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    Seriously? What are they telling you in school?

    elprup replied to Simply Complicated's topic in General Nursing

    The clinic I worked at, the MA's can Pull, and Administer Morphine out of the locked box that everybody has key access to. BUT MA's cannot Pull and Administer Rocephin which is kept in the unlocked...
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    What has been your worst nightmare about work?

    elprup replied to JeneraterRN's topic in General Nursing

    Mine was I was late for work but was having open heart surgery. They were ready to cut me open and I was still awake freaking out trying to tell the Dr. to stop, the anesthetic was not working! Just...
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    Is an RN refresher course even worth it at this point?

    elprup replied to I Am ReadyRN's topic in Nursing Career

    Search refesher course in all nurses. There is some good advice. Good luck. The situation sucks, I totally agree with you. You can also try volunteering. I did at HIV clinic, it helped get me a...
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    Job is worse, aarrrrgg

    elprup posted a topic in General Nursing

    The small rural clinic I work out is getting worse. When I started there as a new/old grad 10 months ago it was insane. I was thrown into triage and the floor. It was crazy. Well, ten months later...
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    Job is worse, aarrrrgg

    elprup replied to elprup's topic in General Nursing

    Cant do it....i gave my two weeks notice yesterday. Then today the executive director resigned! Now there really is zero leadership (no executive director, no medical director, no me/RN, another MA...
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    How To Spot a Workplace Bully, Part Two

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

    Our clinic has not had a nurse manager or medical director for many many months. It has been horrible and getting so bad that all of us are taking stress leaves. I believe we are experiencing...
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    Job is worse, aarrrrgg

    elprup replied to elprup's topic in General Nursing

    Update. Things are even worse. Providers/MA's/Nurses are calling in sick for days at a time, our flow is out of wack because we changed to EHR two months ago, nobody knows who is supposed to be doing...
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    Maybe it's time we "New Grads" finally mobilized?

    elprup replied to BeatDownNewGrad's topic in First Year After Licensure

    And the saga continues. Still no new grad
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    Which one of you AN members posted this?

    elprup replied to Mrs. SnowStormRN's topic in General Nursing

    I disagree. A paycheck is not a paycheck when it compromises your values and
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    Why do docs do this?

    elprup replied to ebear's topic in General Nursing

    I love my providers. It is some of the other employees i want to get away from!
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    ICD codes and labs and the law

    elprup replied to tiroka03's topic in General Nursing

    We used to have this problem at our clinic. Recently we went electronic medical record and now the providers have to link an ICD9 Code to any lab before they can order it. OMG the first month the...
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    Which one of you AN members posted this?

    elprup replied to Mrs. SnowStormRN's topic in General Nursing

    Love it. We should post this link everywhere and anywhere we
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    At my boiling point...you are NOT a Nurse...of ANY kind!!!!

    elprup replied to nursehunnie's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    Last week a pt asked a new employee point blank, "Are you a nurse?" He replied "Yes." I almost fell out of my seat as I overheard this. #1 he is a phlebotomist training to be a MA. #2 i have had this...
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    Behaviors you've learned to lose when at work.

    elprup replied to nola1202's topic in General Nursing

    I would love it if my coworkers would stop swearing and taking about the patients. Very unprofessional and drives me crazy. Why does management let this continue...because we do not have a nursing...
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    Job is worse, aarrrrgg

    elprup replied to elprup's topic in General Nursing

    Update, amazingly, i havent been thrown under the bus yet.....and i keep trying to help make things bettet. I wrote another post because now we do not have a medical director or a nursing supervisor....
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    Let go during orientation, will I ever work again?

    elprup replied to ht07401's topic in General Nursing

    I started in med surg and my experience was no better than
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    Help me finding online chemistry class

    elprup replied to whomi7's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    Try rio salado college. http://Www.riosalado.com I took statistics online and i got an A! First time i took stats in class i failed. Rio salado rocks. Love their on line
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    NEED OPINIONS! HELP!

    elprup replied to futurenurse1989's topic in General Nursing

    Futurenurse1989 I am curious if you are still at the clinic you are speaking of. I am having very similar problems at my rural clinic. We do not have a medical director, nor do we have a nursing...
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    FQHC with no Medical Director

    elprup posted a topic in Ambulatory Care, Clinic

    I have been working at a Federally Qualified Health Center. Not only do we (still) not have a Nursing Supervisor, but we have not had a Medical Director for several months! I have been unable to find...
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    At my boiling point...you are NOT a Nurse...of ANY kind!!!!

    elprup replied to nursehunnie's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    Exactly!
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    RNs that have children aging from 2-18 years old

    elprup replied to kalin's topic in General Nursing

    I started my BSN program at 32, newly separated from an abusive husband who continued to harass me, with sole custody of my kids who were 3 and 6 at the time. I had zero family help. I had to fight to...
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    I got the job!

    elprup replied to Tina, RN's topic in School

    Curious how the job is going. I'm applying for a school nurse position.
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    HIPPA violation??

    elprup replied to RFRN's topic in General Nursing

    This happens all the time in our clinic. Per our policy we cannot give any info to anybody other than the pt in this situation, unless the pt gives us the ok in writing. Parents hate this, but...
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    Don't need a brain to be a School Nurse?

    elprup replied to ahintonRN's topic in School

    Ahintonrn- hi! Curious if you got the school nurse job and how it is going? I'm thinking of applying for a similar position in my county and would love any ideas you have. Hope things are
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    Let go during orientation, will I ever work again?

    elprup replied to ht07401's topic in General Nursing

    I totally get this. Thing is, as New Grads we are not given the opportunity to get the experience. Evidence based practice tells us nursing is based on experience combined with knowledge and that...