Nurse SMS MSN, RN

Critical Care; Cardiac; Professional Development

You did what you knew how to do; when you knew better, you did better. - Maya Angelou

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    Glad to witness an AMA

    Nurse SMS replied to Kharma711's topic in General Nursing

    I think it is pretty natural to feel relief to see a patient who is not going to comply with medical treatment along with being abusive and manipulative decide to leave when we don't give in to their...
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    I am not proud of my track record.

    Nurse SMS replied to STARL's topic in General Nursing

    At this point I will give my usual advice when someone comes here facing licensing issues from the BON and potential criminal charges. You need to get off the Internet, retain an attorney and stop...
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    Considering Nursing as a second career

    Nurse SMS replied to Vidma's topic in Texas Nursing

    The previous poster is correct. An accelerated nursing program is for individuals who already have a degree in another major who now wish to become a nurse. The degree plans referenced by the poster...
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    My professor told us NPs have no future...

    Nurse SMS replied to anilechim's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    Can he be serious?? Sure! Is he right? No. People believe all sorts of things. Let it
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    Off topic: 8 year old found out Santa doesn't exist

    Nurse SMS replied to Amethya's topic in School

    My kids are 18 and 22. I have never ever admitted to them there is no Santa. Now it is a fun thing between us. When they would ask me, I put it back on them. "well, what are YOUR thoughts?" "What do...
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    Rolling Veins: A Quick Guide to Being a “Good Stick"

    Nurse SMS replied to Krista Vaughan's topic in General Nursing

    Veins move even if well anchored sometimes. I have literally had a vein get "chased" by the point of the needle. It
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    HARDER to get a PRN job???

    Nurse SMS replied to c.dom's topic in Nursing Career

    It is worth noting also that it is not uncommon for floors to give the PRN or float nurses the worst assignments on the unit to give their overburdened regular staff a break. Therefore if you aren't...
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    Does my mental illness make me unfit to be a nurse?

    Nurse SMS replied to Pudding212's topic in General Nursing

    Check your BON website. Some of them expound on things there to outline specific mental illnesses that they are concerned about....usually things like borderline personality disorder, schizophrenia,...
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    I am not proud of my track record.

    Nurse SMS replied to STARL's topic in General Nursing

    OH, I think this nurse is back, just not posting. They are reading every single word here. After all, it is all about
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    I am not proud of my track record.

    Nurse SMS replied to STARL's topic in General Nursing

    You stated you have only ever been reported to the BON once. Thing is, most of us go our entire career without ever being reported, let alone in the first year. Do I think you are the worst nurse...
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    Got my ADN & still jobless

    Nurse SMS replied to phannyRN's topic in Texas Nursing

    WGU has a requirement that you have to be working as a nurse to be
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    Considering Nursing as a second career

    Nurse SMS replied to Vidma's topic in Texas Nursing

    Lots of meat in your questions. I will try to answer as best I can. Is nursing school difficult with kids? Heck yes. That being said, tons of people manage to do it. You will need a very supportive...
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    Just wanted to say I hate nursing soooo much

    Nurse SMS replied to NursingBro's topic in General Nursing

    I love being a nurse and love interacting with patients. However, I came to hate hospital nursing. I have been away from the bedside for a year and I still get knots in my stomach when I think about...
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    Low GPA looking for an ABSN program. Help!

    Nurse SMS replied to rbk8926's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I flunked out of college the first time around. I spent considerable time with my pre-req's and co-req's making sure I got excellent grades and I got in to nursing school on my first attempt. So no,...
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    I am not proud of my track record.

    Nurse SMS replied to STARL's topic in General Nursing

    Nope. Nope. All aboard the train to Nopeville! It is NOT okay to excuse this behavior under the banner of being new. That is an insult to earnest new nurses everywhere. This is not a problem with...
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    I am not proud of my track record.

    Nurse SMS replied to STARL's topic in General Nursing

    The thing I don't hear you mentioning and that concerns me more than anything else is what the patients suffered because of you. The care and interventions they did not receive. THIS is the part that...
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    You're fired

    Nurse SMS replied to dburkhart's topic in General Nursing

    I want to add that the temptation to discuss your FIL with your patients and what you do for him at home is probably overwhelming. I don't know if you do or do not overshare at work about your home...
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    I am not proud of my track record.

    Nurse SMS replied to STARL's topic in General Nursing

    What is wrong with you? I don't know that anything is "wrong" with you other than you seem to be ill suited for being a nurse on a multitude of levels. You are very hung up, it sounds like, on...
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    Can't seem to get a job despite prior RN experience

    Nurse SMS replied to Wheaties's topic in General Nursing

    This field definitely seems to punish for having gaps in employment. I wish you all the best. Something will come up, though it may not be exactly what you are hoping
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    So what's going to happen to health care now?

    Nurse SMS replied to Rocknurse's topic in General Nursing

    I have no idea. I do know that insurance premiums will NOT go down. They never do. So that leaves changes in coverage, which will NOT get better. It never
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    MIMS:"hydromorphone causes fatality"

    Nurse SMS replied to Joybryant's topic in Patient Medications

    Never heard of
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    "Eat their young"

    Nurse SMS replied to rolvue's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    And from her perspective it probably seemed less toxic to let the educator correct you since that is the educator's job and you are new and sensitive. Can't win for losing. Correction is part of being...
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    Dallas hospitals that offer loan forgiveness?

    Nurse SMS replied to TexBSN2016's topic in Nursing Career

    In DFW? Sorry but...no. DFW has new nurses coming out of the woodwork. There is no incentive to offer something like that when there are so many candidates climbing over one another for a foot in the...
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    From Failure to Launch to Nursing: Need Advice

    Nurse SMS replied to Ruadhan's topic in Nursing Career

    All of the above is good advice/insight. I have only one thing to add....it is harder than ever to get into your specialty of choice. Most nurses have to spend at least a year or two working in jobs...
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    So where IS the nursing shortage?

    Nurse SMS replied to milliesmom88's topic in General Nursing

    Along the Texas/Mexico