JadedCPN BSN, RN

Pediatrics, Pediatric Float, PICU, NICU

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    Best schedule for a mom with small children

    JadedCPN replied to ottersloveoysters's topic in General Nursing

    I think this question really depends on what/who is available to you in regards to childcare
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    I have an afternoon test time 1345. When should studying stop?

    JadedCPN replied to nevergiveup2016's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    I'm going to second this. Due to scheduling availability, I had to take my NCLEX about 2 hours away from where I lived, which stressed me out a bit when I first found out. However it turned out to...
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    Ethics help!

    JadedCPN replied to KatieFRN's topic in General Nursing

    With all due respect, referring patients to the internet is a horrible idea. There is so much information on the internet, whether it is accurate or not, that can be misleading and confuse the patient...
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    How to protect yourself from infections after work?

    JadedCPN replied to NurseIAm0613's topic in General Nursing

    Like most other posters stated, I do nothing special when I get home from work in regards to contamination. Although the idea of wiping down my phone on a consistent basis makes sense, but has...
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    First Time in the PICU

    JadedCPN replied to Guest1004426's topic in PICU, Pediatric

    Per the TOS, we are not allowed to give out any medical advice. These are all questions that should be directed to his medical
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    How to figure out VTBI?!!!

    JadedCPN replied to ital91's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Exactly what KelRN215 said. Hopefully you can take this as a learning experience to use in your career that you can never be too careful or too clear. Sometimes "taking a chill pill" is a horrible...
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    How to figure out VTBI?!!!

    JadedCPN replied to ital91's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Your wording of the example, whether it was an example or not, made a big deal and difference as to what the correct answer would be. He was simply pointing that out and trying to answer both
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    Can you be forced to be charge nurse?

    JadedCPN replied to yourfuturern22's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I had been a nurse for less than a year, it was a holiday weekend where it was just myself and another nurse who had about the same experience with me and our charge that day got in a car accident and...
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    Devastated about my recent preceptorship placement in med surg

    JadedCPN replied to SF BSN2b's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Goodness, you're going to be in for quite a treat once you start your nursing
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    new grad RN with respiratory degree

    JadedCPN replied to ADN, 2017's topic in General Nursing

    I can't speak first hand as I don't have a respiratory background, but generally speaking new grads get the same pay across the board regardless of previous healthcare experience because it wasn't...
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    Interviewer suggested float pool. . . thoughts?

    JadedCPN replied to fissnoc's topic in General Nursing

    It all depends on what type of orientation the facility is offering. I became a float pool nurse after being a nurse for around 9 years, and the transition for the most part was fairly easy because...
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    advise needed

    JadedCPN replied to pedsorbust's topic in HIPAA Challenges

    It seems to me that the issue isn't that she saw her name on a list for another unit, but rather what she did with that information once she saw it - instead of clicking onto her unit and going about...
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    How much do YOU think nurses are worth?

    JadedCPN replied to mystory's topic in General Nursing

    Out of curiosity, what makes you feel you should be earning a bare minimum of $150k/year? I agree with most other posters who have talked about supply and demand, as well as what I would like to be...
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    CEU's in Ohio?

    JadedCPN replied to nurse191's topic in General Nursing

    I worked in Ohio for 8 years - yes you need 24 CE's, and one of them must be law-related. The hospital that I worked for provided online options as well as monthly free presentations for CE's that...
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    Another head lice; I want to help this child

    JadedCPN replied to basketball13's topic in School

    That seems like a pretty extreme statement. CPS has real issues to deal with, having them focus on things like this ties them up and takes them away from the cases that are really
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    Daily huddles

    JadedCPN replied to Jhalliburton90's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I float around and each unit is different. However, each unit huddles first thing in the morning prior in the unit conference room at 0700 before the oncoming nurse goes to get report from the...
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    Advice: Choosing clinical unit and I am pregnant

    JadedCPN replied to SweetDuluth's topic in General Students

    Good point for the chemo drugs, I don't know how that slipped my
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    Advice: Choosing clinical unit and I am pregnant

    JadedCPN replied to SweetDuluth's topic in General Students

    I don't think you should exclude yourself from any unit simply because you are pregnant, except for maybe a psych unit where your chances of altercations may be
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    PICO

    JadedCPN replied to drsrn's topic in General Students

    Whether you've done it before or not, you already have most of the information you need to formulate a question. The point of a PICO question is to basically answer a question that probably yourself...
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    New grad-Body/mind on high alert all the time due to anxiety

    JadedCPN replied to Summers3's topic in General Nursing

    THIS!! I don't know if/when I qualify as a COB, but I can't like this enough. I am more worried about a nurse who thinks they know everything versus a nurse who asks questions about the things they...
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    Denied PTO for my marriage

    JadedCPN replied to ryuunohime's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Maybe it is different in pediatric-teaching-hospitals-world, but in my over 10 years of nursing I have never found it difficult to get time off, even when I didn't have seniority. There is a...
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    Denied PTO for my marriage

    JadedCPN replied to ryuunohime's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Based on what information was given to us, I don't think the employer told the OP to plan their wedding around the hospital's schedule. It seems more like the OP just assumed she would get the time...
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    What are you an "expert" in on your unit? Becoming the "go-to" guy/gal for ...

    JadedCPN replied to cjcsoon2bnp's topic in General Nursing

    I became the go-to IV person for hard sticks very early on in my career. I was in and out of the hospital frequently as a kid and remember being poked 11 times for an IV when I was 12 years old - if...
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    Denied PTO for my marriage

    JadedCPN replied to ryuunohime's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    There's nothing wrong with leaving a job for ANY reason you decide to, as long as you are professional about it and give the appropriate notice...however, IMHO, this isn't an issue of the unit not...
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    Hardest class in nursing school

    JadedCPN replied to Beldar_the_Cenobite's topic in General Students

    The hardest class I took to get my BSN was actually a prerequisite and not part of the nursing program curriculum. I found Organic Chemistry to be mind-boggingly