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  1. Yelled at nursing station by doctor

    arizonanurse replied to longjourneydream's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I would not let it rest here. You were perfectly in the right and it was rude and unprofessional of the doctor to act like that. If you say nothing more and hope the whole thing just blows over, you...

  2. Funny Doctor Situations

    arizonanurse replied to Ubernurse's topic in Nursing Humor

    One of our doctors made a mistake on one of his orders, so I took the chart over to him as he was walking out to leave and asked him to correct it. He asked me for a pen, and both me and the unit...

  3. CLEP Tests?

    arizonanurse replied to jalgray's topic in General Nursing

    I took the CLEPs for biology and chemistry, and it was well worth not having to take the courses. The bio was easier than the chem, I thought. I felt like I was guessing on most of the questions but I...

  4. Nursing diagnosis

    arizonanurse replied to Liebchen's topic in General Nursing

    No, I've never used a nursing diagnosis since I graduated. In my mind, they are a waste of time. I've heard the arguments that they "teach you how to think," but personally I never found them useful....

  5. RN to BSN online program?

    arizonanurse replied to AfghaniPrinzess's topic in Arizona Nursing

    You do clinicals in your own community (you're responsible for setting them up), but they're not "clinicals" in the ADN sense. For example, one of the assignments was to shadow a leader in your...

  6. RN to BSN online program?

    arizonanurse replied to AfghaniPrinzess's topic in Arizona Nursing

    I did an online RN to BSN program through Northern Arizona University in Flagstaff (http://www.nau.edu). I never had to go to the campus at

  7. contact precautions questions

    arizonanurse replied to stayingoutoftrouble's topic in General Nursing

    I wanted to add that it doesn't matter if the MRSA culture came from the wound...you still initiate contact precautions. And any MRSA culture from the past (for example, you have a patient admitted...

  8. contact precautions questions

    arizonanurse replied to stayingoutoftrouble's topic in General Nursing

    At our hospital, all meals for contact precautions patients are in disposable containers. In addition, all patient care equipment should be "dedicated" to that patient. There should be a seperate BP...

  9. Could she do this?

    arizonanurse replied to jenni82104's topic in General Nursing

    Okay, I'm going to play devil's advocate here, but we don't know the whole story and we really can't judge the nurse without it. Say you have a patient on Vanco and Timentin pending culture results,...

  10. Medical Terminology & Abbrevations Game :)

    arizonanurse replied to Florence NightinFAIL's topic in General Nursing

    nope...try again or how about NC or NP (hint: means the same

  11. Medical Terminology & Abbrevations Game :)

    arizonanurse replied to Florence NightinFAIL's topic in General Nursing

    postdates induction of labor

  12. What did u buy your first year of nursing?

    arizonanurse replied to rn2bn07's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I bought a used Honda Civic for $3700 and saved most of the rest for graduate school tuition. I did let myself splurge a little more - ate out about once a week, whereas when I was in nursing school I...

  13. What's In Your Pocket?

    arizonanurse replied to AmyD_RN's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Stethoscope (I don't like wearing it around my neck, so it goes in my pocket) Tape Alcohol wipes Bandage scissors IV caps Lots of pens, since I always seem to lose them My report sheet My cell phone...

  14. IVs.... When will I be good at this?

    arizonanurse replied to TigerGalLE's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I probably did about 10 IVs in nursing school, and got about 70% of them. Not great, but I didn't think I was horrible either. Then I started working. For the first three months I did not get one IV....

  15. Nursing graduate school question...references from doctors?

    arizonanurse posted a topic in General Nursing

    I am applying to graduate school and need to provide three references, one supervisory and two from peers. I'm going to ask my nurse manager to write the supervisory one, and I know all of my...

  16. This has been really getting on my nerves lately...

    arizonanurse replied to GregRN's topic in General Nursing

    Okay, these are my pet peeves. It doesn't get to me when I read it but when someone says it, oh my gosh, it's like nails grating on a chalkboard. umbil-EYE-cus (accent on the third syllable) instead...

  17. 265 questions??

    arizonanurse replied to Unicornfrog's topic in General Nursing

    I wanted to add...to the OP, I know what you're going through, and the wait is agonizing. I've been there, and it is not fun. But before you know it you'll be working as a nurse, and these few days...

  18. 265 questions??

    arizonanurse replied to Unicornfrog's topic in General Nursing

    I just took my NCLEX last June, and I already smile when I see these posts. Same with the posts that complain about the "mean" nursing instructors and the RNs at clinical that (gasp) don't wash their...

  19. Youngest age of a nurse

    arizonanurse replied to daisey_may's topic in General Nursing

    I graduated nursing school and first worked as an RN at 19. I was charge nurse for the first time a few weeks after my 20th birthday. I never got any negativity from patients, doctors, or coworkers,...

  20. What meds require a filter?

    arizonanurse replied to Sarah, RNBScN's topic in Patient Medications

    At the facility where I used to work, IV Protonix required a filter. Not sure if this is standard practice or just

  21. Nurses children and vaccinations, how do you feel?

    arizonanurse replied to Mistify's topic in General Nursing

    Neither did I :) It's nice to find other heretics out there. Seriously though, sometimes I DO feel like a hypocrite when I vaccinate babies at work, or give the flu shot (which I have serious doubts...

  22. funny things Phleb's hear when with a p.t

    arizonanurse replied to PHLEBOTOMIST_TO_RN's topic in General Nursing

    Not a phlebotomist, but as an RN drawing blood or starting an IV, I've heard: 1) Oh, try this one, this is the one I always use (from a drug user) 2) That one's no good anymore, it's been used and...

  23. Nurses children and vaccinations, how do you feel?

    arizonanurse replied to Mistify's topic in General Nursing

    I am pretty similar. There are many side effects to vaccines that have not been fully studied. Personally I would not feel comfortable giving my children routine vaccinations since the jury is still...

  24. IM sites on babies

    arizonanurse posted a topic in Pediatric

    Okay, so I know this seems like a dumb question...but say you have a two month old for routine immunizations. There are 5 to give - DTaP, IPV, Hep B, HiB, and PNC7. So where do you give them all? 3 in...

  25. Please come discourage me...

    arizonanurse replied to albedo's topic in General Nursing

    Here's the bad side: You hold the ultimate responsiblity for your patients. Which means you are the one that gets blamed if lab is late drawing the blood, or dietary gives your NPO (nothing by mouth)...