TiffyRN BSN, PhD

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    First semester of my RN to BSN

    TiffyRN replied to Mandychelle79's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    Those are two tough courses. I just finished my RN to BSN courses. If I had to classify them, Community Health (kind of never got the feel for it) probably would have been the lowest, followed by...
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    Is this type of schedule common?

    TiffyRN replied to bella201's topic in General Nursing

    Maybe on a cruise ship, otherwise the closest thing I have heard of is seven 12s in a row followed by 7 days off. I'm not sure that is even legal in my State now. I'm not going to check right now...
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    Are textbooks this expensive????

    TiffyRN replied to 2015's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    Unless you are super tight on funds I wouldn't recommend renting: the rental is usually the new purchase price minus the buy-back price with the thing being that the buy- back price fluctuates some....
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    One AM college class + full time NOC position = possible?

    TiffyRN replied to TU RN's topic in Nursing Career

    When I was fresh out of ADN school I was working 11-7 and tried to take some AM classes, so M-Th 0800-1000. Gave me plenty of time to sleep mind you since I didn't have to be to work until 2245. I...
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    If a person codes at Walmart..

    TiffyRN replied to Vtachy1's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    You could move to Texas; they have a long-established out of hospital DNR protocol for EMS. You do need to carry your paper and/or wear an identifying bracelet. Searching for the bracelet I found...
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    Ad on Craiglist for ghostwriter for nursing student

    TiffyRN replied to tsm007's topic in General Students

    I've just finished my RN to BSN courses (yea!!) so I'm familiar with the process. There is no way to know which one of dozens of reputable, legitimate online RN to BSN programs out there this...
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    "Down time" on your shift?

    TiffyRN replied to milkglass's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    These things go in cycles. In a few months, it probably won't be as vigorously enforced . . . speaking from 20+ years experience in probably 7 or 8 different hospitals. Ask if you are allowed to...
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    Which hospital would you recommend (or stay away from) in DFW area?

    TiffyRN replied to Niki_RN's topic in Texas Nursing

    HCA does not have a good reputation in general. There are exceptions; like Medical City of Dallas (that would be in Dallas though). Most HCA facilities employ large numbers of travel staff. They...
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    RN to BSN Online, start dates year round?

    TiffyRN replied to sMoLsNurse's topic in Online Distance Learning

    I've heard great things about WGU. It is kind of different in it's format but then online classes were new at one time also. WGU is definitely a consideration for those who are looking to complete a...
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    RN to BSN Online, start dates year round?

    TiffyRN replied to sMoLsNurse's topic in Online Distance Learning

    I feel sure it depends on what you have already taken. One of the reasons I chose not to go with them is because (I think, it was a couple of years ago) they required chemistry and not all programs...
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    RN to BSN Online, start dates year round?

    TiffyRN replied to sMoLsNurse's topic in Online Distance Learning

    University of Texas at Arlington (UTA). They run their classes in 5 week sessions and have very frequent start
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    Nurses prescribed marinol?

    TiffyRN replied to francoml's topic in General Nursing

    Marinol; a pharmaceutical product, has been legal (even federally) for years and contains synthetic cannibinoids. I do not know that there is a test to distinguish between cannibinoids from Marinol...
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    Crying babies

    TiffyRN replied to HyperSaurus, RN's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Oh, I just say "you wake it, you take it!" Usually scares people
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    Nurses prescribed marinol?

    TiffyRN replied to francoml's topic in General Nursing

    There would likely be a distinction between what an employer could do versus when the BON would get involved. The hospital would likely need to prove a certain unacceptable level along with behaviors...
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    Have you ever had an accident driving to work in a snow storm?

    TiffyRN replied to Alnitak7's topic in General Nursing

    First off, a little clarification here. The storm that hit my area was not a snowstorm by any stretch; it was an ice storm. We were wishing for a little snow to help with the gliding action that was...
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    Crying babies

    TiffyRN replied to HyperSaurus, RN's topic in NICU, Neonatal

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    Crying babies

    TiffyRN replied to HyperSaurus, RN's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    I was at my end with an NAS kid one night, a coworker rescued me by taking him from me swaddled, laid him against her chest with his ear up against her iPhone playing extremely softly playing...
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    Answer Your Phones! Love, Tele.

    TiffyRN replied to Stephalump's topic in General Nursing

    Does the OP believe that the floor staff in question is refusing to answer a ringing phone or unavailable to pick up a phone? Do they have portable phones on them or are they all up at the nurses'...
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    What does your Pee say about your health-Cleveland Clinic study

    TiffyRN replied to madwife2002's topic in General Nursing

    Love the purple urine!! Also love how nurses frequently describe urine in food, or rather beverage terms; "tea-colored" "cherry-red", "white zin", "champagne". I've seen blue-green urine from...
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    4 years in a CC??!

    TiffyRN replied to hereyee's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    HI there PMFB-RN: This would be a more appropriate forum to discuss my preference for BSN as entry level as it addresses one of the reasons I feel this to be true. When I attended my ADN course, it...
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    Do you need all those degrees?

    TiffyRN replied to dnsonthego's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    PMFB-RN, I will happily engage you on this topic elsewhere, I hate to further hijack the OP's
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    Do you need all those degrees?

    TiffyRN replied to dnsonthego's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    A few comments on the OP's posting, which might be a little lost in the discussion at this point. I think you attended a poorly focused meeting and you have a quite a few frustrations you express...
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    Are RNs allowed to arterial stick at your hospital?

    TiffyRN replied to Deetail's topic in General Nursing

    Highly variable, in my NICU, it's the primary way to obtain blood cultures and larger amounts of blood (smaller amts are done heel stick). Other local NICUs forbid art sticks unless the MD or nurse...
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    Any ADN-BSN programs without ridiculous papers?

    TiffyRN replied to adnrnstudent's topic in Online Distance Learning

    Esme, not contradicting you at all here. I would just like to point out that some of us went to school when papers were not required. The only paper I wrote in ADN school was a micro paper (on...
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    OK! OK! This is my confession!!!

    TiffyRN replied to NotMyProblem MSN's topic in Excelsior College

    First off, I have noticed courses changing in the few semesters since I took them. When I took Community Nursing (Summer 2013), the instructions said to visit a Boys or Girls club but seems most...