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  1. Is this wrong to tell?

    st4wb3rr33sh0rtc4k3 replied to LovebugLPN's topic in Agency Nurses

    I think so too. Just check the policy or maybe even ask the coworker is this allowed. I hope you get a better answer here, and good

  2. Most Common IV Push Meds on Med-Surg

    st4wb3rr33sh0rtc4k3 replied to nurseJ88's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Lol, I would say Nexium, Protonix, or SoluMedrol. I work night shift, so every 6am. Morphine, Dilaudid, Reglan, are definates

  3. "I do everything an LPN can do" Oh,my gosh !

    st4wb3rr33sh0rtc4k3 replied to time4meRN's topic in General Nursing

    LOL, I had a patient one time, that was med seeker and thought because she was a CNA that she was a RN. Told me she took her boards... oooooo She refused my LPN colleague, in the beginning of our...

  4. AM care?

    st4wb3rr33sh0rtc4k3 replied to Schmoo1022's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    How bout getting the early risers, up during third shift? That seemed to help out the day shift, with getting them up and ready to go. I don't know if the nurses can help, most third shift nurses, get...

  5. Florence Nightengale's Notes on Nursing...

    st4wb3rr33sh0rtc4k3 replied to stephlucasrn2008's topic in General Nursing

    Love Flo... he

  6. Med-Surg Roll Call

    st4wb3rr33sh0rtc4k3 replied to RNPATL's topic in Medical-Surgical

    I have been in Med/Surg since last March of 2008. I took a break to work in Long Term Care after getting laid off last May, due to low patient census. Long Term Care, Alzheimers, and Sub-Acute was my...

  7. Is this wrong to tell?

    st4wb3rr33sh0rtc4k3 replied to LovebugLPN's topic in Agency Nurses

    If there is abuse involved, you are a mandated reporter. Is it possible to ask a superior for help with this? Do you have policies that you need to go by when giving a teacher information? I have...

  8. Compact licensure question please help!!!

    st4wb3rr33sh0rtc4k3 replied to tiffysyogi's topic in Texas Nursing

    Yeah hospitals seem to do there own thing when it comes to policies. I have noticed this since I am from the East and the practices on the West are a little different. Hopefully, someone will

  9. Am I failure?

    st4wb3rr33sh0rtc4k3 replied to flowery's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I don't have children, maybe there are some that do. I do know some that made it really stressful, but they dealt with it best they could. Maybe they will post here? It seems with the child care it...

  10. Failed again!!! :[

    st4wb3rr33sh0rtc4k3 replied to Jab08's topic in LPN, LVN Students

    You really have to find the study method that works for you. I failed my first time, and the second I used Saunders. I am really a bad test taker. Kaplan just confused me so much. Maybe if you...

  11. Am I failure?

    st4wb3rr33sh0rtc4k3 replied to flowery's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Well, I started in LTC for a year and a half, and when I worked in the hospital where I was from it was an awesome experience. I am a fast learner and pick up on things pretty fast, so I always had...

  12. Compact licensure question please help!!!

    st4wb3rr33sh0rtc4k3 replied to tiffysyogi's topic in Texas Nursing

    I had a New Mexico license, and they decided that I did not have compact licensure status. I had to get my Arizona license in order to work. If it is the hospitals policy, then the answer would be...

  13. Boswell Memorial Hospital ??

    st4wb3rr33sh0rtc4k3 replied to lawrence01's topic in Arizona Nursing

    It hasn't been bought out yet. It isn't bad, but I didn't do well on the PBDS test and they are making a big deal about it (well my boss is). Not all the staff is short tempered, but there are a...

  14. INFO on AZ Nursing - the truth

    st4wb3rr33sh0rtc4k3 replied to mifligirl's topic in Arizona Nursing

    Oh an me too. I always wanted to do hospice...

  15. INFO on AZ Nursing - the truth

    st4wb3rr33sh0rtc4k3 replied to mifligirl's topic in Arizona Nursing

    LOL, at the comments. I learned not to say anything bad, especially when you are from the East. My take on it is, they are required to do too much work. Especially, where I am now. I ended up with 9...

  16. Moving to AZ....please help :)

    st4wb3rr33sh0rtc4k3 replied to arush7973's topic in Arizona Nursing

    I just moved here in February. I live in El Mirage. I don't know how it is in Michigan, as I am from Massachusetts, but it is similar, just not alot of grass. LOL... I work in Med-Surg and I know...

  17. Nurses and the Recession

    st4wb3rr33sh0rtc4k3 replied to Knit1Purl2's topic in Arizona Nursing

    I came out West from Massachusetts because of the wealth of Nursing jobs here. I was laid off in Massachusetts, last year. So I am sure that you will definately find employment. Don't

  18. Am I incompetent?

    st4wb3rr33sh0rtc4k3 replied to rnrae's topic in Agency Nurses

    That isn't really good. Teamwork is key... They shouldn't of done that to you. Me personally, I would be out of

  19. How much do you do for the next shift . .

    st4wb3rr33sh0rtc4k3 replied to widi96's topic in General Nursing

    In my experience with this, I have stayed. It was just what I was taught. Not saying you weren't overwhelmed and it was right for you to be treated this way. I have had people leave me things as well,...

  20. How do you pay your sign-on bonus back?

    st4wb3rr33sh0rtc4k3 replied to st4wb3rr33sh0rtc4k3's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks, everyone for the advice. Looks like I will have another enemy after all. So I went ahead and called my attorney and labor board. Come to find out they aren't suppose to take out the money,...

  21. How do you pay your sign-on bonus back?

    st4wb3rr33sh0rtc4k3 posted a topic in General Nursing

    I know that eventually I will have to pay an estimated amount of the sign-on bonus they gave me to get here. But, I don't remember signing anything with detail. I am worried about my last paycheck....

  22. How do you pay your sign-on bonus back?

    st4wb3rr33sh0rtc4k3 replied to st4wb3rr33sh0rtc4k3's topic in General Nursing

    No they didn't give me my last paycheck. To readers don't take a sign on bonus, it isn't worth it. Or, maybe I am just

  23. Vent, called a "stupid nurse",,, again

    st4wb3rr33sh0rtc4k3 replied to JohnBearPA's topic in General Nursing

    I have had it happen to me, just recently. But, nothing was done and it kept getting worse. I ended up leaving. When it happened to me when I was an aid and know one did anything about it, I got...

  24. How many patients?

    st4wb3rr33sh0rtc4k3 replied to sistasoul's topic in Medical-Surgical

    It definately depends on where you work. 7:1 in the hospitals I worked in. That was at nights. It was 6:1 during the

  25. Unfair hiring decisions regarding new grads

    st4wb3rr33sh0rtc4k3 replied to arual56's topic in Arizona Nursing

    Tell me about it. I worked my butt off in a nursing home and when a MMQ position opened up, because she would now be the ADON. I applied, the ADON said she would train me and help me get the required...