KaroSnowQueen RN

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    *Weird* Patient Allergies

    KaroSnowQueen replied to cherrybreeze's topic in General Nursing

    I'm allergic to Claritin. Makes my throat swell shut. I'm allergic to hornets and trumpet vines, too, but seldom see those in a clinical
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    How are you going to Vote - US

    KaroSnowQueen replied to Brian's topic in General Nursing

    Voted for SARAH PALIN, had to vote for McCain also, of
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    Doing away with side rails?

    KaroSnowQueen replied to mondkmondk's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    :typing:twocents:I think it started sometime in the 90's. The state came into the LTCs one year and announced the residents had "THE RIGHT" to fall out of bed. That you didn't keep siderails on your...
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    HELP! Husband is depressing me! NEED ADVICE!

    KaroSnowQueen replied to 2bNurseLove419's topic in General Nursing

    To the OP: I think a lot of us have been in your shoes. I was 23 and married and had 3 kids under the age of 4 when I started nursing school. I got no support from anyone, husband, parents, in laws,...
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    Have you had to do anything morally wrong?

    KaroSnowQueen replied to EricaSAFJAF's topic in General Nursing

    One more thing I forgot to address. Vaccinations. Yes they are good and they serve a good purpose. However, that being said...... I personally know two people who say their children's autism began...
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    Have you had to do anything morally wrong?

    KaroSnowQueen replied to EricaSAFJAF's topic in General Nursing

    Co-bedding. Did it with my three natural children with nary a problem. My youngest DD is still co-bedding with her child, as is my youngest DS with his child. He had let his wife tell him it wasn't...
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    Pregnant and due during finals need advice

    KaroSnowQueen replied to kirchnerfamily's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    This was back in the dinosaur days, but..... I had my last baby the Monday of finals week. My instructors brought my tests to the hospital - this was 1983 and I was in the hospital Mon thru Sat....
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    Have let my CE's lapse but said I didn't to Florida Board of Nursing

    KaroSnowQueen replied to Wannafixit's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    In one of the states I renew in, the state allowed you to get 7 CEU, and counted a positive yearly work review to stand for the rest of them. Recently, one year, I quit a job in June, and started a...
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    Getting Back into Hospital Nursing after years in LTC

    KaroSnowQueen replied to Kell Arellano's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    Bone up on your lab values, what the ranges are, and panic values. Get a book on current diagnostic procedures. Review your IV and lab draw skills. Get you a "cheat sheet" for report & give...
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    leaving bedside nursing

    KaroSnowQueen replied to infantRN's topic in Case Management

    I work in case mgmt for an insurance company and I love it. I was so burnt out by hospital nursing I couldn't stand it. My company is just now starting to roll out work from home. We have some...
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    Hep B titer

    KaroSnowQueen replied to Nrsstudent09's topic in General Nursing

    I had my first Hep B series in the early 90's. When a job I took in 2001 required titers, mine were fine. After a dirty needle stick in approx. 2004(?), my titers were low to non existent. They made...
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    Is this even possible?

    KaroSnowQueen replied to AngelfireRN's topic in General Nursing

    To the OP: Please do whatever you can to avoid stress this weekend. Then do whatever it takes to fix your physical health. Then, please, please, please, do what it takes to fix your emotional health....
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    Another "What would you do post" but I really need some opinions....

    KaroSnowQueen replied to Nursey2b3's topic in General Nursing

    ALWAYS feel free to intervene in a professional manner if you see a loved one, (or even a not-so-loved one!) going to a doc you KNOW has a record of bad outcomes. I can think of two surgeons off the...
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    Nurses who don't seem to get it....

    KaroSnowQueen posted a topic in General Nursing

    Recently I was hospitalized with a badly broken ankle w/compartment syndrome, along with ripping loose all the muscles/ligaments/tendons on the opposite side. I want to testify to one thing -- the...
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    Nurses who don't seem to get it....

    KaroSnowQueen replied to KaroSnowQueen's topic in General Nursing

    Wow, thanks for all the replies, guys. I have been feeling soooo bad since this happened, but also didn't want to stir up things while my DD was still employed there. She has officially started her...
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    LPN to RN 1+1 program doesn't exist for experienced LPN's

    KaroSnowQueen replied to Roozeyk's topic in LPN to RN

    Amen, sister, you are preaching to the choir on this one!! When I first got interested in getting my RN I was already 10 years out of LPN school. :nurse:I started my so-called bridge program, but...
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    Nurses who don't seem to get it....

    KaroSnowQueen replied to KaroSnowQueen's topic in General Nursing

    No, I didn't. Probably should have, but had more complications the next day and the rest of my stay was a big blur to me at the time. Maybe this just stands out as one very clear memory in the blur,...
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    Nursing, Smoking, and Kids

    KaroSnowQueen replied to JettaDP's topic in General Nursing

    I haven't read ALL the posts, but I do have one teeny tiny little thing to say.:typing For all the people who say I smoke with the windows open, etc: My DD smokes in the car with her window down...
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    Your boss insists on employees taking flu vaccine

    KaroSnowQueen replied to seenitallERnurse's topic in General Nursing

    I have been a nurse 24 years and have never gotten the flu shot. I think its just a crap shoot and sometimes they get lucky and it prevents that year's flu, and lots of times it doesn't. I know the...
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    Freak accident

    KaroSnowQueen posted a topic in General Nursing

    I had a weird thing happen to me July 9. I stepped off a curb, just your ordinary sidewalk curb, down off it into an asphalt lot (newly paved this spring). Everything perfectly smooth, maybe a very...
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    Freak accident

    KaroSnowQueen replied to KaroSnowQueen's topic in General Nursing

    Oh that ER doc was putting me out. He came in and would stand by my foot with his hands up near it and I told him, I want to be OUT, I am hurting, KNOCK ME OUT!! I was crying and crying and I was...
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    Does a Dr HAVE to round everyday??

    KaroSnowQueen replied to racing-mom4's topic in General Nursing

    Don't know if this is a blanket rule, but every hospital I've worked, ONE MD had to see the patient daily. Could be the primary, the surgeon, a consult, but somebody with MD on their tag had to see...
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    No Smoking Campus

    KaroSnowQueen replied to TRAMA1RN's topic in General Nursing

    I no longer work in a facility, but my last job went no smoking totally about two years ago. No one, staff or visitors was allowed to smoke. The garage was across the street, and kitty corner...
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    Do you need to carry your personal cell phone while at work?

    KaroSnowQueen replied to UM Review RN's topic in General Nursing

    Most places have this rule. I for one, have always carried my cell phone on my person, in my pocket, on vibrate. Before cell phones were affordable, I had a beeper, always on vibe, always on me. Its...
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    What was the MOST ridiculous thing a patient came to the ER for?

    KaroSnowQueen replied to JUSTYSMOM's topic in Emergency

    Every January, we would get at least two, sometimes six or eight of these. Male, between 35 and 50. Previously heavy smoker. Out of shape. New Year's Resolution? To quit smoking and get in shape....