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    I am a Scrub Nurse. I badly need your help.

    kids replied to Monica08's topic in Operating Room

    I'm inclined to think you haven't adjusted. Something must have drawn you to the position or you wouldn't have applied. I'd give it more than a week to decide to give up, you've barely met your...
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    This radio ad ENRAGED me

    kids replied to canesdukegirl's topic in General Nursing

    Based on *personal* experience I wouldn't hold MD Anderson up as some sort of cancer treatment Mecca, I think they are like any other facility participating in a lot of clinical trials, they pick and...
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    Should a CNA be told of patients condition

    kids replied to jdchisolm68's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    If it doesn't change the care you give why does it matter? His leaving "a trail" of BM or urine isn't going to spread MRSA unless they are the source of infection. Not all MRSA needs to be
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    Does this make me an "RN snob"?

    kids replied to BuckyBadgerRN's topic in General Nursing

    The Board of Nursing has little to nothing to do with the situation in the original post. The BoN can issue position statement for anything but in reality they do NOT dictate the practices of...
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    iv pump says air in line how to fix....

    kids replied to selu1216's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    You can clamp the tubing, pull it out of the pump and stretch and flick the tubing to move small bubbles back up into the chamber. You didn't really provide enough information to comment on the...
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    RN in the OR?

    kids replied to 2bDocOc's topic in Operating Room

    I think that is going to depend on the program. In the community college program I attended not only were the pre-reqs exactly the same for LPN & RN, we attended the exact same nursing classes,...
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    How do I get on the path of working as an RN in a different country. I was born in US

    kids replied to cluv2nurse's topic in International Nursing

    The steps will vary by country, you'll need to check with the professional licensing entity and immigration for whichever country you
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    VENT ! Well they won !I am quiting

    kids replied to Trekfan's topic in General Nursing

    I believe she's employed by a government contractor. I also believe it very likely that her employer used employing her (as disabled person) to get points or perks on their contract and no longer have...
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    All Those NPs with No Bedside Experience

    kids replied to Ruby Vee's topic in General Nursing

    Your link is for oral Zofran, the onset of action for IV Zofran is comparable to IV phenergan
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    Unusual physician order

    kids replied to sweetnurse63's topic in General Nursing

    If you have a patient urinating on the carpet housekeeping is going to have to shampoo it every day, it's a health code violation. Reeking of urine is a dignity issue, if it takes a physicians order...
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    too hot in the home

    kids replied to tjmschet's topic in Private Duty

    If you don't like the conditions or environment in a home quit the assignment, just as you would with any job. I live in central Alabama and never even turned the AC on this summer. I agree, there is...
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    What's Next...?

    kids replied to Stella10's topic in General Students

    You think it's unreasonable that they expect you to retain information you learned previously? Seriously? That is what nursing education is all about. You learn something, carry that information to...
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    Writing goals and nursing orders

    kids replied to BuddyDough's topic in General Students

    'Nursing orders' are the tasks nursing performs that assist the patient in meeting the
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    How'd You Get Your ER Job?

    kids replied to commonsense's topic in Emergency

    I was an internal applicant/transfer from another facility in the system. Know the culture/system where you hope to be considered before you just show up. Where I recently came from not only are those...
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    Question about strep throat

    kids replied to KaringOne's topic in General Nursing

    If everyone who posted on this nursing board knew to get medical advice from a doctor there would be no need to cover the subject in the Terms of Service
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    What do you think?

    kids replied to Decemberblues's topic in General Nursing

    Indeed. The current lack of jobs should not have come as a surprise to anyone who did some research, all the indicators that the market was not sustainable have been around for a few years. That said,...
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    VENT ! Well they won !I am quiting

    kids replied to Trekfan's topic in General Nursing

    I'm assuming you've been working via the Ticket to Work program. You should have a vocational rehab person assigned to you, I would contact them about the recent issues with your employer. I'd almost...
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    VENT ! Well they won !I am quiting

    kids replied to Trekfan's topic in General Nursing

    1) The OP is NOT a nurse. 2) People on SSDI are allowed (and even encouraged) to work. http://www.ssa.gov/pubs/10095.html People on SSDI and work have their benefits reduced if their income goes...
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    Part-time question

    kids replied to deelpn85's topic in Nursing Career

    That schedule is typical of "part time" in the clinics I've worked at, part timers are scheduled during peak clinic
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    Nurses pictures on patients whiteboards???

    kids replied to jibbs's topic in General Nursing

    How does putting up a picture of a patient's nurse for the shift impinge on the nurse's right to privacy? Unless the nurse is working with a bag on their head the patient is seeing their face.As for...
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    COPD patient wanting to leave to smoke

    kids replied to chris10lsuRN's topic in General Nursing

    I just don't care about it. Medicaid pays pennies on the dollar on hospitialization, the fraction of a penny of my tax dollars, that is going to his care, is so miniscule that it would take hundreds...
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    Why is unionization a subject of taboo??

    kids replied to wanderlustRN24's topic in Collective Bargaining, Union

    Some "anti-union" nurses don't have their head in the sand. Some aren't willing to contribute their money to another level of bureaucracy. Some aren't willing to provide direct financial support to an...
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    How much did you owe in loans after earning your BSN?

    kids replied to AllNursesisCool's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I owed zero when I finished my BSN. I did it 1-2 classes at a time as I could afford
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    Transfering license from IN to CA

    kids replied to morejames101's topic in California Nursing

    merlee is right, only the CA BoN can answer your question definitively. My guess is that taking the NCLEX and getting your IN license then endorsing to CA is not going to be a work around. I graduated...
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    LVN teacher teaching with non-sterile syringes

    kids replied to Nalencars's topic in LPN, LVN Students

    They don't go out of business because there is alway a market for people who want to do things the quickest way possible. People who don't want to take the pre-reqs or meet the educational standards...