Altra BSN, RN

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    Accuracy and Patient Safety vs Time Management

    Altra replied to Goldenhare's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    I'm not sure what you're describing in the last post. Do you mean you went through the patient's personal belongings, such as a purse? Other than on a psychiatric unit or other special situation ......
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    Is being unprofessional in an interview the new norm??

    Altra replied to flying_ace2's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    No, you're not crazy. Just keep swimming ... :) Good luck to
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    "Smart Is The New Rich" Graduate Nurses Cannot Find Work

    Altra replied to DoGoodThenGo's topic in General Nursing

    Maybe this is how I know I'm getting old ... I'm young enough to have fully embraced the internet, but old enough that it does not occur to me to get "news" from internet sources not affiliated with...
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    advanced airway use

    Altra replied to jedi88's topic in Emergency

    Facility policy. Remember, an institution is free to limit the scope of practice outlined by a licensing authority, but it cannot expand
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    Washing patient's hair!!!

    Altra replied to Blueberries's topic in General Nursing

    Now that is a very cool
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    Working with student nurses

    Altra replied to LisaRN1105's topic in General Nursing

    The bolding is mine ... for a reason. You've gotten some well-deserved heat in response to your post. The most supportive thing I can say to you, to enhance your learning is that you need to...
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    Feeling Flustered

    Altra replied to MystyqueOne's topic in General Nursing

    During any of your interviews for your new job ... did the unit's scheduling requirements come up in conversation? Do you know if you've been hired for a specific shift, or if everyone rotates? Do...
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    Love/hate relationship to my work.

    Altra replied to Anna Flaxis's topic in Emergency

    Stargazer, are you feeling better? Can you schedule any time
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    medical staffing agency

    Altra replied to tina1111's topic in General Nursing

    What Tango and others were pointing out is ... you need to get everything else in order ... to determine what your rates will be. You've got it backwards. If you have no accounting background, I...
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    Exaggerations and Lack of Accountability

    Altra replied to Despareux's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    This is someone with whom you do not currently work? And someone who is not now a nurse? Then this is probably not your
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    Best one sentence handoff report

    Altra replied to emtb2rn's topic in Emergency

    Verbal report: Room 17 is (patient's name). Any
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    How does it make you feel?

    Altra replied to prettymica's topic in General Nursing

    That you have had a strong emotional reaction to the sharing or withholding of personal information indicates to me that boundaries have been
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    How does it make you feel?

    Altra replied to prettymica's topic in General Nursing

    It's not your listening to her that's the problem. You stepped over the line -- waaayy over the line -- when you decided you had any right to any personal information about her beyond what was...
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    How to prepare for working in the ER

    Altra replied to Jem-RN's topic in Emergency

    Welcome to the dark side ... What will your orientation be like? If you have not yet had ACLS you will likely be scheduled for it as soon as possible -- that will be a starting point to answer your...
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    upset pt

    Altra replied to laughterishelpful's topic in General Nursing

    1. When a previously pleasant patient's head suddenly spins around like the Exorcist ... make sure there's not a medical cause. Blood sugar dropping? Agitation brought on by hypoxia? Neuro event?...
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    How much experience makes a good instructor?

    Altra replied to KayRN910's topic in Nursing Educators, Faculty

    Because you are representing "only older nurses teaching in their program" as a negative ... Can you explain why you believe this? Why is having a faculty made up of those with a solid foundation of...
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    Are there any ADN advocates out there??

    Altra replied to pbstrums's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    OP, in your particular situation, I would think that it will not matter a lot because if your hospital is implementing this policy right now ... by the time you reach the 6-8 year mark you will be...
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    Do you ever get tired of hearing this phrase?

    Altra replied to Double-Helix's topic in General Nursing

    I agree that the actual risk is overblown. However, when I see AN posts such as, (paraphrased) "I overheard half a conversation between two other nurses and I have now concluded that they are...
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    Need to talk to Mobile PICC nurses!!!

    Altra replied to rkealy's topic in General Nursing

    Just off the top of my head ... if you're talking about PICC insertion I'm not so sure the "mobile" part is practical as the patient needs a CXR after
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    Probably gonna get fired my first week...

    Altra replied to AngelfireRN's topic in General Nursing

    I recently had a conversation with one of our midlevel providers ... we've agreed to a tag team approach with the pediatric-sniffles-and-won't-leave-without-antibiotics crowd: "We could do that....
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    Nurse's getting younger

    Altra replied to Keepstanding's topic in General Nursing

    The average age of all registered nurses in the US continues to climb, but it would be interesting to see data broken down by specialty or practice setting. The job title "registered nurse" may be...
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    Career Path

    Altra replied to hopefulprayers1's topic in Emergency

    Use your planning skills to differentiate between a skill certification such as ACLS ... and the career path of being a CRNP (different from a registered nurse who work in an emergency department) and...
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    Question re: seeing pediatric patients

    Altra replied to Nurse SMS's topic in Emergency

    This is an offshoot of another thread discussing an NP's experience treating a pediatric patient accompanied by a grandparent in an office setting. If I am reading the OP's question correctly, it does...
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    Becoming a Nurse After 40

    Altra replied to PacoUSA's topic in General Nursing

    I'm in your age bracket ... full retirement age for social security benefits will be 67. I point this out because I think those 5 years could be very important when we get to that age!...
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    What is my legal and Ethical Obligation?

    Altra replied to tripletsgranny1's topic in General Nursing

    How in the world could you possibly know whether or not the physician originally wrote the Rx for the nurse as a favor? This has been common in some units I've worked in. How can you possibly know...