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  1. I need some advice about the GED

    *ac* replied to Diana von tease's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    It's your pre-reqs that get you into nursing school. For your general ed and pre-reqs, you can go to a community college with a GED and no SAT. I did it. Then you prove yourself with excellent...

  2. Alternative to spanking

    *ac* replied to HeartsOpenWide's topic in General Nursing

    I never wanted my child to dread coming home or fear me for any

  3. Contributing to a group gift for your NM?

    *ac* replied to *ac*'s topic in General Nursing

    I have mixed feelings about it. When I first started, it didn't seem like that big of deal when these things came up, and I chipped in a pretty high amount. But now I realize it's something...

  4. Contributing to a group gift for your NM?

    *ac* replied to *ac*'s topic in General Nursing

    We didn't all agree. We got a polite email from a sr staffer who said she was collecting for this purpose. She said to do as each would like, for as much as they'd like. Being my first year, I just...

  5. Alternative to spanking

    *ac* replied to HeartsOpenWide's topic in General Nursing

    The American Academy of Pediatrics very clearly discourages spanking. I also want to add a comment about dealing with kids who have lied. The advise I got was not to put them on the spot in the first...

  6. Alternative to spanking

    *ac* replied to HeartsOpenWide's topic in General Nursing

    I have one grown, successful child whom I never physically hurt. It was important to me that I never convey that the way to solve a problem is to strike another person. I took a class on discipline...

  7. When is my shift over?

    *ac* replied to Hoosiernurse's topic in General Nursing

    This used to happen to me all the time. I'm approaching a year now, and it's getting better. For one thing, as the day progresses, I write anything that happens that I know I need to tell the next...

  8. Getting into HCC out of county?

    *ac* replied to harborview's topic in Maryland Nursing

    I graduated from UMSON last year. I've heard that they no longer offer a second degree BSN; in other words, if you have a degree in another field, the only option is the entry-level masters CNL,...

  9. Can doctors go against hospital policy?

    *ac* replied to bellehill's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    I often write, "as ordered". In this case, I'm warning the doctor that I will be writing his specific name down in a special nursing note which will explain why the protocol was not followed. I've...

  10. Can doctors go against hospital policy?

    *ac* replied to bellehill's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    I have explained to the doc that I will be writing a nursing note that says, "Per Dr. so and so..." and the doc has changed his mind in a

  11. Many RN's administer IV meds wrong.

    *ac* replied to Guest219794's topic in Patient Medications

    Of course we do. But sometimes all the ports are taken and something has to be

  12. Many RN's administer IV meds wrong.

    *ac* replied to Guest219794's topic in Patient Medications

    I hate when an IVP is to be given and there's no port available in a running IV. It seems like disconnecting the tubing, pushing the med, and reconnecting the tubing is an infection

  13. Tired of attitude from certain PCA!!! (LONG)

    *ac* replied to j_b_221's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I agree with this idea a hundred percent, but I just don't have time to change beds and bathe pts. I do change beds that really need it (when the accident happens, for example), but I truly don't...

  14. Either Give Me A Lunch Break Or Pay Me!!

    *ac* replied to cradlecrewer's topic in General Nursing

    Just for the record, this is how it is at my hospital, too. We work 12 1/2 hours, sometimes more depending, and get 30 minutes deducted for lunch no matter what. We duck in and out of the break...

  15. pediatric preceptorship

    *ac* replied to MachoNurse's topic in Pediatric

    I agree with the above poster. I've been in acute care pediatrics for almost a year. The students who come through doing a practicum on our floor at this time cannot get hired here d/t budget...

  16. How Can You Tell if a Pt. Is Addicted???

    *ac* replied to Pretty in Ink's topic in Addictions

    I don't have time to fool around with trying to figure who is or isn't a seeker. If their r/r is high enough and they are arousable, I give the med as ordered based on what the patient tells me about...

  17. Nursing and the economy...

    *ac* replied to sassiebaz's topic in Arizona Nursing

    Here's how nurses "feel" it": Nobody's getting laid off (yet?) but there's no hiring, so we are almost always working short now, with strict limits on overtime. Working short sucks the life out of...

  18. What's it like working with people with eating disorders?

    *ac* replied to Nickytoto's topic in Psychiatric

    When I first read this, I thought you meant, working with other nurses who have eating disorders. I thought, well most nurses have eating disorders, don't they? But to answer your real question, we...

  19. worried about choosing nursing as a career...

    *ac* replied to jordan517's topic in Men in Nursing

    In a word, no. The male nurses I went to school with (and yes, some were black and gay) and have worked with have been the most popular and successful. Only one weird thing ever happened: In OB...

  20. manifestations of stress as a new RN

    *ac* replied to sediaz's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Same.

  21. Who Watches ER?

    *ac* replied to Satori77's topic in General Nursing

    Have watched every single, solitary show. Did somebody complain that they say things incorrectly?? Well, maybe sometimes, but I cannot tolerate hearing House annunciate things like, "deep... vein......

  22. Working w/o Techs and Secretaries

    *ac* replied to KalipsoRed's topic in First Year After Licensure

    You know what bugs me most about this? The NP saying, "back in the day... we took care 12 patients total care, blah, blah, blah..." Yeah, right, but without half the documentation, cover-your-butt,...

  23. Nurses eat anybody young old and indifferent

    *ac* replied to madwife2002's topic in General Nursing

    This is so true, but my real problem is not getting sucked into it myself. Somebody complains about me for something petty, and I want to get even - it takes everything I've got not to. I have...

  24. How does working major holidays go at your hospital?

    *ac* replied to HappyPediRN's topic in General Nursing

    Holidays are scheduled in a fair way on my unit (unlike most of the scheduling). We work every other holiday. Since there's 7 per year, this means everyone works every other Christmas, etc. For...

  25. Do they count your 36 hours as 40 hours?

    *ac* replied to xstalkrx's topic in General Nursing

    Same. Plus I get no real breaks where someone covers for me, and I don't get paid for the lunch I don't