Ddestiny BSN, RN

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    Rejected from dream job

    Ddestiny replied to yoganurse22's topic in General Nursing

    OP, I'm sorry you didn't get the job you wanted. I did have a similar situation a few years ago. After 3 years as a Primary Care nurse, my husband and I were moving to a larger city that included a...
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    Rejected from dream job

    Ddestiny replied to yoganurse22's topic in General Nursing

    Okay....inquiring minds "must" know....what kind of job requires 13 interviews? Could they really have that many different things to go over that it required so many? The most I've ever had was 3...
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    Why do we do codes?

    Ddestiny replied to scrubs0204's topic in General Nursing

    The most important conversation re: codes needs to happen long before the code takes place, and it needs to happen repeatedly at changes of life and health status. When I was 20 and completely new to...
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    Crushing Oral Medications...New Regulation

    Ddestiny replied to ltcnurse4u's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I'm really curious about why they're starting to do this. Noticeably absent is any kind of rationale or examples of harm being caused by crushing and combining these PO medications. How is it any...
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    Help, I got a tough choice to make

    Ddestiny replied to morganm_0819's topic in General Nursing

    It sounds like it'd be hard to go wrong with any of the different patient populations. So that being said, the deciding factors can be related to other things -- commute, whether or not you can work...
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    Leaving nursing job after 2 months

    Ddestiny replied to swimmingfever00's topic in General Nursing

    There is more to "compassion and caring" than saying nice things that people want to hear. Giving advice on real life situations can cause real life consequences. "Follow your dreams and leave your...
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    Do nurses use "Linked In"?

    Ddestiny replied to matcha-cat's topic in General Nursing

    LinkedIn is basically an online resume where you can display your experience, education, certifications, any extra courses/additional training you've attended, etc. You have the ability to "check a...
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    Syringe driver terror

    Ddestiny replied to milly's topic in General Nursing

    With most patients and on most units -- labor and delivery, most med/surg, etc -- death is the enemy. New nurses are taught this and it's pounded into your head; don't let the patient die, you'll lose...
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    Anyone applying to Pratt Community College LPN to RN program?

    Ddestiny replied to evreux96's topic in LPN to RN

    I graduated from the Hutch online bridge program in December 2014. I wrote about my experiences earlier in this thread but if you have any other questions then I'll do my best to answer them. Some...
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    Pre-nursing: How to answer NCLEX q's before RN school (or mastering them)

    Ddestiny replied to Beldar_the_Cenobite's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I have bridged each step along the way in nursing (CNA, CMA, LPN, ADN, BSN). When I started LPN school we bought an NCLEX book the first semester (of two semesters) but were told that we needed to...
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    RN with two jobs? One non nursing

    Ddestiny replied to Meganmcm's topic in General Nursing

    I worked with a nurse who worked part time (1 afternoon shift every week or two) at a high-end restaurant while also working as an RN in a doctors office 4 days per week. She liked getting the cash...
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    Is 28 too old to become a travel nurse?

    Ddestiny replied to jchristine89's topic in Travel

    Definitely agree with this! My hospital is going through a transition right now and we have travel nurses everywhere. They get the usual 3 day hospital orientation then a whopping ONE day of floor...
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    Is it abandonment or taking a moment to collect myself?

    Ddestiny replied to Mollythenurse's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    I'm really having difficulty finding this to be patient abandonment. These are people that walk in on their own accord, manage their own ADLs, are not required to stay in that building like a LTC or...
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    Feeling like an incompetent nurse

    Ddestiny replied to dterra23's topic in First Year After Licensure

    To many LTC residents, a "good nurse" is someone that gives them their medications the way that they like, at the same time everyday and knows if they want their meds with water/juice/milk, how many...
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    New Grad Qualification Question

    Ddestiny replied to Dirzicus's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    If I read correctly, it sounds like you've really put all your eggs in this one basket -- you moved with the hope of getting a job in a specific health care system. Depending upon where you live, this...
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    Any tips on how to protect your self in a clinic?

    Ddestiny replied to Life22feb's topic in General Nursing

    Nursing schools really do make new nurses come in walking on eggshells, afraid they're going to lose their license for the slightest social faux pas. A few years in the field seems to be all it takes...
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    Medical Tourism

    Ddestiny replied to Emergent's topic in General Nursing

    My only experience with Medical Tourism is when things go wrong. I work on a Post Surgical floor in a hospital that is a Center for Bariatric Excellence so we have received several patients that went...
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    New Psychiatric Support Technician..HELP!

    Ddestiny replied to kingvonnBSN2017's topic in Psychiatric

    It occurs to me from reading your responses that I did one of my own pet peeves, assuming someone on this forum is female (as indicated in my previous post). I apologize for that, Kingvonn. As far as...
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    New Psychiatric Support Technician..HELP!

    Ddestiny replied to kingvonnBSN2017's topic in Psychiatric

    Sometimes the most therapeutic thing you can do is to establish and maintain boundaries. If someone has the end-goal of making you uncomfortable for the sake of their own entertainment, a conversation...
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    Oops I sat on the patient

    Ddestiny replied to whatdayisit11to7Nrse's topic in General Nursing

    I saw that too, but then noticed that the whole sentence was "I've excluded all identifying information as per regulations of The Hippo Act, which was established in 1492, right after World War
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    Family Feud: What would a nurse want to do to a hot male patient

    Ddestiny replied to bruins79's topic in General Nursing

    What I'm stuck on is how, where ever they got these answers, it was apparently assumed that doing ANYTHING to a sexy part is....good? Oh man, nice butt, let me put a rectal thermometer in it! Isn't...
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    Job seeking before giving notice?

    Ddestiny replied to HealSpec's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    Is there a problem with giving more than 1 month of notice? I gave 5-6 months' notice to my prior employer when I found out my husband got into grad school (which would require moving). I knew it...
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    Non-disciplinary LPN license and future employment and misdemeanor

    Ddestiny replied to Manofconviction's topic in Licensure: Criminal History

    You can do a quick google search for "list of disqualifying crimes for nurses" and get multiple hits. The most common element is that they're typically person crimes -- domestic violence, sexual...
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    21 year old new grad advice?!

    Ddestiny replied to Underpayedandoverworked's topic in Nursing Career

    Starting off is hard. It just....is. There's no way around it, you have to accept that it's going to suck for a while. It doesn't mean you're doing anything wrong, or that you're a bad nurse or a bad...
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    Starting off in primary care or waiting for other opportunities

    Ddestiny replied to nli122093's topic in Nursing Career

    I think a lot of new nurses focus on the hands on tasks that you mentioned without giving as much weight to triage. Phone triage is a whole new beast. I started off in Primary Care where I would trade...