Karen_tn_37211

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1. RaDonda Vaught's Arraignment - Guilty or Not of Reckless Homicide and Patient Abuse?

   Karen_tn_37211 replied to tnbutterfly - Mary's topic in Nursing News

   She went and immediately got another job in an ICU. I would be devastated and need time off. I might eventually go back to work doing another kind of nursing, or even something outside of nursing. I...

2. RaDonda Vaught's Arraignment - Guilty or Not of Reckless Homicide and Patient Abuse?

   Karen_tn_37211 replied to tnbutterfly - Mary's topic in Nursing News

   No action taken on license

3. RaDonda Vaught's Arraignment - Guilty or Not of Reckless Homicide and Patient Abuse?

   Karen_tn_37211 replied to tnbutterfly - Mary's topic in Nursing News

   I'm not surprised the BON didn't do anything. I know another nurse that was responsible for a patient's death and they didn't do anything to her either. She didn't even lose her job. She lost a week...

4. Do you really need a certificate to get a CCM?

   Karen_tn_37211 replied to JwagRN08's topic in Case Management

   I never had a certificate. I just had to have 2 years of case management experience before I could take the exam to be a

5. Issues with Tenn State U in Nashville

   Karen_tn_37211 replied to abrainerd's topic in Tennessee Nursing

   The low passing rate for NCLEX of TSU students is a very well known fact around here. That is just not true. TSU has a HIGH NCLEX pass rate....at least they did when I

6. Can ADN hang IV meds? Or only BSN?

   Karen_tn_37211 replied to soon2be's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

   Wonder what weird state the instuctor is referring to? Her state.....the state of

7. My mother is embarassed that I'm going to be a nurse...

   Karen_tn_37211 replied to iriska_meller's topic in General Nursing

   My parents wanted my sister and me to be lawyers. I refused to be a lawyer because I wanted to be a nurse. We had many fights (fusses) over the issue. Anyway, my sister became the lawyer and made my...

8. Rn Case Mngr Position With Ccm Preferred?????

   Karen_tn_37211 replied to powernurse's topic in Case Management

   It's just 80 hours CEU's to renew....I just did

9. Drawing blood from a PICC line

   Karen_tn_37211 replied to rnewmanjunkie's topic in General Nursing

   One of the first things I learned on the floor was to never ever use less than a 10cc syringe to draw blood from a PICC

10. Please, Please, Please, Any Other Very Tall Nurses Out There?????

    Karen_tn_37211 replied to *Andrea*'s topic in General Nursing

    I like Cherokee....they are the most comfortable for me... I'm

11. Did I overreact?

    Karen_tn_37211 replied to luvkitties's topic in General Nursing

    As a new nurse you did just fine....whenever in doubt call the doctor or seek help from somebody. Too many new grads think they know everything. Where I work the policy is to always verify placement...

12. Fainting and workers comp

    Karen_tn_37211 replied to hzrizen's topic in General Nursing

    I handled workers comp cases before I became a nurse. In Tennessee this would NOT be covered by workers comp. There wasn't anything in the work place that caused you to fall....Each state has their...

13. Male RN's

    Karen_tn_37211 replied to bjmarthin1986's topic in General Nursing

    "We should be paid more cause we have two brains." Yeah, God knows that it takes 2 male brains to equal 1 female

14. Should I tell my friend that she is dying?

    Karen_tn_37211 replied to Blackcat99's topic in General Nursing

    It's been my experience in a "friend" situation that the MD won't even listen to me as I'm not family nor the power of attorney. Everything to the MD goes through the husband in this situation I would...

15. License renewal requirements

    Karen_tn_37211 replied to mtngrl's topic in Tennessee Nursing

    There isn't any homework really. You dont have to submit any of those things with your renewal...just send in the money and piece of paper they mailed to you (renewal). They randomly pick people to...