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    Whose responsibility To Get Informed consent for Surgery?

    hiddencatRN replied to copycat's topic in Emergency

    Why not start your own thread to ask this question instead of resurrecting a nearly 6 year old thread? You'll likely get more replies applicable to your situation if you are the original post rather...
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    New Grad interview for ER

    hiddencatRN replied to nurseswearscrubs's topic in Emergency

    Most of my scenario questions in my ED interview centered around angry patients. I honestly don't recall any scenario ones about what to do if X is happening with a patient, more about how to handle...
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    Nursing student starting ED placement in the fall. Need Advice/Tips

    hiddencatRN replied to ibro95's topic in Emergency

    I love having nursing students shadow with me in the ED. My ONE big pet peeve though is this: if you're walking with me, walk WITH me, that means keep the pace, don't make me have to constantly look...
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    Any nurses suffer from shaky hand tremors? What are some ways to combat this?

    hiddencatRN replied to J-Swish's topic in General Nursing

    I was super nervous about being able to do fine motor stuff with my hereditary tremor. Like the above poster, I was also on an antidepressant that increased my tremors. I did propanolol......and it...
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    feeling bad practising IV insertion

    hiddencatRN replied to treeye's topic in General Nursing

    I'm in peds too. The nice thing about learning in peds I felt was that since you need another person in there to hold for the smaller kids, you get to bring along moral support. I started my sticks on...
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    feeling bad practising IV insertion

    hiddencatRN replied to treeye's topic in General Nursing

    You just gotta. You won't get better until you do it a lot. 4 tries with 1 success is actually decent, even though it may not feel that way. I am good with IVs now and will still have "off" days where...
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    Sigma Theta Tau: worth the money?

    hiddencatRN replied to muesli's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    I joined for a couple of reasons. I'm a second degree nurse and in my first degree my academics were....subpar, to put it nicely. I was proud of my performance in nursing school, and wanted to have...
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    Wiping off IV ports

    hiddencatRN replied to blondy2061h's topic in General Nursing

    I always always scrub my hub. At least with alcohol on PIVs but I prefer to use our chlorprep swabs. For central lines I always use chlorprep scrubs. How hard is it to keep a couple of wipes on your...
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    Have ya'll forgot me out here?

    hiddencatRN replied to BostonTerrierLover's topic in Emergency

    We send EMS patients to triage all the time if they don't need to be placed in a room right away. The only time they'd necessarily go straight to a room is if we're otherwise empty. But yeah, I get...
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    Would you feel ok as a patient at your own hospital?

    hiddencatRN replied to SNB1014's topic in General Nursing

    Dang- way to think ahead, I saw the title and I clicked on the thread to make a smart comment about working in peds. If I had kids I'd be happy sending them to my hospital for care. Well, not happy...
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    Being late to work...

    hiddencatRN replied to sarabellum1's topic in General Nursing

    I literally laughed out loud at this. Agreed. Everyone is tired at the end of their
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    Pt refusals

    hiddencatRN replied to NurseOnAMotorcycle's topic in General Nursing

    They do, to a certain point. If their refusal can lead to serious complications of death of the child, we have an ethical and professional obligation to step in. Children have some rights too, that...
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    Potential nursing students who dont want to hear the truth

    hiddencatRN replied to smartnurse1982's topic in General Nursing

    I spent 3 months looking before getting offered a job in the specialty I was interested in, (which also happens to be a specialty that many folks here like to warn new grads away from), so some new...
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    Socializing after work in your scrubs

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

    I don't get covered in poo and pee on a regular basis. If we go out after work, I'm not going to drive home first then go out. And most of my patients have URIs not MDROs that spread via just about...
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    SIGNON BONUS help

    hiddencatRN replied to Kisses_RN's topic in General Nursing

    Bless your heart. Possibly military? But I know recruitment is actually really selective right now with the economy. Possibly locations that are having trouble recruiting nurses? Did you try googling?...
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    Does anybody use sterile technique anymore?

    hiddencatRN replied to bookwormom's topic in General Nursing

    Perhaps the wound/ostomy nurse isn't using sloppy technique, but has advanced knowledge about the appropriate supplies and procedures to use for dressing changes? According to the WOCN, for chronic...
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    Does anybody use sterile technique anymore?

    hiddencatRN replied to bookwormom's topic in General Nursing

    Those would be issues with clean technique too. Just because we're not doing sterile technique doesn't mean we're not following STANDARD
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    ADN or BSN?

    hiddencatRN replied to ginaw623's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    Well, everyone is different. My BSN program was 12 months and there were many folks with families in each cohort. I actually thought being married without kids made it a lot easier in some ways...
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    Does anybody use sterile technique anymore?

    hiddencatRN replied to bookwormom's topic in General Nursing

    I was taught to use clean technique for wounds because a wound is not clean. The bacteria on the patient's skin has already had access to the wound, so as long as the HCP uses clean technique, we're...
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    First job charge nurse with no experience

    hiddencatRN replied to Flavia1986's topic in General Nursing

    I would be terrified to be a charge nurse NOW and I have just over a year of experience. As a charge nurse you're a resource to the staff, so need to know the ins and outs of the facility and the...
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    If you love being a nurse, and have good things to say,give some hope to the newbies!

    hiddencatRN replied to gottagetmyrn's topic in General Nursing

    I have bad days of course, and frustrating experiences, but...overall I love nursing. I love that I am gaining this skillset that is important and that directly impacts people's lives. I love that I...
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    which shift 3pm-3:30 AM or 11AM-11:00PM

    hiddencatRN replied to Marisette's topic in General Nursing

    Those are pretty common ER shifts, as 11am-3am are the busiest times in the ER. We have the most staff during those hours, so need shifts that fall along those hours. I actually don't mind the 3-3...
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    help remembering blood types and lab values

    hiddencatRN replied to peacelovepeds's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    I found it helped me more to understand the "whys" rather than to do straight memorization. Why do you need to be careful about donor and recipient blood type? Think about the antibodies, what happens...
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    My online shopping reviews - please share yours!

    hiddencatRN replied to MJB2010's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    Hmmm....not so happy with Tafford right now. Supposedly my order was shipped on the 7th, and I still don't have it. I emailed with no response and just tried calling, waited on hold a while, and then...
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    ADN or BSN?

    hiddencatRN replied to ginaw623's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    Are you sure the ADN would take you a year or less to complete? Does that school offer an accelerated option? I was a second degree student and the ADN would have taken me longer to complete than the...