flightnurse2b LPN

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    Can I become a nurse with only a G.E.D?

    flightnurse2b replied to jetles's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    of course you can. i'm a nurse and i have a GED.
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    Someone forged my signature!!!

    flightnurse2b replied to kermitlady's topic in General Nursing

    are you serious? if you read the OP, it was not just one narc. it was a sheet of 30. her signature was forged by someone who was taking narcotics and if someone had accused kermitlady of stealing...
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    Someone forged my signature!!!

    flightnurse2b replied to kermitlady's topic in General Nursing

    i also wrote she needed an intervention, if you look above. but aside from getting help for her drug problem, yes, she does need to be let go from her position. she has now committed fraud against...
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    Someone forged my signature!!!

    flightnurse2b replied to kermitlady's topic in General Nursing

    i'm glad you were able to catch it and present it to administration before it got any worse.... she obviously needs an intervention. keep us posted on what
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    tattoos and IV's

    flightnurse2b replied to kermitlady's topic in General Nursing

    i dunno, as someone with multiple tattoos/piercings who has had to have multiple IV sticks in her life.... i think the tattoos hurt worse. an IV stick stings for a second and then if you don't sit...
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    I've had a kidney transplant. Can I become an RN?

    flightnurse2b replied to S.P.'s topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    you absolutely can become a nurse! i would just be extra careful with your universal precautions and hand washing since you are immunocompromised. good luck with your
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    How can I work specifically with GLBT patients?

    flightnurse2b replied to Serendipity, PCT's topic in General Nursing

    i really don't think that the OP was trying to exclude everyone but the GLBT community. they stated they were interested in working with pts in this population. how is that different than me working...
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    Nursing student taking drugs

    flightnurse2b replied to txpatches's topic in General Students

    i have to say something about this comment of people "not following rules". look around you in nrsg school. how many students are aged 17-20? ok. how many of those students drink etoh on the weekend?...
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    Are Transgendered nurses not liked?

    flightnurse2b replied to tmwhalens's topic in General Nursing

    it wouldn't matter to me in the slightest! you are absolutely right that your sexual orientation/identity have no bearing on your profession! i have personally only worked with one transgendered nurse...
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    Nursing personality

    flightnurse2b replied to Laura77598's topic in General Nursing

    how about working for an insurance company and giving nurse advice/prior authorizations? you would have to talk on the phone alot, but not alot of warm fuzzies. good luck
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    You Guys Are Great!!!

    flightnurse2b replied to 1TachyRN's topic in General Nursing

    i agree. i love AN and my friends here
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    New TV Commercial...

    flightnurse2b replied to RutterMama's topic in General Students

    oh lord.... here we go.... if we are speaking professionally, we as nurses are nonpartisan and nonjudgemental, and are there to support our patients in whatever decision they are to make even if we...
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    Hard times all around.

    flightnurse2b replied to GilaRRT's topic in General Nursing

    wow. very sobering indeed. thanks for sharing,
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    Nursing student taking drugs

    flightnurse2b replied to txpatches's topic in General Students

    lol, i just went on dumblaws.com and checked out florida.... it is illegal to have oral sex, illegal to live together with someone you are not married to and commit lewd acts, illegal to sing in...
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    how have you dealt with flirting doctors.

    flightnurse2b replied to kimmicoobug's topic in General Nursing

    there was a doctor i worked with that kept giving me googly eyes and asking when we would "hang out".... and i was so not interested. so i know this is horrible, but it got him to go away.... he was...
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    What kind of Nursing school drama in your school?

    flightnurse2b replied to NoeIssa's topic in General Students

    i never got wrapped in it. i had two very close friends the entire time and we stuck together, out of the way of the drama, like glue. we had all kinds of drama, cheating drama, baby daddy drama,...
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    Sometimes its the little things that make me wanna lose it!!

    flightnurse2b replied to female12233's topic in General Nursing

    do you know what really makes me annoyed... when i get in report that "oh such and such needs an IV but i know you're good at them so i left it for you". if it was once, fine. but the nurse i always...
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    Sometimes its the little things that make me wanna lose it!!

    flightnurse2b replied to female12233's topic in General Nursing

    lol, leslie..... when i was a teenager, i was hospitalized for anorexia/drug addiction and was such a terror to my nurses. when i started working at my old hospital, there was this male nurse there...
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    I am sorry

    flightnurse2b replied to patrick1rn's topic in General Nursing

    i don't care how much education i have, if i ever have a problem telling a patient that i'm sorry, even if i am not the cause of their problem, then i need to take a break from nursing. saying "i'm...
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    Sometimes its the little things that make me wanna lose it!!

    flightnurse2b replied to female12233's topic in General Nursing

    i would have said "i am your real nurse." i get flack for being an LPN from patients, and have been asked where the "real nurse" was. oh well. i can't fault them because that is a divide even within...
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    Tired of EMS thinking they can walk in!

    flightnurse2b replied to TraumaNurseRN's topic in Emergency

    the school i went to had a 2+2 option for EMS degrees... i stopped @ the AAS level, but they also had a BS in emergency medical services. most of the medics i worked with at the FD and ER were either...
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    Nursing student taking drugs

    flightnurse2b replied to txpatches's topic in General Students

    exactly. focus on yourself in school. if this person is coming to clinical saying "wooohoo i'm high" and then proceeds to pull out a bag of pot, then i would personally say something. if you heard...
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    Nursing student taking drugs

    flightnurse2b replied to txpatches's topic in General Students

    actually, alcohol has more of an effect on each system in the body than marijuana does.... just an FYI. smoking of marijuana absolutely causes problems--impaired memory, tachycardia, hypotension,...
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    sad, it was my birthday today...

    flightnurse2b replied to 9livesRN's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

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    Nursing student taking drugs

    flightnurse2b replied to txpatches's topic in General Students

    unless they are endangering pts, probably