pebbles BSN, RN

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    Nurses Who Shouldn't be Nurses

    pebbles replied to bobnurse's topic in General Nursing

    I disagree, because I had one very patronising instructor who didn't like me, pulled me aside and told me I wasn't suited to nursing. She would have group discussions after clinicals and get...
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    Nurses Who Shouldn't be Nurses

    pebbles replied to bobnurse's topic in General Nursing

    Yup, they are heavilly invested in promoting themselves as an educational "necessity", aren't they? I got that garbage in school too. I think the "schools" need to be told about the difficulties...
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    Nurses Who Shouldn't be Nurses

    pebbles replied to bobnurse's topic in General Nursing

    Some of them, I agree, might have those motivations. I had a meeting once with the VP of nursing for my (large) hospital. My boss's boss's boss! Anyway, she told me about a management conference...
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    Nurse who appeared on Dr. Phil suspended

    pebbles replied to imenid37's topic in General Nursing

    lol.... highest I've seen was .73, and the pt was fine after his recovery and
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    waking patients up to do vitals

    pebbles replied to lpnstudentin2010's topic in General Nursing

    Depends how busy the nurses are - most of us don't mind when our patients ask questions about their own
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    Munchausen's or psudoseizures??

    pebbles replied to RN_2_B_2006's topic in Psychiatric

    I agree. It might not be important whether she is faking or having "genuine" seizures. The fact that her behaviour around the seizures and illness is manipulative sounds like a good reason to question...
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    waking patients up to do vitals

    pebbles replied to lpnstudentin2010's topic in General Nursing

    Yup. Anyone who's had surgery needs vitals taken more often, to make sure they are okay. Ditto for people on certain pain medications. If you have had surgery on your head, the nurses NEED to wake...
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    Do you wear some type of support for your legs to prevent leg cramps?

    pebbles replied to JNT'smom's topic in General Nursing

    Anybody with really bad leg cramps, I would recommend going to see a podiatrist or foot clinic to see if custom orthotics might help. I wear moulded orthotics inside my shoes, and it has made a world...
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    nursing cover letter with lack of references and termination

    pebbles replied to kocoman's topic in International Nursing

    Cover letter should talk about what you ARE. NOt what you aren't. Why advertise your shortcomings? The cover letter is supposed to make you seem like a good choice for an employee. It's meant to...
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    Precepting new nurses...

    pebbles replied to mommatrauma's topic in Emergency

    Exactly. Being "new" is different from being in over your head, overwhelmed to the point where clinical competence is jeapardised, etc. ALL experienced nurses will look at a new grad and try to make...
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    Precepting new nurses...

    pebbles replied to mommatrauma's topic in Emergency

    I had a VERY similar situation last year. Only difference was that this was a student doing her three month preceptorship, or "senior practicum", which is part of the requirements to graduate. She...
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    UNIT SECRETARIES-- the good, and the not so good...

    pebbles replied to Mystery5's topic in General Nursing

    We've got one who is a workplace bully. She'll give a nurse the silent treatment for months over something small like the nurse forgot to say hello to her one day. She was disciplined by mgmt when...
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    Nurses Who Shouldn't be Nurses

    pebbles replied to bobnurse's topic in General Nursing

    :chuckle Wasn't the idea of a "loftier" motivation for entering the profession once used as a justification to keep nurses pay low? No way would anyone in this thread, incl the OP want to go that...
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    Nurses Who Shouldn't be Nurses

    pebbles replied to bobnurse's topic in General Nursing

    I have seen nurses who should not be nurses. NOT because of their "motivation" to go into the field. But because of their lack of compassion and lack of empathy and ability to understand what a pt or...
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    Vancomycin..first choice drug??

    pebbles replied to lsyorke's topic in General Nursing

    Use of certain antibiotics, Vancomycin included, is restricted in my hospital. It has to be approved by the Infectious Diseases doctor before pharmacy will dispense
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    coumadin error

    pebbles replied to medicarelpn's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Hence the importance of incident reports, because they go to the admin to look at how the entire "system" is involved in the error. This was pretty darn scary, but the system of how meds are checked...
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    Negativity at Nurse's Station is GETTING ON MY NERVES!

    pebbles replied to Mystery5's topic in General Nursing

    "The beatings will continue until morale improves."... ? Anyway, the constant griping is about workplace culture. It does not change overnight, but I can tell you it happens because of leadership or...
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    How long was new grad orientation?

    pebbles replied to DUCKGIRL's topic in Medical-Surgical

    Question for those new grads answering this thread: Our nursing program has a 12-week "senior practicum" after classes/clinical have finished, and is required for graduation. The student is paired...
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    Public Misconceptions

    pebbles replied to annmariern's topic in General Nursing

    Or, "I'm a doctor, you know" - might be a chiropracter, veterinarian, dentist,
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    Having trouble dealing with drug addicts. Any advice?

    pebbles replied to nurse94's topic in Nursing Career

    As previously mentioned, building trust is an important one. If they are rude to you, try a "contract" approach - "I'll be polite to you if you're polite to me. I'm trying my best to take good care of...
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    Public Misconceptions

    pebbles replied to annmariern's topic in General Nursing

    The nurse is also there to take care of all family members at the bedside, and will run a family Blood Pressure clinic and assess and treat all the aches and pains suffered by the family
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    What can I do?

    pebbles replied to marimar12's topic in General Nursing

    Eat more protien in your diet. Which is hard to do with vegetarian standards, I know - have you tried protien bars and such? That is the best way, because protein takes longer to break down and use...
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    WHY are nurses so catty??

    pebbles replied to SnowymtnRN's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    In my experience, the people in the workplace who do not engage in "gossip" about others - positive or negative, are the ones who are not gossiped about themselves and who are universally respected by...
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    so frustrated with docs/when and when not to page

    pebbles replied to InfoNurse1595's topic in General Nursing

    Amen to that!
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    Nursing Magazines

    pebbles replied to mchanrice's topic in General Nursing

    I subscribe to two, and I find them both very informative and helpful. Here's the links for their websites, where you can subscibe. RN - http://www.rnweb.com/rnweb/ Nursing 2005 -...