CritterLover BSN, RN

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    Did I already screw up my nursing career?

    CritterLover replied to Nursing2019BSN's topic in General Nursing

    You can leave this job off your resume and you can delete it from linked in. A resume is a marketing document and should show why you're a great candidate for the job opening. You shouldn't include...
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    Independent vascular access nurse

    CritterLover replied to j-low's topic in Infusion, Intravenous

    I've done this a couple of times, though not as my full time job. Carefully evaluate the area you will cover. As an independent contractor you are not eligible for mileage reimbursement (unless that...
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    Not eligible for rehire

    CritterLover replied to NURS94's topic in General Nursing

    So you'll be able to leave this job off your resume but not off your application. They do not need to match. Applications generally have to include all jobs during a certain time period and you...
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    small facilities, tell me about your EMR system

    CritterLover replied to CritterLover's topic in Nursing Informatics

    Licensed for 30 beds, census generally around
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    Advice on jobs/WWYD?

    CritterLover replied to CalaMom's topic in General Nursing

    Yeah, float pool as a new grad is not a good idea ... and any health system willing to put a new grad in that position has questionable policies. You need to look very closely at their new grad...
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    PTO not in the budget for remainder of year

    CritterLover replied to galaxygirl17's topic in General Nursing

    How legal this is depends on what state you are in. Most states do not have any guidelines re: PTO. It also depends on what is written in your employee handbook regarding taking PTO. PTO is generally...
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    Confused and Depressed about Performance

    CritterLover replied to drinndalynn's topic in General Nursing

    A few thoughts: Ask her for concrete examples ... what could/should you have done differently? Are you comfortable talking with your other preceptor about the issues you are having with this one? That...
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    Gustav Roll Call

    CritterLover replied to pagandeva2000's topic in General Nursing

    i'm well north of nola, but we are getting thousands of refugees. (we're along the evacuation path). so far, everything is going ok. my hospital has gotten a few patients, and so far has had the...
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    Attention: Philippines nurses - there is no nursing shortage in America

    CritterLover replied to oneproudigorot's topic in Philippines

    pm sent, let me know if i can
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    Hurricane coming: evacuate or stay and work?

    CritterLover replied to FroggyMama's topic in General Nursing

    hard to say, but i think i'd stay. i'm single/no kids, but i do have animals to worry about. if provisions were made for them, i'm pretty sure i'd stay. i work in one of the cities that they are...
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    Attention: Philippines nurses - there is no nursing shortage in America

    CritterLover replied to oneproudigorot's topic in Philippines

    very true -- facilities can't pay foreign nurses less. however, not only do most us nurses not know this, many refuse to believe it. in addition, many believe that the availability of foreign nurses...
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    Please dont hate me for saying this...

    CritterLover replied to RN2BENAUSTIN's topic in General Nursing

    hmm... there isn't any denying that there are lazy nurses out there, and i don't want to make any excuses for them. i like to think though, that part of learning to prioritize is learning to ration...
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    Just one persons opinion

    CritterLover replied to dauschundlover's topic in General Nursing

    i can't comment on the contents of the article since i don't have access to it. however, i'm going to agree with the quoted statement: experience isnot sufficient for competence. maybe i'm dense, but...
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    Ever give thorazine(chlorpromazine)IV?

    CritterLover replied to suanna's topic in General Nursing

    i've given it ivpb for hiccups a few times, but it has been a while. pharmacy would put it in 50cc ns and we'd run it over 30-60 min (30 min for 25mg/60min for 50mg) (as i'm typing this, i realize it...
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    Question about flouroscopy?

    CritterLover replied to buster4's topic in General Nursing

    i don't know about the legality, though that probably varies from state-to-state and depends on how the state's nurse practice act reads. however, i do know that it isn't all that uncommon for fluro...
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    Anyone work in a "no smoking " facility?

    CritterLover replied to ruralnurs's topic in General Nursing

    i work for a "no smoking" facility. it's a joke ... staff, patients, and visitors all still smoke in front of the building. security? yeah, they're out there smoking with them. no one signs out...
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    EMTALA Survey

    CritterLover replied to cactusj's topic in Emergency

    ours was done by the
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    poor people get poor tx?

    CritterLover replied to NurseNature's topic in General Nursing

    horrendously so. however, it is an inpatient-only med. inpatient meds generally aren't the issue. the hospital is obligated to provide what the patient needs. (i'm not saying it doesn't become an...
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    poor people get poor tx?

    CritterLover replied to NurseNature's topic in General Nursing

    i don't see it so much as poor people getting poor care in-hospital, at least where i work. i think, though, that this varies from hospital to hospital. saying that, it is difficult to give excellent...
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    becoming a "Code blue" team nurse

    CritterLover replied to Nurse-One's topic in General Students

    agree with the above -- it varies greatly from facility to facility. here, no one from the er responds, and i rarely see the nursing supervisor. usually the icu charge nurse comes, and sometimes other...
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    Weight Lifting RN's

    CritterLover replied to Bo Shoi Ming's topic in Male Nursing Students

    that's not an uncommon job requirement. i've seen 70 or 80# lift requirements more often, but i have seen it as high as 100#. they aren't asking for a weight you can bench-press, after all. think...
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    Doctors and Nurses need to band together against out of touch regulatory overkill

    CritterLover replied to FireStarterRN's topic in General Nursing

    it is a lab regulation thing, though billing may have something to do with it. one issue is that lab personnel are tested for color-blindness; bedside personnel are not. a second issue is keeping a...
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    Doctors and Nurses need to band together against out of touch regulatory overkill

    CritterLover replied to FireStarterRN's topic in General Nursing

    not to mention that all of this "extra" charting causes our nursing documentation to seem worthless. take fall precaution and restraint flowsheets: who really uses that information? people who audit...
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    Ugh-worst thing I've ever done to a patient...

    CritterLover replied to nursecass's topic in General Nursing

    when i first read her post, it sounded to me like he vagaled while the nurse was holding pressure on the jugular. while i've never had someone wake up while i was personally doing chest compressions,...
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    Jcaho

    CritterLover replied to TraciRN's topic in General Nursing

    some small, rural hospitals are also non-accredited, yet able to bill medicare for services. it has to do with the amount of competition the facility has. if there isn't anywhere else for a patient...