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  1. How many times do you try to start an IV before calling in reinforcements?

    belgarion posted a topic in General Nursing

    This has probably been covered before but I missed it so please bear with me. I got to work the other night and had a male pt. in his mid forties who was newly admitted earlier in the day. After...

  2. Will there ever be a surplus of nursing jobs again?!

    belgarion replied to ProgressiveThinking's topic in General Nursing

    And not just in the Hill Country. We had an opening for a night LVN for over 4 months. We are finally getting a new grad from a nearby CC class that graduates next week. All occupations have up...

  3. stethoscope for nursing student

    belgarion replied to meghan91's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    You're right, my bad. That's what happens when I try to type in my

  4. stethoscope for nursing student

    belgarion replied to meghan91's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    AllNurses.com has a nice selection at decent prices. I used a Littman 3000 because I spent too many years working in noisy

  5. Small Hospitals

    belgarion replied to Guest321574's topic in General Nursing

    Exactly how do you define "rural?" If a 75 bed hospital were located in a urban area I don't see how you could call it rural. And yes, I can think of several small acute care facilities in the...

  6. Forced canceling/calling off question!

    belgarion replied to ICU_RN2's topic in General Nursing

    You need to check with your state's employment commission about unemployment. The rules vary from state to state but I do know in some you can receive UI for excessive numbers of call offs or send...

  7. Which states do LPNS push IV meds?

    belgarion replied to EndoscopyLPN's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    I wouldn't be too sure. On the TX BON website under the FAQs they specifically state there is no master list of what an LVN can't do. About the only thing I found the BON restricts to RNs only is...

  8. "Alphabet Soup" After Nurses' Name?

    belgarion replied to Arianna727's topic in General Nursing

    In my previous career I could have put the following after my name - BSME, MSMM, EIT, CMfgE, CQE, and Six Sigma Black Belt. First, why would I want all of that following me around and second, who the...

  9. Insulin tips for no bubbles in syringe

    belgarion replied to princess pickles's topic in General Nursing

    I was giving my wife insulin for twenty-five years before I became a nurse. I agree with those who say inject the air, draw a little insulin into the syringe and shove it back in hard. Then draw a...

  10. How does the study of sociology relate to Nursing?

    belgarion replied to Aiesram's topic in General Nursing

    Had a engineering prof some years back who gave us individual assignments for our capstone project. Turned out he was doing some consulting on the side and we were his unpaid research assistants....

  11. Are 12 hour shifts going extinct?

    belgarion replied to MunoRN's topic in General Nursing

    No way my hospital would do this. It would mean adding a couple of more shifts. While the total amount of pay would be close to the same it would mean the hospital paying for more employee benefits....

  12. Duct tape anyone?

    belgarion replied to tokmom's topic in General Nursing

    I got a nastygram in my mail slot for agreeing with a patient who was complaining the cable sucked. Why not? The system is a bargain basement, watered down basic package with 18 channels of which...

  13. How to deal with mean old men

    belgarion replied to AMCNurse's topic in General Nursing

    That's pretty much my tecnique and one well seasoned nurse I know calls this her "come to Jesus" talk. The secret is to let the person in charge know what is going on and document, document,...

  14. Top three patient complaints?

    belgarion replied to Anna Flaxis's topic in General Nursing

    "The TV channel selection sucks." Yep. Be grateful for what you have. It some members of the board had their way we'd be picking up television via a coat hanger on the roof. "The TVs get lousy...

  15. CPNE in Lubbock??

    belgarion replied to brenan's topic in Online Distance Learning

    You forgot to mention the difference between the high point in Lubbock and the low point is about 4 feet. Once I get to the CPNE I'll probably try for there myself. It's only a couple of hours away...

  16. HELP PLEASE !!!!!!!! MICROBIOLOGYw/LAB ONLINE FAST

    belgarion replied to sdlane's topic in General Students

    You have to buy a lab kit and a microscope. Figure three or four hundred bucks for those plus your book plus course fees and tuition. Check out this link....

  17. If I see one more post titled....

    belgarion replied to PinkRocksLikeMe's topic in General Nursing

    Let's add "which of the multiple job offers I am considering should I take?" If you are so good you have multiple offers then you out to be smart enough to figure out which one is right for

  18. Does this make me an "RN snob"?

    belgarion replied to BuckyBadgerRN's topic in General Nursing

    Actually in Texas there are very few specifics regarding what an LVN can or can't do including IV pushes. It's pretty much up to each facility's comfort level. Nursing boards only regulate the...

  19. Pot Smoking and Nursing

    belgarion replied to MrsNurseCA's topic in General Nursing

    I was walking out the door for work the other day when I saw an item on NBC news that talked about one of their polls showing that for the first time ever, 50% of Americans believe pot should be...

  20. If I see one more post titled....

    belgarion replied to PinkRocksLikeMe's topic in General Nursing

    Like, how do I give like, notice? Like, how do I like, quit my job? Like, do you like, think they'll like, be like, mad at me? Maybe like, my mom could like, write like, a note or like

  21. Passed 2nd Excelsior Nursing exam, now what?

    belgarion replied to Tony1790's topic in Excelsior College

    Check out this link. http://www.excelsior.edu/fees-and-tuition FYI, the enrollment fee has gone up to

  22. Using PTO to make a full pay ck

    belgarion replied to SIXGUNS's topic in General Nursing

    At one time, in some states if you were carried on the books as full time and were scheduled for less than a certain numbers of hours for a week you could claim unemployment benefits for that week....

  23. How do you pick your vein for an IV?

    belgarion replied to Chandra Lancaster's topic in General Nursing

    Not so much that but I have had coworkers actually run a finger up and down the ropes I have in my forearms and hands and say "OOOH." A couple of time nurses who were starting IVs on my wife, who is...

  24. College Network vs. Rue vs. Excelsior

    belgarion replied to Lockcuff's topic in Online Distance Learning

    It's entirely possible TCN is allowing students to take the ACADEMIC tests on webcam but I'm pretty sure the Excelsior NURSING tests have to be taken at an approved Pearson Vue center. Moomoo would...

  25. Instacert???

    belgarion replied to mamac0805's topic in Online Distance Learning

    I got the REA Intro Sociology book and studied it. I studied the practice exams along with the rationales for a weekend and passed with flying