SoldierNurse22 BSN, RN

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    Can we have a punching bag in the break room?

    SoldierNurse22 replied to Joe V's topic in Nursing Humor

    "Can we have a punching bag in the break room?" I'd love to, but I can't find any docs who are willing to
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    GVHD

    SoldierNurse22 replied to umcRN's topic in Oncology

    Unfortunately, I have no good GVHD stories. In fact, all the patients I've seen who get allogenic stem cell transplants have ended up dying from GVHD. I shudder when I hear that my patients are...
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    How nervous were you when you took the NCLEX?

    SoldierNurse22 replied to Joe V's topic in General Students

    I was pretty nervous during the exam, but nothing compares to afterward when I found out my dad had had an MI the night before and had snuck out of the house at 0300 with my mom to go to the hospital....
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    Will I have to cut my hair at training? what about after when I'm at the hospital

    SoldierNurse22 replied to sabby17's topic in Government, Military

    Precisely. Working with the Navy at the new Walter Reed/Bethesda, I can guarantee you that females do not cut their hair at officer
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    Questions About the Army ROTC Nursing Program

    SoldierNurse22 replied to lauranurselaura's topic in Government, Military

    I'm not sure about the first question (I think prereqs are only good for a certain amount of time, though, as classes and curriculums change) and if you're overweight, check out the standards for...
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    ROTC vs ANCP

    SoldierNurse22 replied to hello sammi's topic in Government, Military

    Well, here's my ! I tried to do ROTC but was unable to because my university didn't have an ROTC program of their own, just a satellite program. No one in my nursing college had ever done the ROTC...
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    Will I have to cut my hair at training? what about after when I'm at the hospital

    SoldierNurse22 replied to sabby17's topic in Government, Military

    I'm also an Army nurse. I had long hair for training both times I trained, including time in the field (I went through LTC in ROTC and BOLC for basic officers training a couple years apart) and I...
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    What does your username mean?

    SoldierNurse22 replied to LifesAJourney's topic in Nursing Humor

    Pretty self explanatory. I'm a soldier first, then a nurse, and 22 is the day of the month I was born. My first signon, allarmyallthetime, is also pretty self
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    Who Here "Floats" to Other Units

    SoldierNurse22 replied to Ted's topic in General Nursing

    Yep, all over. I'm from oncology, but I float to postpartum, L&D, ortho, med surg...and med surg is BY FAR the most dreaded
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    Anyone else getting cut by the budget ax?

    SoldierNurse22 replied to nurse2033's topic in Government, Military

    I'm not on the reserve side of the house, but the active duty folks are feeling it, too. You know it's getting really nasty when we don't have enough funds to change out sharps
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    2 Year Minimum for Active Duty RN

    SoldierNurse22 replied to Mslecia20's topic in Government, Military

    Just talked to a bunch of new nurses coming in through the Army and the Navy--they all have at least 2 years experience if they aren't ROTC. The military is trying to cut 50,000 soldiers by 2013 last...
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    I couldn't believe what I was hearing!

    SoldierNurse22 replied to sra27's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    "Until hospitals allow nurses to just smack stupid people upside the head, nothing's going to change." Hmmm...something tells me that if this were to happen, I'd need to invest in more
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    Fired for a medication error

    SoldierNurse22 replied to stiches's topic in Nursing Career

    Wow, seems like an overreaction based on the info provided. IM vs IV Phenergan? Pshh! Just a few months ago, we were pushing IV Phenergan on my ward every other day. The pharmacy instituted a...
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    What you love/hate about your assistants

    SoldierNurse22 replied to jwkwildland's topic in General Nursing

    I understand why people on this board hesitate to call CNAs "my assistant", but the matter of the fact is, they are. I mean, it's even in their job title: Certified Nursing Assistant. If you're a...
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    Bedside hand-off/report?

    SoldierNurse22 replied to Lunah's topic in Emergency

    I've seen this done a few times at my hospital. Usually it's when you're working an 8 hour shift. There's one nurse in particular that does it. But it's a very touchy practice. There are some...
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    Saline flush..saline taste?

    SoldierNurse22 replied to Gabriel13's topic in Emergency

    http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2806387/
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    Airborne Nurses In The Army Reseve?

    SoldierNurse22 replied to Ol Timer's topic in Government, Military

    Not sure about the reserves, but I've met some nurses who've been through Airborne on the active side. Of course, that's usually a skill they obtained before they became a nurse, but on occasion,...
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    Hem/Onc nurse wanting a change...suggestions?

    SoldierNurse22 replied to ATLRN0828's topic in Government, Military

    Nursing in the Army has its pros and cons just like any other job, and one can certainly choose to look at it that way--as just a job. But what I do is much more than that. The way I see it, I have...
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    Tattoos - after you're already in the NCP

    SoldierNurse22 replied to Motherofcorgis's topic in Government, Military

    Honestly, I didn't ask. I wanted them, knew they wouldn't be offensive, put them in locations that were approved and figured it was better to ask forgiveness than ask permission. That goes for all...
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    Hem/Onc nurse wanting a change...suggestions?

    SoldierNurse22 replied to ATLRN0828's topic in Government, Military

    Hey, I was put in Hem/Onc when I arrived at the old Walter Reed. It wasn't uncommon there for people to be put on speciatly wards. Yes, most people went to med/surg wards, but a few of us were put on...
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    Hem/Onc nurse wanting a change...suggestions?

    SoldierNurse22 replied to ATLRN0828's topic in Government, Military

    Hey, I'm a Hem/Onc nurse in the Army. I was unique in that I didn't get sent right to med/surg (they specialized me right off the bat, though our floor often doubles as a med/surg floor), which I...
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    Tattoos - after you're already in the NCP

    SoldierNurse22 replied to Motherofcorgis's topic in Government, Military

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    Tattoos - after you're already in the NCP

    SoldierNurse22 replied to Motherofcorgis's topic in Government, Military

    Nice. Make sure they're in regs for your branch and not racist/obscene/etc and go for it. I have 3. Two I got after the NCP while waiting to commission, and one I got at BOLC. :angel: Oh the good old...
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    Venipuncture

    SoldierNurse22 replied to melstei's topic in General Nursing

    Back when I was a student, my preceptor told me to "fake it til you make it". Sounds kinda cheesy and perhaps a little dishonest, but there were never truer words spoken. Go in there confident, take...
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    insignificant complaint...lol

    SoldierNurse22 replied to EDnursetobe's topic in General Nursing

    Thank you. I appreciate your