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  1. Paper due and clueless about APA style research papers!

    queenjean replied to TessaMae's topic in General Students

    I know this thread is a couple of days old, but I just wanted to throw out there that some word processing programs have an APA template. So check before you purchase one; you might already have

  2. Can you be a nurse without working in the hospital? Please help.

    queenjean replied to Cfitz's topic in General Nursing

    Lactation consulting also requires many hours of breastfeeding instruction/pt contact, which you aren't going to get if you don't work the floor. It takes a while to adjust to nights. Did you try...

  3. Pediatrics injection

    queenjean replied to highlife2008's topic in General Nursing

    Is there a state where an RN cannot give an IM or SC injection without specialty training? I would find it hard to believe, but I suppose stranger things have

  4. online degree programs for adn?

    queenjean replied to RNfaster's topic in General Nursing

    My online LPN-RN degree has not been treated any differently than any other degree. In fact, most of the ADN and BSN schools in this area have at least some of their theory work online. In any case,...

  5. Pediatrics injection

    queenjean replied to highlife2008's topic in General Nursing

    You should check your state practice act, but I was giving injections to pediatric and neonatal patients as an LPN; I have never heard of a special certification merely to give IM and SC

  6. good inserting IV catheter videos online?

    queenjean replied to mashamontago's topic in General Nursing

    For example, a brief search of youtube produced

  7. good inserting IV catheter videos online?

    queenjean replied to mashamontago's topic in General Nursing

    Did you try youtube? Many medical product companies have instructional videos on their products; look up those companies and then their IV catheters. My textbook company had an online site that had...

  8. Pharmacy school?

    queenjean replied to Sg0223RN's topic in General Nursing

    Good luck! I love the thought of having nurses in other positions, both in health care and in general positions. The cardiologist I love the most at our hospital is a nurse--she still keeps her...

  9. Well, I think I just flunked out of nursing school today.

    queenjean replied to justme1972's topic in General Students

    Good lord, if you don't go to clinicals, you might as well drop out. If you go to both clinicals and class, put as much effort into everything now as you have in the past, and you still fail, how does...

  10. Child Vaccinations

    queenjean replied to pwg1219's topic in General Nursing

    There are many reasons behind a parent choosing not to vaccinate their child. If you simply ask in a non-judgmental way, they will most likely share their reasoning, and you can go from there....

  11. whats wrong with clamping the PICC??

    queenjean replied to Ms.RN's topic in General Nursing

    Depends upon the type of PICC. Some of our PICCs don't have clamps on them, some do. If there is a clamp on it, it gets clamped. If not, not. Easy. The flush is dependent upon the type: some are...

  12. Primary Nursing and Relationship Based Care--need some input!

    queenjean posted a topic in General Nursing

    Our hospital is attempting to implement both primary nursing and relationship based care. We nurses are tearing our hair out trying to figure out what they want from us. We already had a system in...

  13. How often are you forced to work nights?

    queenjean replied to yerbluez's topic in General Nursing

    Seriously, folks, this fellow is going to have to get into a nursing program and complete it before he is a nurse. So unless he has already initiated that process, chances are good that he has 3+...

  14. Before a Code Blue!

    queenjean replied to brissygal's topic in General Nursing

    Our met team has an ICU nurse (who typically only takes one step down pt, so that she can answer calls), an RT, a lab tech, an ER nurse, and the nursing supervisor. If a hospitalist in the building,...

  15. Patients sending Myspace Friend Requests!?

    queenjean replied to AKAKatydid's topic in General Nursing

    It's an interesting issue. I don't know if "old fashioned" rules of professionalism apply or not; it seems like myspace, facebook, youtube et al have redefined privacy. My inclination would be to...

  16. Ever had folks assume you're the Aide not the Nurse????!!!!

    queenjean replied to CaLLaCoDe's topic in General Nursing

    Even after I introduced myself as his nurse, assessed, gave a med, and discussed his plan of care, recently one of my pt's thought the aide working with me was his nurse! I'm not sure what he thought...

  17. Consent to drug test OB/L&D Patients

    queenjean replied to JMA-RN2B's topic in General Nursing

    Got your tinfoil hat? A consent form is signed upon admission. Do I need to get an individual consent form signed for every test, every lab stick, every IV stick, every dose of every medication? The...

  18. Fort Hays University?

    queenjean replied to RocknRollYogaRn's topic in Online Distance Learning

    I'm seconding dijaqrn's comments. It is fully accredited (though not NLN, tbut he other accrediting body), you don't ever have to visit campus, and it is the same curriculum as their on-site students....

  19. RN to BSN, Fort Hays State University?

    queenjean replied to queenjean's topic in Online Distance Learning

    I didn't get into patho; I guess I wasn't quite sure when I was supposed to enroll (CM went on vacation, and I hadn't heard back yet about what I needed to take and when I should start taking them),...

  20. Consent to drug test OB/L&D Patients

    queenjean replied to JMA-RN2B's topic in General Nursing

    Why not test everyone? We don't need consent for our urine drug screens. They aren't "legal" in that they wouldn't stand up in court for prosecution. We don't have a true chain of command, we...

  21. Is anyone in or has gone through an online RN to BSN?

    queenjean replied to Jo Dirt's topic in General Nursing

    I'm in an online RN to BSN program through Fort Hays State University. I think it is one of the cheapest out there, less than $200 a credit hour for in state. Clinicals are near the end of the...

  22. RN to BSN, Fort Hays State University?

    queenjean replied to queenjean's topic in Online Distance Learning

    Same one you are, I think; Nursing transitions. Have you taken any other classes there, or is this the first for you (it is for

  23. RN or Ultrasound Tech????

    queenjean replied to peaches1020's topic in General Nursing

    You usually get paid more for nights and weekends. Anywhere from 1-4$ more. I get $2 an hour more to work nights, and another 3$ an hour on top of that on weekends. I think in general ultrasound...

  24. RN or Ultrasound Tech????

    queenjean replied to peaches1020's topic in General Nursing

    New RNs in the Kansas City are are NOT starting out at 15/hr. Most hospitals start them around 20, plus shift differential, which varies from hospital to

  25. Hourly Rounding/pain management?

    queenjean replied to locolorenzo22's topic in General Nursing

    I have always rounded hourly (myself or the aide, if I have one). No big deal. I tell pts that I or the aide will be checking on them every hour during the noc to make sure they appear comfortable,...