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  1. Kind of a rant, sorry!

    vdrapeau replied to MECO28's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    We are a stand alone facility and we don't have rapid response, we have to call 911 or ship them out if they are unstable. He was actually pretty stable. It was "just his thing". Generally with those...

  2. Kind of a rant, sorry!

    vdrapeau replied to MECO28's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I used to work nights at a SNF. One of my co-workers called the on-call doctor about a patient with an elevated BP. Her response was "I don't think it's that high. Just don't check his BP anymore"....

  3. How did/do you pay for nursing school?

    vdrapeau replied to Joe V's topic in General Students

    I used TAA benefits too. We paid for my pre-reqs (already had all the GE type classes) and then used the retraining benefits to pay for nursing school itself. There have been changes to the extended...

  4. Patient requests

    vdrapeau replied to HeartsOpenWide's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    My favorite in a funny cute way was my 90+ year old patient's last night. I work in a rehab/SNF and this guy is just ready to go home. So last night at 3am, he calls me into his room to run his "plan"...

  5. Blood Pressure Query

    vdrapeau replied to brinks's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    The BP doesn't really really worry me. It is well within the range of normal. If you are looking for other causes of confusion in addition to possible head trauma, I work in a SNF/rehab facility and...

  6. What gadgets/tools do you own?

    vdrapeau replied to aachavez's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    Hemostats and scissors. I don't usually bring my own BP cuff to work but I've been pretty tempted lately. I'd like to get a pulse ox so I don't have to steal the vitals cart from the aides or wait...

  7. Legacy Health RN Residency 2011

    vdrapeau replied to ttt-n's topic in Oregon Nursing

    If you are applying for your Oregon license straight out than you are fine. The endorsement is if you have a license in another state and also want to have a license in Oregon. Lilredrn (Hi!!) and I...

  8. Legacy Health Residency, Portland, OR

    vdrapeau replied to islandteam2003's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Congratulations!!! I still haven't heard anything

  9. Math calculations

    vdrapeau replied to msherril85's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    You do not need to worry about the 1G. It is kind of extra information. You have 50mL that you need to get into the patient in 15 minutes and you want to convert that to mL per hour. So you could set...

  10. Legacy Health Residency, Portland, OR

    vdrapeau replied to islandteam2003's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Congrats on the call back! That is the unit I selected so knowing that there is still a chance they'll call is great news.

  11. Legacy Health Residency, Portland, OR

    vdrapeau replied to islandteam2003's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I wonder if you had a different person in the auditorium before the interview. Because I was told the same thing. No interviews on Thursday, 300+ applicants and 16-20