onlyanrn

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1. Managers! How do you decide who to hire and who not to hire?

   onlyanrn posted a topic in General Nursing

   I'm sure you have some sort of criteria, but I know that it cannot be based all on the letters behind a person's name and how their previous job references check out. What if someone has great credentials, but just doesn't seem like they will fit in...

2. Some opinions please...

   onlyanrn replied to lovelyj75's topic in General Nursing

   Why not just go to RN school and do it right? I know that a lot of people think that being an LPN first makes you a better RN. I don't believe that it does. It makes you a better bedside nurse, but RNs are really getting away from the bedside. So...

3. [HELP] Easy or good ways to remember general PEDIATRIC vital sign parameters?

   onlyanrn replied to azzurra29's topic in Emergency

   Rote memoriozation worked for me. Also, most large ers have posters with pediatric vitals, tube sizes, and the liek posted in their trauma bays.

4. What was the MOST ridiculous thing a patient came to the ER for?

   onlyanrn replied to JUSTYSMOM's topic in Emergency

   Why not educate people who visit the ER for nonemergent things? How would you feel if your mechanic made fun of you for bringing your SUV in for something silly? It is just as mean to laugh at patients who don't have your knowledege and education!

5. Tips on how NOT to appear like a Drug seeker

   onlyanrn replied to WillowBrook's topic in Emergency

   I agree that only someone who is seeking would worry about how not to look like she is seeking. If you are truly in pain, you are not going to care what others think of you or how you apepar.

6. !st LPN job nightmare

   onlyanrn replied to Ultreya816's topic in Geriatric

   Sometimes things are not as they appear. I have seen nurses in action who are a bit grouchy and don't really go by the book, but are beyond excellent when the chips are down. Don't be so quick to judge the nurse you are training with. She may be comp...

7. What do you do when the narcotic count is off?

   onlyanrn replied to flashpoint's topic in General Nursing

   I diasgree with most of what has been said. Whatever happened to teamwork and supporting one another? I, for one would have had no problem signing the corrected count. Do you really think someone would lie about a mere to pills? Nurses need to st...

8. pacify or orientate? Alzheimers...

   onlyanrn replied to Lfransis's topic in Geriatric

   Why would you even consider lying to a patient? It seems very cruel to me! Think about the poor patient, desparetly wanting to see her mother and jsut being out off and pacified by staff. What a horror! The kind thing to do, is to explain to the ...