funfunfun550

funfunfun550 BSN, RN

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  1. Employees and facebook negativity

    funfunfun550 replied to savoytruffle's topic in LTC: Directors, Assistant

    You company should have a policy on social networking...sounds like she is in violation of what I would consider any basic policy about social networking.. I am going to try to find something to pm...

  2. Gay male nurse concern about male patient care

    funfunfun550 replied to Devon Rex's topic in Male Nursing Students

    I don't know what you meant by "act weird"to the above responder)....I personally think we all come in different shapes/sizes/sexual preferences etc. I have seen the gamut..women who cant have a man...

  3. Nursing Shortage= Thousands of Unemployed New Grads?

    funfunfun550 replied to Hypnotica's topic in First Year After Licensure

    your poll has a fault ..it did not say not to to respond if say you graduated 30 years ago...we were highly recruited as entire nursing classes for jobs BEFORE we graduated back then...times they are...

  4. How should I approach Nurse Practitioner before 2015?

    funfunfun550 replied to ggryz's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    I know a Vandy grad that went straight through for her NP..walked away from her first job and had trouble having a 2nd...so it was probably her work history that had most of the bearing on finding a...

  5. Petition to help new grads get experience

    funfunfun550 replied to Brian's topic in First Year After Licensure

    "Lastly, I think we should shut down all for-profit nursing schools (RN or NP level). Or just make it so that students at for-profit schools do not qualify for federal student loans - the problem will...

  6. Petition to help new grads get experience

    funfunfun550 replied to Brian's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Ive seen newer nurses who dont follow safety policies precepting new nurses...oh because they have BSN's while older nurses are treated like its time to put them out to pasture...Bullying is...

  7. Petition to help new grads get experience

    funfunfun550 replied to Brian's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Bingo..u hit the nail on the head....hospitals are looking for ways to save money...new grads have MORE opportunity where I work....the economy is just bad for everyone....keep on looking ... it will...

  8. Whats your biggest pet peeve working in the ED?

    funfunfun550 replied to Whts_Ur_Emergency?'s topic in Emergency

    I chart what they say and if it is over 10 I leave it blank and make a comment THEN I FLAAC score their pain(typically its a 0) and make sure to write a note in the interdisciplinary not as to...

  9. Whats your biggest pet peeve working in the ED?

    funfunfun550 replied to Whts_Ur_Emergency?'s topic in Emergency

    I wish you could order a "stat" audiology test for people that rate their pain more than a 10 or tell them it is policy to state they are lying if its more than 10..tee

  10. critical vanco level, infused anyway

    funfunfun550 replied to monchis_rn's topic in Medical-Surgical

    Also if that was a peak level that was in normal range...was it a random level or a trough??(i,e 30 min before the next dose is

  11. critical vanco level, infused anyway

    funfunfun550 replied to monchis_rn's topic in Medical-Surgical

    Sounds good...they should have done some baseline labs in my opinion but still that isn't always the case. Was this a random level or a trough right before the third dose? It could have been very high...

  12. critical vanco level, infused anyway

    funfunfun550 replied to monchis_rn's topic in Medical-Surgical

    In the future I would also get a doctors order for the new time change to infuse. I am not sure if you did this. I think there is soooooooooooooooo much misunderstanding about aminoglycoside...

  13. Statistics outside OU?

    funfunfun550 replied to Simply Complicated's topic in Ohio University

    I think I am going to take the Stats concurrently with the nursing class///no proctored exams

  14. One year as RN requirement

    funfunfun550 replied to lincoln8's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    I would say one year of experience....before you apply since its an application requirement++++Why not contact them and ask before you invest more time in the process.. Good luck to you whether it is...

  15. Not sure whether to continue my nursing career... Input?

    funfunfun550 replied to aloneandforgotten's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    I agree with Mrs Mig...and they could have given NARCAN if they thought it was going to harm the patient..... The facillity is a LOT more liable than you are in my opinion...they should NEVER have...

  16. Not sure whether to continue my nursing career... Input?

    funfunfun550 replied to aloneandforgotten's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    We do not have a license to practice medicine Hospice LPN... a license for nursing care big difference...but your message was meaningful.. I encourage her NOT to beat herself up and try to move...

  17. Direct Entry MSN Programs 2013

    funfunfun550 replied to hopefulnurse24's topic in Post Graduate Students

    Excellant

  18. Labor Dispute

    funfunfun550 replied to Blindsided's topic in Massachusetts Nursing

    I know a gal that is work a "lucrative travel nurse position" now and is telling horror stories out in CA...but to this date wont admit she is a strike breaker because she is working on one of their...

  19. Petition to help new grads get experience

    funfunfun550 replied to Brian's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I am lost here...are these DNP programs????I know the VA got innovative and formed their "own agency" so you can travel around..one state license. I have had the fleeting thought to go there..I did...

  20. Petition to help new grads get experience

    funfunfun550 replied to Brian's topic in First Year After Licensure

    How long have you been out of school> Just curious..and are you in a rural or urban area>? What kind of jobs have you applied for ? Would you work anywhere but an acute care hospital. The job...

  21. Petition to help new grads get experience

    funfunfun550 replied to Brian's topic in First Year After Licensure

    There were BIG cuts in residency program money last presidential term. Thus paving the way for the NP's to replace some of their hours. Maybe this is information that I have obtained but it has...

  22. Petition to help new grads get experience

    funfunfun550 replied to Brian's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I had to laugh at this response. One of our PCA 's graduated from RN school AND typed her resume on the hospital computer. I had to look at it twice because it in NO way described her. She had SUCH an...

  23. Any new NPs go directly for DNP?

    funfunfun550 replied to linearthinker's topic in Doctoral Nursing Degrees

    Is it an "absolute" that a doctorate is going to required as the entry level into FNP come 2015 and if so is that the beginning or end of the year> I just read AACN's white paper ..not sure if its...

  24. Has anyone done the WGU online RN to BSN program?

    funfunfun550 replied to mightymitern's topic in Western Governors University

    Your science classes have no age limit at Ohio University

  25. Petition to help new grads get experience

    funfunfun550 replied to Brian's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Oh and work for a top notch stepping stone job..not someplace with a a bad rep....your first year of experience should be GOOD experience..a new employer does not really want to "rehab" you from bad...