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    Patient Safety Question/Nurses Conduct

    jadelpn replied to ChrisMonty's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    I would take this to the facilities corporate level, and fill out a report (can be found online on the company website, and can be anonymous). What jumps out at me: Anyone who suffers a head injury...
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    Advice/Help

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

    First off, I would check with the BON of your state to be sure that any time limit one has to take the NCLEX has not passed. Then I would go back to your school, and ask if there is a refresher, if...
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    Not a Nursing Question, but Has to Do with Work, So...

    jadelpn replied to flashpoint's topic in General Nursing

    One has a mother that is watching her kids and the other who has a friends whose house she is dropped at.....Not without resources.... And seems to me that no one asks...it is an assumption and a...
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    Non-FIT Nurses and FIT Nurses

    jadelpn replied to trinitymaster's topic in General Nursing

    I walk up the stairs, I walk down the stairs, I move a patient, I lift a patient. My slight gain of weight is actually muscle (which weighs more than fat) And my baked good addiction is a...
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    Have you ever disliked a nursing job so much that you quit without notice?

    jadelpn replied to Nola009's topic in General Nursing

    Completely off topic, however, WOW--I think it is absolutely awesome that your grandparents were married 75 years!! That is just too cool!! Love this!! Back to regularly scheduled
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    Being Bullied

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

    Protect yourself and rephrase to DON--"Is my priority getting my medications out on time, or to round with the NP?" Also, ask for clarification "Am I to call the NP with acute changes to one of her...
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    What are my rights against those who eat their young?

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

    If you have attempted to speak with you NM, who declines to do anything about it, I would go on your parent company's website and send a complaint to HR at a corporate level. Remember, their personal...
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    Not a Nursing Question, but Has to Do with Work, So...

    jadelpn replied to flashpoint's topic in General Nursing

    Well, if Amy has a disability that precludes her from getting a driver's license, then perhaps she has avenues available to her to make use of any services for disabled people that your town...
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    Not a Nursing Question, but Has to Do with Work, So...

    jadelpn replied to flashpoint's topic in General Nursing

    Coffee on my computer screen removed.....and I thought I was just old and
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    CNA Exam

    jadelpn replied to BabyTurtle2k11's topic in General Nursing

    If you have practice forms, stay true to them 100%. (Step one, wash hands. Step two, don gloves....that kind of form). You always wash hands, you always don gloves, you have to be sure the bed is...
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    Thinking about quitting nursing school

    jadelpn replied to LucyJan's topic in General Nursing

    There are vocational high schools that offer an LPN program. At the end, you are a CNA until one turns 18, then can sit for the NCLEX-PN. Some even partner with local community colleges to the go to...
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    What to choose? Can I succeed?

    jadelpn replied to vanessa99's topic in General Nursing

    Make sure that you are taking science based courses in high school, and take an honors track. Have conversation with your school counselor to discuss your goals, and how to best achieve them. If your...
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    Not a Nursing Question, but Has to Do with Work, So...

    jadelpn replied to flashpoint's topic in General Nursing

    First off, YOUR circumstances are your own, and everyone is an adult. So don't take blame for things that other adults do not have. You are under no obligation to take care of others' needs that...
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    Fired/Devastated Part 2

    jadelpn replied to SweenyG's topic in General Nursing

    That is a good thing that you are seeing a counselor. Going forward, decline to sign anything--and get malpractice insurance. I would be curious if the unit had travelers or other staff coming on...
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    Seasoned nurses, I need your wisdom!!

    jadelpn replied to JoI8815's topic in General Nursing

    See if you can get a per diem Med/Surg job and stay with that for a year or so, THEN see about an ER per diem job at the end of that time. I would stay on with the CM job as long as I was able to....
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    I am an ER doc. I wrote a short story about a girl having a seizure.

    jadelpn replied to pg212's topic in General Nursing

    What an intense, powerful read! Thanks for sharing it with
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    Being an individual

    jadelpn replied to Circulate's topic in Men in Nursing

    I get that to be an individual is a good self-esteem booster. But to what goal? If you want to show that you are a patient advocate for a certain group, community, or a supporter of awareness of...
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    How do you shake off the horrible?

    jadelpn replied to ixchel's topic in General Nursing

    Take advantage of any debriefing. If you have a group in your facility that meets to discuss post traumatic stress issues, join it. If not, start one. It helps to talk it out. At the same time,...
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    New Grad orientation trouble

    jadelpn replied to JerseyGirl2010's topic in General Nursing

    Ok, deep breath. And get yourself a tri-colored pen and a paper brain that works for you. (and one that contains SBAR as part of it) Make sure you prioritize your patients. Write down any "odd" time...
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    The HARD Truth for most nurses

    jadelpn replied to Humaneclowninscrubs's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    I do think that when one pursues a college degree in nursing, there's lots of thinking going on as opposed to the clinical skill/reality of nursing. Theory and Evidence Based Practice are paramount to...
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    I am NOT a Nurse...

    jadelpn replied to GoofyBlondeChic's topic in General Nursing

    "No, your nurse is ____________. I am your health care
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    Not getting charge nurse position

    jadelpn replied to frisky's topic in Nurse Management

    This can not be more true. It is so unfortunate that after many years being engaged, involved and loyal to a facility, which meant everything up to around 10 years ago, means little to nothing in...
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    Job Interview, No License issue

    jadelpn replied to NurseSammy90's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    Look it up online, bring your paper proof with you, and best
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    Need help

    jadelpn replied to Nanyanzi's topic in Canada Nursing Programs

    If you are going to an adult high school, research it well to be sure that the courses that you take will be accepted by the college which you hope to attend. I am not sure about Canada, but in the...
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    Pax exam, special accommodations

    jadelpn replied to Blance2's topic in General Students

    Whomever is in charge of your IEP-- I would have this discussion with them. Be sure that when your accommodations are created, you leave nothing to chance and have as many accommodations that you...