Altra BSN, RN

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    "You are an angel!"

    Altra replied to Anna Flaxis's topic in General Nursing

    I totally hear you. I've resigned myself to the reality that I will not get any kind of acknowledgement from the patient who I got an EKG or cardiac enzymes on just on a hunch that they didn't look...
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    Listing hire date vs start date on resume

    Altra replied to kerussll's topic in General Nursing

    I think you're confusing the two. Your "hire date" IS the day you start working. It will, of course, be later than the day you get the phone call/email/letter offering you the job
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    Med Student Hierarchy?

    Altra replied to KaksRN's topic in General Nursing

    Yes, unless it's the norm at your hospital to be on a first-name bais. This will probably vary from person to person. But the point is ... residents are
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    CC Posible Over Dose

    Altra replied to LegzRN's topic in Emergency

    The same people who don't just OD on Klonopin ... but crush the Klonopin, mix it with their heroin, and shoot up the whole
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    M/S RN to ER?

    Altra replied to #1ME's topic in Emergency

    I never "look down" at anyone new to the ED ... that would be pointless. On rare occasion it becomes quickly apparent that someone did not have an accurate picture of what s/he was getting into and/or...
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    Triage shifts: how long/how many pt.'s?

    Altra replied to vivasmom's topic in Emergency

    I firmly believe no one should be in triage for more than 8 continuous hours unless your ER is some magical DisneyWorld
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    Hospital switching to strictly 12 hour shifts?

    Altra replied to Simply Complicated's topic in General Nursing

    strickly? What is
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    DOH showed today while I was out playing.

    Altra replied to tokmom's topic in General Nursing

    Your state's department of health. Forget JCAHO ... health care facilities stay open for business only if the DOH says they
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    Full face mask bipap

    Altra replied to divaRN*'s topic in General Nursing

    "Of course you can't, silly ... who ever told you such a
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    Advice needed. Crna vs MD

    Altra replied to ConfusedxRN's topic in General Nursing

    I agree with CRNA1982 -- the CRNAs I know live very
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    Work bags: What do you take and what's in it?

    Altra replied to PediNurse3's topic in General Nursing

    I was going to ask if anyone carries NO "bag" ... I do carry a purse - a pretty small one, compared to the carry-on-bag-sized ones of my coworkers. In there is my wallet, keys, a comb, 2 makeup...
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    Dealing with MDs (residents)

    Altra replied to beeble's topic in General Nursing

    Does intransigence go both
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    Advice needed. Crna vs MD

    Altra replied to ConfusedxRN's topic in General Nursing

    That's a great MCAT score. You're talking about 2 quite different options here. One is pursuing an MSN in a very specialized area of nursing. The other is medical school, which essentially starts...
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    Full face mask bipap

    Altra replied to divaRN*'s topic in General Nursing

    I'm well aware that wearing a BiPAP mask can suck; however, a lot of patients can get turned around on BiPAP. If you're not experiencing this, and "most" are ending up intubated anyway, you might...
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    Full face mask bipap

    Altra replied to divaRN*'s topic in General Nursing

    Beats the heck out of being intubated, though. There has to be some pretty significant impairment in ventilation to require BiPAP in the first place. ABCs ...
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    Dealing with MDs (residents)

    Altra replied to beeble's topic in General Nursing

    1. Learn to pick your battles, and 2. Learn to separate whether or not a patient's problem has been dealt with ... vs. how you "feel" about a situation. There is a
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    Discrimination Against Relocaters

    Altra replied to WillRegNurse's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I see no discrimination. It's tough to be the new kid anywhere... small town, big city, or the burbs. It will likely get
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    BSN but want to take LPN/LVN exam. HELP!

    Altra replied to quebby224's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    http://www.rn.ca.gov/applicants/lic-exam.shtml
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    What was the MOST ridiculous thing a patient came to the ER for?

    Altra replied to JUSTYSMOM's topic in Emergency

    Apparently you are
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    Two 12s and two 8s shifts

    Altra replied to tokidoki7's topic in General Nursing

    Hopefully you will find that the 8 hr. days don't leave you feeling completely tapped out ... so you feel like you still have some part of the day left before or after work ... to run errands, take...
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    The worst code you've seen?

    Altra replied to jesshopper12's topic in General Nursing

    Three stand out: A toddler s/p an abuse situation. A middle-aged male with an earlier episode of CP, now resolved with no intervention, and an OK EKG. Very pleasant guy with a very pleasant family at...
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    Why does ICU want to refuse the patient all the time?

    Altra replied to mikeworksRN's topic in General Nursing

    I believed this too, until I worked in the ICU
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    feeling frustrated by AN posts and second guessing myself

    Altra replied to jlpsu's topic in General Nursing

    I'm not suggesting any waste of your time ... simply that the whole point of this thread of 95+ posts is OP's plan to go to nursing school after being a SAHM for some period of time. Curious how you...
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    feeling frustrated by AN posts and second guessing myself

    Altra replied to jlpsu's topic in General Nursing

    See bolding ... yep, I perceive a chip. Do we know that OP has been "unsuccessful" at a prior career? Or just that she suspended it to care for a family? There's a big difference. And bored? Care...
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    Why does ICU want to refuse the patient all the time?

    Altra replied to mikeworksRN's topic in General Nursing

    For the same reason they refuse to take critical patients from the ER