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    Any midwives that got an ADN through Excelsior?

    hiddencatRN replied to biggolp's topic in Excelsior College

    In case she wants to move out of the state- CM is only recognized in 5
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    Sexual Orientation Question

    hiddencatRN replied to wish_me_luck's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    They're at a higher risk due to HPV which can be transmitted even with condom use. I'm aware of the Westboro Baptist Church, as well as other forms and styles of homophobia in the world. I'm also...
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    Sexual Orientation Question

    hiddencatRN replied to wish_me_luck's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    So, "are you a cheating scumbag who needs a come-to-Jesus talk from your PCP" is not judgmental, but knowing that you need to discuss screening for rectal cancer, hepatitis and eating disorders with a...
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    Sexual Orientation Question

    hiddencatRN replied to wish_me_luck's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Lol, asking about cheating and indiscretions is ok, but asking about partners and practices in order to tailor education and screenings leads to
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    Sexual Orientation Question

    hiddencatRN replied to wish_me_luck's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    What I already posted- that you can't treat the full person's sexual and reproductive health without asking about sexuality and sexual activities. In addition to having been asked about sexual...
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    Sexual Orientation Question

    hiddencatRN replied to wish_me_luck's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I'm not really sure I understand what you're asking. Aren't all women encouraged to get paps anyway? And as far as demographics for HIV, knowing what populations remain at higher risk and which...
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    Oh crap, what do I do?

    hiddencatRN replied to whichone'spink's topic in Emergency

    Yeah, I'm usually in the honesty is best camp, but my hospital has fired nurses who accidentally take the med home and then remember and bring it back, whereas if there's a discrepancy you fill out a...
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    Fun poll: Did you get oriented, or did you get orientated?

    hiddencatRN replied to SuzieVN's topic in Nursing Humor

    Me and my night shift buddies joke about how we need medical alert bracelets identifying ourselves as night shift workers since we're NEVER oriented to
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    Fun poll: Did you get oriented, or did you get orientated?

    hiddencatRN replied to SuzieVN's topic in Nursing Humor

    Situation I think. DH is a medic and uses x4, I use x3. But he'll say the patient knows who they are, where they are, when it is and also what happened, as opposed to possibly not remembering the...
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    Nursing School Patient Loads

    hiddencatRN replied to Tait's topic in General Nursing

    We did 3 tele patients in our last clinical. With the unit size and our group size, it honestly would have been hard to have 5 patients (aside from the fact that that also wasn't the ratio the nurses...
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    Paper charting

    hiddencatRN replied to sasrn0988's topic in General Nursing

    We are transitioning to computer charting soon, so right now our flowsheets are all paper. We chart by exception so only write notes if there's something to write a note about and otherwise the...
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    Pseudo Munchausen parents...

    hiddencatRN replied to wooh's topic in Pediatric

    We see something similar in the ER a lot, because many parents bring kids in for minor things convinced that it's dire. Sometimes they get pretty nasty about us doing "nothing" for the child or the...
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    How much do you owe in student loans?

    hiddencatRN replied to Glenna, LPN's topic in General Nursing

    For two degrees (1 nursing and 1 non-nursing): $77k. The bulk of that is the non-nursing degree, I think around $55k. It's not ideal (and if I had my first degree to do over again I'd have made very...
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    Nights and weekends as neede

    hiddencatRN replied to Rexie's topic in General Nursing

    Same. At the hospital I currently work at, all shifts are subject to rotation as needed EXCEPT night shift. This is why I started working nights there (which I turned out to love). I hate rotating-...
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    No Reference

    hiddencatRN replied to Linda0's topic in General Nursing

    It's not a law, it's a policy many facilities adopt. Are you in contact with any former coworkers who can act as a reference? I think that's what most people do, approach a coworker or a manager or...
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    Nursing essay

    hiddencatRN replied to PnutButterJelly's topic in Pediatric

    If they're asking you for an essay, they want to get a sense of who you are and why you want to work in peds. This is the time to let your passion and excitement show through. I wouldn't try to be...
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    Is it illegal to say you're a med student if you are not in medical school?

    hiddencatRN replied to psu_213's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I think the joke was missed, despite the fact that you also spell it out in your OP. Some of us got it
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    What really happens to applications submitted online?

    hiddencatRN replied to SuzieVN's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    I apply online and then follow up with a phone call. As a new grad without experience I had to network and use my connections (and make connections if I didn't have any). Once I had experience, my...
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    Is it illegal to say you're a med student if you are not in medical school?

    hiddencatRN replied to psu_213's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I was explaining something to a patient once and she interrupted me and said "Oh, I know all about that. I went to medical school. I'm a medical assistant." Man it must suck to go through med school...
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    Stop complaining about your job - It could be worse.

    hiddencatRN replied to Brian's topic in Nurses Rock

    Yes, but that's really only done for TOS violations or if things get too heated and the thread needs to cool off. Simply disagreeing with something that is posted or carrying on a lively debate...
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    Changing medication Forms

    hiddencatRN replied to cfaith's topic in Patient Medications

    Changing the form is going from IV to PO or subq. Crush a PO tablet and it's still going in PO, right? As long as you're working with something that is safe being crushed I see no issue
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    Nurses who have done the flu shot clinics...

    hiddencatRN replied to wish_me_luck's topic in Nursing Career

    I got my job through craigslist. I saw the add in early October, applied, and got hired right away. It wasn't regular work but it was fun and something to put on the
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    Nursing Hours

    hiddencatRN replied to AshD1990's topic in General Nursing

    I've worked a few different places and here's how they've handled schedules: Hospital 1: You are hired for days with rotation or permanent nights. Selecting your days of the week is done first come,...
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    ENPC

    hiddencatRN replied to ABM1227's topic in General Nursing

    Check the ER nursing board. There are several threads there about it if you do a
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    Does going to orientation mean you have accepted the job?

    hiddencatRN replied to pina88's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Yeah, I'm really confused as to how this hasn't come up