shannonFNP BSN, MSN, RN

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    Continuity of Care

    shannonFNP replied to shannonFNP's topic in Home Health

    We're struggling with one CS for our entire census, 2 field RNs (including myself), and a newly hired DOCS that starts next week. Rough! I'm just trying to make things a little
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    Organization!

    shannonFNP posted a topic in Home Health

    Hello! I just accepted a position in home health to start as soon as my notice to my current employer is over. I was wondering what do you all do to get organized? Do you have checklists? Portable...
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    MSN to NP???

    shannonFNP posted a topic in Post Graduate Students

    Hello, I was wondering if any of you had any information that might help me in making a decision about which advanced nursing route I should take. There are several online RN-BSN and BSN-MSN programs....
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    New RN hating night shift

    shannonFNP replied to lindseyjaneRN's topic in General Nursing

    I don't have much advice for you, except to say that I can sympathize. I have a GREAT job in SICU... but I'm miserable when I work, and then miserable when I'm recooperating on my days off. I miss all...
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    Too Low Houston TX Travel Pay????

    shannonFNP replied to asnoyes's topic in Travel

    DONT. Houston is one of the highest paying cities in Texas. New grads start out at around $26/hr plus
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    Things new grads do that bother you/scare you half to death??

    shannonFNP replied to dura_mater's topic in General Nursing

    Don't focus so much on charting, to-do list that you're not forgetting to see the patient and take care of them first. Dressing and tubing changes, charting, etc can WAIT! Teach yourself how to...
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    restraining on a nurses order?

    shannonFNP replied to smartnurse1982's topic in General Nursing

    Restraints *CANNOT* be written as a PRN order, so that would include standing orders as well. You can restrain a client while someone contacts a doctor. The order must be signed within 24 hours of you...
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    ICU Gtt Cheat Sheet Wanted!

    shannonFNP posted a topic in MICU, SICU

    Hello all! I'm a few months new to the SICU and was wondering if anyone had a "cheat sheet" for drips in the ICU? Like usual starting dose, rules of titration, cautions, etc? Thanks in advance for the...
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    Most common medication drips in ICU

    shannonFNP replied to nursegreen's topic in MICU, SICU

    I just wanted to mention that as a new ICU nurse myself, that I absolutely think you're doing a GREAT thing by learning the drips BEFORE you go into ICU rather than waiting until you already start....
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    What are you struggling with?

    shannonFNP posted a topic in First Year After Licensure

    I'm just curious to see what all the new graduates out there are struggling with? I've been an LVN for a year, a tech for a year, and a CNA for nearly a year. However, now I've accepted a new job in...
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    College Station (St Josephs)

    shannonFNP posted a topic in Texas Nursing

    Hi, I was wondering if someone could give me some insight to St. Joseph's hospital in Bryan-College Station, TX. How big is their ICU? How is the hospital in general? I'm looking to possibly getting...
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    Ben Taub, Hermann, Conroe Regional

    shannonFNP posted a topic in Texas Nursing

    Hello! I have been an LVN for a year now, and will be an RN in December. I will be relocating to the Houston area. I'm worried about the commute of working for an ER in downtown Houston (Ben Taub,...
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    Mclennan Community College Info

    shannonFNP replied to lilkimball05's topic in Texas Nursing

    The criteria is the same for LVN-RN
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    Ben Taub, Hermann, Conroe Regional

    shannonFNP replied to shannonFNP's topic in Texas Nursing

    Thank you all for your help! I'm looking towards north of Houston in the Conroe-Woodlands area. I dont mind a commute if it's for a job I love... but I dont know anything about city traffic! Does...
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    Mclennan Community College Info

    shannonFNP replied to lilkimball05's topic in Texas Nursing

    I am a fourth semester student at MCC and received my LVN after semester 2. The main asset that you're going to have getting into the program is your testing scores on the NET and your GPA. Your GPA...
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    Need help brainstorming slow paced jobs!

    shannonFNP posted a topic in Nurse Disabilities

    I was in a tragic auto-pedestrian accident in January that let me with 7 fractures (tibial plateau, pelvis x2, femur, hip, clavicle, sternum) and for two weeks a 50/50 chance of amputation to my right...
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    Wages: RN vs. NP??

    shannonFNP posted a topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    I'm not questioning anyone's choice of profession, so I don't want to offend anyone or spark any posts of "follow your heart, not your pocket book." But as a student RN, I would really like to one day...
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    Need help brainstorming slow paced jobs!

    shannonFNP replied to shannonFNP's topic in Nurse Disabilities

    Thanks for the replies! I just went to the medical supply store after doing a little research on walking boots. I asked my doctor about them to help with foot pain (that's where a lot of my decreased...
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    Nurse from New Jersey wanting to move to Australia

    shannonFNP replied to blabberbrain's topic in International Nursing

    Sorry I'm uninformed about nursing in Australia, but I was wondering if there was a nursing shortage there? I'm dreaming up something big, somewhere exciting to take my life. Thank you very much for...
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    Prestige Sprague Stethoscope not working for me

    shannonFNP replied to JayB18's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    The Littman Classic SE II is a great buy. That's what our nursing school suggested we buy, it used to be a requirement. The Cardio and Master are great scopes to upgrade to, and some would argue that...
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    How do I clean the tubing of my Pink Littman?

    shannonFNP replied to NurseSoonToBe's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    I have the same one that I was SO excited about buying, and no one else had them at the time in class so I was a little unique in that nature. Well I didnt wash my scrubs before my first wear out of...
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    How do I straighten my tubing??

    shannonFNP replied to stdntograd06's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    I've noticed using alcohol on it seems to shorten the tubing life. Especially when you get out of a really nasty room and grab the disinfectant wipes (you know those ones that you can get cancer from...
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    What I Hate About Nursing Is...

    shannonFNP replied to hnt1987's topic in General Nursing

    The attitude towards new nurses as if they were never in their
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    Contact the nurse manager??

    shannonFNP replied to Sarah LnDHopes's topic in General Nursing

    These days, it's nearly impossible to get an application past HR in my area without contacting a manager first. At one hospital we had 10 CNA positions. I put my application in (when I was a CNA) 3...
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    Texas LVN Scope of Practice?

    shannonFNP posted a topic in Texas Nursing

    I can't find this ANYWHERE! I've looked on the BON, but the information is so vague. Does anyone know a cut and dry place for information of what an LVN CAN'T do? I'm about to start work in an ER and...