Magsulfate BSN, RN

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    Anyone ever gotten off monitoring early?

    They will not release you early for doing your part of the contract or else they'd have to release everyone that does well. You're suppose to be doing good, or you wouldn't still be in the program,...
  2. Oops... meant to say. .. does not allow
  3. I know that Texas absolutely fits not allow it in their
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    Weeding Out.

    I didn't read most of the other replies yet, but I want to insert my experience here. I was in nursing school as a young 20 yr old in a college that HAD to weed out their students each semester...
  5. Pacemaker. .. think about why he got a pacemaker. .. That will lead you to a nursing
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    Critical Analysis of nursing intervention

    1. Shortness of breath 2. Pain I think as a nursing diagnosis impaired gas exchange should be top priority. Look up in your schools library database for that nursing diagnosis and see where it takes...
  7. Your GPA is good. My advice is to apply at several nursing schools. That's what I did 13 years ago, I went to the first one that accepted me. I even moved 70 miles to be close to the school. It...
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    Suboxone use and the Boards of Nursing

    I just realized I commented 5 years ago on this thread
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    Suboxone use and the Boards of Nursing

    Responding to the op, suboxone is a safe way to get rid of an opiod addiction. Whether the BON approves it or not, I personally would not recommend it. The withdrawal from suboxone is BAD. I can't...
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    TPAPN

    I had the same experience and found a sympathetic manager in an icu. She got me for cheap, being the rif Raff that I was, but it was a hell of a
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    TPAPN

    Just keep trying. Everywhere! Try a different approach. I'm not sure how you're going about it. Try to do a little roll reversal at home and see what might be turning off the hiring manager (besides...
  12. This morning I noticed something, and it didn't really upset me, it just confirmed what I've been told over and over.. and what I thought I've seen in the past. I was skimming through the posts here,...
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    Just took random drug test

    I know that I am a bit late on this. But I wanted to reply because, here's the jist..... If you don't tell your employer right now, then you will be in violation of your TPAPN contract. You can not...
  14. I see that this catagory has been slow moving lately and I wanted to start a new thread with a different direction. I would like to get everyone's opinion (even the people that have never suffered...
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    10 Things to NEVER Say to a Nurse

    Daughter calls nurse about mom who is staying with dad (the pt) 24hrs unrelenting in the hospital. "Have you asked mom if she's taken her 'nerve' pill yet? Cuz she went off on the nurses at the other...
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    another clueless employer

    hahaa well, the EDUCATOR at the acute care hospital that I am currently employed had no idea what TPAPN means. There is a lot of ignorance out there, even in the healthcare
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    Question for Jackstem..Suboxone

    I am not Jack, but I do remember that he discussed suboxone some time ago on this forum. So, I found it by searching suboxone and jackstem. I don't want to quote him, and I know that he will give you...
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    How long did it take you to get caught?

    Yeah, what jack
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    Any PEER nurses from OK out there?

    Whether you are volunteer or board ordered, it doesn't matter anymore. You're in the same boat as the morphine, dilaudid slammers, et al. Get used to it and thank your life that you still have it,...
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    Help! Job interview!

    Do you really want to wait until after the job offer and then tell them? That would look like you were being deceptive, wouldn't it? So, you lied to them , or didn't tell them the truth through the...
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    Moving to Lawton. Yeehaw.

    Okay, so my husband wants to move to Lawton Oklahoma. I can't believe it but I am finally, truly, giving into this and going with him because I love him. I also think it's high time we do something...
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    Moving to Lawton. Yeehaw.

    Thank you :) I was up there last summer for one week. My mother in law was in the hospital, in the ICU for three weeks. I'm pretty sure it was comanche county, but I would have to double check. I do...
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    Finding job after tpapn relapse

    Where do you live in Texas? It is very hard to get a job on TPAPN. All you have to do is look around this forum for a bit and you will see so many others with the same problem. But you just have to...
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    Finally Quit Smoking For Good!

    I quit smoking on June 2nd! YAYYYYYYY!! I have another new birthdayyyy!!!! I feel I am most definitely OVER the hump and I think about smoking less and less these
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    Finally Quit Smoking For Good!

    woohooo! smilies with pom poms!! haha thanks