caroladybelle BSN, RN

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    So angry and annoyed!

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

    I can understand your distress as you love your father. Often, what a pt reports to the by nurse is significantly different from what the nurse has observed. I personally have been on the receiving...
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    Since when is it okay to brag about abusing a patient?

    caroladybelle replied to kristieRNsn2bFNP's topic in General Nursing

    I read the thread in question. Those who witness abuse, true abuse, should report it. However, how someone writes what they "overheard" in passing - perhaps completely, perhaps in bits and pieces -...
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    As a Travel Nurse educated in the U.S. can you get assignments in Europe?

    caroladybelle replied to Skylarslaughter's topic in Travel

    As far European assignments, in most cases you would have to go through their licensure and the facility would have to have demonstrated a need to get approval to hire a foreign nurse from outside the...
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    Nurses, how do you feel about raw food diet?

    caroladybelle replied to AddisonLawrence03's topic in General Nursing

    As a UC patient, it would kill me - literally. And as a nurse, given that most of my pts are getting serious amounts of chemo and/or radiation, it would kill them too in many
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    PHARMACY PROBLEMS?

    caroladybelle replied to pharmacistKAREN's topic in Patient Medications

    Several issues. If you as the pharmacist enter an order for antibiotics that are stat/now, and put the time in there for the exact time you get the order, please get the med there by at least 30...
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    getting a nurse degree in the US being a former graduated nurse in a foreign college

    caroladybelle replied to sueine's topic in International Nursing

    Do you intend to work in the US and do you have a visa/green card/ permit to work in the US? If you do wish to work here and do not permit, that is where your major hold up wi
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    New Grad moving to Athens, help please!

    caroladybelle replied to ahain0013's topic in Georgia Nursing

    Be forewarned that most the facilities within 20-30 minute drive are quite small and/or forprofit. However, for a little farther drive, there are the Gwinnett hospitals and the hospital system in...
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    New Grad moving to Athens, help please!

    caroladybelle replied to ahain0013's topic in Georgia Nursing

    The two main hospitals are St. Mary's and Athens Regional Medical Center. Both have websites under their names for jobs listings. I do not know conditions at Sts but the ratios are tolerable at ARMC....
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    random drug testing

    caroladybelle replied to TamTam23's topic in General Nursing

    As a general rule, if you get an initial positive, they do more thorough testing to clarify. The majority of false positives. And it is not easy to show positive even if you have had meds. As a...
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    random drug testing

    caroladybelle replied to TamTam23's topic in General Nursing

    Just because a med is legally prescribed and may needed to function does not mean that you can work as a nurse or in many professions while using even if your MD says it does not impair you. An...
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    I am a technical anesthesia

    caroladybelle replied to ALINOUH's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    There is no Bachelor's degree in anesthesia or ICU in the US. One gets a Bachelor's in Nursing then works for several years in ICU and then attends a school for several years to become a CRNA. The...
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    Jobs that pay the least in Florida?

    caroladybelle replied to Blackcat99's topic in Florida Nursing

    I was a native Floridian now a resident of MD Last year in MD, I earned over 80k, with very little of it OT. In FL , the same amt of hrs, maybe 50k. In FL, I would have 6 to 12 pts per shift as...
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    Jobs that pay the least in Florida?

    caroladybelle replied to Blackcat99's topic in Florida Nursing

    The most annoying excuse given for low pay: "You get paid in sunshine". To which my response is, "When Comcast, the IRS and Visa start accepting sunshine as payment, I'll accept it... Until then, I...
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    Jobs that pay the least in Florida?

    caroladybelle replied to Blackcat99's topic in Florida Nursing

    The problem is greater than the "no unions"issue. First, the majority of FL pts are primarily Medicare/medicaid, both of which are being cut to the bone. Second, given the age of the pts, there are...
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    Has anyone ever been accused of stress abuse mistaken for substance abuse on the job?

    caroladybelle replied to nurseterry's topic in Health, Stress Management

    I regret that this happened to you and that you felt the need to quit. What did you do wrong? I suspect that you know...... All of this happened in less than a year? Some would say that with a...
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    Please help!!!

    caroladybelle replied to vega4you's topic in General Students

    I generally don't do others homework, but insulin and heparin come to mind. Blood products technically are meds and must be double checked. And in good facilities, chemotherapy and cancer biologics...
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    successful application for H1B visa

    caroladybelle replied to cymphilly's topic in International Nursing

    Much depends on your education and years of experience. But all of that is pretty useless unless you can find a sponsor that can qualify a position that cannot currently be filled by a US citizen....
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    Oh no they didn't...uniform changes in florida

    caroladybelle replied to pearljammer's topic in General Nursing

    Florida is a "right to work" state. Thus, your employer can require a great deal from you, and fire you for many reasons with little to no recourse. There are few unions, and some facilities that...
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    Never driving to work in snow again

    caroladybelle replied to NurseLoveJoy88's topic in General Nursing

    My prayers that all stay safe, no matter what choices /'arrangements that they make
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    Never driving to work in snow again

    caroladybelle replied to NurseLoveJoy88's topic in General Nursing

    No need to be so snide, just because some of us choose to behave as responsible adults. We all are free to make choices. Some of those choices have consequences to them. It is regrettable that is not...
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    Never driving to work in snow again

    caroladybelle replied to NurseLoveJoy88's topic in General Nursing

    By the same token: Nurses place a big emphasis on being "Professional" . Part of being professional means recognizing what your job entails and not taking that job if you are not capable of doing...
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    A question about Adenosine

    caroladybelle replied to Aerin's topic in Emergency

    No it does not. Some people will have a brief (few seconds or even just a pause) asystole before capture back into a slower rhythm. And I have seen a few that didn't really pause, the rhythm just...
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    Never driving to work in snow again

    caroladybelle replied to NurseLoveJoy88's topic in General Nursing

    In the case of this MD storm, no Psychic abilities were required. If one checks the national weather service or the weather channel, this storm (not exact amts of snow) was listed at least ahead of...
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    Help for a doc!

    caroladybelle replied to docnur's topic in International Nursing

    In a ddition they have to get the legal permit, as a nonUS citizen to work here. Depending on nation of origin/citizenship and the state of retrogression, 4-7 years is the wait in many cases to to...
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    Do you think it's right for nurses that are going to school do their homework at work

    caroladybelle replied to tobesmartt's topic in General Nursing

    If their work is caught up, and the pts are receiving all the care that they need, especially on night shift, there is no problem. Quite frankly, I think that it is more appropriate than texting...