Cat_RN ASN, BSN, RN

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    For those new grads who are employed, what's your method?

    Cat_RN replied to grateful2010's topic in General Nursing

    So many times, IMO, it happens when you are just in the right place at right time. I got my job as a young new grad with no nursing or healthcare experience at all because went I went in the facility...
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    Is it possible to become an LNA...

    Cat_RN replied to JulielovesCody's topic in General Nursing

    Yes, becoming an LNA has very good advantages while in nursing school. I do see the benefit to being a CNA/LNA prior to being a nurse. I was not a CNA before a nurse and think my intro to the field...
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    Skin Prep- waste of time?

    Cat_RN replied to anonymous1919's topic in General Nursing

    I really like skin prep and was taught that it is an effective way to 'toughen' up skin in areas prone to break down like heels, elbows, behind ears on people with oxygen tubing etc. I've seen it work...
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    Just get out of nursing already

    Cat_RN replied to NurseLoveJoy88's topic in General Nursing

    Well aren't we all just bitter, flamming, idios. OP's precious holier than thou attitude stinks of someone with very little 'real nursing world' experience. I've finished my year of nursing and I can...
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    MD Quote of the Week

    Cat_RN replied to blondy2061h's topic in General Nursing

    I wondered if he would be charged and felt really badly about it. I honestly hope he wasn't as he was not in his right state of
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    MD Quote of the Week

    Cat_RN replied to blondy2061h's topic in General Nursing

    I do really appreciate when doctor's ask you what you think the patient needs. I always hate a doc who totally ignores what a nurse suggests.. unless it's totally not appropriate for the pt. I had a...
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    MD Quote of the Week

    Cat_RN replied to blondy2061h's topic in General Nursing

    Haha, I have one.. this doc is renown for his 'absent-mindedness'. I called at 2am for a patient out of control.. Sudden aggression and AMS, NOT the norm for this guy as he was usually more than...
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    Is it just me or............?

    Cat_RN replied to eriksoln's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I've noticed that many patients tend to think the hospital is a spa and act quite spoiled over things that really are not pertinent to their immediate well being. I've seen it MANY times, I'll find a...
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    What happens when you forget to do things????

    Cat_RN replied to lilypad2424's topic in General Nursing

    Keep a memo pad with you at all times. I am constantly jotting things down and crossing them off when I complete the task. It's the only way I can remember! Write everything down! Before I go home, I...
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    if you had to do it all over again, what profession would u choose?

    Cat_RN replied to johnnyDoGood's topic in General Nursing

    LV FTW. (txtspk
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    Love being a nurse - Hate being a nurse.

    Cat_RN replied to snoopy29's topic in General Nursing

    Trouble is, so many health care companies do not seem to have values other than monetary profit and meeting/making the numbers. It's a business, motivated by money, patients are seen, ultimately at...
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    nursing and paperwork; what paperwork?

    Cat_RN replied to johnnyDoGood's topic in General Nursing

    I promise you, those care plans are not what they are all talking
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    questions from clinical handover.

    Cat_RN replied to comnursesall's topic in General Nursing

    Um... you need to just out right ask the nurse handing over to you if you don't understand something.. not expect us to majically read their minds and do the work for you. Why wouldn't you just ask...
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    Pain Control for Patient with Addiction Past

    Cat_RN replied to dinah77's topic in Addictions

    I don't have much insight here.. but I see this a lot as well. I think there is a fine line many docs are scared to cross between real pain and addiction 'cravings', for fear of being sued. I do not...
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    Jehovah's Witness nurses in the critical care unit?

    Cat_RN replied to asdf88's topic in Critical Care

    In an effort not to explode into a rant too much here, I'm going to make one more point. I have to do it. I'm so sick of how PC everything has gotten, how sensitive everybody tries to be nowadays,...
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    HIPPA and finding someone who cares

    Cat_RN replied to CaptKris's topic in General Nursing

    OP- get rid of that stack of information. You're going to hang yourself in the process here. Shoot yourself in your own foot with trying to string up someone else. Come on, can't you just be the...
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    Jehovah's Witness nurses in the critical care unit?

    Cat_RN replied to asdf88's topic in Critical Care

    I don't the any nurse's PERSONAL religious beliefs belong anywhere near her pt care. I find it very inappropriate to transfer one's own religious belief unto her patient. HE/SHE is the one assigned to...
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    was i wrong?

    Cat_RN replied to goldc8's topic in General Nursing

    ?? So if someone was coding you'd wait until the doc calls back (even in the middle of the night), to give your oders to send before calling 911?? Remind me to never send my family member to your...
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    Is it ok to send resume directly to unit director, and not just online to HR?

    Cat_RN replied to Irock's topic in General Nursing

    I think doing that will make you look presumptuous and possibly get your resume thrown in the trash without a second glance. Doing so would probably not convey sound judgment to the UM. There is a...
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    LPN as quick transition into nursing field...

    Cat_RN replied to bmarrero's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    It is definitely a good way to segue into nursing. That's what I did! I will start my RN next year. I have been an LPN for a year total now. I love it! I think it's a great way to see if nursing is...
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    Taking BP on pt. with pacemaker

    Cat_RN posted a topic in General Nursing

    I've heard both sides, that it is NOT OK, and some say that it is. (I do not recall learning about this in school, although I do avoid the left arm if pt does have a pacemaker, I guess instinctively)....
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    I'm sure this has been said.. MA's calling themselves Nurses

    Cat_RN replied to AprilN's topic in General Nursing

    I hate o2 'stat' too, but I was thinking that possibly some people are saying it in reference to a pt's o2 'status'? Thinking that the o2 'stat' is the o2 status? Not totally correct, but not all that...
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    Is there conflict of interest here? (A real RN in an ad)

    Cat_RN replied to TorsadesDePointesRN's topic in General Nursing

    I'm another person here who would be leery of doing such a thing. Since you are a nurse, you have different liability and responsibility to the public than a civilian. I'd be afraid of somewhere,...
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    At my boiling point...you are NOT a Nurse...of ANY kind!!!!

    Cat_RN replied to nursehunnie's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    I was a bit put off by a doctor in an office I went to. He referred to his MA as 'the nurse'.. she was NOT a nurse and it was very obvious. She had difficulty with very simple tasks (PPD was given but...
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    nurses attacking nurses

    Cat_RN replied to bethgrace's topic in General Nursing

    I disagree that one should always go to the offender first, instead of a manager, or that it shows cowardice to avoid confrontation with said offender. I can picture a particular person where I work,...