ArrowRN BSN, RN

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    Accepting verbal orders from another nurse?

    ArrowRN replied to amberrenae, RN's topic in General Nursing

    If that other RN received the verbal order she needs to have entered it and the ordering providers name. You doing it would be practicing without orders and out of your scope. Many people will get mad...
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    When you have a rule that you don't 'friend' coworkers on FB

    ArrowRN replied to klone's topic in General Nursing

    Pretty much everyone I work with know better than to friend me on facebook. Ignore it! Get a linkedin account and keep it professional, that's called "networking"...unless you like people gossiping...
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    Working overtime at job vs 2nd PRN job elsewhere

    ArrowRN replied to ArrowRN's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Well, just updating. Took a couple of years to get my experience up but I found my ideal PRN job. Its based pay will be more than my current overtime pay and its a float pool which means I wont be...
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    NYT Article: Men don't want to be nurses, and their wives agree

    ArrowRN replied to Neuronurse1114's topic in Men in Nursing

    This article is complete nonsense. I can't believe I read the whole thing, I felt like I was reading something for the 50's...sure this is not ETV fake news??? I've always been the bread winning in...
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    Asking for a raise

    ArrowRN replied to RN-ASN's topic in General Nursing

    I'm just curious cause noone mentioned this...how did you go about negotiating your initial salary? Yes people forget they can NEGOTIATE an initial salary. I think this is where most people esp women...
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    Smoking

    ArrowRN replied to keebler1995's topic in General Students

    Not exposing anyone to second hand smoke? Where do you think smoke goes? Its in the air in some diluted form or the other be it a minute amount. What you do is your business. But just FYI some...
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    Poor Understanding of Vitals Amongst CNAs

    ArrowRN replied to LJOHRrn's topic in Long Term Acute Care

    Why not bring this up with the management and have it addressed at a staff meeting. Also remember a CNA lacks assessment skills. Their job is to collect data and report it if abnormal. You can ask...
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    Student nurse dismayed by bedside nursing attitude

    ArrowRN replied to new gal's topic in General Students

    I went from EMT to nursing. Paramedic to nursing will be a slap in the face when it hits you. VERY different trains of taught which can be frustrating at the beginning, as paramedics/EMTs follow the...
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    change unit before/during/or after my maternity leave

    ArrowRN replied to treeye's topic in General Nursing

    Got no experience with this, but if you staying with the same facility and just changing units, you'd be naive to think your new boss does not tell your current boss. They are peers and all talk to...
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    If you could redo it....would you choose nursing?

    ArrowRN replied to ICURNPA92's topic in General Nursing

    My biggest issue with nursing is the lack of respect we receive, and the lack of professionalism some portray which further perpetuates the lack of respect. Sometimes I feel like I got a BSW, Bachelor...
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    Needing encouragement: I think I regret being an FNP

    ArrowRN replied to Trilldayz,RN BSN's topic in Advanced Practice

    Totally agree. At this point I'm looking at NP programs. Just the variety itself is confusing as to which options to choose. FNP, ACNP, AGNP, AGACNP, AGPCNP, CPNP, Psyc/MHNP, NE/ANP, Educator NP, CNS,...
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    Question for nurses that are male...

    ArrowRN replied to NurseLife88's topic in General Nursing

    I find terms "male nurse" and "murse" to be unprofessional and down right stupid. Have many of these women and men forgot what they fought for back in the days now to filp it on men is silly. Who here...
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    Medical Staffing Network: Respiratory Fit Test

    ArrowRN posted a topic in Travel

    I applied to medical staffing network for per diem, they also do travel nursing so I thought it would be good to do as a trial. They asking for a respiratory fit test at my expense.I filled out lots...
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    Medical Staffing Network: Respiratory Fit Test

    ArrowRN replied to ArrowRN's topic in Travel

    Urgent care center costs varies from $60 to $95 I told the recruiter if he knows an affilite i can go to get it done, he said basically, no to google it. I replied I not ok with fitting the bill for...
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    Passed nclex and still no job

    ArrowRN replied to Nicks29's topic in Florida Nursing

    2.5 months...yes extruciating wait. I have family of 4 was only hope for income, we almost got our house forclosed during that time but then offers started coming in. Apply to more hospitals include...
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    Florida hospitals and apartment

    ArrowRN replied to ThereseRN2015's topic in Florida Nursing

    Therese have you found hospital yet? Check out UFhealth Shands in Gainesville. It has lots of nurses from phillipines, lots of apartments in walking distance, and public transport, its a college town...
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    Why all the talk about recruiters? What to look for?

    ArrowRN posted a topic in Travel

    I'm applying to a couple travel companies, mainly looking at doing PRN and per diem not full time travel yet, but just to "test the waters" and supplement my full-time job with local jobs. Most of the...
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    Why all the talk about recruiters? What to look for?

    ArrowRN replied to ArrowRN's topic in Travel

    I guess that is why some nurses would say company x is great and others would say that same company is horrible. I'm not really much of conversationalist being an introvert, I just expect my first...
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    How to get acute care experience when you are no longer a "new grad RN"

    ArrowRN replied to arose26's topic in General Nursing

    I wonder if the same thing happens to Physician Assistants? Most school only require they have 2500 hrs direct patient care and its not even at the level of an RN. For example some work as CNA's or...
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    Used CPR on my neighbors toddler today... it wasn't enough... warning, graphic..

    ArrowRN replied to NursingInChaos's topic in General Nursing

    Having been a former EMT , OP I could tell you that you did your best and nothing else would have helped. I've had calls similar to those and CPR did not work. Movies like to show people miraculously...
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    How to get acute care experience when you are no longer a "new grad RN"

    ArrowRN replied to arose26's topic in General Nursing

    OP I read the other posts and have further understanding. I would stick to looking for an FNP job. Its almost always impossible to be hired by an employer knowing you will be underpaid. You need to...
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    How to get acute care experience when you are no longer a "new grad RN"

    ArrowRN replied to arose26's topic in General Nursing

    This is confusing...why would a FNP seek a job as an RN? The employer would be just as bewildered as I am. Can they get an new grad FNP job in hospital and build related experience from
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    MD order

    ArrowRN replied to rnpete's topic in General Nursing

    Refer to your facility policy on NG tubes...At our facility the MD also has to write an ok to use NG or NG tube cleared for use order. They are the ones who have to review the x-ray anyways, its...
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    FNP vs AGACNP? Need help deciding.

    ArrowRN replied to jwirth.rn's topic in Advanced Practice

    I was also wanting an answer to this exact question. Nursing graduate degrees are so poorly define its difficult to determine what to do. From what I read FNPs can work in ER but some things could be...
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    Why do patients.....?

    ArrowRN replied to ArrowRN's topic in Nursing Humor

    And what about when you do all that...and then they say oh I'm refusing that white one