dream'n BSN, RN

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    Flu Vaccine

    dream'n replied to country mom's topic in General Nursing

    No I don't get
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    Gardasil: has your daughter had this vaccine?

    dream'n replied to Morgan314's topic in General Nursing

    Nope, no Gardasil for my girls. At least not yet. Right now I'm just waiting for the huge chickenpox outbreak we're going to be seeing in 25-40 year olds in the next 20 odd years because of the...
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    Med error need guidence

    dream'n replied to Spritenurse1210's topic in General Nursing

    My advice is not to be hard on yourself and chalk it up to a lesson learned. Hope all is fine with your
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    ? Why are people saying that nursing is tough? i dont understand whats so hard about

    dream'n replied to Jelet's topic in General Nursing

    Hmmm, so nurses do little more than fill out paperwork and follow orders? As licensed professionals, we nurses must not only follow orders, but know when new ones are needed. Quite often we define the...
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    Hippaa Violation!!!!!!

    dream'n replied to mamason's topic in General Nursing

    Well that's really nice, but what if their roommate is sick and doesn't feel like being social, let alone making lifelong friends for pete's sake. If I'm an inpatient I certainly don't want to be some...
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    Calling out sick

    dream'n replied to Jules A's topic in General Nursing

    I used to drag myself to work even if I was in pain or sick as a dog (if non-patient care), but I've learned my lesson. A few years ago I had a horrible infection in my tooth and jaw, but because my...
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    Pt with Chest Pain in a docs office

    dream'n replied to Nursonegreat's topic in General Nursing

    I think it would be a great idea to have a kit put together for emergencies. I have worked in a Drs office for quite awhile and have had a car vs. pedestrian accident patient, a few MIs, a stroke or...
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    has anyone been mandated to stay over their shift

    dream'n replied to rn-jane's topic in General Nursing

    Haven't been since my every first job which was LTC. At that place it was common. If your relief called in or didn't show, you had to stay for the next shift. One particular nurse called in at...
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    HIPPAA Dilemma: Pt Privacy vs. Suffering Animal

    dream'n replied to HapkidoMedicine's topic in General Nursing

    What the OP described is animal cruelty. And that is just as illegal as breaking HIPPA. And I don't think in that situation it would be a HIPPA violation (of course I'm not an expert), but personally...
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    Dwindling jobs for LPN's

    dream'n replied to Poochee's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    In certain areas of the country, plentiful LPN jobs are fairly well confined to LTC. And if LTC isn't your niche it can be tough. That is the very reason I am now back in school for my RN. I want...
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    What did you tell your Employee Health Nurse?

    dream'n replied to justpoorfect's topic in General Nursing

    I seriously doubt that if a person had say asthma and didn't disclose it on an employer's questionaire, that the BON would give two flying figs. Yes the employer could fire you for dishonesty I...
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    Off topic..feeling really dumb and afraid!

    dream'n replied to emndarmic's topic in General Nursing

    I'm surprised that you need to take the ACT to return to college as a working adult. Actually the only admission testing I ever had to do was for LPN school, and that was a placement exam. I'm in a...
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    tracking nursing movements

    dream'n replied to candycane267's topic in General Nursing

    I don't work in a hospital so I have never heard of this. Wow, I wouldn't like it at all and don't believe that I would work anywhere that felt that they had to monitor me in such a
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    can you be an rn if you take antidepressants in CA

    dream'n replied to sunshinegirl68's topic in General Nursing

    No employer would ever ask if you're taking antidepressants or if you've been hospitalized for depression . Even us nurses have a right to medical
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    Learn To Say It Correctly!!

    dream'n replied to SheriLynnRN's topic in General Nursing

    Now 'warsh' for wash is not a true mistake, it is regional dialect for parts of the Appalacian and SE (Actually it's 'worsh'.) It's kind of like 'watta' for water in Boston. ? I think the only...
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    Foreign patient with greencard only staying in U.S. for 'free' medical care

    dream'n replied to FireStarterRN's topic in General Nursing

    Well we can respectfully agree to disagree. No matter how one feels about the war, it cannot be denied that the illegal immigration problem is taxing our hospitals in many areas of the country and...
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    most enjoyable nursing books for pleasure / films

    dream'n replied to aussiemags's topic in General Nursing

    Trauma Junkie by Janice Hudson is a really good read about an emergency flight nurse. Two books I highly recommend that are medically based, although not particularly about nursing, are Bitten by Dr....
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    Foreign patient with greencard only staying in U.S. for 'free' medical care

    dream'n replied to FireStarterRN's topic in General Nursing

    In a perfect world that would be great. But money and healthcare resources are finite. And while we are providing these illegal immigrants ongoing, expensive care for chronic diseases, we are ignoring...
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    Do you have friends at work?

    dream'n replied to HisTreasure's topic in General Nursing

    My closest friend and I work for the same employer and met at work. Of course, it took lots of time and sharing for the friendship to grow so close and
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    Are you an introvert or extrovert?

    dream'n replied to jessi1106's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    LOL, that is sooo me! Actually, another INFP
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    Career ending mistakes?

    dream'n replied to emsillystudent's topic in General Nursing

    As stated previously, it is rather uncommon for a nurse to be sued individually. Usually they go after the ones with the funds, the hospitals and Drs. Now a nurse can be dragged into the middle of a...
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    Drug abuser coming back to work

    dream'n replied to mamason's topic in General Nursing

    Maybe she went to the news to let others know that there is help available for them also and they aren't alone. Or maybe she wants to come out honestly as an incentive to stay clean, as everyone will...
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    Any current/former nursing students have unsupportive families?

    dream'n replied to crazyco's topic in General Nursing

    You can do it! Take it from a nurse that has returned to school after many years. I work full-time and have children. They may be holding me a bed in the psych unit before I'm done:clown:, but by...
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    Co-workers who think out loud at the nursing station

    dream'n replied to SoundofMusic's topic in General Nursing

    Let's make sure we are differentiating on this thread between talking to oneself and chit-chatting gossip at the nurses station. I mumble to myself alot, sometimes- gasp, I will even very quietly hum...
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    Calling Docs by their first name...

    dream'n replied to zamboni's topic in General Nursing

    My basic rule is: at work I call them Dr. so and so, unless asked to do otherwise or the culture is such that everyone calls them by their first name. Outside of work if I run into a Dr. for...