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    Should I ditch the pinning ceremony for a possible job?

    CrazyGoonRN replied to bella14k's topic in General Students

    Maybe you should call the hospital and find out if they will even be hiring new grads at the open house. A local hospital had an open house a few months ago and at the beginning announced for all the...
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    How hard is your nursing school?

    CrazyGoonRN replied to EternalFeather's topic in General Students

    FYI nursing home work is very tough
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    How important is your 'look' as a nurse

    CrazyGoonRN replied to Nola009's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    In school I had a nursing instructor who weighed approx 400 lbs. she was awesome but her weight clearly hindered her nursing abilities. At a hospital we walked to the elevator in the lobby and rode a...
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    Best way to quit a PRN job

    CrazyGoonRN posted a topic in Nursing Career

    I've worked at my PRN job for over 3 years. I have a good full time job and no desire to ever go back to my PRN job. I havn't even worked there in a month. This may be a dumb question but how do I put...
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    Scrub colors?

    CrazyGoonRN replied to maluakua's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    Royal blue in
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    Vanderbilt Nurse Residency Summer 2014

    CrazyGoonRN replied to NursEMT-P's topic in Tennessee Nursing

    http://health.state.tn.us/boards/Nursing/PDFs/PH-0291.pdf If you are going to get licensed in TN then you need to turn your application and do your background check and fingerprinting before you...
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    What is the nurse-patient ratio where you work?

    CrazyGoonRN replied to kaliRN's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    I have no idea. Someone who is a member of a union might
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    Vanderbilt Nurse Residency Summer 2014

    CrazyGoonRN replied to NursEMT-P's topic in Tennessee Nursing

    If it were me moving to Nashville from out of state I would choose the Gulch. Here is some info about where to live: Moving to Nashville Guide | Where to Live | Nashville
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    No cna's ??

    CrazyGoonRN replied to littlenurse23's topic in Medical-Surgical

    I worked LTC/SNF for 3 years. I never felt like I gave my patients the care they deserved. I ran around in a 12 hour shift and only took one 10 minute brake and even stayed over at least an hour...
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    What is the nurse-patient ratio where you work?

    CrazyGoonRN replied to kaliRN's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    Seems it's been referred to committee...
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    What is the nurse-patient ratio where you work?

    CrazyGoonRN replied to kaliRN's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    Med surg floor at my hospital in Nashville area: 1:5-6 night shift Med surg floor at other hospitals in Nashville area: 1:7-8 night shift I also know of one hospital med surg floor in Nashville area...
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    What is your degree in other than nursing?

    CrazyGoonRN replied to nija315's topic in General Students

    I didn't do an accelerated program. I just went back and got my BSN. My first degree was a BA in Political
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    Made a Med Error in Clinical.. :(

    CrazyGoonRN replied to kringkring5144's topic in Patient Medications

    Ok where was your instructor during all this? This is just as much her fault as it is yours. She should have been with you when all this was
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    No more glucose checks by CNAs/PCTs

    CrazyGoonRN replied to Paws2people's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    RN's only? Were LPN's not allowed? Or were there just not any LPN's at your
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    One thing I learned today is that honesty will get you nowhere in Nursing School.

    CrazyGoonRN replied to guest08/05/2014's topic in General Students

    Yeah just because you were honest it doesn't mean your excuse will be considered valid. Oversleeping is not a considered a valid excuse by many people. My advice is to start setting 2 separate alarms...
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    How Not To Bring Germs Home...

    CrazyGoonRN replied to sparky605's topic in General Nursing

    For those of you who leave your shoes in the garage. Do you put them in a sealed container or something that will prevent spiders from crawling in them? I live in brown recluse and black widow country...
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    Medical terminology according to patients

    CrazyGoonRN replied to nursefrances's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Instead of groin my grandmother would say "groan" I think it had to do with her accent. She was from the back woods of TN. If someone actually said groin she didn't understand what they were talking...
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    Licensing Question - BSN/RN

    CrazyGoonRN replied to BeachsideRN's topic in General Nursing

    A friend of mine graduated with her BSN in Tennessee and took her NCLEX in Indiana and became licensed in Tennessee. Its a national exam. It dosen't matter where you take
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    Can a LPN delegate to RN?

    CrazyGoonRN replied to roxs752's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Where I work (LTC/SNF) all Nurse Managers and supervisors are LPN's. There are a few RN's who they supervise but there has never been any issues because their job duties are different than the RN's....
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    Full Code resident in LTC

    CrazyGoonRN replied to BB00513's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    This is interesting to me. The LTC facility I work in has defibrillators and if you are not a DNR then CPR is performed. I guess it varies from place to
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    % of Nurses that smoke

    CrazyGoonRN replied to twinner05's topic in Health, Stress Management

    My hospital is smoke free. At my hospital if you voluntarily get tested for nicotine and your results are negative and you sign something saying you don't smoke you will get a $11/month discount on...
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    GPA lower than a 3.0, can I still be a nurse

    CrazyGoonRN replied to twaugh1's topic in General Students

    My nursing school journey: I applied and didn't get into a BSN program several years ago. A few weeks after I was rejected I applied and got into an LPN program. After graduating LPN school I applied...
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    Refusing care based on sexual orientation

    CrazyGoonRN replied to CrazierThanYou's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    No I haven't lived my life under a rock. Have you? Once again I say: if you look for it you will find it, no matter where you are. No need to read more into it and assume I mean more than I
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    Refusing care based on sexual orientation

    CrazyGoonRN replied to CrazierThanYou's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    You expected narrow minded ignorance? All I can say is that no matter where you are if you look for it you will find
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    nursing home- nights 7p-7a. What to expect?

    CrazyGoonRN replied to aviaa's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Not sure if you are an LPN or RN, but yes a lot of new grads start out in LTC on night shift. I would say more LPN's than RN's for sure start out in LTC. LTC is not for everyone and not everyone can...