kids

Member

All Content by kids

  1. kids

    FAQ: Nursing Licensure With Criminal History

    kids posted a topic in Licensure: Criminal History

    Questions we seem to be encountering more and more often have to do with the effects of a criminal history on nursing licensure: Is it possible to become licensed as a nurse if you have a...
  2. kids

    Returning MD from Treating Ebola on Modified Isolation

    kids replied to FLAlleycat's topic in Disaster Preparation

    His "reasonable" restrictions are the same ones Kaci Hickox is refusing to abide
  3. kids

    Ebola Nursing Survey: to Quarantine or Not to Quarantine

    kids replied to tnbutterfly - Mary's topic in Disaster Preparation

    CDC policy is CDC policy, it doesn't matter if you agree or not. Healthcare professionals don't get to pick and choose what public health or infection control policies they
  4. kids

    Help me bring this into the public!

    kids replied to malenurse122879's topic in Disaster Preparation

    The CDC and her state health department are hardly "non-healthcare" people. I agree, MSF has lots of experience. They've also had at least 1 volunteer who became ill. They also don't write CDC policy....
  5. kids

    Uncomfortable waistline

    kids replied to OKNurse2be's topic in General Students

    You can also buy the appropriate width elastic and feed it through the drawstring casing with a safety pin, stitch the ends to gether and you're good. If you're careful you can thread it behind the...
  6. kids

    Working RNs and the CNA are to blame for new graduate RN program shortages .

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

    Considering the OP's location I think CNA is referring to the California Nurse's Asociation. Upper management usually blames all they can on
  7. kids

    Michigan License?

    kids replied to littlemamakt's topic in Indiana Nursing

    on their main page: lara - nursing near the top of the page is the sub-section "nurse licensing forms and applications" the 8th thing on the list is the lpn & rn endorsement packet. that is all...
  8. kids

    Background checks for parents

    kids replied to SDALPN's topic in Private Duty

    Most of your points of concern would be discovered in a routine background check. And it's doubtful at least in my area of experience that a RSO would be in a household with a child, Level 2 & 3...
  9. kids

    Narcotics

    kids replied to mmace's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    Changing a leaky cath isn't life or death, it can wait 10 minutes. I'd have finished pulling the last couple of meds, given them, then changed the
  10. kids

    BSN program for $18,000... does it exist??

    kids replied to angelagwen's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    Assuming he already has his RN: Linfield is a brick & mortar school with an online RN to BSN, it cost me around $12,000. It's located 140 miles from Madigan Army Med Center. (If it matters/helps...
  11. kids

    Least painful injection site

    kids replied to kate_osb's topic in Patient Medications

    And from this patient's perspective I'd rather have a more painful injection in a safer site. I've experienced nerve irritation from a DG injection, the pain can last for weeks, I'll never go through...
  12. kids

    Not sure about bipolar and declaratory order for Board of Nursing

    kids replied to 953anon's topic in Nurse Disabilities

    If you were not actually diagnosed as having bipolar disorder then you do not have to fill out the declaration stating you were. If the person you spoke with truly believed you needed follow up with...
  13. kids

    Why did/are you getting your BSN?

    kids replied to thesundowner's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    I did it purely to buff my
  14. kids

    NM jinxing my job referrals??!

    kids replied to jodyangel's topic in General Nursing

    It may have nothing to do with the reference from your former employer and everything to do with a terrible job market. In the last eight months I've had a dozen very positive interviews that left me...
  15. kids

    HR lied to Unemployment!!

    kids replied to jodyangel's topic in General Nursing

    It's going to be very difficult to prove you didn't just up and decide to resign and worked out a typical 2 week notice. If you never saw actual termination papers from HR it's very possible that one...
  16. kids

    How safe are these practices? Help, new grad RN in LTC

    kids replied to Linka's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    In situation 1 there is nothing wrong with the nurse not calling. The patients blood sugar was 400 not greater than 400. The patient very likely got her 10 units and had eatten something just before...
  17. kids

    Maybe I Shouldn't Have Asked This...

    kids replied to RN1485's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Many if not most facilities have a policy that bars employees from discussing their wages with other employees. In a round about way you asked her what she makes (or made as a new hired) it's not...
  18. kids

    Odd looking stethoscope

    kids replied to Topaz7's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    You can buy it as a 'Trio' that comes with adult, ped and neo heads. It is an excellent scope for adults but I prefer my Littman Cardio III for
  19. kids

    Handling the "R" word

    kids replied to LydiaNN's topic in Developmental Disabilities

    I think MUCH less of people when I hear them use 'the R word' offensively, I think less of anyone when I hear them use any pejorative. To me it's as foul as any ethnic
  20. kids

    How is the job market for nursing where you live?

    kids replied to Lucidity's topic in General Nursing

    1) Alabama 2) BSN with 20 years experience. 3) I'm on my 4th (and final) federal extension of my unemployment benefits. Jobs are so scarce where I am that unemployment no longer requires I look for a...
  21. kids

    Do you have family members who are nurses?

    kids replied to Purple_Scrubs's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I'm a special snowflake, none of the poll choices fit my answer. My mom was a RN (as was an Aunt). It only influenced my career choice in that my mom told me she'd pay my rent if I went to nursing...
  22. kids

    dilemma regarding antipsychotics

    kids replied to evanpatten's topic in Psychiatric

    To put it simply, if you don't agree with the standard treatment modalities utilized by a specialty, it's NOT a "good fit" no matter how much you want it to be. Going to work in psych nursing when...
  23. kids

    I'm tired of it!

    kids replied to sunnyskies9's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I'm probably in the minority but I really don't want anyone messing with my beeping anything. If it's beeing there is a reason for it. Someone wandering in doesn't know that the feeding pump is...
  24. kids

    Education of nurses

    kids replied to PCU_RN9's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    One of the things I've struggled to grasp (and my instructors were no help) is how improving my "professional performance" make me more professional than my ADN counterparts? Our job descriptions and...
  25. kids

    Help with attaching documents on online apps!

    kids replied to esunada's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    Unfortunately most likely what you saw is what they will but I'm pretty sure HR departments are used to wonky formats happening. Assuming you're using Word some ways I've found to circumvent the issue...