kiszi RN

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    Displeased manager

    kiszi replied to sea4lh's topic in General Nursing

    Sounds like you're having trouble getting your footing back after being on leave. It sounds like your manager might be nitpicking some things (you have to update white boards with pain med times?...
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    5/01 WILTW: Margaritas and Oral Thrush

    kiszi replied to Purple_roses's topic in General Nursing

    I've had several assignments this past semester where I had to locate a research study of some sort and write about it. I remember looking at so many studies that seriously made no sense. As in, once...
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    5/01 WILTW: Margaritas and Oral Thrush

    kiszi replied to Purple_roses's topic in General Nursing

    Agreed. I learned that it's possible to figure out the formula for getting A's in online classes without learning much. I stopped doing the (numerous) readings for one class when I realized there were...
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    5/01 WILTW: Margaritas and Oral Thrush

    kiszi replied to Purple_roses's topic in General Nursing

    I can't like this.
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    Yep. I have no friends in school.

    kiszi replied to rheath22's topic in General Students

    I felt like I kinda sorta fit in during my LPN and RN schooling in community college. THEN. Fast forward to university for BSN pre-reqs at the ripe old age of 33. Fiiiish ouuut of waaatter doesn't...
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    5/01 WILTW: Margaritas and Oral Thrush

    kiszi replied to Purple_roses's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks! It's a career move I've been wanting to make, but I'm nervous all the same. What if the unit politics suck? What if my new co-workers aren't as awesome as my current ones? All will be well, I...
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    5/01 WILTW: Margaritas and Oral Thrush

    kiszi replied to Purple_roses's topic in General Nursing

    Purple_roses, I'm about to go from a little ICU to a big CCU and I'm terrified of what I don't know too. I'm sure you know by now that nursing school is just a foundation. You learn to be a nurse by...
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    No phone call or email one week after interview

    kiszi replied to sungrl01's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    A week or more is pretty standard. I had a similar experience.. quick interview set up/process, then a week to get the offer. It wouldn't be out of line to give one follow up call at this
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    Feeling really bad!

    kiszi replied to Rehabnurse45's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    Don't beat yourself up, take it as a lesson learned. Does your lab not call critical
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    Day 2: 2016 Nurses Week Fill In The Blank Contest

    kiszi replied to allnurses's topic in General Nursing

    ...that my famous last words were "You won't fall out of
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    Meaning of your username?

    kiszi replied to Flightless Bird's topic in General Nursing

    If that's not a typo, your NICU must be enormous! I doubt there are 300 RNs on staff in my whole hospital. Oh, and... color guard. Also a choir
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    Meaning of your username?

    kiszi replied to Flightless Bird's topic in General Nursing

    I always thought your name was from this:
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    Meaning of your username?

    kiszi replied to Flightless Bird's topic in General Nursing

    Welcome flightless! :) During my first (non-nursing) go-round in college almost 16 years ago, there was a girl in my bio class with the name Kiszi. I thought it was pretty and
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    Coughing/Choking Patients

    kiszi replied to jetstream13's topic in General Nursing

    Your actions were fine, but remember many family members are, ehm, not exactly health literate. Nothing wrong with speaking up, both to explain that she wasn't choking, and to let them know that you...
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    4/23 WILTW: It turns out nurses do make the worst patients

    kiszi replied to ixchel's topic in General Nursing

    I learned... Sometimes nurses make the best patients! My sweet retired nurse I had today never touched her call light unless she had to use the restroom. Also it was nice to talk to her in nurse-speak...
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    Horrible night

    kiszi replied to missmollie's topic in General Nursing

    Sorry you had a rough night. The interruptions during report!! I had an elderly gentleman come up to me and interrupt report because his family member needed repositioned. I told him, "we are in the...
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    Process for monitoring telemetry at your hospital

    kiszi replied to Marchc7's topic in Cardiac

    I work in a 95 bed hospital. A tele tech "watches" all the tracings but only documents the med-surg strips. ED, ICU, and L&D nurses are responsible for their patients' monitors. When a pt is off...
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    Patient Assignments

    kiszi replied to CareQueen's topic in First Year After Licensure

    "That's how they've always done it" is about the most worthless excuse ever. Not even factoring in acuity, when there is THAT patient on the floor for an "extended stay" (you know, the one with the...
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    Fight or Flight ? Advice needed.

    kiszi replied to SuperNurse19's topic in General Students

    This is why you failed. Now you know that you cannot depend on your instructor to feed you all you need to know. Unfortunately, I don't think you have much recourse. I had trouble following your post,...
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    What is your Nursing Kryptonite?

    kiszi replied to Lunah's topic in General Nursing

    Another one for me is pulling out a bunch of tube feed residual and having to give it back. The smell makes me almost lose
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    What is your Nursing Kryptonite?

    kiszi replied to Lunah's topic in General Nursing

    Me!
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    What is your Nursing Kryptonite?

    kiszi replied to Lunah's topic in General Nursing

    I know how important it is, and I just suck it up and do it, but I really have a strong aversion to mouth care. Especially when it's a vent patient that hasn't been done for a while.. You know, the...
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    Community college or University?

    kiszi replied to LovelyNesha18's topic in General Nursing

    The bit about hospitals paying your tuition: it's true, tuition reimbursement is harder to come by these days. You've applied for financial aid, I
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    Community college or University?

    kiszi replied to LovelyNesha18's topic in General Nursing

    Community college grad here! I went through LPN school, then ADN, at the same community college, and the education was excellent. My school had very high NCLEX pass rates. Found jobs just fine, in an...
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    Does My Experience Count?

    kiszi replied to ARNBSN's topic in General Nursing

    People seem to have differing opinions on this subject. I feel that once you have at least a year of experience-in any setting- that you are no longer a new grad. The LPN experience doesn't count on...