Orca ADN, ASN, RN

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    How long do I need to stay at my first nursing job?

    Orca replied to artmania1990's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I don't see a realistic attitude here. You say that you want 12-hour shifts, but then you say that it would be annoying if you got them, because then you would have to give report. Well, that is what...
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    Pill line

    Orca replied to guest974915's topic in Correctional

    I am an upper level administrator, and I received notification directly from the BON. This is a situation that we had been working directly with them on for about a year. Granted, this isn't ideal,...
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    Attention nurse bullies... and victims!!

    Orca replied to Xtina, BSN, RN's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    From what you have said, I can figure it out pretty easily. She resented that you were once beneath her in the pecking order, but because of your own initiative you have passed her in the food
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    Today's Mini Rant

    Orca replied to linda1959's topic in School

    This is brilliant. No physical contact for parents to get upset about, and no "harmful
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    Today's Mini Rant

    Orca replied to linda1959's topic in School

    It seems pretty cut and dried to me. Daughter has been outed before by a sternal rub. Most parents wouldn't know what a sternal rub is, let alone request that one not be
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    Forgot to renew license

    Orca replied to gr8nurse2you's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    I haven't allowed mine to expire, so I can't speak for that circumstance - but in Nevada, my renewal shows up pretty much instantly when it's done online. If it's for two years, I know that it's a...
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    Lost job over HIPAA violation

    Orca replied to MInurse19's topic in HIPAA Challenges

    IMO this is a critical point. One thing that puzzles me, though, is what specific occurrence during this whole situation caused the hospital to research who had accessed the record in the first place....
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    Today's Mini Rant

    Orca replied to linda1959's topic in School

    This is one of the main ways how we sort out the pretenders among the seizure crowd in the prison system. It's amazing how quickly that the post-ictal state resolves
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    Seeking advice of correctional nurses

    Orca replied to AnonymousDeleted's topic in Correctional

    This is a peculiar work environment. It stands to reason that people who work here speak freely around those who understand it the most: Their coworkers. As nursy says, a lot of it is just venting....
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    For-profit nursing schools associated with lower performance on NCLEX

    Orca replied to NRSKarenRN's topic in Nursing News

    IMO the primary difference in your program, Persephone, was a short word near the beginning of the second full paragraph: little. The schools that are the biggest offenders in this are the ones that...
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    "ASKholes"

    Orca replied to hppygr8ful's topic in Nursing Humor

    Early in men's presence in the profession, it was assumed that all male nurses were gay. Ironically, the first male nurse I ever met was gay, openly and unapologetically
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    What's the funniest nursing superstition you've ever heard? Do you believe it?

    Orca replied to guest1048932's topic in Nursing Humor

    The "full moon" legend is alive and well on mental health units. There are those who swear that this is when the wombats are
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    Insulin Line

    Orca replied to military spouse's topic in Correctional

    Our inmates are issued their own individual glucometers. The only one that may be used on more than one inmate is the one in the man down bag. They check their own blood glucose levels and report them...
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    Thoughts on vegetarian/ vegan diet

    Orca replied to bs76247's topic in General Nursing

    It's a personal preference. I have also read studies that say that vegetable protein does not have the same nutritional quality as animal protein, and that pure vegetarians and vegans are often...
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    Nurse Bullying

    Orca replied to amanda.sheerene's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    Even if the criticism isn't constructive, it isn't bullying. Bullying involves
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    I'm leaving my first nursing job, how do I tell my coworkers?

    Orca replied to Heartonmysleeves's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    You don't owe them an exit speech. If this is not a group who you are close to, let them find out after you're
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    Washington State declares measles emergency

    Orca replied to Luchador's topic in Nursing News

    I remember my mother putting calamine lotion on the lesions to cut down on the
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    "LPNs are glorified CNAs"

    Orca replied to nursetnc's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    These are the same people who will grab a housekeeper in the hallway for a medical issue because she is wearing scrubs. Just consider the source and let it
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    Endorsement

    Orca replied to Friday24's topic in Nevada Nursing

    They will require fingerprints when you apply. There are multiple places to get them done, but make sure to go to a place that submits them electronically, because they will be processed much faster...
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    C'Mon Now!

    Orca replied to OyWithThePoodles's topic in School

    That absolutely fractured me. The way that this was phrased just brought it to
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    I feel like I caused a patient's death and I can't get over it

    Orca replied to jane82's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    This thread is more than five years old. I doubt that the people who you are responding to are even reading
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    Hospitals That Hurt Good Staff's Morale

    Orca replied to rnsteph87's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    I have done hospital work, and I never encountered situations like the ones you are describing. It sounds to me as if the place is about to collapse financially, and you will have to look for a job at...
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    Washington State declares measles emergency

    Orca replied to Luchador's topic in Nursing News

    Stupid is as stupid does. When I was young, there was no vaccine for the childhood diseases, and I basically got all of them (except for whooping cough). Today there is no need, and no excuse, for...
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    Seeking guidance..

    Orca replied to MSRN3488's topic in Nurses Recovery

    I wouldn't try to anticipate what the BON is going to ask for. IMO they would look favorably upon any independent effort on your part to seek treatment and begin your recovery. Best of
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    Paramedic discrimination?

    Orca replied to Estateboy's topic in Men in Nursing

    I had a nursing school classmate who was an EMT before he enrolled. He made the statement that if something happened to him, he had rather have an EMT than an RN, because EMTs know more and are better...