caroladybelle BSN, RN

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    Want out of contract

    caroladybelle replied to Keri29's topic in Nursing Career

    Have you thought about paying off the
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    FINAL WRITTEN WARNING, first ever med error

    caroladybelle replied to angelstar5's topic in General Nursing

    Research "Group One". Notorious group that is used for background checks on nurses, mostly in TX and mostly for profit facilities. Frequently blackballs nurses for legitimate and also, for less...
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    Is NovaPro basically the same as Cross Country?

    caroladybelle replied to adpiRN's topic in Travel

    As an ADN, I have worked at many Magnet hospitals. I'm staff at one now. It isn't so much the Magnet status as the actual hospital and the current economy. When you have large number of travelers...
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    Is there a JOB i can get after being reported to GROUP ONE in TX..black listed :(

    caroladybelle replied to HopefullystayinganRN's topic in Texas Nursing

    What bothers me is that this was an extremely minor issue for it to be reported to GroupOne. It most places this would rate barely a nod......which makes me wonder how vindicative the management is at...
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    Immunizations and being a nurse

    caroladybelle replied to MrsF26's topic in General Nursing

    Very few have an oral form. The only one that I am familiar with was polio and BCG (for TB -not all that effective and very rarely used in areas where TB is not a major scourge - not required for...
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    Alcohol Detox Question

    caroladybelle replied to Clovery's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Most patients that I deal with in the hospital are not seeking long term detox so we are just managing withdrawal DT issues. Thus antabuse would not be
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    Immunizations and being a nurse

    caroladybelle replied to MrsF26's topic in General Nursing

    Vaccine requirements depend on facility, and school. They vary from place to place. Some general ones. MMR - Measles/Mumps/Rubella - or have immune titer. Polio - don't know if it is always...
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    I couldn't believe what I was hearing!

    caroladybelle replied to sra27's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    A story from the front: 24 y/o pt admitted, with HCT 19, plts 11, WBC 150K, 90% blasts from ER, no known history of cancer. Pt has white CXR, sats 78% on RA. The obvious suspected diagnosis is new...
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    I couldn't believe what I was hearing!

    caroladybelle replied to sra27's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

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    Immunizations and being a nurse

    caroladybelle replied to MrsF26's topic in General Nursing

    There are several hundred threads on this topic. Please research those. I do not know the data for Canada. In the USA, you would find extreme difficulty finding a nursing program that would accept...
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    what would you do if you were in my shoes???

    caroladybelle replied to navycorpsman2012's topic in General Students

    Well, for one thing, examine why you want to be a nurse. If it is for a job and for job security, you may want to rethink it. There are thousands of new grads out there that have been searching 6 to...
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    The Mockery of Nursing

    caroladybelle replied to Old.Timer's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I hate working with women, will this be a problem in Nursing. I have to work Christmas. Nobody in my family has EVER had to work Christmas!!!!! I don't like my assignment (said after walking in 20...
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    Recommendations for FL travel companies? horror stories??

    caroladybelle replied to maverick87's topic in Travel

    I do not recommend American Mobile. And I, as a native Floridian, do not recommend Florida as a good place to work as a nurse. There may be a few nice places to work at, but they are few and far...
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    Alcohol Detox Question

    caroladybelle replied to Clovery's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Librium, along with agents, is used in the withdrawal/detox period to prevent DT's. Antabuse is generally used in the aftermath of withdrawal, generally after it is determined that your pt is...
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    The Mockery of Nursing

    caroladybelle replied to Old.Timer's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Perhaps they figure that bathtub meth would help pay those school
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    I either need day shift or to be single. Vent

    caroladybelle replied to beeker's topic in General Nursing

    When you next move, look for the neighborhood with the crappy looking
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    The Mockery of Nursing

    caroladybelle replied to Old.Timer's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I keep finding that the older that I get, the less tolerance that I have for
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    Freaking out. FFP = "fresh frozen platelets" or "fresh frozen plasma"

    caroladybelle replied to dlcj's topic in General Nursing

    Sorry, but in most good nursing programs, they expect you to know and understand what you are ordering/why the pt is to get it, and clarify at that time with the MD. Especially with high risk orders,...
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    Flying juices

    caroladybelle replied to mpink74's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    And you are becoming a
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    Nurses with dreadlocks

    caroladybelle replied to DarkLotus's topic in General Nursing

    I work in a internationally known facility and the employee population is very diverse. I suspect as long as the dreads are clean and tidy and out of the face, and in keeping with the wearer's...
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    This is getting ridiculous!!

    caroladybelle replied to sunnycalifRN's topic in MICU, SICU

    For chemotherapy, methotrexate, cytarabine, daunarubicin, doxorubicin. For those of you unfamiliar with oncology, cytarabine and methotrexate are used intrathecally (they comprise around 99% of IT...
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    Need speaker on skype for nursing class

    caroladybelle replied to Jagjit's topic in International Nursing

    My sympathies are with you that you have such a instructor that would ask such an invasive and inconvenient thing be done on his/her schedule and send students on such an assignment. Do they not...
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    Did I catch this guy in a lie?

    caroladybelle replied to CNA1991's topic in General Students

    Why do you care?Really, unless he is working as a nurse, what difference does it
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    IV/Transfusion Service Inpatient Unit?

    caroladybelle replied to sj73201's topic in General Nursing

    For strictly chemo or transfusion, the pt is usually outpatient. If they need inpatient care, they are usually on the oncology
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    Getting into nursing school with a record

    caroladybelle replied to mdv731's topic in Licensure: Criminal History

    While threatening to shoot someone was considered a misdemeanor, these days most schools and employer are not going to care whether it was a "minor" issue or involved an ex. They are going to see...