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    Refusing to change/toilet pts

    NurseCard replied to ShockMe's topic in General Nursing

    This is SO why I love my job. We do primary nursing at my hospital. We don't even use CNA's. I mean, not that I don't love and respect CNA's, and our hospital does hire a couple of them which we...
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    Crushing Oral Medications...New Regulation

    NurseCard replied to ltcnurse4u's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Welp, my idea of getting a PRN position at a local LTC may have just gone flying out the
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    Getting your coworkers help : teamwork

    NurseCard replied to onedayitllbeme's topic in Home Health

    All of the above. If I got to a patient's house and could not get their foley inserted, after a couple of tries, I called my case manager and let them know of the situation, and could someone else...
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    Leaving my comfy throne to go into LTC, comfort vs skills

    NurseCard replied to MzLopez4real's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Well... you know, there is a such thing as being incredibly bored in your job. Perhaps you really are wanting to do some more hands-on work and skills, and if that is the case, awesome. I personally...
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    Are the elderly just happy to see a white guy?

    NurseCard replied to kfostercma's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    No, I really haven't. To be brutally honest, I would be a whole lot more worried about improving your actual performance, than whether or not your residents like you because you are a white male, or...
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    Leaving my comfy throne to go into LTC, comfort vs skills

    NurseCard replied to MzLopez4real's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I agree with the above. You have a job that you are comfortable in, that pays good... I'd think long and hard before leaving that to go to LTC. I guess you have a long commute right now? How
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    First Nursing Job in Nursing Home

    NurseCard replied to ashleyhawk97's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I think you made the right decision. Sometimes, and in some areas of the country, certain nursing jobs in certain specialties can be very hard to come by for new grads. Indeed you may have to kinda,...
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    Why do We eat our young?

    NurseCard replied to nellie272003's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    "A little bit of Monica in my life, a little bit of Erica by my side, A little bit of Rita's all I need, a little bit of Tina's what I see". sorry.
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    Nursing, Hurricanes, and Floods.

    NurseCard replied to CardiacDork's topic in General Nursing

    Yeah, your mom sounds even healthier than my husband, whom I would fully expect to take care of himself and our kids, should a situation arise in which a snowstorm or such occurred, and he had to stay...
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    What does your username mean?

    NurseCard replied to LifesAJourney's topic in Nursing Humor

    It's fairly obvious; I'm a University of Louisville sports fan, and a nurse, so there ya go. :) I also go by NurseCard on UofL's fan site, Cardinal
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    Wacky Nursing Dreams

    NurseCard replied to adventure_rn's topic in Nursing Humor

    I have the reoccurring dream that I'm working on a med surge floor, at night, with oh, 4-5 patients, and I go the whole night without hardly seeing any of them or even looking at their MAR's. And of...
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    Which is it? Coolest and most glamorous nursing jobs

    NurseCard replied to Flyboy17's topic in General Nursing

    I'm very proud of what I do as well. I work on a very small med surge unit in a very small hospital. I love that I get a lot of one on one with my patients. I love that I get a lot of compliments....
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    Which is it? Coolest and most glamorous nursing jobs

    NurseCard replied to Flyboy17's topic in General Nursing

    Oop, my bad. The place with the sickest
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    Which is it? Coolest and most glamorous nursing jobs

    NurseCard replied to Flyboy17's topic in General Nursing

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    Which is it? Coolest and most glamorous nursing jobs

    NurseCard replied to Flyboy17's topic in General Nursing

    Without reading any of the other replies... just throwing these out there... Flight nurse. ER nurse in a Level 1 trauma center. ER nurse in a big urban hospital in, say, New York, LA, Las Vegas,...
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    I'd like to stop birthday treats at my school

    NurseCard replied to MHDNURSE's topic in School

    So, let me get this straight... if there is ANY type of celebration, the Jehovah's Witness kids are not allowed to take part?? Oh my. And, I'll keep my mouth shut... being the open minded person...
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    Being a new nurse sucks

    NurseCard replied to bluehealer's topic in General Nursing

    SO much of what we learn in nursing is on-the-job experience. That's something else they don't want to tell you in nursing school. Have faith in yourself, have confidence, keep listening and keep...
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    Needle stick from urine collection cup.. Patient HepC positive...

    NurseCard replied to Leeleeboo7's topic in General Nursing

    I must say, in 14 years of being a nurse, I have never seen one of these cups! I HAVE seen the urine collection kit that contains a plain specimen cup, a vacutainer, and a white plastic dipstick with...
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    Numbness/tingling?

    NurseCard replied to Summers3's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Many times, yes it's likely a nerve issue. A patient who is suddenly complaining of numbness/tingling in the right hand, right leg, without any other symptoms, probably needs an MRI, if it doesn't...
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    considering quiting current new case

    NurseCard replied to undefeated-lvn's topic in Private Duty

    No, I wouldn't quit, not yet. They really haven't given you any reason to quit, from what you post here. I mean, they may not fully trust you yet, but you've only been there for a little over a...
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    Colleague reported to board

    NurseCard replied to mnurse0021's topic in General Nursing

    Did the patient have wounds when you saw them, or didn't they? Did you do a full skin check? As a home health nurse, or really any type of nurse, you can get severely burned by not doing full skin...
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    Beauty guru

    NurseCard replied to Issanurse's topic in General Nursing

    Are you working another full time job while going to school? If so, finding 4-6 free hours per week while juggling working and going to school, might indeed be a challenge. You are young and...
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    Work with family member

    NurseCard replied to Xmarishka's topic in General Nursing

    Well, I know in Kentucky for example, there is a way for a full time caregiver to apply through, I think Medicaid, to receive money for being a full time caregiver. It's probably not much, and it...
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    Female Foley and Witness

    NurseCard replied to jive turkey's topic in Men in Nursing

    Hm. I've never worked anywhere with a policy REQUIRING a witness when placing a foley. I've placed plenty of them myself. I can see where it would be a really good idea in many cases
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    Work with family member

    NurseCard replied to Xmarishka's topic in General Nursing

    I am very sorry to hear that your daughter is in that condition. Do you receive any money, from I guess Medicaid?, to take care of your daughter? It may depend on the state you are in, but full...