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    Rotten co-worker. Need Help!

    live4today replied to SwinkerDoodleRN's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Excuse me for getting confused about Cindy being a nurse. My bad. Scratch that part. :) Even though she is a CNA like you, the same applies. A CNA can write up another CNA to her/his Charge Nurse or...
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    Rn to Pa????

    live4today replied to wildflower05's topic in Nursing Career

    :balloons: hello wildflower05...welcome to allnurses. :) i once had a pa who used to work as a rn. he was great! he still kept his nursing license current just in case he wanted to moonlight on the...
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    Tell me what you like and dislike about nurse midwives

    live4today replied to midwife2b's topic in Certified Nurse-Midwives, CNM

    I've only watched one delivery assisted by a midwife and that was when one of my neices delivered one of her children. It was an awesome experience, and the midwife was great! :) The baby wasn't...
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    How many of you had a different career/education before becoming an RN?

    live4today replied to cancergirl's topic in General Nursing

    So far, everyone has worked some pretty interesting jobs before nursing.:) Before I became a nurse, I worked as a Realtor. When the real estate market slowed to a creep, I placed my license on...
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    Diploma or ADN??

    live4today replied to jaylynn67's topic in Nursing Career

    :balloons: I wish you well. Just be happy with the choice you make, and it will turn out right for you. Good luck to you!
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    Diploma or ADN??

    live4today replied to jaylynn67's topic in Nursing Career

    :balloons: Welcome to Allnurses!!! :) I have not attended a diploma program before. I attended a community college and obtained an A.A.S. with a major in nursing and psychology. I had plans to...
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    RN Salaries, Hospitals in East Coast

    live4today replied to MannyNoela's topic in New York Nursing

    I've only vacationed at a few eastcoast places, so I don't know anything about hospitals there that are good to work at or not. I just wanted to share that I think Rehobeth Beach in Delaware was a...
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    Magnet?

    live4today replied to whitetiger74's topic in General Nursing

    Now that sounds more like a magnet hospital!
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    Poll: "Do Not Use List" of abbreviations

    live4today replied to soontobe_RN's topic in General Nursing

    Good idea! Now, if all the docs are told they have to do computer charting instead of scribbling their orders out, that will really make my day.
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    Alaska Nursing

    live4today replied to Merideth's topic in General Nursing

    Ummm...Fairbanks is NOT a "big city". It doesn't even have a shopping mall. :rotfl: At least it didn't when I lived there in 1996. :uhoh21: You can drive the whole place in say...five minutes....
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    How do I get experience in other specialty areas?

    live4today replied to LynRN04's topic in Nursing Career

    I've often wondered the exact same thing. I've concluded that it's a "who you know" thingy. It really gets to me when I'm told I need to be experienced in the area I'm asking to work in AS IF...
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    Magnet?

    live4today replied to whitetiger74's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks for the info. I will check it out.
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    Rotten co-worker. Need Help!

    live4today replied to SwinkerDoodleRN's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Hello "noseinabooknurse" :) Let's say that you were "Nurse Cindy", and she were you (the CNA). If the CNA was not doing her job, would you have written her up? Told the nurse manager? Nurses write...
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    Read about my night!

    live4today replied to evans_c1's topic in Medical-Surgical

    Too funny! :rotfl: Med/Surg IS Psych to me.
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    Hysterectomy and CPAP

    live4today replied to zacarias's topic in General Nursing

    I had my uterus out at the age of 28. Still have the ovaries and believe me...they've worked just fine all these years. :) Never missed a moodswing.:rotfl: I do not recall being placed on O2, but...
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    How Many is Too Many

    live4today replied to Fiona59's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I, too, saw "The View" this morning, and the happy family of 16 children and one on the way. :) I think its GREAT as long as the family can afford a large family like that, and they are a happy...
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    Anyone heard of serotonin syndrome? Anyone experienced it??

    live4today replied to passing thru's topic in Psychiatric

    I take Celexa, and it is classed as a "SSRI" (Selective Seratonin Reuptake Inhibitor). Is it dangerous to take,
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    Help, need tips for doing a much faster med pass...

    live4today replied to Hairstylingnurse's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I tried working in LTC, but cannot due to the craziness of getting things done in a "timely manner" and doing it "as safe as possible". I find it hard to believe that the "right patient" is always...
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    Who wears gloves when starting an IV?

    live4today replied to DutchgirlRN's topic in Infusion, Intravenous

    I don those gloves for EVERYTHING! I enter the patient's room, and automatically don the gloves...never know what will come out of the mouth of a patient, a vein of a patient, or the "other end" of a...
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    help dealing with flirtatious pts

    live4today replied to student4ever's topic in General Nursing

    Yes, I had a few docs in my time ask me out on the town. Did I go? No! I found at that one of them was MARRIED, and also DATING his office secretary!
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    Generic Drugs compared to Brand Name Drugs.

    live4today replied to Swedenboi6's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    Some generic drugs are okay, and some are not. My personal experience with using generic drugs is lousy. Some I can take, some I can't. I always ask my doctor to NOT prescribe generic drugs if at all...
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    help dealing with flirtatious pts

    live4today replied to student4ever's topic in General Nursing

    :rotfl: :rotfl:
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    Where to live? Working at Loyola.

    live4today replied to parisinthesummertime's topic in Illinois Nursing

    For all of you who live in the Chicago area..............I'm not from a big city, and usually steer clear of them for that reason. I find them too overwhelming...too huge...and learning how to drive...
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    Any Colorado Springs Nurses out there

    live4today replied to J. B.'s topic in Colorado Nursing

    Hi Aimee :) Would you please explain what you mean by the above statement? I'm confused about that being true. When I lived in Colorado four to five years ago, I found it to have a VERY diverse...
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    How do Doctors treat nurses

    live4today replied to IWANT2BEEANRN's topic in General Nursing

    First I'd like to say "that eye" (your avatar) is spooking me. :rotfl: Okay...I've worked with some great docs in my time! There has only been perhaps four or five docs that I can think of right now...