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  1. New CPR, Does it affect also in NCLEX?

    AmericanRN replied to watchasay10's topic in General Nursing

    The newest NCLEX-RN went into effect April 2010. I am not sure if NCLEX-PN was also changed in 2010. As many other posters stated it takes several years to re-write the NCLEX. You will be ok in...

  2. Interviewing & Disclosure of Arrest?

    AmericanRN replied to OnaBada's topic in Licensure: Criminal History

    That is what I was wondering. I don't see how someone can be on probation if they were not convicted of

  3. Resume - should I leave off my lousy work history?

    AmericanRN replied to Irock's topic in General Nursing

    I would not necessarily leave out every thing that was not nursing related. I'm a new nurse and I landed my first nursing job over other new nurses specifically because the DON liked the fact that I...

  4. Do you give meds without seeing the MDs order if he MAR has been checked?

    AmericanRN replied to canadianRNeducator's topic in Patient Medications

    I love all your posts but this one is the absolute best especially >>>> If you ever leave nursing go into standup comedy I will attend every single one of your

  5. New grad-still wondering when to hold certain meds!

    AmericanRN replied to RockinNurse's topic in General Nursing

    OMG I guess we're all practicing out of our scope then. My favorite line in your unit's ridiculous "plan of correction" >>>> Just what does the surveyor think the physician is going to do...

  6. LPN to Labor and Delivery Nurse or OBGYN Nurse possible?

    AmericanRN replied to medical_mom's topic in Ob/Gyn

    When I was a student I met two LPNs who worked L& D and both of them were guys However they were grandfathered in to the unit due to their years of experience. Sorry to say that I don't know of a...

  7. Annoyed- Surgical Tech does NOT equal Nurse!

    AmericanRN replied to Sue Damones's topic in General Nursing

    An LVN IS a nurse. LVN =Licensed Vocational Nurse. I might be an RN but I darn well consider LPNs to be nurses because they are. I can't stand the whole LPN vs RN vs every other inital of the alphabet...

  8. "Hospital Nursing is soooo Easy!!"

    AmericanRN replied to Sl1011's topic in General Nursing

    Actually her LTC patients might not have been less acutely ill then the hospital pts. Not everyone is an elderly DNR. I agree with you that hospital nursing is not "easy" on the other hand LTC/SNF are...

  9. No jobs for new grad nurses!

    AmericanRN replied to trin22's topic in Nursing Career

    Thats called luck or your gf has an inside connection with a unit manager. Don't be so smug in thinking the other new nurses are not putting their best foot forward in their quest for a job. I hope...

  10. Paper License....

    AmericanRN replied to hiddencatRN's topic in General Nursing

    I'm in Florida which verifies online & sends out two paper copies. One is large & the other a pocket/wallet version. I have been asked by two hospitals and three home health agencies to bring...

  11. employee loyalty and whistleblowing

    AmericanRN replied to zalbayrak's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    I did your survey :)) Like the other poster I'm interested in your results & the final

  12. At my boiling point...you are NOT a Nurse...of ANY kind!!!!

    AmericanRN replied to nursehunnie's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    She sounds obnoxious lol. When I was a student, we (my clinical groups) had similar things happen to us sometimes the family members walk away like the lady did with you & then you get the ones...

  13. At my boiling point...you are NOT a Nurse...of ANY kind!!!!

    AmericanRN replied to nursehunnie's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    you are still a nurse though!! an lpn (lvn) is a nurse and your title is protected here in florida just as much as mine is as an rn. in florida the title of nurse is protected so if the doctor is...

  14. Students in Delivery Room

    AmericanRN replied to cali_rusk's topic in Ob/Gyn

    When I was a student during my OB rotation one of my neighbors who is also a CNA went into labor the evening before our clinical group was due to be at the same hospital she was delivering in. She...

  15. I am NOT your housemaid.

    AmericanRN replied to elizabeth8503RN's topic in General Nursing

    Would it be ok to ask one's doctor, attorney, or accountant to take the trash out? Before you start with that is not a good analogy there are MDs, attorneys and accountants who still do house calls in...

  16. Anybody else catch this?... Glee Male nurse

    AmericanRN replied to wsuRN09's topic in General Nursing

    Glee is not meant to be taken seriously. The show goes out of its way to offend everyone. When it first came on it came under heavy attack from conservatives because the students lie, cheat, and...

  17. Medical Assistants to replace RN's?

    AmericanRN replied to blueyesue's topic in General Nursing

    This is not to put MAs down but either you're a troll or confusing MAs with PAs. Far as surgeon allowing an MA to remove the first bandage after a total knee replacement yeah right, thats laughable....

  18. How do you sign?

    AmericanRN replied to Mashira's topic in General Nursing

    as the rest of the posters said I use my first inital, last name, RN. I have a BSN but I have never signed BSN after the RN. If the facility recognizes ASN, BSN, MSN, by all means sign that way. By...

  19. Why is it a crime...

    AmericanRN replied to Getreal2011's topic in General Nursing

    No they are not. There are some cold blooded, cut throat nurses in it for the money alone. These nurses can usually be found in upper management or as DONs of private nursing schools. It's a pipe...

  20. NICU research paper ideas??

    AmericanRN replied to <3nicuRNtoBE<3's topic in Nursing Career

    I LOVE NICU!!!!! I'm not a NICU nurse though, I'm a relatively new nurse and not what NICUs are looking for with this economy. Some common things I remember seeing in the level III NICU I was...

  21. What kind of scrubs do you wear in LTC?

    AmericanRN replied to calidonrnstudent's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I can understand that reasoning at your facility. At the place I work at dietary wears white lab coats, as do the MDs, the NP and a handful of floor nurses. One nurse wears white head to toe and oddly...

  22. What kind of scrubs do you wear in LTC?

    AmericanRN replied to calidonrnstudent's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I'm in an LTC/skilled rehab. The skilled side are quite a fashionable bunch and do make make comments daily on what all their nurses have on. They appear to like these two tops I have that are...

  23. Australian Nurse

    AmericanRN replied to KimmyfromAus's topic in Florida Nursing

    I concur with the other poster, low pay and high cost of living in Miami, high crime rate too. I wouldn't bother going to Miami unless I was fluent in Spanish both verbally and

  24. Tampa New Grads??

    AmericanRN replied to Missy89's topic in Florida Nursing

    I agree you have to know someone & now it's going past a good word. The contact person needs to be extremely well connected or the new grad can FORGET it in Tampa. Everyone in their grandmother is...

  25. Job interview next week!!!

    AmericanRN replied to RN1982's topic in General Nursing

    Good Luck I hope you get it!! 1) Whats the pt/nurse ratio? 2) Does your PACU have peds pts? I don't know if you should ask this or not but when I was a student I was in a PACU @ trauma I facility that...