jadelpn LPN, EMT-B

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    I am heartbroken I got fired for the first time as a nurse

    jadelpn replied to Want to be aware's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    Not well thought out clinically if the receptionist is doing lab draws, and other non-clinical staff are rooming patients and doing some vitals. Sounds to me as if your main focus, according to...
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    Venipuncture competency

    jadelpn replied to ctruscott's topic in General Nursing

    Eh, it is difficult to get IV's in dehydrated people to begin with, even if you do it daily. Especially when it needs to be a larger gauge, and only in the right hand. It is not reflective of the...
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    So Frustrated I Could Cry..

    jadelpn replied to NurseQT's topic in General Nursing

    I would make an appointment with your DON, explain the situation, and ask that perhaps you get assistance to find a per diem, another nurse....or can you switch weekends with the other weekend's...
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    Butinski

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

    Buttinski is a slang term for a person "butting into" a conversation---another example is the "slow-skis" that turtle family with the slow internet in ads. However, agree with other posters--change...
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    Need Advice and Guidance

    jadelpn replied to bboy_z55's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    If you are becoming a caregiver and are working, is there a reason you don't do a traditional BSN route? Go see the academic advisor of the school you would like to attend, ask what specific courses...
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    Should I quit my job, sell my house and sail to Hawaii?

    jadelpn replied to Emergent's topic in General Nursing

    Hey, lets all just go part time on our jobs, become a giant troupe of strippers--I can see it now the naughty nurse nights at the Strip-a-go-go Lounge will be SOLD OUT!! and PG scores will be at their...
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    Should I quit my job, sell my house and sail to Hawaii?

    jadelpn replied to Emergent's topic in General Nursing

    I am offended!! O.FEN.DED!! I am NOT a stranger on the internet!! I am just strange on the
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    Do we need a union? Management is taking advantage of us.

    jadelpn replied to Windynurse's topic in Collective Bargaining, Union

    Ah, but they can, and do. Multiple administrative functions are now outscored, and there is a huge increase in the US of facilities hiring nurses from outside of the US to work as opposed to hiring...
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    blackballed

    jadelpn replied to jwright343's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    And quite frankly, in my experience, paramedics are led to believe they are inches from being an MD, much more important to patient care than nurses, and they have a complex clinical practice that...
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    Problem with blood draws..

    jadelpn replied to psmithlove's topic in General Nursing

    It can be positional--especially if you are using a butterfly
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    blackballed

    jadelpn replied to jwright343's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Again, and I can not stress this enough, hospitals want to create a nurse in their own image who has no pre-conceived notions. I took a continuing ed class with a paramedic teacher who continued to...
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    Of Nursing, Nudity and Public Perception

    jadelpn replied to hagiospneuma's topic in General Nursing

    As adults, on our own time, we can choose how we would like. Some could have consequences. There's any multiple professions that someone gets themselves into a tough spot with less than stellar...
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    Should I quit my job, sell my house and sail to Hawaii?

    jadelpn replied to Emergent's topic in General Nursing

    Sometimes posters ask the life altering questions here, as their friends and family HAVE given them good and sound advice--that they have no intention of taking. Forums have a way of getting lots of...
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    leaving first RN job after 6 months.

    jadelpn replied to annieboo444's topic in General Nursing

    Please be 1000% sure you have a written offer letter in hand before you leave your current position. There has been more than one nurse who in the course of being overwhelmed and unhappy jump ship...
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    Family Issues with Night Shift

    jadelpn replied to ddd2012's topic in General Nursing

    Earplugs and a a/c window unit in your room--that you put on fan even in the winter. If your parents have an attic, see if you can make that your bedroom for the time being. Do not put yourself in...
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    blackballed

    jadelpn replied to jwright343's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    This happens quite a great deal, and here is a take on perhaps why. You have been employed for 2.5 years by them. You have come up a step or 2 in your pay. You ask around, and find out about...
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    No Good Deed Goes Unpunished

    jadelpn replied to OCNRN63's topic in General Nursing

    ...."passive agressive behavior has its own ICD code"...... I am going to remember that as I find that sometimes I am pulled into a direction I don't necessarily want to go. (However, very rude of...
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    Of Nursing, Nudity and Public Perception

    jadelpn replied to hagiospneuma's topic in General Nursing

    People, nurses and otherwise, are all parts of a whole. An important aspect of being a professional in an occupation where boundries are a huge part of how a nurse interacts with a patient, there...
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    HR's mistake hurt my paycheck

    jadelpn replied to 33-weeker's topic in General Nursing

    This could all be avoided in some instances if the facility changes the way that they do things as far as "giving until the 31st of the month". They do NOT in fact give until the 31st, they must need...
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    HELP! Masking the smell of feces!

    jadelpn replied to WhitneyRene's topic in General Students

    Wintergreen lifesavers or
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    HR's mistake hurt my paycheck

    jadelpn replied to 33-weeker's topic in General Nursing

    In my state, one's expiration date is on their birthday. So even if the facility said it was "ok" to wait until the end of the month, I am not sure that many BON's grant an extentsion. So you were...
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    They should be force to retire

    jadelpn replied to apnurserock's topic in Retired Nurses

    Perhaps old bat nurses should have guardians? If this is, in fact, homework--first off, use your resources and spell check. (I have learned this more than once the hard way). Secondly, this is a...
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    Coworker is Innappropriate

    jadelpn replied to missnurse89's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    We are talking about a coworker who is apparently going out of their way to make work difficult. If as grown people and professionals, one can not contain their personal psycho/social issues while...
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    Golf Team Names? Need Ideas!

    jadelpn replied to joegolfer's topic in General Nursing

    Ah, if it were all girl, "Chicks with Sticks" However, co-ed....Hmmmmm Team name: "Hole in One" Slogan: Cause we only have to hit a ball once and you will remember us....OR: We have balls and are...
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    Coworker is Innappropriate

    jadelpn replied to missnurse89's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    We will agree to disagree. I don't get paid enough to confront co-workers regarding their issues. This is what managers get paid to