anh06005 MSN, APRN, NP

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    awful pt assignment or the norm?

    anh06005 replied to maybug's topic in Medical-Surgical

    There are some floors and hospitals that care (to a point). Three are also days that are from hell. There are some supervisors I've had who were amazing and would have come to help me if I had called...
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    Looking for Fall Risk Assessment Tool

    anh06005 replied to deweydecimal13501's topic in General Nursing

    The MAHC 10 addresses most of these. I do home health and we have the option of this, Tinetti, and TUG...
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    Appropriate or not?

    anh06005 replied to LMH2687's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I work home health and sometimes go check on patients when they're admitted or if I had to send them to the ER. As PP mentioned, though, home health is obviously more home-y as well. But I don't see...
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    Home Care Nurses... Questions for you!

    anh06005 replied to kakretsc's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    1. What is your experience as a home health nurse? Do you like it? How many patients do you see? How many hours per week? I have been working in home health for 3 years. I absolutely enjoy the...
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    I feel like I'm never going to get good at IVs

    anh06005 replied to greyL's topic in General Nursing

    I worked on a tele/step down unit for 18 months (and was a student tech for over a year before that...where I got iv experience) and I'm not very good at IVs either. Some people just seem to get it...
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    Does anybody else feel guilty about calling off?

    anh06005 replied to Codeblue1982's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Well I guess I did call off a day in December (forgot) because we found my grandma unconscious and she was on her death bed (literally). But don't think I'd get flack for that excuse
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    First Year of Nursing Do's and Donts

    anh06005 replied to loyolae's topic in First Year After Licensure

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    Does anybody else feel guilty about calling off?

    anh06005 replied to Codeblue1982's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I always feel guilty too. I feel bad because I know somebody else may have to come to work in my place or the other nurses may have a heavier day because of me. Because of this I hardly EVER call in....
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    Do I keep going after failing 2 tests in level 3?

    anh06005 replied to westtexasgirl's topic in General Students

    Talk with your instructors and see if there is any hope. Get some review books on the subject you're in (peds I think you said). Sometimes reading it worded differently makes it "click." We all have a...
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    First Year of Nursing Do's and Donts

    anh06005 replied to loyolae's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Find a good "brain" sheet. May also be called a report sheet or go by other names. It's a GREAT way to keep patient information organized (and, in turn, keep you organized). There are multiple threads...
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    Nursing Student needing advice... What am I doing wrong?

    anh06005 replied to TheNoviceNurse16's topic in General Students

    That's all any of us can do! I finished my undergrad with 3.5 (made A's in pretty much all non-nursing classes). It is a bit of a shock (all the B's!) but, hey, we all wind up with the same initials...
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    Nursing Student needing advice... What am I doing wrong?

    anh06005 replied to TheNoviceNurse16's topic in General Students

    In high school I had over a 4.0 (considering AP classes) and graduated valedictorian and wound up with a free ride (room and board plus a stipend too) at a nice state school. In my pre-nursing classes...
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    Almost done-itis

    anh06005 replied to BSNbeauty's topic in Online Distance Learning

    I'm in the same boat except with my MSN! 60 days to graduation. Thankfully I did a good chunk of my papers early on in the semester but I'm still struggling to finish what I need to. I'm planning on...
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    Avoid getting sick while working in a clinic??

    anh06005 posted a topic in General Nursing

    I'm in my MSN program and EVERY semester have come down with horrible sinus infection or cold. Before clinicals I seemed to have my rhinitis (vasomotor) somewhat under control but NO MORE. Currently...
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    Avoid getting sick while working in a clinic??

    anh06005 replied to anh06005's topic in General Nursing

    URI = upper respiratory infection. A mix of sinus infections and what seem to be textbook
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    Avoid getting sick while working in a clinic??

    anh06005 replied to anh06005's topic in General Nursing

    Sounds like me! I don't go to doctors often until it gets bad. I usually wait it out and use my neti and essential oils. I have been diagnosed with reflux after chronic coughing. Do you know if mostly...
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    Avoid getting sick while working in a clinic??

    anh06005 replied to anh06005's topic in General Nursing

    I usually take probiotics but just get what's on sale. Need to just suck it up and get some good stuff! I'll have to try a cleanse when I have time to think! Between work, clinicals, and papers it's...
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    Which unit has the most code blues?

    anh06005 replied to Caffeine_IV's topic in General Nursing

    I think (as others have pointed out) the units with sicker pt's have more codes (and IR). I worked on a cardiac step down unit and we had codes on a pretty regular basis. It was still a bit of a mess...
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    I might fail OB clinical, nervous and kinda suicidal

    anh06005 replied to Rocktheman's topic in Health, Stress Management

    GREAT! And congrats! OB is tough enough much less being a guy. The men in my class had issues too because they didn't get as good of an experience. Please just keep this in mind as you go forward and...
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    How did you celebrate passing your boards?

    anh06005 replied to anh06005's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    I think I'll have to involve cheesecake now....it's one of my
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    PAP question

    anh06005 posted a topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    I'm a FNP student in my final semester. I feel like I can do PAPs all day (though I wouldn't want to) and feel comfortable with them. Today had one and she had a little bit of that curd like...
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    I got the job! Now to prepare..

    anh06005 replied to Alicia777's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    My instructors told us about a place to order practice suture materials (it's supposed to be like different layers of skin) and there's also a translucent one so you could see your sutures better....
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    I am fed up with PCT position...

    anh06005 replied to brittany1111's topic in Patient Care Technician, Assistants

    Sorry you're treated that way. I was a tech while in nursing school and know how busy it can be. When I became a RN I like to think I kept that in mind. I tried to help change patients and clean them...
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    New RN drowning

    anh06005 replied to babyrn3's topic in First Year After Licensure

    We all have bad nights and considering yours was bad mostly because of new experiences that's really not too bad! I had 3 nights in a row of ROUGH patients (that is nursing hell). 3rd night my...
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    ATT: How long for AANP and ANCC?

    anh06005 replied to anh06005's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    I hadn't heard of those changes yet and I downloaded their handbook just a few weeks ago to keep for reference. Nice to know! Thanks for the