ReinventingMyselfAgain MSN, RN

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I've done a lot in my 30 years as an RN. Looking to do more.

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    Assignments and floating...how do you deal???

    ReinventingMyselfAgain replied to ReinventingMyselfAgain's topic in Nurse Management

    we have that too, on each unit. mgmt just states "one nurse has to float to wherever". they then refer to their list on the unit. we would automatically reassign the per-diem first (erase her fom...
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    Is this cheating, helping, sharing, cooperative work?

    ReinventingMyselfAgain replied to ReinventingMyselfAgain's topic in Nursing Educators, Faculty

    The thing I find amazing, is that people are responding to these posts. Maybe I'm just biiter, because as an undergrad, I did not have the benefit of this
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    Brain Dead Child Discharged to Home With Parents

    ReinventingMyselfAgain replied to Euskadi1946's topic in Pediatric

    I think I'm almost speechless... more so, I'm grossed out (by the questionable rotting and decomposition). I can't even say how I feel. And as a nurse, I would really have a problem providing care...
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    CP twin, one normal...?

    ReinventingMyselfAgain replied to alphafe's topic in Pediatric

    I've seen this with multiple births. I took care of a girl (who recently died at age 16), one of triplets. One died at birth, this one had severe MR/CP, the third is absolutely normal. It's all...
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    how fast does chemo act?

    ReinventingMyselfAgain replied to leslie :-D's topic in Oncology

    I'm so sorry to hear this. What a quick turn of events. Ara-c can have some horrible neurological side effects, and combined with the morphine and antiemetics (and now sepsis), that would explain...
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    What is it like? What do you do?

    ReinventingMyselfAgain replied to RN4NICU's topic in Nurse Management

    i've gotten a pretty good idea of what nurse managers do. i'm working as a per-diem weekend supervisor. on the weekends, one person covers the house (97 beds). it's a lot of 'busy' work. it's a...
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    Work experience before Nurse Education?

    ReinventingMyselfAgain replied to danu3's topic in Nursing Educators, Faculty

    so thrilled to hear this! my specialty is peds, and my biggest fear is that i'll be thrown into something i have no experience in (or old experience). to the op- how would you like to hear that your...
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    Any NYC nurses here??

    ReinventingMyselfAgain replied to raindrop's topic in General Nursing

    hey raindrop. i live in queens (technically part of nyc, but not 'the city'). new grads make at least $60k. but consider your cost of living (high, to say the least). downtown (closer to...
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    Baby born w/o a face..WOW!!

    ReinventingMyselfAgain replied to LPN-n-2005's topic in General Nursing

    i've seen a few kids like this in my day (not that specific syndrome, but others). my first reaction is always the same.. i'm usually grossed out at first. but like any baby, they start to grow on...
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    Question about PALS

    ReinventingMyselfAgain replied to jaimealmostRN's topic in General Nursing

    :eek:never, ever, ever, ever heard of this, or took a class like this. my dad is an instructor and concurs. it won't be too hard for you to find one where you don't have to do
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    Futile Care. Dead is dead.

    ReinventingMyselfAgain replied to Trauma-tizedRN's topic in General Nursing

    A little scary sounding, but likely to be effective. Also a good lesson in why you need advanced
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    Ativan usage?

    ReinventingMyselfAgain replied to nursepearl's topic in Oncology

    not on our first line. it does work when we do use it. usually after zofran, phenergan and vistaril (the latter two usually do
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    Burn out?

    ReinventingMyselfAgain replied to rnmelissa's topic in New York Nursing

    i like 'being' a nurse, it's all the other stuff that gets in the way. we deal with so much bull**** . but i guess everyone does at their job (ours is worse though!!) while some may not agree,...
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    What does your spouse do?

    ReinventingMyselfAgain replied to vaughanmk's topic in General Nursing

    hubby is a paramedic. makes for good dinner conversation.
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    Pediactric nursing or Med/surg nursing?

    ReinventingMyselfAgain replied to sunshelley's topic in General Nursing

    i'm sure med surg hasn't changed much since i left it (5 yrs), but there was nothing 'slow' about
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    Pediactric nursing or Med/surg nursing?

    ReinventingMyselfAgain replied to sunshelley's topic in General Nursing

    well i guess i'm special then i felt the same way when i graduated (about peds), but had no choice but to work in med/surg (no shortage at that time). peds is not for everyone. if you have an...
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    Buretrol for safety in pediatrics

    ReinventingMyselfAgain replied to kotys's topic in Nursing Educators, Faculty

    we use them for basically everything, and they are all on pumps. we don't use them in the way they are actually intended though. they are basicallly to use the minimm concentration for iv meds. our...
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    Why do some nurses do this? And why are they allowed to?

    ReinventingMyselfAgain replied to Town & Country's topic in General Nursing

    what happened to 16!!! (at least for
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    Life is futile, dead is dead, the other side

    ReinventingMyselfAgain replied to MrsWampthang's topic in General Nursing

    pam i'm sitting here trying to reationalize why your situation is different from some of those in the original thread. there doesn't need to be this rationalization, but i have come up with a few...
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    Why do some nurses do this? And why are they allowed to?

    ReinventingMyselfAgain replied to Town & Country's topic in General Nursing

    keep up the good work, slinkee. i can't imagine anyone would question your choices. not everyone is doing it for the same reasons. sure we all need $$. don't forhet to take care of yourself...
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    Why do some nurses do this? And why are they allowed to?

    ReinventingMyselfAgain replied to Town & Country's topic in General Nursing

    those who i know who do ot have figured out a system- you have to work a certain amount per pp to make it worth your while (don't know what it is). like maybe you have to do 3 instead of 2 shifts....
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    Nurse Educator Opinions

    ReinventingMyselfAgain replied to barb4575's topic in Nursing Educators, Faculty

    You said it perfectly, tiny. Not everyonr is going to get through nursing school. If it were that easy, there'd be no nursing shortage. In grad school, there is a concept that can not be...
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    Any young nurse educators out there..

    ReinventingMyselfAgain replied to EmmaSwan47's topic in Nursing Educators, Faculty

    interesting thread. i thought i was going to be a 'young' educator (32 when i graduate the master's program). guess not. i am by far the youngest one i have seen in my program thus far (at my...
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    Why do some nurses do this? And why are they allowed to?

    ReinventingMyselfAgain replied to Town & Country's topic in General Nursing

    so, does that sound right to the practicing nurses? are the shifts really 12? while i agree with all of your points, esp. the commuting thing, i personally do not spend 14 hrs at work. usually 13,...
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    Why do some nurses do this? And why are they allowed to?

    ReinventingMyselfAgain replied to Town & Country's topic in General Nursing

    at the institution where i sup, they pay 1 1/2 time for anything over 8 hrs in a day. the shifts are 8 hrs, so tons of nurses do it (so does the ancillary staff). especially the per-diems: they do 2...