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    are there any nurses out there who haven't been vaccinated?

    hiddencatRN replied to Kendel.G's topic in General Students

    We were required to have vaccine records plus flu and H1N1 in my program. They made exceptions for allergy only. This year my hospital made the flu shot mandatory, also exceptions for allergy only,...
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    what do i do about a clinical instructor who embarrassed me in front of others?

    hiddencatRN replied to leogirl8's topic in General Students

    People are not always going to be nice to you. Criticism will not always be given constructively and won't always be sandwiched with compliments so you don't feel too bad. Sometimes those in...
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    Do they check to see if you have your BSN/Masters degree ?

    hiddencatRN replied to lumbarpain's topic in General Nursing

    No. We are dead serious. Dead.
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    Calling all peds/ER nurses RE: Tylenol dosage

    hiddencatRN replied to 6spdftwtm's topic in Pediatric

    Fevers are uncomfortable. Treating most fevers is about making the patient more comfortable. I'm OK with comfort measures prior to a child being so uncomfortable that they stop
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    Does ANYBODY enter a traditional BSN program anymore?

    hiddencatRN replied to RN In FL's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    My first degree was in English too *waves*That background will be helpful on the NCLEX style questions because you're used to shades of meaning and subtleties and subjectivity. Ime the folks in my...
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    Failed NCLEX 5 Times! Am I The Only One Who . . .

    hiddencatRN replied to Ruby Vee's topic in General Nursing

    Because real life situations are different from testing situations. I do just fine on tests, but my sister, who is smarter, has always been a better student, and has a stronger work ethic than I do...
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    Does ANYBODY enter a traditional BSN program anymore?

    hiddencatRN replied to RN In FL's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Most of the people in my ABSN program talked about wanting to have a job where they felt like they were making a difference in people's lives. We had some financial people in my class, but also former...
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    Calling all peds/ER nurses RE: Tylenol dosage

    hiddencatRN replied to 6spdftwtm's topic in Pediatric

    No, those patients often get a full septic workup in our ER even if there's a likely source (RSV). 1 month old with a fever is most certainly a
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    Accelerated BSN programs for those with no degree.

    hiddencatRN replied to DarkLotus's topic in School, College Programs

    Some of them compress the time more though. The ABSN I went to was 12 months with a month off over Christmas,so 11 months of
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    Does ANYBODY enter a traditional BSN program anymore?

    hiddencatRN replied to RN In FL's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Or go to another
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    Calling all peds/ER nurses RE: Tylenol dosage

    hiddencatRN replied to 6spdftwtm's topic in Pediatric

    Our protocol is 15mg/kg/dose. The only hepatotoxic doses I've seen have been ODs/ingestions that come in to
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    Failed NCLEX 5 Times! Am I The Only One Who . . .

    hiddencatRN replied to Ruby Vee's topic in General Nursing

    Since your question has very little to do with the thread it is in, why not start your own thread to ask the
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    Using ESI Levels to establish vital sign reassessment intervals

    hiddencatRN replied to Lunah's topic in Emergency

    Q10 and Q15 on level 2 and level 3 kids? Dang! I work in a level 1 peds hospital as well and getting vitals from a kid of varying cooperation takes plenty of time. If we had to do vitals that...
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    Does ANYBODY enter a traditional BSN program anymore?

    hiddencatRN replied to RN In FL's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    ***in general***, i think second degree students are experienced in how college works and to some extent how life after college works. i think we come in to it with more questions about getting the...
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    7p-7a or 3p-3a...any insight?

    hiddencatRN replied to srobb11's topic in Emergency

    See if you can shadow both shifts. I oriented on days and then started working 3p-3a because there wasn't a ton of competition for it and I could get the days I wanted to work. I actually liked that...
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    Failed NCLEX 5 Times! Am I The Only One Who . . .

    hiddencatRN replied to Ruby Vee's topic in General Nursing

    I saw the thread, saw the OP, and thought "oh, I bet this is another crab fest about entitled youth." I was not disappointed. Maybe it's because I grew up before the horrible days of "everyone gets a...
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    Survivng Drexel ACE - advice pls!

    hiddencatRN replied to CalicoKitty's topic in Pennsylvania Nursing

    And yet the graduates are well regarded in the area with many local hospitals preferring them to grads from other schools.I graduated about a year ago and felt pretty well prepared for my first job....
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    Wording for a resignation letter?

    hiddencatRN replied to Tina, RN's topic in General Nursing

    So would you take whatever appeared in the resignation letter as the truth? Cause I'm imagining people on the verge of being pushed out deciding to resign and write a flowery letter about work life...
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    If your Facebook status could be ANYTHING, what would it be?

    hiddencatRN replied to lyrabella's topic in Emergency

    "To the majority of my patients who came in today: how do you manage to function in the world? Seriously, how have you not been eaten by a lion or stuck a fork in an outlet? Also, how do you get to...
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    Wording for a resignation letter?

    hiddencatRN replied to Tina, RN's topic in General Nursing

    You've seen that
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    Wording for a resignation letter?

    hiddencatRN replied to Tina, RN's topic in General Nursing

    But if she's put down as ineligible for hire, are they going to bother looking further than that? A brief letter is just more crisp and
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    Wording for a resignation letter?

    hiddencatRN replied to Tina, RN's topic in General Nursing

    HR will look to see if she's been put down as eligible for rehire and that she gave notice professionally. Any extra details could potentially reflect poorly rather than
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    Wording for a resignation letter?

    hiddencatRN replied to Tina, RN's topic in General Nursing

    I disagree. Thank them for the opportunity, and keep the letter short and to the point. You can express verbally that the commitment was too much with your FT job but I wouldn't put any of that in...
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    Units with Least Amounts of Call Offs?

    hiddencatRN replied to kirstyne's topic in General Nursing

    Ask which units have the highest turnover. Chances are they will often be working short staffed rather than over staffed. And chances are this is because there is something about the environment that...
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    Bully?! Help,I need good comebacks!

    hiddencatRN replied to rn865's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    And if she says no? I'd just say no the next time she asks and go about your business if you aren't going to have a conversation with her before it comes