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    Nurse II for VA clinic question

    elprup replied to Marshall1's topic in Government, Military

    I just applied for a VA clinic RN position in CA. I am not in military either. The job advertisement I applied from had the pay scale right on it. Also, I went further into the VA website and found...
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    Great simple, clear, concise free wound dressing videos

    elprup posted a topic in General Nursing

    Great simple, effective, clear and concise free wound dressing videos! I did not know how to fan fold a dressing for head wound and/or foot wound. I did not know I could use a 60 ml syringe...
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    "Smart Is The New Rich" Graduate Nurses Cannot Find Work

    elprup replied to DoGoodThenGo's topic in General Nursing

    I experienced and am still experiencing this. The author(s) got it right. Finally, somebody got this story
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    I'm Freaking Out and Frantic! Please, Help Me!

    elprup replied to rn/writer's topic in General Nursing

    As long as a new grad is in a new job that is condusive to
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    Community Health Nursing Interview Question

    elprup replied to haihill's topic in General Nursing

    Merlee, Thanks. Perfect
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    Change is in the Air - Avatars; Polls

    elprup replied to Brian's topic in News, Announcements

    Awesome!
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    Community Health Nursing Interview Question

    elprup replied to haihill's topic in General Nursing

    I would ask if they had their immun cards, were they up to date? Have they ever been immunized? Wasthe 5 year old already in kindergarten...because if he is then you know he already has had his...
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    What the what??

    elprup replied to pockunit's topic in General Nursing

    Hahahahahahahhiaha
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    No less than what I expected...

    elprup replied to AngelfireRN's topic in General Nursing

    I agree! Ask for your darn money. In any other job they would have already
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    Struggling on Medical Floor!

    elprup replied to NickiJules's topic in General Nursing

    Welcome to nursing. Amazing how school does not get us ready for the real world? If your job is enabling you to learn, they answer your questions, and you can tolerate it, my advice is to stay there...
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    2 stupid questions about job applications

    elprup replied to matt59's topic in General Nursing

    Thank you everybody! I googled the term and could not find the info I needed. Once again you all saved me. Thank
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    What do I do after my clinical instructor told me I will never be a good nurse?

    elprup replied to starrys's topic in General Students

    I did not read through all replies. But why do we have to let this type of instructor continue? Obviously this is not an uncommon event. I guess what really gets me is that this is a form of bullying...
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    What do I do after my clinical instructor told me I will never be a good nurse?

    elprup replied to starrys's topic in General Students

    Clinical teachers arggggg! Same thing happened to me. Except my lovely clinical instructor went on to tell me that he would ot let me take care of his mother because I was so terrible. I was in my...
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    Do they not want the truth in exit interviews?

    elprup replied to Marshall1's topic in General Nursing

    Sounds like you are at the same place I just resinged from! I could not do it anymore either. Yes, it was really THAT BAD. Thing with my situation was, I was really really trying to help make changes,...
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    Need help with common Med Surg questions!!!!

    elprup replied to smilingfaces's topic in California Nursing

    Be sure to ask what exactly are they are looking for? What type of person do they see working in this position? When they answer these, you can get an idea of how to reply to some of their other...
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    write-up for insubordination because I turned my back to cry...

    elprup replied to farmernurse26's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Frustrates me to no end that this is the way we are treated! Nursing is so
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    Check your NCLEX results free at BRN website!

    elprup posted a topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    I realized that graduated nursing students who take the NCLEX do not realize they can check if they passed for free (well in CA) on the Board of Registered Nurses website. For CA, here's the...
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    Why hire RN's when other disciplines can do the job

    elprup replied to Marisette's topic in General Nursing

    I totally agree. It is all about educating the public. I have said it before, there are over 500,000 nurses registered at all nurses.com. I would think we could come together and make changes where...
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    Aspiring to be a PHN

    elprup replied to MissyKrissyRN's topic in Public, Community Health

    Search all of your local county employment websites. I bookmark them on my computer, so everyday I can quickly take a look to see if any new jobs pop up. You may also want to try school district...
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    EBP and Nursing Research

    elprup replied to Tait's topic in General Nursing

    We got drilled in our BSN research class and definitely learned how to review the evidence. What an eye
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    Looking for Medsurg RN Refresher Course!

    elprup replied to nurses care's topic in Medical-Surgical

    Sigma theta tau offers an online only one. Google
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    "true knot"

    elprup replied to LouisVRN's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I saw one during nursing school. Obviously I had never seen one before. Baby was born lady partslly, mom was over 40 and was diagnosed with preeclampsia when she came into hospital in labor. Both...
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    Are you so busy that you don't get a lunch break?

    elprup replied to cashew1's topic in General Nursing

    It is against to law to not get a lunch break and/or your other breaks. I posted this on another thread, and actually got the idea from a poster on allnurses. I was so tired of not getting my breaks...
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    IV Therapy skills taught in school?

    elprup replied to IvnurseAmanda's topic in General Nursing

    Nope no IV teaching and I went to a private supposedly prestigious nursing school and got my BSN. we as students were pretty upset the college would not teach us, or let us practice on each other....
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    Multi-shift problem discovered during hand-off.

    elprup replied to dudette10's topic in General Nursing

    I bet he was checking your name because he wanted to remember you as being the one who took it upon herself to actually fix the problem instead of passing the