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    Anyone else getting cold feet?

    truern replied to NoviceRN10's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Q: How do you eat an elephant? A: One bite at a time! Q: How do you make it thru NS? A: One bite at a time! Like the gazillion did before you, YOU CAN DO IT!! Just take it one bite at a
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    Diagnoses you never thought you'd see?

    truern replied to KarafromPhilly's topic in General Nursing

    Pt in her 80s with sudden lady partsl bleeding. They found a "forgotten" IUD that had to be 30-40 years old. Eldest daughter said she vaguely remembered her mom getting one of the earliest ones in...
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    Students to Practice Injections on Each Other?

    truern replied to VickyRN's topic in Nursing Educators, Faculty

    We practiced on each other...and I didn't go to school six hundred years ago I really don't see the
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    Cheers and Geers from our Peers !!

    truern replied to MustangSallie1997's topic in General Nursing

    Great big cheers to the best group of co-workers anybody could ask for!! Cheers to management that actually listens!! Jeers to family members that took one semester of nursing school or dropped out of...
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    Using BP cuff to access certain veins?

    truern replied to mcknis's topic in General Nursing

    With a BP cuff you can get a tighter compression without "pinching" like when you use a narrow tourniquet. Personally, I love my quick release belted tourniquet that gets the same results as a BP...
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    Funniest Complaint on Press Ganey Scores

    truern replied to nursebrandie28's topic in General Nursing

    Our unit uses disposable pillows....of course it takes several of them to feel like one standard pillow. I've had the "pleasure" of running across one of those plastic covered pillows. Yikes!! did...
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    Correct me - MRSA

    truern replied to CoffeeRTC's topic in General Nursing

    mer sa I've never heard anybody around here say M R S
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    What do you expect of students?

    truern replied to natrgrrl's topic in General Nursing

    What I expect: you find me when it's time for report. I have several nurses I have to get report from on several patients. I don't have time to find you to get report on your one patient. Please...
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    Do you get extra work cause your bilingual?

    truern replied to CyndieRN2007's topic in General Nursing

    Whew!! What a hot topic!! Babblefish.com Works great when you just don't know the language
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    You Just Don't Care!!!

    truern replied to caroladybelle's topic in General Nursing

    I agree with so many of the other posters....this was worthy of publication. Sadly, so many of my shifts have been like this. Running myself ragged to get everything done, having the majority of my...
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    Should I be THIS freaked out over vomit????

    truern replied to Tysmommy's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I've been a nurse about 16 months and I've only had to deal with vomitus once or twice. Certainly not daily or weekly. Maybe I've been lucky?? Seriously, though...usually I deal with ANY "problem"...
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    new grad positions?

    truern replied to jam2007's topic in North Carolina Nursing

    Here's a link to New Hanover in Wilmington from their website advertising for new grads:
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    hospitals that hire new grads?

    truern replied to jam2007's topic in North Carolina Nursing

    WakeMed in Raleigh and Cary have new grad fellowships. You're precepted and attend classes (with pay!) until you're deemed ready to go out "on your own". You're really never "on your own" though...
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    Interventions for high pulse rate? Help.

    truern replied to changeofpaceRN's topic in First Year After Licensure

    How about Valsalva maneuver to lower the
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    Do you report other nurses often?

    truern replied to Bala Shark's topic in General Nursing

    I think your "pride" is misplaced. Obviously you work with a great bunch of nurses that don't warrant reporting. How that's a reflection on you, I'm still unsure?? Bala, wherever you go, there you...
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    HOT TIPS: a NuRsInG school survivor's guide for dummies ;-)

    truern replied to CaLLaCoDe's topic in General Nursing

    #3...Nobody really cares about your great-aunt Sue would had the EXACT thing the instructor is lecturing about. Cuz it wasn't *exact* and her treatment wasn't traditional and nobody wants to clutter...
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    Direct admits and "Stat" orders -- if it's that urgent why not call 911?

    truern replied to UM Review RN's topic in General Nursing

    I can't stand direct admits....seems something *always* goes wrong with them. Once had a patient come directly from the MD's office with nary an order..or so I thought. I asked the patient if the...
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    Do you compliment your co-workers?

    truern replied to Sassybottom's topic in General Nursing

    We actually have a "Kudos" book in the breakroom where we mention the nurse that helped us with an untimely admission, the tech that went aboveboard with a difficult patient, etc. Nothing like having...
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    What's the dumbest remark you've heard yourself make...

    truern replied to KidsRNstill's topic in General Nursing

    Karen, my husband had triple bypass surgery back in May and one day he had a visitor that NEITHER of us knew. While he was visiting we each thought surely the other must know him. When he left we...
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    What would you change about your scrubs?

    truern replied to daisygirl_001's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    Roomier sleeves...even the XL has smallish diameter sleeves. More cargo pockets with room...not some tiny things that you can barely slip your hand into. Speaking of sleeves...how about some 3/4...
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    What are your thoughts on giving cards/gifts to pts.?

    truern replied to newtelenurse's topic in General Nursing

    I've bought mints for a patient that was addicted to the darn things...and Hershey miniatures to contract with an Alzheimers patient that had the unfortunate habit of digging in her underpants Small...
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    My 1st colonoscopy - draping & pain questions

    truern replied to carolla's topic in Gastroenterology

    Scheduled for an EGD and colonoscopy on the 3rd....I'm paying extra for propofol vs versed and demerol. I want to be OUT!! Oh, and I'm taking the pills instead of GoLytely. Anybody else take
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    How to Backflush IV Tubing?

    truern replied to MN_NursingStudent's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Think about it: if you want to get fluid from one tubing to another, what would you do to both
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    How to deal with MRSA patients?

    truern replied to Bala Shark's topic in General Nursing

    Such a shame the "newbies" don't get an idea of who they're posting about before making their inflammatory remarks. Bala, you really should know better....as anyone would know if they'd followed...
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    How much do you make ON CALL?

    truern replied to CyndieRN2007's topic in General Nursing

    Hmph!! I make a grand $2.00 per hour that I'm on call. It's time and a half if I actually get called in to work. Your's sounds like quite a deal to me