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    Petition to help new grads get experience

    VICEDRN replied to Brian's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I would not be opposed to rebalancing some of the money used to fund medical residency to help fund nursing residencies, either by new grads rns or nps in teaching
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    Looking to hear your personal experience

    VICEDRN replied to missladyrn's topic in General Nursing

    I worked nights in the ER for the first two trimesters of my pregnancy. I then switched to days. It was too hard to sleep during the day without the use of sleep aids. I kept working right up until...
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    Urinary Cath Insertion

    VICEDRN replied to lovecardiacnursing's topic in General Nursing

    I saw this one time with a patient and he had a lot of pain. Another time a patient did not complain of pain but he had a history of previous stroke with neuro deficits which I suspect explained why...
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    Need Advice from Nurses!

    VICEDRN replied to auntlala's topic in Nursing Career

    You are giving up opportunities for say...CRNA school if you transfer. Was that something you were interested in? What are your career goals? Hard to answer when I don't know what you
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    ER Nurse Attitude

    VICEDRN replied to Chlometov's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    To be honest, I don't see anything in your post that actually demonstrates that the nurse was being rude. I work in the ER and I have often found that there is a double edged sword in talking to...
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    Petition to help new grads get experience

    VICEDRN replied to Brian's topic in First Year After Licensure

    You guys are nuts! I don't see any problem with asking the government to assist in this matter. First of all, the number of MDs produced in residency is tightly regulated and results in an adequate...
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    need perspective- rapid administration of potassium

    VICEDRN replied to VegRN's topic in Patient Medications

    Check the administration guidelines in your facility and talk with the pharmacist. I would seriously doubt that that is an acceptable choice for admin rate! I would also take what you learned and...
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    When did you realize that "newbie" wouldn't cut it in the ER?

    VICEDRN replied to lvnlrn's topic in Emergency

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    When did you realize that "newbie" wouldn't cut it in the ER?

    VICEDRN replied to lvnlrn's topic in Emergency

    Anytime I hear " this is place is crazy" and the person looks unsure of themselves rather than smiling/happy. Any time someone tries to do a head to toe on an urgent care patient and finally, whenever...
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    Registration Typos

    VICEDRN replied to Anna Flaxis's topic in Emergency

    "Dun falled out" is my personal all time favoriteThough I've always thought "CPR" was an awesome complaint for a doe patient. Really? Is the patient complaining about the quality of
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    surviving the ER pregnant....

    VICEDRN replied to mamaxmaria's topic in Emergency

    Can you not take triage vitals or work front desk? How about doing ekgs or taking a few fillin shifts as a clerk? Or sitting the psych pts? I recently survived nine months as an rn with baby in belly...
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    Well, it is what it is. Just a revelation.

    VICEDRN replied to missladyrn's topic in General Nursing

    Miss lady- My favorite expression is "it is what it is" I say it so often that people parrot it at me when they see me. Don't know what to tell you, only you know what path is yours to take. I started...
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    I think I'm done with nursing.

    VICEDRN replied to MBrickle's topic in General Nursing

    Did I say you rush through your charting? Nope. I was implying that rushing through charting is what is promoted by doing everyone else's job for them. A lack of focus on nursing. You join a whole...
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    I think I'm done with nursing.

    VICEDRN replied to MBrickle's topic in General Nursing

    Ps. Nobody can help you medicate your patients or do your charts. Not the mds, the cna or housekeepers so I doubt these people are doing much more than their jobs. Sad that you think they are...
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    I think I'm done with nursing.

    VICEDRN replied to MBrickle's topic in General Nursing

    Be careful how much judge people you meet on an Internet board. You don't know the first thing about working with me or at the facilities I have been at. If I wanted to judge you, I would guess that...
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    I think I'm done with nursing.

    VICEDRN replied to MBrickle's topic in General Nursing

    Ps. I don't say anything about it! Just keep my mouth shut, keep smiling nodding and studying for the gre! Ain't no saving you people from yourselves. I've tried being outspoken. The housekeeper hides...
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    I think I'm done with nursing.

    VICEDRN replied to MBrickle's topic in General Nursing

    Don't feel badly for my coworkers because I refuse to spend my entire shift doing their jobs for them. If I have a free second, I'm going to pee and maybe eat something. I might even go find a spot to...
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    Triage complaints- the good, the bad, and the shocking.

    VICEDRN replied to canoehead's topic in Emergency

    The good: I have hiccups. Last time it almost killed me. I was intubated and in icu. This turned out to be a true story. The bad: my kid has a yeast infection. She has Medicaid which is why I need a...
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    Cant believe the nurse did.....

    VICEDRN replied to Daisy_08's topic in General Nursing

    Not until it was too late. Pt admitted with EKG changes. Complicated
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    Cant believe the nurse did.....

    VICEDRN replied to Daisy_08's topic in General Nursing

    So many medications are dispensed as single dose medications that she assumed the patient was supposed to get all of those little tiny pills instead of just one. Another favorite: a new grad...
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    I think I'm done with nursing.

    VICEDRN replied to MBrickle's topic in General Nursing

    No, they don't teach it. For the record, t bothers me more to do a job someone else is already getting paid and isn't doing then to do something that no one is doing for patient and I haven't been...
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    Cant believe the nurse did.....

    VICEDRN replied to Daisy_08's topic in General Nursing

    A med surg nurse read a nitro order to mean that the entire bottle of nitro was a single dose. Pt with b/p in toilet, sent to
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    I think I'm done with nursing.

    VICEDRN replied to MBrickle's topic in General Nursing

    I hear ya! Sat in the staff meeting the other day and listened to the manager heap praise on a nurse who "took the initiative" to clean a room when the housekeeper had disappeared. Again. When the...
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    Nurses fired for refusing flu vaccine

    VICEDRN replied to BrandybunsRN's topic in Disaster Preparation

    I have no problem taking the flu vaccine. Of course, I want what is best for patients I come into contact with. I am concerned about the bigger picture: how much can the hospitals force on us in the...
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    Prescriptive Authority for Nurse Practitioners

    VICEDRN replied to lazer31285's topic in Advanced Practice

    Well written, Thank you for the thoughtful content and study citations. This is an intriguing topic and I appreciate your insight. I agree with the poster above, there are too many programs taking...