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  1. Online Rn to Bsn as schools as good as brick and mortar?

    Cuddleswithpuddles replied to smartnurse1982's topic in Online Distance Learning

    Loma Linda University in California requires RN-BSN students to do a public health rotation. We can either do it at a public health clinic or go on a month-long mission to a SDA hospital outside the...

  2. HELP! TB test positive after 14 hours?

    Cuddleswithpuddles replied to somuchdebt's topic in General Nursing

    Huh, interesting! Totally TOTALLY unscientific musing follows: For the first few years of my yearly TB skin tests, I always had a gnarly looking "reaction" after the first day. These was during the...

  3. Dumbest question ever...

    Cuddleswithpuddles replied to medsurgrn95's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    It is from "nocturnal" which is English and Latin for "night." Latin is where most medical abbreviations come from. Some examples: PRN = pro re nata = as needed NPO = nil per os = nothing by mouth...

  4. First time fired by a patient

    Cuddleswithpuddles replied to squinlan's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Most "firings" are a blessing. For most prudent nurses with a modicum of bedside manner, firings are due to really strong patient/family personalities that can be rarely fixed by any one individual....

  5. Things you'd LOVE to tell coworkers...and get away with it!

    Cuddleswithpuddles replied to General E. Speaking, RN's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    On a related

  6. A (hopefully) zen thought on the Pearson Vue Trick

    Cuddleswithpuddles posted a topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    (For those who are new to the boards, the Pearson Vue trick is a method for finding out one's NCLEX results earlier than the official announcement from the board of nursing. It works for some, and for...

  7. How important is your 'look' as a nurse

    Cuddleswithpuddles replied to Nola009's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    This is the look that got me a job in

  8. Stupid classmate tricks

    Cuddleswithpuddles replied to AOx1's topic in General Students

    Oh, there is always that one person who keeps asking "Is this going to be on the test?" after every single big

  9. Who's the Best TV Nurse? - allnurses in the news

    Cuddleswithpuddles replied to tnbutterfly - Mary's topic in General Nursing

    I would like to a nurse in House. The doctors draw labs, talk to the patients for hours at a time, gather their own information for H&Ps, run the codes entirely, are ridiculously good-looking AND...

  10. Bouncing around

    Cuddleswithpuddles replied to patty89's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I would not call that "bouncing around" since you spent a good amount of time in each area, enough to reasonably think that you devoted your time to them before moving on. If you changed jobs every...

  11. Bringing home notes on pt. care??

    Cuddleswithpuddles replied to 2bAngilRN's topic in General Nursing

    I see. What happens if lawyers ask for my entire stash of notes? If I volunteered one snippet I felt was relevant to my (or their) case, could I be ask to turn over all of it? This is all...

  12. Full-time student, work weekend night shifts.

    Cuddleswithpuddles replied to mcmellanr's topic in General Students

    It depends on the classes and your abilities but I say that's fine if the BSN classes are more about self-reflection and research. If your class load consisted of pure sciences, I would have second...

  13. Bringing home notes on pt. care??

    Cuddleswithpuddles replied to 2bAngilRN's topic in General Nursing

    If it is so significant that it influences legal proceedings, why not just document it in the patient's chart in the first place? I do not understand keeping personal notes on patients for legal...

  14. Anxiety is high; potential nursing program in turmoil

    Cuddleswithpuddles replied to BeachsideRN's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I agree. Even if they do manage to fill those positions, smoothly operating a nursing program with that many new staff members will not be an easy task. It is fair to say that the program will not be...

  15. Ridiculous for paying for stamps to mail charts q week

    Cuddleswithpuddles replied to nurse_jess's topic in General Nursing

    Do you work with another nurse? When I did private duty, I would sometimes give my paperwork to another nurse (who works with the same patient!) if she was passing by the office. This saved me gas...

  16. Stupid classmate tricks

    Cuddleswithpuddles replied to AOx1's topic in General Students

    My friend has a rule. "I'll bless you the first time, I'll bless you the second time, but the third time? Get your **** together." I laugh every

  17. Stupid classmate tricks

    Cuddleswithpuddles replied to AOx1's topic in General Students

    A pre-nursing student I knew was very, very disturbed by torsade de pointes. She read the little blurb on my EKG handbook and exclaimed, "WHAT?! You mean the heart twists around and around in the...

  18. LVN/LPN to RN...What's your schedule like?

    Cuddleswithpuddles replied to pnkgirl25's topic in LPN to RN

    I finished my LVN-RN bridge program close to 3 years ago but this was my schedule Friday, Saturday and Sunday: Work from 7a-7p Monday and Tuesday: Clinicals or preceptorship from 7a-5pm and 7a-7:30p,...

  19. Fired for med error

    Cuddleswithpuddles replied to KJAKE's topic in Patient Medications

    I find this system appalling. I am torn about the larger discussion about the ideals vs. reality of medication errors and self-reporting, but it is like this facility knows how common med errors but...

  20. Ethics

    Cuddleswithpuddles replied to mstere's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    Could the doctor have refused the consult to reduce the cost for the patient? As far as I understand, consults are a judgment call and not an obligation to the patient unless the patient's condition...

  21. ADN to BSN credit by exam instead of papers?

    Cuddleswithpuddles replied to OrganizedChaos's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    That is good to know. Did they encounter any issues or questions about grading at all? I am already pretty far along in my current RN-BSN program and I am also thinking of medical school, so the ship...

  22. Millennials in the workplace

    Cuddleswithpuddles replied to ktwlpn's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    For better and for worse, sometimes the best opportunities do not go to the best people but rather the ones who step up and take

  23. Online BSNs - good reputation?

    Cuddleswithpuddles replied to Cek21's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    Hi there. Don't forget to check your local colleges and universities' RN-BSN programs. Many of them offer online formats so you get the benefit of the school's local reputation without actually being...

  24. Millennials in the workplace

    Cuddleswithpuddles replied to ktwlpn's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I do see a deluge of articles and studies about millenials, opinions on how to deal with them (or us, considering I am part of that generation) but so far I have not seen any articles in scholarly...

  25. ADN to BSN credit by exam instead of papers?

    Cuddleswithpuddles replied to OrganizedChaos's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    FYI: WGU was my first choice until I learned that the highest GPA they can assign for your work is 3.0. They have a pass/fail system wherein a pass is agreed to be at least a B grade. They do not go...