jadelpn LPN, EMT-B

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    FNP Student Seeks Advice

    jadelpn replied to AudiGuy, RN, BSN's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    Good for you, and best wishes for success! I would say the number one thing to do, as you got into a program that seems to value this--is use your resources well and often. Open a clear line of...
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    Messed up my interview

    jadelpn replied to rhkenji's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    I dunno, think basics--Rapid response, EKG, AED......as far as specific treatments, that is either facility standing orders or you need some. Vtach is an acute emergency. I think that may have been...
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    Negative Post on Facebook About New Nurses - I'm Fired Up!

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

    This obviously was a vent and a post that screams anger. And not the most professional way to change practice going forward. But I do think the bottom line is that one of the most important things...
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    Magnet Designation: What's the Attraction?

    jadelpn replied to ElizabethStoneRN's topic in General Nursing

    And here's the thing. Newer nurses should be encouraged to be smart, professional, and take pride in their own practice. With tools that are needed and learned to make patient's their best selves....
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    Magnet Designation: What's the Attraction?

    jadelpn replied to ElizabethStoneRN's topic in General Nursing

    A mark of an effective leader (or good CNO) is that THEY are effective, successful, and support the nursing staff. Not the other way around. Hence why they are in the position that they are in....
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    Magnet Designation: What's the Attraction?

    jadelpn replied to ElizabethStoneRN's topic in General Nursing

    And many by nurses who do research as their job. Not nurses who are convinced that their important free working --ahem-- "volunteer" hours will be embraced, implemented and show direct patient impact...
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    Magnet Designation: What's the Attraction?

    jadelpn replied to ElizabethStoneRN's topic in General Nursing

    But you were able to climb ladders and what not, no?!?!?! And I am sure that it had a direct impact on your nursing career at present as well?
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    Do you hold drunks against their will?

    jadelpn replied to OldNurseNewRN's topic in General Nursing

    The police are called and they are put in protective custody in a jail cell for the evening. Or they stay with us and have a nice IV and a banana bag. And some wicked cool Zofran and some...
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    Failed NCLEX 3rd time, should I go back to do LVN?

    jadelpn replied to Natnurse89's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    Ok, so things were overwhelming and now they are not. So now is the time to buckle down and try again. Are you currently in America? If so, I would see about taking some classes at a local...
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    acute care personal statement

    jadelpn replied to itsjlarious's topic in General Nursing

    First off, good for you for wanting to do more. Secondly, this is good, but it could be better. You are writing as if you are sure that you CAN be an NP in a hospital setting. Can you? Are these...
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    Magnet Designation: What's the Attraction?

    jadelpn replied to ElizabethStoneRN's topic in General Nursing

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    so many falls!

    jadelpn replied to qcnursingstudent's topic in General Nursing

    This needs to be addressed with a number of different things. If the goal is no falls, then you need to talk about how that could be feasible. Sundowners may need to be medicated earlier in the...
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    Tired of being talked to like I am stupid

    jadelpn replied to Student2Registered's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    OP, your post does have the tone of conceit. Knowingly or not. It is awesome that in 8 months you have handled your practice well. But 8 minutes, 8 days, 8 months or 8 years, you are not the...
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    Nurses, do drop in! *VENT*

    jadelpn replied to AutumnLeavesRN's topic in General Nursing

    As hard as it is to do, don't personalize this. The RT is responsible to explain whatever it is they are saying to the family. If they have standing orders for ABG's great, if not, THEY have to...
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    Magnet Designation: What's the Attraction?

    jadelpn replied to ElizabethStoneRN's topic in General Nursing

    Magnet IS a huge marketing tool. It accomplishes more than a few things, but off the top of my head: It gets unions out of hospitals. Who needs that pesky union thing when "nurses can govern...
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    Ethics: Brain bleed sign out AMA

    jadelpn replied to Kbig2's topic in General Nursing

    I am hoping that you did 2 things. That you had a hospital translator (and not a member of the family paraphrasing) and that you did discuss potential follow ups. (even VNA) If this was a head lac,...
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    Advice!!

    jadelpn replied to CarlHester's topic in Men in Nursing

    If you are wanting to become an MD, that will take a heck of a lot more schooling. If you can obtain a position as an associates RN, then I would. But you may find that most large specialized...
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    Is a patient out of my care if he is in another department off the floor?

    jadelpn replied to BiohazardBetty's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    Contact your malpractice insurance. The "we tried to call primary RN" just wouldn't cut it. And what exactly were you to do? Tell them to call a code? They have protocols as well. And apparently did...
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    Welfare Fraud

    jadelpn replied to RNBSN1591's topic in General Nursing

    There are programs that give out that much and more. Perhaps the parents are not legally married. The father (or mother's boyfriend) has SSDI or outright social security, early retirement, a...
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    Still unemployed; Why am I not getting calls for interviews?

    jadelpn replied to 2016New's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    Home Health is another thought. Because you are bilingual, this makes you hugely marketable. It would be so worth your while to go to your schools career center, or to a professional and have them...
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    Eating spaghetti raise blood pressure immediately?

    jadelpn replied to DanaBrianMampel's topic in General Nursing

    How interesting!! Spaghetti? My thought is that this person has celiac disease? Or some sort of wheat allergy? But just can NOT give up the pasta. "It is not NATURAL to not eat things that have...
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    questioning IV fluids

    jadelpn replied to SN2014's topic in General Nursing

    @999 is a bolus of fluid. It is what the pump would be set at as opposed to hanging IV fluid "wide open". Usually given to those who are extremely dehydrated or some other thing--low blood pressure...
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    blood cultures

    jadelpn replied to Nurse_AV's topic in General Nursing

    2 peripheral, 2 different sites. And check your policy. Blood cultures x2 for us means 4 actual bottles--2 from each site. This could be why it doesn't matter if drawing from actual lines if you have...
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    All staff matter :)

    jadelpn replied to %D#2's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    "Much like you, I have to follow policy. And chest pain is a send out for a rule out. If you would like to discuss that with my DON, by all means do so. AND this is why I hate RN's who believe...
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    Forcing a Saline Flush

    jadelpn replied to bgrana23's topic in General Nursing

    As a general rule, to remember in your own practice in the future, large bore IV's in a large vein (preferably the ac) is one of the better areas if one is having a radiological test using