jadelpn LPN, EMT-B

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    Today a patient asked, "Do you know Jesus?"

    "I am here to--in part--make sure YOUR spiritual needs are met. My own have no part in this forum. But thank you for asking".
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    ANA call for abstracts- question

    There may be a policy that any QI work you do for the organization, on their dime, "belongs" to them. You could speak with your compliance officer and confirm. If you use their facility/data to...
  3. I am not sure what your goal is. However, most convicted sex offenders (note: CONVICTED) live within a relatively strict set of rules. Especially in small towns where everyone knows everyone....
  4. Usually, sex offenders, like anyone else charged with a crime, are innocent until proven guilty. Therefore, if that person was arrested, but not officially found guilty of said crime, then it would...
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    LPN Job Duties

    I would research in your area, and see where they are hiring LPN's. It is area dependent on where an LPN can get a job. Some can't get into hospitals, some MD offices would rather a medical...
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    an oldie but goodie

    And IMAGINE she wore a pant suit white nursing uniform!! PANTS?!?!?!?! It was just around that time that they allowed a female nurse to wear a white pant suit uniform--I think Nurse Dixie led the...
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    Associate and Diploma RNs

    Nursing just happens to be a profession where there's lots of entry points to any given position. Diploma RN's work for a number of years, may get certifications, work successfully--all the same as...
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    ADN and LPN - Questions about NCLEX

    I would be the first one to go back to your school and ask what is available as far as tutoring, test prep, study groups....If there is one particular area that you are having issues with, see if you...
  9. And they need to be bubbly. BUB-BULL-LEEEE! Almost like the facility wants a cheerleading team as opposed to a nursing
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    Helping non-patients

    Hospital protocol. There are situations where a non-patient is hurt on the grounds. And an ambulance needs to be called in my facility. Most to do with the fact that nurses (and other medical...
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    LVN paid education

    I echo Commuter. And be careful--tuition reimbursement is just that--you pay and the company chooses what, out of what you paid, they will reimburse you for. And usually at a cap. The best thing...
  12. Wait....WHAT?!?!?!?! One doesn't get a gold star just for showing up?!?!?! But if we continue to focus on the checking of boxes and reading of scripting instead of the meat and bones of nursing...
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    April 2014 Caption Contest: Win $100!

    I did NOT see you wash your
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    April 2014 Caption Contest: Win $100!

    I can't have my beef too red, anything raw, and the internal temperature of the pork needs to be at LEAST 180 degrees....Is the kitchen sanatized? How
  15. My point is that in most current BSN programs, an RN who is an ADN or a diploma nurse gets said BSN with a LOT of elaborate paper writing. A fresh BSN can then go onto a masters, and have little...
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    April 2014 Caption Contest: Win $100!

    I can't eat. I can't seem to get the image of my latest code brown out of my
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    April 2014 Caption Contest: Win $100!

    "I would like to order...wait, just got out of clinicals where we cut into this huge pus pocket, can still smell the
  18. Coming straight outta acute care, I will tell you that there are a number of days associated with different diagnosis. Period. That is supported by whatever insurance they have or have not. So if...
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    Maybe Im missing something....

    50 ml an hour for a tube feed--too much too soon. Additionally, was bed at the correct angle? Lying flat is not a tube feed's friend. If you are getting less than 30ml's in any sort of suctionable...
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    That person

    Eh, I keep it to myself unless the family member is in a position where they will need the services of a nurse when they are discharged. When I am the patient, I am me, not nurse me. So again, I...
  21. And hence one of my points--a BSN has a student engaged in a process where one is writing papers regarding who knows what, and by the end of it all, I am sure said student is just so exhausted with a...
  22. A clever way to get multi-year nurses out of facilities seems to be a push in a number of facilities due to having to pay them for their many years per a union contract, the years of merit based...
  23. Don't ever leave meds at bedside. At 0800, ask said patient if she would like to take her medications now, or could she make a time? If she says 10:30, have a discussion with charge nurse about...
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    Wage Theft: Justice in the Workplace

    The act of working off the clock questions legality. At most places I have had experience with, no one works off the clock anymore, as it was found to be a liability to the faciity to do so. We had...
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    How do I take charge of the ward?

    Before I would accept a charge role, I would be 100% sure that I were very familiar with everything a patient needs clinically, the policies and procedure guidelines of the unit, and the charting...