Orca ADN, ASN, RN

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    Epic (Nursing) FAILS!

    Orca replied to VivaLasViejas's topic in Nursing Humor

    My third semester in nursing school, I was working on an orthopedic floor. One of my patients was having issues with post-op constipation, and she had a PRN for Dulcolax suppositories. I brought one...
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    Guys, I need your advice

    Orca replied to LatinRN1's topic in Men in Nursing

    Go for what you want. As someone else said, only in a specialty like flight nursing, where space is an issue, would your weight be a detriment. Ability to do the job and do it well are far more...
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    Non-nursing Clinical Oversight of LPN/RNs?

    Orca replied to kcnurse2003's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Professional misrepresentation to be
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    How to deal with nurses who respond they are busy when you delegate

    Orca replied to biju27's topic in Nurse Management

    This struck me as well. When you tell them you are going to be monitoring how they utilize their time, that strikes me as micromanagement. I have workled for micromanagers, and it is miserable. I...
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    ASN vs BSN

    Orca replied to vhowru's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    Many "for profit" schools popped up when student loans became more plentiful and easier to get. Most are horribly expensive, and the education dubious at best. My stepdaughter attended such a school...
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    How to deal with nurses who respond they are busy when you delegate

    Orca replied to biju27's topic in Nurse Management

    This jumped out at me. Your subordinates have apparently realized that if they blow you off, you will do their work for them. In this situation I would resort to counselings, proceeding to letters of...
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    ER RN taking psych certification

    Orca replied to DeBerham's topic in Psychiatric

    I have taken the ANCC exam in Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing, and I was certified for five years. The exam is tough. I thought that it was about as bad as nursing boards, and I was sure that I...
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    Kindred Hospital

    Orca replied to MissRNBlue803's topic in Long Term Acute Care

    The ones in Las Vegas have reputations as places you had rather not work. When I worked for HealthSouth we got patients who transferred out of Kindred facilities. We heard horror stories from the...
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    Are you a nurse with "alternative" spiritual beliefs?

    Orca replied to GadgetRN71's topic in Spirituality, Religion

    I am Baha'i, which I usually wind up explaining to people when they ask. I try not to interject religion into my practice, although its moral principles guide my actions, and I believe that all...
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    search me!

    Orca replied to ear's topic in Psychiatric

    We had a female patient who came to us for detox from opiates. She had a prosthesis for a BKA. The tech said that she seemed very protective of the prosthesis. When we searched it, she had...
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    ECT

    Orca replied to edie1's topic in Psychiatric

    I saw it work wonders on a couple of patients who had failed every conceivable intervention for their depression. The first was a female, mid 50s, attempted suicide on our unit and nearly succeeded....
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    "Professional Dancer"

    Orca replied to kalevra's topic in Men in Nursing

    I once worked with an RN who proudly announced to anyone who would listen that she was a Playboy Bunny back when Playboy Clubs were prevalent around the country. She had - shall we say -...
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    Starting my career.

    Orca replied to fromIOWA's topic in Men in Nursing

    Concentrate on getting a job, period. With the current employment situation, you can't be too particular about what specialty you go into out of school. The important thing is to get experience...
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    Psychiatric clinical rotation nerves

    Orca replied to megreg02's topic in Psychiatric

    Being introverted may actually work to your advantage in that setting. Some mental health patients go into sensory overload easily, and people who are boisterous or loud can make them edgy or set them...
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    4'11 and weight 110 pound. Will they hire someone like me?

    Orca replied to jtranptld's topic in Correctional

    I was a correctional officer years before I went to nursing school. It drives me crazy that the news media repeatedly uses the term "prison guard", which conjures up an image of an uneducated oaf who...
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    Does the ED stand for Emergency Department or the Everything Dumpster?

    Orca replied to whichone'spink's topic in Emergency

    In the last hospital I worked in (geropsych unit), a representative of a local nursing home brought a patient to ER for mental health admission (our admissions team had not been called) and abandoned...
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    New to corrections nursing what to expect

    Orca replied to smpnurse's topic in Correctional

    Shadowing generally means that you will be spending the specified time with an experienced nurse and observing what he/she does. You also have the opportunity to ask questions. Four hours is far too...
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    New to corrections nursing what to expect

    Orca replied to smpnurse's topic in Correctional

    Shadowing generally means that you will be following, and observing, a nurse who is proficient in the tasks you will be performing on your own once orientation is done. Four hours seems a little...
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    Funniest Things Doctors say!

    Orca replied to RNdiva505's topic in Nursing Humor

    I was caring for a patient who had severe psoriasis. He was being treated with coal tar shampoo. The doctor wanted to discontinue the therapy, but couldn't recall what he was stopping. The order read,...
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    RN for Samoa

    Orca replied to shabilita's topic in International Nursing

    It is difficult to respond without more information. For instance, you don't say where you live or where you received your nurse training. The NCLEX exam is the same regardless of where you take it,...
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    I need some advice from Nurses

    Orca replied to Ivgotsunshine22's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    An article running on the CNN website this morning says that 43 percent of new RN grads can't find work. The job market is tough. It will eventually turn (such things are cyclical) but that is little...
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    Day-long interview...

    Orca replied to mommy2boysaz's topic in Nurse Management

    I can't imagine any interview process taking that long. I interviewed for 30 minutes for my current DON
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    pregnant psych patients?

    Orca replied to gatigress's topic in Psychiatric

    When we had a pregnant patient on my mental health unit, an OB/GYN was always called in to consult. This covered concerns about the health of the baby, and also about what medications could be safely...
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    Psych patient refuses medication but can't tell me why...what now?

    Orca replied to Marshall1's topic in Psychiatric

    The patient is not required to give you a reason for not taking medications. Except in cases in which forced medications are court ordered (invariably antipsychotics), the patient has the right to...
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    How does correctional nursing look on future applications?

    Orca replied to krf1989's topic in Correctional

    When you put it on your resume, make sure that you detail all the things you have done in terms of using/adding/improving skills. A DON I once worked for likened it to being a nurse in a small town...