caroladybelle BSN, RN

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    "Nurses Are So Mean"

    caroladybelle replied to Ruby Vee's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Please remember the TOS
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    It's Time for Universal Licensing In all 50 States

    caroladybelle replied to newgradRN001's topic in General Nursing

    No one disagrees with you that we should have a universal license. The problem is the authority for licensure/regulating licensed businesses and persons falls to the states NOT the federal government....
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    Snow Days....

    caroladybelle replied to Kareylea's topic in General Nursing

    Respectfully, to the poster from Aust. As far as not getting sacked for missing time due to weather. This is the USA, and the OP is from the Southern states, where most states are Right to Work. This...
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    RN assigned as a CNA

    caroladybelle replied to myree72's topic in General Nursing

    If you had a problem with the heavy assists and got hurt, that might explain why you may be short a CNA. Thus the answer is not to refuse CNA work but to initiate change that lessen the chance of...
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    Snow Days....

    caroladybelle replied to Kareylea's topic in General Nursing

    There are several extensive threads about this issue from 2/10 and the massive storm that hit midAtlantic states. For some us we got over 50 inches of snow in less than a week, in an area that...
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    Massive RN Layoffs

    caroladybelle replied to Obamacare's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Several of your facts are wrong. "Hillarycare" has never existed and certainly never came about. Blaming something that does not or has not existed for a slowed hiring period for nurses costs you...
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    Smokers in Nursing School--How Are You Treated?

    caroladybelle replied to SarahMaria's topic in General Students

    I have burn scar from someone's flicked cigarette, hitting me and then falling in the back seat of my
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    Ridiculous, overbearing restrictions on volunteers

    caroladybelle replied to Axmann, RN, BSN, NREMT-B's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I hate to break it to you but the vast majority of "paid" nurses put in huge amounts of time into pt care that they are most certainly not paid for. Time in extended report, answering lights off the...
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    Would you marry a Doctor?

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

    My favorite was the MD that bought all of his girlfriends the same gift. We would laugh when we all saw them wearing the exact same necklace on different shifts. Couldn't tell them anything either -...
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    Would you marry a Doctor?

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

    I know plenty of nurses that married MDs looking for a smart powerful rich man,,,they are now called "divorced". I have dated MDs upon occasion but because of convenience. They are certainly are not...
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    Is it true that male new grads are not struggling

    caroladybelle replied to gtshin30303's topic in General Nursing

    Given that female nurses have had to deal with that for decades, not really. Besides given various stats, more and more places are going to "no lift" policies to prevent injury to ALL nurses, male and...
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    Doing associates in nursing the same time I am doing bachelors in accounting

    caroladybelle replied to trustabdy's topic in Nursing Career

    Another issue - how difficult will it be to get a place in the nursing school. Is this one of the very few schools that doesn't have a long list of applicants, wait lists, etc. Or do you have the...
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    Allergic to Benadryl?

    caroladybelle replied to Brittneesher's topic in General Nursing

    Yes, there are plenty of pts out there allergic to benedryl. As a note, I am anaphylactically allergic to tylenol....which is problematic as many drugs contain
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    Standing orders (Please explain)

    caroladybelle replied to ScreamBoxDolly's topic in General Nursing

    All standing orders should be written down somewhere. And there should be a notation in the individual pts record that nursing is permitted to use those orders with the pt. Otherwise, they are...
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    Seeking guidance on tricky situation

    caroladybelle replied to Nascar nurse's topic in LTC: Directors, Assistant

    I personally think that some sort of charges should be filed if possible, even if charges do not stick. This person's lies have caused you harm, to your reputation and to you financially d/t...
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    Pregnancy and Critical Care Nursing

    caroladybelle replied to rach2103's topic in Critical Care

    Avoid pts who are eceiving Ritonivir, and use strict chemo precautions with hazardous drugs and antivirals like
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    Drug Screen advice

    caroladybelle replied to stinky_candi's topic in LPN, LVN Students

    While probably wouldn't be an issue for a school or regular staff position, if you regularly got frequent dilutes on an agency/travel assignments several times in a row WITHOUT a good medical reason,...
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    Port-a-cath sterile access technique question

    caroladybelle replied to S.N. Visit's topic in General Nursing

    Currently use chlorohexidine - better microbial with less irritation and fewer allergies. No concentric circles as you should scrub. Betadine really is supposed to be permitted dry and left on - many...
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    Why is it called RN-to-BSN/MSN instead of ADN-to-BSN/MSN

    caroladybelle replied to Bruce_Wayne's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    About 10 years ago, roughly a third of RNs were BSN, a third were associate degree and the remaining third were Diploma. Many great Programs were diploma until the last 10 to 15
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    Why is it called RN-to-BSN/MSN instead of ADN-to-BSN/MSN

    caroladybelle replied to Bruce_Wayne's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    Because there are still many Diploma nurses out there, without an Associates. I personally don't see any shame or lack of class/ prestige in have a title that is correct and inclusive. I also have to...
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    An ICU nurse manager told my wife that her Med/surg experience was hurting her!?

    caroladybelle replied to Roland's topic in MICU, SICU

    Please note that this was posted in 2005 and the OP has long since bid farewell. And of note, please review the OPs history in posts. It tells the
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    Just looking for some other opinions on a topic that came up on Oprah

    caroladybelle replied to mentalhealthRN's topic in General Nursing

    Exactly. We have women and men that have unprotected sex with any stray cat partner with absolutely no knowledge of their history and no one is condemning them. Or who choose ( and some do choose )...
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    How to Deal With Ignorant Medical Professionals

    caroladybelle replied to tencat's topic in General Nursing

    That. There is no excuse for this kind of
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    Thinking of moving to Florida!

    caroladybelle replied to luvtwilight's topic in Florida Nursing

    Please be aware that FL economy is one of the most hard hit in the nation. There are very nurse jobs in most areas, though I do not know about private duty. Second, the jobs in most of FL pay less...
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    No Experience International Nursing?

    caroladybelle replied to periodical's topic in General Nursing

    I suspect that you need to have this moved to the International Forum as few people in Gen Nursing will know the answer. Your bigger issue is not can you get a license to practice there, but can you...