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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  1. Nurse SMS

    Neuro Telemetry Unit Advice

    Nurse SMS replied to BubbyBoogs's topic in Patient Care Technician, Assistants

    You can expect this to be a very busy floor. Neuro tele has patients who have conditions such as strokes, seizure disorders, head injuries, Parkinsonian disorders, headaches, drug overdoses and the...
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    A Pause at the Moment of Death: Your Thoughts

    Nurse SMS replied to jeastridge's topic in General Nursing

    Given the emotional toll our jobs take, this seems a no-brainer, not only to honor the individual but to honor ourselves as well. All of us who have taken part in a code have experienced that...
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    Lost newish grad

    Nurse SMS replied to Name9335's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I find it a little strange that you are concerned about being too transparent so you won't post details, but that you are willing to give the actual dates of your employment. The details would be far...
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    Job Offer Details

    Nurse SMS replied to Freedomsong's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    That's just crazy talk. I am an MSN professional development generalist, not in advanced practice, and my salary is near that and my benefits far exceed it. That is a stunningly bad
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    Revived when there was a DNR/AND code status

    Nurse SMS replied to ambersky004's topic in General Nursing

    Allow Natural Death. Guessed it for myself. Not an an acronym widely used in these
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    Revived when there was a DNR/AND code status

    Nurse SMS replied to ambersky004's topic in General Nursing

    What is AND? I have never seen that
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    Raises

    Nurse SMS replied to ThePrincessBride's topic in General Nursing

    It is well known in nursing that the only way to get a decent raise is to change jobs every couple of years. Whether or not we think it is a "fair" raise for you really doesn't matter. We don't have...
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    Am I smart enough to be a Nurse!

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

    If you scored average then yes, you are smart enough to be a nurse. However, your challenges may mean that to achieve where you want to be you may have to work harder than others to get there. Fair?...
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    How to deal with colleague

    Nurse SMS replied to Sarah2018's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    It has been my experience that "ignoring" someone: A. Is never effective, whether toward a male OR a female (not sure why gender would matter) B. Is never actually "ignoring" them, but more like...
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    Why all the drama with nursing?

    Nurse SMS replied to dogmom2016's topic in General Nursing

    I actually do NOT think they are trying to get rid of you. I think you have been a reliable good worker for a really long time, they are short handed, they have a nurse willing to work but only YOUR...
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    Non-hospital jobs for ADNs

    Nurse SMS replied to Merry120's topic in General Nursing

    You may be able to work as a school nurse. A clinic nurse. You might be able to do flu clinics. You might be able to get a position in community health. However, these will be lower paying positions...
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    EMS talking down to Nurse

    Nurse SMS replied to heynurse1996's topic in School

    You did great, listening to your patient, recognizing, intervening and advocating. Excellent
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    Manager out to get me. Even shift coord. agrees.

    Nurse SMS replied to Axmann, RN, BSN, NREMT-B's topic in General Nursing

    Step one is to stop talking to the shift coordinator or anyone else about this. Trust me, that is not a confidential conversation and it doesn't do anything to build your case and definitely doesn't...
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    Trouble for taking Doctors candy

    Nurse SMS replied to zynnnie's topic in General Nursing

    Careful. Someone will steal
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    Unsure of what route to take

    Nurse SMS replied to CinnamonLily's topic in General Students

    I see. I think you will have to weigh out debt to potential earnings and go with your gut. Hard to say from here what you "should" do. Both are good options. I personally prefer to live without debt,...
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    Unsure of what route to take

    Nurse SMS replied to CinnamonLily's topic in General Students

    You are already accepted at one school and orientation starts tomorrow. You have a preliminary interview at the other, which may or may not accept you. Seems to me the answer is clear. You go with...
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    How to confront a disrespectful professor

    Nurse SMS replied to MamaNanii's topic in General Students

    I would advise you rather than wasting time thinking about how to "confront" your professor because you think you are entitled to special considerations, you spend it getting that care plan done and...
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    Disheartened---can I be admitted to NP with lackluster GPA?

    Nurse SMS replied to mj_nurse99's topic in Nursing Career

    You could also get an MSN in another subject, do stellar in it and thus make yourself an attractive candidate for a postgraduate certificate, which would generally be about an additional year to...
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    Ortho floor nursing job?

    Nurse SMS replied to COBSN16's topic in General Nursing

    Ortho floor - you see surgical patients and trauma patients. Lots of pain meds being given. Wound care. Spinal and hip precautions. Spine patients tend to have been heavy opioid users prior to...
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    RN Signature for our current daycare

    Nurse SMS replied to far2many's topic in General Nursing

    I personally would not be even remotely comfortable doing
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    HELP: Future FNP

    Nurse SMS replied to NurseyNurse13's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    If you intend to do clinic work as an FNP it could be a good opportunity. If you are wanting to stay in acute care in any capacity, it isn't
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    Do you think this is worryingly incompetent

    Nurse SMS replied to dolphinmonkey's topic in General Nursing

    Generally speaking, the tubing should be checked together during shift hand-off with the eyes of both nurses, including marking the output for the shift on the canister with date and initials. Gross...
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    Clean nurses/dirty nurses

    Nurse SMS replied to BFly85's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    The evidence really does point, at this point in time, to PPE being used appropriately as being sufficient to prevent cross
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    Do you think this is worryingly incompetent

    Nurse SMS replied to dolphinmonkey's topic in General Nursing

    That is what I was missing. I could not figure out what a 3-way valve was. Derp on
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    OCNRN63

    Nurse SMS replied to Kyrshamarks's topic in General Nursing

    Rest easy ONCRN63. Your shift is over and job well done. I have no doubt a host of souls you helped will be waiting and cheering as you cross over. My heart and prayers are with all who love you and...