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    What kind of nurse are you?

    NurseCard replied to imintrouble's topic in General Nursing

    I'm a psychiatric nurse, so I've found that the direct and blunt way is just about the ONLY way to go. If you beg and plead with those patients, you get absolutely nowhere. As far as how I view...
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    What color scrubs do you wear?

    NurseCard replied to MJB2010's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    All RN's and LPN's wear Royal Blue, and all Aides wear Ceil Blue. I actually like it that
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    What do I do???finanlly got a job but....

    NurseCard replied to BeautifulTree's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Ideas: 1) You are a Christian, do you attend church? If so, I would alert your pastor to your situation, perhaps the church could help you out. I attend a Christian church; we have two funds set...
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    BCTC (Lawrenceburg Campus)

    NurseCard replied to Ash13's topic in General Nursing

    No, but I live in Lawrenceburg, if I can be of any help in that regard. Sorry I'm not of more
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    How long did you stay at your 1st job?

    NurseCard replied to 01dayatatime's topic in Nursing Career

    I stayed at my first RN job for three years. My work history since then hasn't been the most stable. =( I've still had a tendency to stick with a job for at least a year and a half,
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    Need ADVICE is 4 weeks postpartum too soon to go back to work?!

    NurseCard replied to ladybugme!'s topic in General Nursing

    Yes, you should be able to return in 4 weeks if all goes smoothly with the birth and everything. I'm worried personally, that as soon as you tell your employer all of this, that they are going to let...
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    What do you think? (warning: vent ahead)

    NurseCard replied to Nursey103's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    If you didn't feel safe pushing the two meds together, then you didn't feel safe and that's it. You did nothing wrong. He wants another nurse, fine, you don't have to put up with him anymore. I've...
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    I am done with healthcare

    NurseCard replied to ksc0723's topic in General Nursing

    In veterinary medicine, I think I would run into the same problem that keeps me away from pediatrics. Parents.
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    Is this staffing normal???

    NurseCard replied to MollNick's topic in Psychiatric

    Do you work in a private facility? If so, that sounds about right. Not safe though, and those patients aren't getting good
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    Can you live a luxury lifestyle as a nurse?

    NurseCard replied to trustabdy's topic in General Nursing

    Yeah, if you live with mom and
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    Going full time at a hospital in which you work for agency?

    NurseCard replied to NurseCard's topic in Agency Nurses

    Thank you for your replies. I'm hoping for a full time job with the hospice agency in my area, but if I don't get that or get something else soon, I may have to go talk to human resources at the...
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    Tired of hearing about the kids.

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

    I agree with KatieP86; make a nicey-nice comment like "Oh, they're cute kids", and then change the subject or find yourself something that you "have" to do right then! Not saying a THING... that...
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    Is there a maximum amount of urine to remove at one time during an In and Out Cath?

    NurseCard replied to SkullCandy's topic in General Nursing

    I believe it is 1000
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    Nurse Manager said she can't give professional reference???

    NurseCard replied to kat,rn's topic in General Nursing

    I ran into this a few years ago as well with a couple of former supervisors that I had worked with at a particular job. They told me that they were not allowed to provide references for me, that it...
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    Do Not Send to Hospital From Nursing Home

    NurseCard replied to toughjob,nurse's topic in General Nursing

    I think you did the right thing. Assuming that there was no way that you could have gotten the resident anything stronger for pain to get him/her through the night. But, morphine and ativan needed...
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    Failed pre-employment drug screen

    NurseCard replied to OlderRNinGA's topic in General Nursing

    Sorry you lost the job. Hope your foot is feeling better
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    Failed pre-employment drug screen

    NurseCard replied to OlderRNinGA's topic in General Nursing

    Jeez louise, I wasn't expecting quite the reaction from the post that I got! Be real, people. It's a Sunday evening. Pharmacy's closed. Your tooth, migraine, back, foot, is hurting like a.. well,...
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    Experienced RN With No Luck Finding Position

    NurseCard replied to olivia28's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    I've been an RN for over eight years. I have experience in Med/Surge, Psych and LTC. I was fired from my LTC job last August and haven't been able to find a full time job either. I'm currently...
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    Failed pre-employment drug screen

    NurseCard replied to OlderRNinGA's topic in General Nursing

    :hug: My sympathies to you; this is a mistake that anyone could make. I mean, if my foot were hurting like heck I would do the same thing,
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    I can't stop dreaming about the NICU!~

    NurseCard replied to babyCNP's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Heh, I've done that too whenever I've started a new job, and it's usually a job that I actually like. The dreams always seem to go away after I've been at the job for a
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    What is my legal and Ethical Obligation?

    NurseCard replied to tripletsgranny1's topic in General Nursing

    OP, are you worried that you are being unethical by not doing anything? Immoral? A bystander to something horrible that you know you need to report? If that's the case, I'd say that there's really...
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    What is the weirdest thing someone has been admitted to the hospital for?

    NurseCard replied to SweetsRN522's topic in General Nursing

    Helped to take care of a lady once who was horribly impacted. The impaction had to be surgically removed. What the surgeon removed, essentially, was a giant ball of poop and sunflower seed shells....
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    How do I get more hours????

    NurseCard posted a topic in Agency Nurses

    Okay, so I'm pretty new to Agency nursing. I've worked six eight hour shifts in the past month. I need to work JUUUST a bit more than that. I'm only signed up with one agency currently; I'm...
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    I need a job

    NurseCard replied to D Unstoppable train's topic in General Nursing

    I'm an experienced nurse and I can't find a job. Anyone else having this
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    Is there anything good that being a nurse has taught you???

    NurseCard replied to juzme's topic in General Nursing

    I've learned to weigh big decisions more carefully before I make them. Having run my nursing career into the ground by switching jobs 4 times in the past 5 years... has taught me this. That's really...