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    How do manage to leave work on time?

    live4today replied to Kurious RN's topic in General Nursing

    I would LUV to be your charge nurse when you graduate. I'd LUV to be your preceptor, too. What I'd love even more is to build the hospital I've always wanted to build now that I know what a hospital...
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    How do manage to leave work on time?

    live4today replied to Kurious RN's topic in General Nursing

    hello kurious rn, you are not alone in this situation, and it has very little to do with your being a new nurse for three months. it has a lot to do with the flow of the unit you work on, and the way...
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    My 9 year old patient was raped and required surgery

    live4today replied to ssouthernyankee's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    i will never understand how any human being could hurt a child, especially raping them. this really pizzes me off! i feel anger - even hate for the animal that raped her. makes me want to beat the...
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    Season's Greetings, Everyone!!

    live4today replied to pagandeva2000's topic in General Nursing

    merry christmas and have a blessed day today no matter if you are alone, or with family, or with friends, or at work taking care of patients! take a few moments to reflect on what christmas truly...
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    Would you marry any medical professional

    live4today replied to Iam46yearsold's topic in General Nursing

    yes, i would...and did. my first husband was not in the medical profession, but my second husband was in the medical profession. he was also a nurse. i really liked being married to someone who "got"...
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    For Inactive Nurses desiring to return to the field

    live4today posted a topic in Retired Nurses

    I would like to hear from any nurse who has been out of the field of nursing for a time, and thinking about returning. I have been inactive for four years due to a medical sabbatical, but am now...
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    Rock the Vote Tomorrow!!

    live4today replied to pagandeva2000's topic in General Nursing

    awww...you deserve a hug for posting this. :icon_hug: no matter who is elected president...we're all in this
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    Hourly Rounding

    live4today replied to Erianne1074's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    BRAVO!!! I totally concur with your take on this.
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    Safe Staffing Saves Lives - ANA has started a campaign for us

    live4today replied to BrokenRNheart's topic in General Nursing

    I did
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    Difference in ADN vs. BSN within your state and compared to other states

    live4today replied to greygooseuria's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    The "public's perception" of nursing was just fine for MANY MANY years. The public only knows what the nurses are putting out there by way of the nurses perception of "who is the better nurse,...
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    Not allowed to say "I was busy w/ another pt"

    live4today replied to General E. Speaking, RN's topic in General Nursing

    This totally cracked me up! Thanks for the early morning laugh! :rotfl::rotfl::rotfl: I get to my patients as fast as the situation allows. I will apologize to them for the delay, and thank them for...
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    Associates or Bachelors?

    live4today replied to mickjordmoll's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    Not true. RNs hang IV meds, and LPNs who are IV Certified hang IV meds. I've been a RN since 1987, and know for a fact that RNs hung IV meds in the mid 90's...irregardless of their educational...
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    ADN vs BSN pay for RN

    live4today replied to amyet's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    the community college that i attended back in the late 70's to late 80's required their professors -- including nursing professors -- to be master degreed and above. i had one nursing instructor that...
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    ADN vs BSN pay for RN

    live4today replied to amyet's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    either one will "fair" just fine. i'm proof of that. there is one requirement to becoming a licensed registered nurse, and that is pass the nclex. there are several ways to prepare to sit for the...
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    how do you relax outside work

    live4today replied to aussiemags's topic in Health, Stress Management

    On my off days, I do my best not to THINK. That's a first start to my relaxing/winding down. It begins IMMEDIATELY after I leave work. While driving home, I blast my favorite music...sing along with...
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    Med-Surg

    live4today replied to mkalizmoore's topic in First Year After Licensure

    thank you for asking me to address this question. i probably wouldn't last long...to be honest. i see the stress in the new grads faces, and my heart hurts for them because i know exactly how...
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    Med-Surg

    live4today replied to mkalizmoore's topic in First Year After Licensure

    i started out in med/surg as a rn 21 years ago, and haven't regretted one moment of it. med/surg gave me the grounding i needed, the excitement of many different diagnoses to work with, a great...
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    Welcome to the Stress Management Forum!

    live4today replied to SmilingBluEyes's topic in Health, Stress Management

    molly - i liked the advice and encouragement angelangie gave to you in her post. i was out of nursing a few years or more before returning to it. while out, i worked "other jobs", and found myself...
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    What kind of LTC resident will you be?

    live4today replied to squeakykitty's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Well...depending on what age person you ask, I'm already OLD! :rotfl: So, I guess I'd have to say that when I'm "OLD" according to MY definition of "OLD".............I "Will be alert, and oriented...
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    Charge Nurse Duties

    live4today replied to Celia M's topic in Medical-Surgical

    I agree...charge nurses should NOT be given a patient load. I see what they do. I've been charge on a rotating basis at some hospitals I've worked in years past, and it is a job that requires ALL...
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    Done one year as a nurse, thoughts...

    live4today replied to vss04's topic in General Nursing

    Ditto!
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    Please Read!!

    live4today replied to P_RN's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks for those links to the accredited schools. I'm checking out schools for myself, and am skeptical about the online schools that hit my mailbox. Which ones are real...which ones are not...you...
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    Observations of a blizzard refugee

    live4today replied to nrcnurse's topic in General Nursing

    I once lived in Colorado, so I totally relate to your experience with the snow there. It's a beautiful state to live in, so don't let the snow stop you from relocating there.
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    Night Shift might be killing me

    live4today replied to NICU_3_RN's topic in Health, Stress Management

    Nightshift used to be my shift of preference (when I was younger), but cannot work that shift any longer. The last nightshift job I worked, I became severely ill within the first two weeks, and had to...
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    Eight or Twelve Hour Shifts

    live4today replied to outcomesfirst's topic in General Nursing

    I prefer two to three 12's dayshift per week because I like having the days off in between or all