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1. Fired because of Facebook???

   hairtocare replied to hairtocare's topic in General Nursing

   Wow! And that is not considered a violation of free

2. Fired because of Facebook???

   hairtocare posted a topic in General Nursing

   I heard through the grapevine that two RN's at a hospital were fired yesterday over a thread that they participated in on Facebook.... I do know that the posts were not made during their working...

3. Question about transferring to ED from another unit

   hairtocare replied to obnurse4u's topic in Emergency

   Wow!! 8-12 weeks orientation??? I'm getting 4 weeks and it's a Level I trauma..... But so far I'm loving it! Just utilizing the "self-learning" skills and asking all the questions I can. I say go for...

4. another first...

   hairtocare posted a topic in Emergency

   So...I cracked my first rib last night doing compressions......., ya...that was the look I gave the RT. What a weird feeling, I still have the

5. Anyone from Community College of Beaver County?

   hairtocare replied to crisann's topic in Pennsylvania Nursing

   They said that the construction they are doing on the Allied Health will be done by Fall semester, so they are planning on being back at campus then. It is a hard program to get through....alot of our...

6. Anyone from Community College of Beaver County?

   hairtocare replied to crisann's topic in Pennsylvania Nursing

   Just graduated from there last Thursday. What would you like to know

7. At what point does patient autonomy and self determination end?

   hairtocare replied to hairtocare's topic in Psychiatric

   I appreciate your reply, thank you! That's is where I was going with it and wasn't sure if I was correct. Thanks

8. At what point does patient autonomy and self determination end?

   hairtocare posted a topic in Psychiatric

   Okay, this question was posed to me hypothetically speaking. Patient is manic and has not responded to psychopharmacological interventions~ECT therapy has been recommended to her and her family~ Pt is...

9. Venting about classmates with families...

   hairtocare replied to moncj66's topic in General Students

   funny you mention the hairdresser/bartender thing..(see my screen name), i'm a hairdresser of 15 years and also an ex bartender.........i think that's where i learned to "socialize" with my patients...

10. Help with BP!!!

    hairtocare replied to studentnurse2012's topic in General Students

    you always come up with such awesome things to help out!! i never asked though, are you an

11. Venting about classmates with families...

    hairtocare replied to moncj66's topic in General Students

    Take a deep breath....... it's human nature my friend! If everyone would be honest, we've all been there. "No one knows how hard it is" It's the "turd" syndrome.....ya know~~mine was bigger and...

12. Pathophysiology??

    hairtocare replied to RNnTrainin''s topic in General Students

    The patho is what is going on in the body in the underlying condition.....what happened~the events that are happening to cause the disease processs.........we always had to include signs and symptoms....

13. Nursing intervention~yes or no??

    hairtocare posted a topic in General Nursing

    Okay, I'm a student RN. Long story short, we were told that if a patient is in hypovolemic shock, a RN can increase IV fluids immediately without obtaining a doctors order first. Is this true? I am in...

14. I'm sad :( Nursing is Hard!!

    hairtocare replied to cyncopia's topic in General Students

    I always think of it like this....... You'll never forget about crossing your sterile field ever again~will you? Instead of looking at these "bumps" as negatives~~~~~look at them as learning...

15. NLN Results....

    hairtocare replied to JDLAStew's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    My test had not one question about circuit or elecricity stuff. There was a lot of general science type questions, even math questions involved in the science. Ex: the area of this triangle, my...