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    another stupid question...how old are your drug handbooks?

    General E. Speaking, RN replied to Vida's topic in LPN to RN

    Had to chime in here...I was looking at one of my old drug books from my LVN school days and AZT was listed as a "new and upcoming" drug.
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    This has been really getting on my nerves lately...

    General E. Speaking, RN replied to GregRN's topic in General Nursing

    PhenerGRAN
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    My poor co-worker!

    General E. Speaking, RN replied to tryingtomakeit's topic in Ob/Gyn

    interesting point- so
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    The 'Image' of Nursing

    General E. Speaking, RN replied to GardenDove's topic in General Nursing

    :yeahthat:
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    Pneumatic tube systems....

    General E. Speaking, RN replied to deespoohbear's topic in General Nursing

    just got one but it doesn't go to
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    Any advice on obtaining RN in Texas?

    General E. Speaking, RN replied to yvette7719's topic in LPN to RN

    oops, thanks for the update
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    Any advice on obtaining RN in Texas?

    General E. Speaking, RN replied to yvette7719's topic in LPN to RN

    double
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    Any advice on obtaining RN in Texas?

    General E. Speaking, RN replied to yvette7719's topic in LPN to RN

    great sight here"
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    Nurses are Pathetic!!

    General E. Speaking, RN replied to lorster's topic in General Nursing

    I have been nursing for 17 years. While I don't agree that we are pathetic, nurses do put up with crap. I work on busy tele/med-surg floor. I go through cycles of being determined to make a change...
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    Were you accepted on your first try?

    General E. Speaking, RN replied to DreamyEyes's topic in LPN, LVN Students

    many moons ago I was not accepted to my first LVN school. I made the second one but only because someone dropped and I was an
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    What makes you smile?

    General E. Speaking, RN replied to PreNurseKirk's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    spring
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    Funniest Complaint on Press Ganey Scores

    General E. Speaking, RN replied to nursebrandie28's topic in General Nursing

    We have Press Ganey pep rallies and they post the scores in the bathrooms. I guess they know they have a captured audience while we are on the
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    I Never Remember....

    General E. Speaking, RN replied to UM Review RN's topic in General Nursing

    or... starting @ top right of pt and going around clockwise SALT PEPPER KETCHUP GUACAMOLE leftover goes in the middle.. I like the "keeping the chocolate close to your
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    phasing out?

    General E. Speaking, RN replied to CantWait2Nurse's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    I'm in Texas. Me and one other nurse are the only LVNs on days. There are few more on nights. I work Med-Surg in an acute care facility. We have been hiring boat-loads of RN's and no LVNs. Well,...
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    ED Physicians with overkill

    General E. Speaking, RN replied to ThisEDRNRocks's topic in Emergency

    one of our ED docs had been sued in the past- he's the one who does big work-ups and admits on
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    have you ever lost it at work?

    General E. Speaking, RN replied to lannisz's topic in General Nursing

    been a LVN for 17 yrs and have lost it a few times. I'm perusing my RN. I wrote a personal narrative about it being a nurse and the stresses involved in becoming a nurse and then going back to school...
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    "But nurses are in demand, how can it be hard to get into nursing school"?

    General E. Speaking, RN replied to nynurse2be's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    seasoned nurses at my hospital don't even understand the fierce competition to get into school nowadays. I get the "when are you going to finish" question all the time. I have been taking pre-req's...
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    Funniest Complaint on Press Ganey Scores

    General E. Speaking, RN replied to nursebrandie28's topic in General Nursing

    They tried to make us say that. We flatly refused. Mgmt eventually backed off. It's ridiculous. The only time we say "Is there anything more I can do for you, I have the time" is if we are talking...
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    Funniest Complaint on Press Ganey Scores

    General E. Speaking, RN replied to nursebrandie28's topic in General Nursing

    if they want us to get all "5s" on PG, why don't they make the maximum score "6"!!!! No one is perfect. The scoring sets you up for failure. Hate, hate hate
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    I Never Remember....

    General E. Speaking, RN replied to UM Review RN's topic in General Nursing

    the only time I could remember my password for the entire 90 days without looking at my cheat sheet was when it was "i forgot".
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    Agency Nurse doesn't know how to start IVs?

    General E. Speaking, RN replied to GardenDove's topic in General Nursing

    hehe, so did we! Only the hospital would only give us leftover supplies which included 18 ga needles!!. It's been 17 years and I'm still
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    LVN Vs. RN

    General E. Speaking, RN replied to postmortem_cowboy's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    my vocational LVN school was too many years ago for me to
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    Career vs family

    General E. Speaking, RN replied to PEDSVA's topic in General Nursing

    yup. never says that on their tombstone
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    I Never Remember....

    General E. Speaking, RN replied to UM Review RN's topic in General Nursing

    ..about Vanc Peak & Trough. To jog my memory I think it should be Trough & Peak because of the way you do blood draws.:stone Although, I think peaks are "old school" according to our ID doc...
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    You know you work nights when.......

    General E. Speaking, RN replied to HM2VikingRN's topic in General Nursing

    I am a dayshifter but I have been picking up a few night shifts, so here's mine... You know you work nights when at 5pm your house smells like dinner (for your family) and coffee brewing (for...