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    August 2013 Caption Contest: Win $100!

    jadelpn replied to Joe V's topic in News, Announcements

    Night nurse motto: Walk softly and carry a big
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    August 2013 Caption Contest: Win $100!

    jadelpn replied to Joe V's topic in News, Announcements

    The best Nurse Appreciation Week gift
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    August 2013 Caption Contest: Win $100!

    jadelpn replied to Joe V's topic in News, Announcements

    Night shift again,
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    Any ADN-BSN programs without ridiculous papers?

    jadelpn replied to adnrnstudent's topic in Online Distance Learning

    Wonder if you ended up sticking it out, or dropping it. BSN's start talking more about theory. You can't teach that from a book and test. It is more of the art of nursing as opposed to the
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    Advancements and Pay?

    jadelpn replied to Ryguy115's topic in General Nursing

    It seems that the only nurses who make that kind of money are the ones who have been in the facility the longest and have union protected pay increases. Or managment who negotiate a salary with...
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    What do you say when you answer a call light at the nurses station?

    jadelpn replied to bbeg28's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Our call lights go off again in a couple of minutes if someone doesn't physically go into the room to shut it off after an initial response. It is sometimes a good idea to have one aide who is the...
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    I need your advice on dealing with people who try to treat me like I'm stupid

    jadelpn replied to zaggar's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    First off, your days off are meant for relaxing and recharging so stop wasting your own time dwelling on people who's behavior you can not change, only your reaction to it. Cool as a cucumber, give...
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    I Feel Like My Privacy Was Violated

    jadelpn replied to RNGuy12's topic in HIPAA Challenges

    One could argue Hipaa and the "need to know" aspect of same. However, in most practices, one is a patient of the practice, and not of a specific provider. Although a patient may prefer to see a...
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    Vent! PEG tube replacement

    jadelpn replied to LongislandRN23's topic in General Nursing

    There should be a policy that spells this all out. Especially in a facility where you have patients who have PEGS. If you send the patient to the ED, they would just check placement for you--and...
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    Sick employees in the workplace

    jadelpn replied to KDSkyy44's topic in General Nursing

    I have never heard of a policy where you go into work, no matter how sick, and another nurse decides if you are too sick to work or not. And gives meds based on that assumption. In my facility, if...
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    Patient's Sudden Severe Hyperglycemia

    jadelpn replied to wifewillis's topic in General Nursing

    Is the patient on any mood stablizers? Lithium is what can cause someone to have kidney issues. Additionally, what antibiotic was the patient on? Sometimes (and levaquin is huge for this) it can...
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    How to work effectively with others

    jadelpn replied to tnguy31's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    That is a tough situation to be in. However, have you tried to say to them, "I am feeling really isolated here--it is tough when I don't speak your language". If it is patient care, that is...
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    Getting the shaft

    jadelpn replied to deeya12's topic in General Nursing

    I agree it is facility policy. What I am more used to is that you are called off, use your PTO, then a couple days later, called to see if you want to work an alternate shift (like a night shift, or...
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    Sick employees in the workplace

    jadelpn replied to KDSkyy44's topic in General Nursing

    You should be seen by your MD. Especially working in LTC, the residents are at risk if one is working and is that ill. See if your MD suggests treatment, and if your MD suggests that you need to be...
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    I am trying to get out of nursing. My parents will feel terrible if I do.

    jadelpn replied to NursingBro's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    Always keep up on your license. You worked hard to acheive it, so don't lose it. First year of nursing is not easy by any stretch of the imagination. However, once you have that first year under...
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    I Feel Like My Privacy Was Violated

    jadelpn replied to RNGuy12's topic in HIPAA Challenges

    If the NP owner oversees the clinical judgements of the employee NP, or say that the employee NP was unavailable and you needed to be seen and had to be seen by the owner NP, then every clinician has...
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    Negative Self Talk

    jadelpn posted a topic in Health, Stress Management

    Nurses get stressed. There's many reasons why, and is an independent feeling. In other words, what stresses one nurse out, may not stress another and vice versa. Chronic stress is not good for the...
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    RNs and Phlebotomy

    jadelpn replied to springgarden's topic in General Nursing

    Sometimes the lab actually has continuing education on this very subject. If your facility doesn't, your nurse educator may like that suggestion from you. Every facility is diffierent. Sometimes it...
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    Nursing Character Names

    jadelpn replied to BiohazardBetty's topic in General Nursing

    Oh, and please post the story when you are finished--I think it would be a great
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    Nursing Character Names

    jadelpn replied to BiohazardBetty's topic in General Nursing

    C-Diff Biff PPE Lee Not Now Nancy Diane the Delegater Take Charge Marge Breath of Fresh Air Blair Know it All Paul Policy Pauline HCAP Helen Evidence Based Practice
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    When POA / Family ask for information

    jadelpn replied to ricksy's topic in General Nursing

    No matter what a personal thought would be, always refer to Social Work. Unfortunetely, if you were to suggest this home health company and something goes wrong, sometimes family can say "well, the...
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    Attitudes of New Nurses

    jadelpn replied to NextGen's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    When you can say with a straight face "put a fork in me, I'm done" Congrats on passing your
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    Unusual Names for Medical Diagnoses

    jadelpn replied to flashpoint's topic in General Nursing

    Please share! How did it
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    Attitudes of New Nurses

    jadelpn replied to NextGen's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Here's the thing I find most interesting. New hires (and some are in fact "new nurses") are taught a completely different thing than some nurses who have been with facilities a long time. They are...
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    DO NOT pass on the poop

    jadelpn replied to durantetodalanoche's topic in General Nursing

    If the patient realizes that they are about to have a BM, then perhaps putting the patient on the bedpan may have been a better option. Again, if a patient is "not quite done" they know that they...