FireStarterRN BSN, RN

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    What Song Describes Your Life? What Song Describes Your Attitude Towards Nursing?

    FireStarterRN replied to AngelfireRN's topic in General Nursing

    Yeah, I was wondering about that. But I like that song and the phrase "I can't live, with or without you" encapsulates some of my feelings about
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    What Song Describes Your Life? What Song Describes Your Attitude Towards Nursing?

    FireStarterRN replied to AngelfireRN's topic in General Nursing

    My song about my life-- 'Roundabout' by Yes [YOUTUBE]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F3qgq9Grhoo[/YOUTUBE] Song about nursing -- 'With or Without' you by U2 [YOUTUBE]
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    I am 39 years old. I am a convicted felon, still on parole. I want to be a nurse.

    FireStarterRN replied to donnahaith1's topic in Licensure: Criminal History

    Eight felonies and still on parole? That sounds like a very big hurdle to overcome, and rightfully so. Good luck in going
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    Where Do You Dispose of Narcotics?

    FireStarterRN replied to All4Seasons's topic in PACU

    Sharps container for tabs and sink for liquids. There's so much crap in our water table I don't think a little bit of dilaudid will make any difference. Think of it, it's going down the sewer along...
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    Fired or Resign?

    FireStarterRN replied to iahi_2005's topic in General Nursing

    Two months doesn't seem long enough to adapt to an ICU. There's a lot to learn, especially for a relatively new
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    Newly pregnant and working in stressful med/surg unit

    FireStarterRN replied to laRN1's topic in General Nursing

    If you are in your mid-30s this may be your last shot at having a baby if you have had difficulties. I wouldn't risk that for all the tea in
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    I think that I may be the oldest male nursing student when I enter this fall

    FireStarterRN replied to mmrush1's topic in Male Nursing Students

    Hey, that's great!!! You might very well be, I wonder if there is a data base nursing book of world records anywhere? I had a patient who had gone to school with some of my co-workers at your age....
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    Fired or Resign?

    FireStarterRN replied to iahi_2005's topic in General Nursing

    The OP has given us very little in the way of details. We've had to drag them out one by one. Maybe that tendency is part of the
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    Banana Bags. Etoh. Rate.

    FireStarterRN replied to JeepAnnie's topic in General Nursing

    I think some doctors just like to pretend they're intensivists and order complicated IV
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    Fired or Resign?

    FireStarterRN replied to iahi_2005's topic in General Nursing

    I agree with
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    Fired or Resign?

    FireStarterRN replied to iahi_2005's topic in General Nursing

    Are you a brand new nurse or have you been working elsewhere as an
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    Beer in the morning?

    FireStarterRN replied to FireStarterRN's topic in Nurses Recovery

    So let's see, 1 beer at 9, 1 beer at 10:30, 2 beers at 12:30 lunch, plus the flask of Schnapps, then left at 2PM to drive down a winding mountain road. They were probably drinking from the flask when...
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    Snarky classmate + anxiety issues

    FireStarterRN replied to pinkiepie_RN's topic in General Students

    This woman sounds incompatible as a carpooler. She is a terrible backseat driver, she is cranky and intolerant, and she expects mind reading. I had a carpool for nursing school, we had three core...
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    I'm afraid for my pt. and afraid to go to work.

    FireStarterRN replied to Peggy4's topic in General Nursing

    I once did private duty nursing. I will never, never do it again and I did not have situations as difficult as you describe. I agree with the others, child protection must be called. You are a...
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    Beer in the morning?

    FireStarterRN replied to FireStarterRN's topic in Nurses Recovery

    That's exactly what she said to me when I mentioned the beer in the morning. She's quite open about
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    Beer in the morning?

    FireStarterRN replied to FireStarterRN's topic in Nurses Recovery

    . One thing is I won't meet them and carpool, I make sure that I'm driving. I worry more about her driving home down a steep mountain. As far as gossip, I'm not going to run to anyone and blab,...
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    She really said that? Yep, it's gonna be a LOOOONG residency

    FireStarterRN replied to nursejohio's topic in Ob/Gyn

    She sounds entirely too big for her britches. She'll have to learn the hard way, it sounds
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    RN stealing from my facility

    FireStarterRN replied to levelee's topic in General Nursing

    I have a locker and I use it. There's a bad apple in every bunch so I don't leave anything to
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    Two ICU Vent Patients placed on a med/surg floor with no charge nurse....

    FireStarterRN replied to Magsulfate's topic in General Nursing

    I can't believe they put someone on Levaphed on a med/surg floor. That's crazy. That really sounds like a flaky facility. I can see doing it in a state of emergency, otherwise they should have...
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    Should people with germs on their clothes and hands be visiting the hospital?

    FireStarterRN posted a topic in General Nursing

    So, what do you all think? Should we really be letting all these unclean people into the hospital? They come in straight off the street, after handling money at the store, using public restrooms,...
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    Should people with germs on their clothes and hands be visiting the hospital?

    FireStarterRN replied to FireStarterRN's topic in General Nursing

    What about when visitors leave the hospital in the same clothes, then stop by the store? Shouldn't they change their clothes first? I was thinking that Fox news ought to do a special on that, don't...
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    RN taking prescription benzo's for sleep

    FireStarterRN replied to fireball72's topic in Nurses Recovery

    People are just giving their opinions, nothing here is a personal attack. The OP asked about xanax and the conversation took off from there. As far as trusting doctors to do the right thing, many of...
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    Two ICU Vent Patients placed on a med/surg floor with no charge nurse....

    FireStarterRN replied to Magsulfate's topic in General Nursing

    That sounds like a highly irregular situation. Is the patient in question on telemetry or a heart monitor with continuous O2 saturation monitoring? Does your facility have RT on at night? It sounds...
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    teacher not liking my NANDA- help!

    FireStarterRN replied to lalalalexi's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    So maybe you should change it to 'risk for anxiety' since she didn't need the ativan and she has plenty of things that might cause her anxiety. Good luck, these careplans are annoying, they aren't...
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    teacher not liking my NANDA- help!

    FireStarterRN replied to lalalalexi's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    That's the only thing you addressed in the careplan, her anxiety? What about addressing her pain, her a-fib (which causes decreased cardiac output and can lead to a syncopal episode). What about a...