itsnowornever BSN, RN

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    Insider Tips for Debinding Your Precious Textbooks

    Did thus to all my books I actually
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    West Coast University January 2013

    Within 30 minutes, only happened once during peds, once a
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    New traveler-Capefear

    We don't have a union. What is title 22? I've had on coming shift refuse to take report and cite title 22....and that's a bad night, we didn't know how many were coming in and they just keep coming!...
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    New traveler-Capefear

    L&D we can get up to 3:1 and all active. Rather trying at
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    New traveler-Capefear

    Mandated staffing ratios? What's that? I work in California and apparently our hospital hasn't received that news!
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    West Coast University January 2013

    I wanna say 50% of my graduating class was employed within 4 months of
  7. Such a sad life. I'm sorry someone hurt you so badly that you would want to spew your venom on the
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    Med Tech / Med Aides in california?

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    Med Tech / Med Aides in california?

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    Med Tech / Med Aides in california?

    And here is where the confusion is. NCLEX most definitely should have asked about CNAs and that's what I was referring to. A facility however can deem whomever they want responsible for what they want...
  11. I agree with the first two, but one simple statement to the last: drugs are illegal and have been for a while, yet we haven't seen that problem go away, banning guns will work
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    Med Tech / Med Aides in california?

    Because they are mentioned there. This was all over my NCLEX ---what they can/can't do and what can/can't be
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    Charting/Documentation

    Why do we always assume its about bad time management? Sometimes it's just been that kinda day and there is no
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    Most effective Recruitment Strategy

    Can you go to nursing schools and
  15. HR emailed me a form I had to fax
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    Med Tech / Med Aides in california?

    Should be in the BRN with scope of practice. You didn't have to learn it for
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    ACLS class as a student? good or pointless?

    Acls wasn't hard. As a student it really helped me understand things better! I suggest doing it! Our school paid for it though. Or rather, my tuition paid for
  18. Please don't ever nurse myself or a loved one. I will say I do love my patients. I'm not paid to rub a patients back or hug her when the pain is bad. It's not my job to soothe her while she's getting...
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    Finding a job in L&D?

    If you get a tech job do it well! I absolutely LOVE my OB Techs!!!! They are awesome and do so many things all seemingly without my knowing. Cancel them and the shift is similar to H-E-Double hockey...
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    IV push medications - nursing students

    We were allowed to push whatever the pt needed from the beginning as long as we could say what it was, it's use, side effects and adverse effects to watch for. The instructor and the RN would be...
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    What are you good at?

    Even though I'm a new grad, my vag exams ROCK. I will say I have about a 95% right on the button
  22. if your spouse isn't working, smack em! That's their job too! If they are, put the boys in day care at least half day so you can
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    Finally did my own delivery

    I've been in on several deliveries, but each one I was assisting someone---either the baby nurse, the delivery nurse or handing things to the doctor...so I never felt like it was "mine"...there would...
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    Allergic to the delivery room?

    I noticed almost right away that as soon as I was in the delivery room I started sneezing and my nose would run and my eyes would itch...I tossed it aside as nerves. Hubby jokingly said that I was...
  25. What if the "position" included abuse? Either verbal or emotional? Would you still want to be there? I dealt with verbal, emotional and psychological abuse from my mother, and had no way out. Think...