Lennonninja MSN, APRN, NP

MICU - CCRN, IR, Vascular Surgery

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    Pet peeve, bad practice, or overly critical?

    Lennonninja replied to NewICU's topic in Critical Care

    This is how my unit operates too, admissions are a team effort and it's really great to get everything done at
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    1750 hours for CCRN exam?

    Lennonninja replied to ONE-TWO--'s topic in CCU, Coronary, Cardiac

    I'm not sure if you could do CCRN, but you should definitely be able to do PCCN on stepdown at
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    Keeping Old Report Sheets

    Lennonninja replied to caseyuptonurse's topic in HIPAA Challenges

    I keep about 3-4 weeks worth of reports sheets in my locker at work, and then shred them at work later. In the MICU it's very possible that a patient will be there for a few
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    ADN vs. BSN

    Lennonninja replied to studentnursemon86's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    Sounds like trolling to me, especially since the poster just registered this
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    NICU vs MedSurg

    Lennonninja replied to migo1234's topic in First Year After Licensure

    One of my coworkers spent 10+ years in the NICU and then moved to adult ICU. You can move to adults! I think NICU is the right choice, all things
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    How did you guys make the choice to become nurses?

    Lennonninja replied to planetoi's topic in General Nursing

    Went to college after high school and got a BA in Spanish simply because I'm good at it, not because I wanted to do anything with it. Then I got a cat and decided maybe I should work at the vet's...
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    NICU vs MedSurg

    Lennonninja replied to migo1234's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Do you really want to work with babies and work ICU? If so, go with NICU. If you don't, go with med/surg. Both will get you valuable experience, but you need to decide what the end goal is to decide...
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    Nurse Nina Reunited with Her Precious Bentley

    Lennonninja replied to blondy2061h's topic in Disaster Preparation

    Not gonna lie, totally cried watching this. So glad she's reunited with her
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    How helpful/important is it to work as a CNA before going to nursing school?

    Lennonninja replied to ReadyToListen's topic in General Students

    I found it very helpful. Being a tech at the hospital directly led to being offered a new grad job months before graduation. It also helped with time management, prioritization, and several learning...
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    Studer Group "Bedside Shift Report SM"

    Lennonninja replied to DVorahRN's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    It CAN be super awkward at times. I think it generally works well in the ICU but med/surg nurses just have too many patients to make it feasible, and I've had personal experience with this. Med/Surg...
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    No Patient To Staff Ratio In State of Indiana

    Lennonninja replied to NancyHamptonKing's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    It's management wants it to be. When I was med/surg I had 5 & 6 patients, med/surg nurses on other floors could have 7 or more patients. Now I'm in the ICU and we frequently get
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    No Patient To Staff Ratio In State of Indiana

    Lennonninja replied to NancyHamptonKing's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    As a fellow Indiana nurse, I definitely support
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    Night Shift Dulls your brain

    Lennonninja replied to Emergent's topic in Health, Stress Management

    I've been on nights for 4 years and these last few months it's really starting to take a toll on me. I'm a morning person at heart, and all of the benadryl and melatonin in the world can't keep me...
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    No more 12 hour shifts?

    Lennonninja replied to UpennRN's topic in General Nursing

    Like someone else said, they can pry my 12s from my cold, dead
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    everyone is leaving my floor

    Lennonninja replied to ivyfishbone's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I could have written your post when I was a new nurse a little over 3 years ago, right down to crying daily for the first 3 months or so. Everyone was leaving my floor and my manager was doing...
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    RN-BSN and ADN-BSN Easy?

    Lennonninja replied to Cronin's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    My RN to BSN program was loads easier than my ASN program. I did find that being able to relate real life experiences to the assignments made it much easier. We actually had several projects or papers...
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    Therapeutic Oils in hospital

    Lennonninja replied to Maeve1982's topic in General Nursing

    We recently had a patient using her own coconut essential oil for her headaches while in my unit. I don't know if it worked for her but it smelled amazing so it was a nice change from the hospital...
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    RN to BSN timeline

    Lennonninja replied to Emilyinidaho's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    Here's what I did June 2011 - passed NCLEX and started working July 2012 - changed jobs August 2012 - started ASN to BSN program while working December 2013 - graduated from BSN program. I used my...
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    Esme Needs Your Prayers and Well Wishes

    Lennonninja replied to tnbutterfly - Mary's topic in General Nursing

    Thinking of you Esme and hoping for a fast
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    Whistleblower, Briana Aguirre

    Lennonninja replied to Lisa111980's topic in Disaster Preparation

    I applaud her 100%. I would absolutely speak out, but ONLY anonymously, out of fear of retaliation. I believe she'll definitely be blacklisted, which is a shame, but it's
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    Ebola in the pregnant patient

    Lennonninja replied to obrn23's topic in Disaster Preparation

    Q: Will there be a policy in place to protect our license if we withhold care to this patient because the team isn't there, and there is a negative outcome, and she turns out NOT to have ebola?A: If...
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    What policy do you have for ebola patients at your hospital?

    Lennonninja replied to adou's topic in Disaster Preparation

    They've not told us anything so far other than "We have a
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    "Clipboard Guy": What's wrong with this picture???

    Lennonninja replied to tnbutterfly - Mary's topic in Disaster Preparation

    What a
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    Will the Texas ED RN become a scapegoat in the Ebola patient discharge?

    Lennonninja replied to preddish's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    I agree with you, but you know the saying "the customer is always right"... Sorry, I'll try and decrease the cynicism
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    Music Therapy in the PACU and Pre op area

    Lennonninja replied to sadeade's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    I work in the ICU, not PACU, but my hospital has a relaxation music channel on the tv and I routinely turn it on for my patients with positive