TakeTwoAspirin

TakeTwoAspirin MSN, RN, APRN

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  1. RN with expired license calling in scripts for family...family wants us to do it too.

    TakeTwoAspirin replied to BettyBoopsRN's topic in General Nursing

    Your aunt is practicing medicine without a license, and at some point she is going to really hurt if not kill someone. There is also a chance that she will drag you and your husband into this mess...

  2. Passed AANP AGNP exam today!!! :)

    TakeTwoAspirin replied to lynn5707's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Congratulations! It sounds like you worked the reviews hard. It's always interesting to read posts like this and I am sure many people will benefit from

  3. Jehovah's Witness and Blood Refusal in OR

    TakeTwoAspirin replied to sugarik13's topic in Operating Room

    I have no idea how you interpret what I said as being in any way that I was trying to blame the patient for anything. Quite the contrary. I'm trying to understand how the system in this facility...

  4. Jehovah's Witness and Blood Refusal in OR

    TakeTwoAspirin replied to sugarik13's topic in Operating Room

    But these patients are not "average" when it comes to blood products. Because of their beliefs they have a heightened awareness to these things (obviously) and I find it hard to believe that when...

  5. Jehovah's Witness and Blood Refusal in OR

    TakeTwoAspirin replied to sugarik13's topic in Operating Room

    I'm sorry, but why would a JW patient consent to be type/crossed/screened if they knew they were going to refuse

  6. How to survey doctors about OR nurse performance

    TakeTwoAspirin replied to fenwayemma's topic in Operating Room

    Your professor has probably given you this assignment to force you to think critically about qualities that would make a good nurse vs. one that doesn't work well as part of a team. It is not...

  7. Help advise needed

    TakeTwoAspirin replied to ORtech to ORnurse's topic in Operating Room

    I was a tech also who transitioned to becoming an OR Nurse so I do understand what you are saying. For me, the decision to go into the nursing role was more of a requirement than a desire to do...

  8. Transferring to Lehman College for BSN... any "hidden" math classes?

    TakeTwoAspirin replied to snrnurse84's topic in New York Nursing

    Caroladybelle is correct. You will not avoid more math in a BSN program, even if there are no official "math" classes it will be a component of many of the other nursing courses you will have to...

  9. New Grad OR or Med Surg

    TakeTwoAspirin replied to jen029's topic in Operating Room

    This really does depend on what you want to do eventually. If you think you want a career in the OR I would snatch up this opportunity. Many people want to get in but never have the chance....

  10. need Name list of the instrument in the OR

    TakeTwoAspirin replied to nevermind's topic in Operating Room

    I'm sorry, but it's pointless to have a list of instrument names to memorize in isolation. Unless you can recognize each one and understand its function in surgery it really is a pointless exercise....

  11. Finally EHR

    TakeTwoAspirin replied to pedspnp's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    My guess is that this incident made her feel even more foolish and incompetent on the new system than she already felt. Cut her some slack. I really don't understand why you are still pondering...

  12. Prepping with Chlorhexidine

    TakeTwoAspirin replied to CaliLvr000's topic in Operating Room

    Both the AORN and the manufacturers of Hibiclens state pretty categorically that you should not dilute this product with anything. Dilution can negatively impact its performance, especially when...

  13. I'm tired of screwing up at work

    TakeTwoAspirin replied to solneeshka's topic in General Nursing

    Yup, that's exactly what I was saying. In your particular incident nothing bad happened and it all worked out OK. However, the computer situation you described is flat out dangerous because there is...

  14. I'm tired of screwing up at work

    TakeTwoAspirin replied to solneeshka's topic in General Nursing

    This is a classic example of why incident reports should be completed. There are clearly root cause analysis issues here with the computer system and how orders are being processed and communicated....

  15. What if the Boston bomber was your pt

    TakeTwoAspirin replied to imintrouble's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I've taken care of convicts, gang-bangers, gang-bangers victims, victims of family disputes, victims of police shootings, and DUI drivers/victims. I care for them all equally. I leave judgment to a...

  16. Why do some nurses use their titles as a big ego boost?

    TakeTwoAspirin replied to Hellostudentnurssee's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    If you are so comfortable with the path you chose for yourself, why do you care so much? Fly your flag proud, and let her do the

  17. Cave and Quit or Do and Die? Help!

    TakeTwoAspirin replied to LittleMissRedRaider's topic in General Students

    OK, so the bottom line is that you need to pick which course you are going to let go. Pick the two courses (out of the three that you are currently failing) that you stand the best chance of passing...

  18. Pap guidelines...

    TakeTwoAspirin replied to TennesseeNP123's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    There is a free app called ePSS that gives you all the AHRQ

  19. How to turn down an assignment

    TakeTwoAspirin replied to CrystalSSA's topic in General Nursing

    Let's all practice together...... "NO". Not, "no, I'm sorry...". Not, "maybe for a little while". Not, "well if someone else can help me". Not, "I'd like to but..." Just, "No" and then walk...

  20. Job market- ADN students being warned?

    TakeTwoAspirin replied to hope3456's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    I hope the schools have more luck predicting the future two or four years down the line than I do because that it what it would take to do what you are suggesting. Even if they enroll a class sized...

  21. Job market- ADN students being warned?

    TakeTwoAspirin replied to hope3456's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    The schools are doing nothing more or less than offering a service. Their demand is driven by the number of people who want those services, not the job market. It's a free market philosophy. Supply...

  22. Job market- ADN students being warned?

    TakeTwoAspirin replied to hope3456's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    Call me crazy, but I honestly don't think it's the school's job to warn students about potential job markets years down the road. Nobody knows what the job market will be like 2 or 4 years from now....

  23. What is going on in this OR?

    TakeTwoAspirin replied to fracturenurse's topic in Operating Room

    How are they getting through the accreditation process? They have to know right from wrong to get through inspections, so that implies that even though they know the difference they are electing to...

  24. RN in a Vet's office

    TakeTwoAspirin replied to alrighThen's topic in Nursing Career

    You are only looking at this from the perspective of a new grad or newer nurse who is starting their career, in which case you would be correct. It would be an expensive way to get into a vet tech...

  25. RN in a Vet's office

    TakeTwoAspirin replied to alrighThen's topic in Nursing Career

    I'm sorry, but a good many self-respecting RNs work for less than they are worth because they love what they are doing and their self value is not tied to the amount of money they take home at the end...