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I have never worked alongside a qualified CNL but we have had one on our unit that was a student. He was COMPLETELY clueless, had a BS in some admin type role and when asked to put in a foley he soiled his pants and fled the room claiming that he " ...

Wow... you need to learn accountability. There is no room for 'negotiation' in a well run program. Why should you get to earn 2 points over any other pupil? Oh and for what it's worth ... if you are begging for charity to pass AP then you will be eat...

I would have shouted out "I'm in here for a vaginal exam not an auditory screening.... my ears are working very well thank you". One should not feel less of a person because you are temporarily receiving financial help... it was a personal insult and...

Holy cow- this dude needs an urgent sense of humor transplant.

Shape ups are awesome for your feet and wreck your knees. Google it if you don't believe me. They are an orthopedic surgeon's retirement fund due to knee hyperextension.

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Think of proteins as tiny sponges that attract water from outside the blood vessels. If there are less of them (hypoproteinemia) then the extra-vascular water has no reason to move into the blood stream and it builds up causing edema.

Just a heads up... I know of no facilities that will allow you to be in a working or student role without a BLS because a family member can turn on a dime and change their POA to state that you HAVE to full code their 98year old uncle who has demen...

As regards interrupting your med pass, I suggest you arm yourself with a nice phrase such as "Evidence based practice has shown that interruptions during a med pass are the primary cause of medication errors so you may consult with me when I have com...

Awesome story! Best of luck in your orientation and future career.

I believe I work with his identical twin... I recommend you grab a tape recorder, tape report and hand it to him on the way out the door. Some people thrive on being obnoxious so don't feed his appetite.

Neuro is awfully hard... be very careful you know exactly what you are getting into because it is basically nursing home work for 80%+ of the time. I hope you like lots of HEAVY lifting, bed linen changing and Q4 neuro checks on aphasic, immobile, in...

A lot of these job posts are just agencies trying to bulk up their books. I think you will find that a lot of the posts are 'bait-and-switch' so they say "RN1s needed for SICU/PACU sign-on bonus etc etc" and then you contact the agency and they will ...

This.Is.Perfection. LMAO

We are basically a tube surrounded by a variety of complex chemical processes. We have a one unit pH range that we must maintain or we die. We intake and output a vast array of electrolytes and expect it to all balance out. So yeah I think chemistry ...

What a stunning piece of writing. You must must must develop this incredible talent.

I'm thinking moron ... yep definitely moron.

If you think your license is seriously in jeopardy then walk. If you can possibly work your contractual notice period then do it, as Sod's Law says that one day you may end up working for/with someone from this facility again and you don't want to fe...

We were taught that a 'risk for' is lower priority than a 'happening now' even if the result of the 'risk for' is serious (in this case a fall). Activity intolerance leads to respiratory/circulatory compromise( atelectasis, DVT etc) so it is a seriou...

Fax it back to the originating number with HIPAA VIOLATION written in huge letters over every page. In fact I would send it on an hourly basis just to be sure you get their attention.

We have to chart last BM either pt report or PTA.

I recently cared for an asymptomatic MRSA+ contact precautions pt who was discharged 2 hrs later and on his way to the elevator saw me at the nurses station and came over to thank me and gave me a huge hug. Then he gets in the elevator full of people...

I'm sorry to labor a point but a tsp is NOT a dose it is a volume (5ml) and is thus not acceptable. It would be the same as ordering 1 capsule, 2 pills or 5 buckets BUT OF WHAT CONCENTRATION?????? It isn't done, so I don't agree with problems that ar...

Order: Acetaminophen 1 tsp PO q 4 hours Available: 80 mg/ 0.5 tsp How many milligrams will you administer? How many milliliters will you administer? I am a bit puzzled by this question because an order would never be for a tsp. A doctor would no...

"So basically, it's in one ear and out the other..." Shouldn't that be "In one external auditory meatus and out the other..." ?