SoldierNurse22 BSN, RN

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    Management Type

    SoldierNurse22 replied to enchantmentdis's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Sounds like an interrogation.
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    Extremely Overweight Nurses

    SoldierNurse22 replied to WonderousIvy's topic in Nursing Career

    I know what you're getting at. But you stand to offend a lot of very intelligent, compassionate people on this site with a post like this. If you get flamed, don't say you weren't
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    Pharmacist-turned-RN?

    SoldierNurse22 replied to Lizbird5807's topic in Nursing Career

    Quite honestly, I've never heard of a pharmacist coming into the nursing field. That's not to say you can't do it, but I'd imagine it isn't very common. PS--don't put away your negotiating...
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    Lab coats

    SoldierNurse22 replied to rse3's topic in General Students

    We had lab coats in school and at one of the hospitals where I worked. At least, the Navy could wear them. I was always jealous because I tend to be cold and I'd never turn down an extra
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    New nurse and Med Cart Interruptions

    SoldierNurse22 replied to ricksy's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    We have a "med zone" rug in our Pyxis area. We also had a little vest thingy that people would wear while they were prepping/checking meds for a while. And most of our nurses have no problem saying,...
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    Have Mononucleosis, New Job, Questions.

    SoldierNurse22 replied to bendyprissy's topic in Health, Stress Management

    1. I read in my Patho book the incubation period for Mono is between 31-50 days and so if that is the case then is there no way that is what my son could have and therefore could not have given to me?...
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    Excessive pain during labor effects

    SoldierNurse22 replied to Kaysmom8's topic in Ob/Gyn

    You made me curious. Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) after childbirth. Posttraumatic stress following childbirth: A review An Error Occurred Setting Your User Cookie Interesting quote from the...
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    chance at va

    SoldierNurse22 replied to LeslieAllen's topic in Government, Military

    It just depends. Some positions get lots of applicants and others are pretty scant. Just make sure if they have requirements for your resume that you pay attention to them. We had an opening for a...
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    How to know if nursing is right for you??

    SoldierNurse22 replied to Kayla28's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I think you'll be pleasantly surprised to meet a nice mixture of personality types in nursing. I have had friends who are very quiet and other friends who are as extroverted as it gets. There's a...
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    Need ideas arranging staff

    SoldierNurse22 replied to FieryPsychRN's topic in LTC: Directors, Assistant

    TBlase is correct... generally speaking, there aren't enough jobs to go around, and it's especially difficult to get hired as a new grad. There are (as always) exceptions to this rule in parts of the...
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    chance at va

    SoldierNurse22 replied to LeslieAllen's topic in Government, Military

    It's possible, but it is a REALLY long process, even after you're selected. I mean, count on 6 months
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    a new name for Hiatal Hernia?

    SoldierNurse22 replied to afjgnp's topic in General Nursing

    Never heard of that...I did a search myself and all it turned up was Hiatus Hernia vs.
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    Parents being overly rough with their kids

    SoldierNurse22 replied to JeanettePNP's topic in Pediatric

    Only thing I would suggest is CPS if you think there's abuse going on. Otherwise, there isn't much you can
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    Excessive pain during labor effects

    SoldierNurse22 replied to Kaysmom8's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Check out Ina May Gaskin's book Guide to Childbirth. She raises a lot of interesting points about women who experienced a lot of pain/didn't feel secure with their caregivers/were completely cut out...
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    How to know if nursing is right for you??

    SoldierNurse22 replied to Kayla28's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I'm an introvert. To give you some idea of what I mean, I am the one who: -sits at the back of the classroom -hates being called on to speak in front of the class -intensely dislikes being in charge...
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    New Nurse Pain Med Question

    SoldierNurse22 replied to ricksy's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Now that's
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    Am I required to disclose a history of depression?

    SoldierNurse22 replied to ~mommyof2~'s topic in Nurse Disabilities

    Wow! Even the military has a clause that exempts people if their depression was due to grief or was a transient issue of the past! Best of luck to you,
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    semester before nursing school

    SoldierNurse22 replied to BSNinprogress22's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I had 15 credits one semester, but 3 of my classes were labs that had homework like regular classes. It was more like a 21-hour class load, and I had ROTC on top of it. I made it through--it just...
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    Deciding if nursing is for me

    SoldierNurse22 replied to mcclot1993's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I look online and see stories about how so many people drop out of nursing school saying how hard it is and it is very difficult saying how hard nursing can be saying that people go home crying after...
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    Anger towards the traditional students

    SoldierNurse22 replied to libran1984's topic in LPN to RN

    Give them time. It doesn't take too long for us dewey-eyed noobs to become jaded, tough old
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    New Nurse Pain Med Question

    SoldierNurse22 replied to ricksy's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Absolutely, that makes things a lot easier because of the continuous monitoring. LTC--even med-surg--doesn't have the benefit of a near-constant look into the patient's underlying physiological...
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    New Nurse Pain Med Question

    SoldierNurse22 replied to ricksy's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    You're right--you didn't. But I'd hate for the OP to think that it was somehow unsafe to administer narcs without first assessing VS without reason to suspect a problem. New nurses have enough to...
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    New Nurse Pain Med Question

    SoldierNurse22 replied to ricksy's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I did read again. In fact, I quoted your own posts to prove my point. My point is that if you have baseline VS on the patient and the patient is medically stable, VS aren't indicated every time you...
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    New Nurse Pain Med Question

    SoldierNurse22 replied to ricksy's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    You indicated that the nurse wouldn't see the patient for another couple of hours after administration because the VS were q4 and the meds were q2. My point is that even if that were the case, the...
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    New Nurse Pain Med Question

    SoldierNurse22 replied to ricksy's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Actually, if you gave a narc and didn't check on your patient for 2 hours, you'd be answering first for not doing a focused assessment post-medication administration as well as for not adequately...