball 2020

    Rose_Queen replied to sirI's topic in Coffee Lounge's Lounge

    I knew there was something suspicious about you! I bleed black and orange (even if my birds haven’t won a World Series since 1983) I wouldn’t feel guilty about wanting to enjoy a past time. It’s...
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    Operating Room RN Fellowships in California

    Rose_Queen replied to Katya944's topic in General Nursing

    Not CA, but I wouldn’t limit yourself to only places that state fellowship. We have a 5-6 month long preceptored orientation but don’t call it anything
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    Site Changes

    Rose_Queen replied to Joe V's topic in News, Announcements

    @Joe V is the go to first unread arrow leaving? I noticed it’s not there when I go into individual forums. Clicking the thread title goes to the original
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    Day in Your Life

    Rose_Queen replied to sleeplessinseattle's topic in Operating Room

    Check out and -quite a few OR nurses have contributed and you’ll be able to see some of the variation from facility to
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    Should all inpatient nurses be ACLS certified?

    Rose_Queen replied to TaraK's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Moved to nursing student assistance forum. 1. Day 2. Female (I am a Queen, after all) 3. 15 4. No- operating room 5. Yes, required for certain nurses in my department, but not most 6. Most of the...
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    First offender attempting to get compact licensure

    Rose_Queen replied to CMLoLo's topic in Licensure: Criminal History

    Moved to nursing licensure with criminal history forum. If you browse through the posts here, you’ll see a wealth of
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    Site Changes

    Rose_Queen replied to Joe V's topic in News, Announcements

    @Joe V, I feel special that my toilet paper post gets to be featured
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    Texas governor to residents: "The safest place for you is at your home" due Covid-19 spike

    Rose_Queen replied to NRSKarenRN's topic in Disaster Preparation

    A note from the Terms of Service as many posts have been edited or removed: Members may post freely as long as their posts adhere to the Terms of Service, even if what is posted is not in agreement...
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    Career Existential Crisis

    Rose_Queen replied to Kiri's topic in Operating Room

    No, you are not making a mistake for being in a job you enjoy. It sounds like the person who was saying those things has a bit of a chip on their shoulder. Don’t let their issues become your
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    Is anyone else holy crap concerned?

    Rose_Queen replied to ladycody's topic in Disaster Preparation

    Gentle reminder of the Terms of Service to debate the topic and not each other. Continued posts that are off topic/violate the Terms of Service can be removed or result in thread
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    Why haven't hospital systems in hard-hit areas reached out to state BONs to find out if there are former ICU or other high-demand specialty nurses?

    Rose_Queen replied to A Hit With The Ladies's topic in Disaster Preparation

    What exactly is it that you think the BON does? It sets standards, sets curriculum for and approves nursing programs, licenses nurses, and protects the public. It does not provide education (although...
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    Getting in to a hospital

    Rose_Queen replied to Moya2019's topic in Nursing Career

    You're going to be fighting an uphill battle. Many facilities are seeing decreases in patient census due to stopping or reducing elective surgeries, patients choosing to put of non-urgent/emergent...