Certifiable BSN, RN

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    Trouble conceiving

    Certifiable posted a topic in General Nursing

    I've been trying to conceive for 5 months. Now, i know that it's only "trouble" if it's been over a year. But nurses are not your average textbook patient! I do two nights and two days\evening shifts...
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    Trouble conceiving

    Certifiable replied to Certifiable's topic in General Nursing

    I can't do the basal temp measurment because of the shift work... If i'm racing around at work my body temp will be elevated regardless of my cycle. Cervical fluid is the next step. I just don't know...
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    Night shift and mandatory meetings

    Certifiable replied to aprilrazz's topic in General Nursing

    I work 8 hours shifts and the monthly staff meeting is always scheduled at 13:00, everyone is expected to show up - but if the nurses from the previous night shift don't - no one says anything. They...
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    rituximab infusion rate (calculation)

    Certifiable replied to Mr. Green's topic in Oncology

    Exactly as written in "Cancer nursing: Principles and practice 7th edition"
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    15 Minutes in the Life of a Nurse

    Certifiable replied to NurseJulie31's topic in General Nursing

    I disagree. If I get a call from the lab about crazy electrolights or dangerous CBC, it's much quicker to intervene. I can immediately stop a drug that can be causing more harm, open fluids, check...
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    How common is chemo through peripheral IV?

    Certifiable replied to Wheaties's topic in Oncology

    Very
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    Dumbest thing a doctor has done/said to you

    Certifiable replied to WorriedNurse25's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    When a senior doctor refused my request for a urinary catheter in a patient with Breast CA + mets to the brain (=every position change was painful) who was receiving mannitol and chemo (=lots of...
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    I want a social life

    Certifiable replied to Rexie's topic in General Nursing

    Misery loves company: I totally get the loneliness behind this post! I'm more alone now than i've ever been in my 20+ yrs of life, curtesy of 8hr hospital shifts (i do them all-morn/noon/night). My...
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    Anatomy of a Code

    Certifiable replied to Lynda Lampert, RN's topic in General Nursing

    Wow, that's a lot of people in one room. You have a pharmacist who draws the meds? cool. Our patient's rooms are so small (all for neutropenic isolation) that it gets extremely crowded as soon when...
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    New Nurse Having Panic Attacks!

    Certifiable replied to JCampRN's topic in Health, Stress Management

    It's been a few weeks since your post so I hope everything is alright. I'm a new RN, 9 months into the job. I vividly recall trouble sleeping, nightmares (based on true and false patients/situations)...
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    Starting on the bone marrow transplant unit - help!

    Certifiable replied to Certifiable's topic in Oncology

    Thank you all for the great advice. A little update: i'm 6 months into working on the BMT unit, and my heart still pounds whenever the charge nurse writes the patient assignments on the whiteboard...
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    Starting on the bone marrow transplant unit - help!

    Certifiable posted a topic in Oncology

    Hi, I'm about to start my first nursing job as a nurse on the bone marrow transplant unit. I know what a lot of you are thinking- not a good place to work straight out of school- but I really like...
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    Thank goodness for the rest of the staff

    Certifiable posted a topic in Health, Stress Management

    I'm a new grad, on my first job in a specialized unit. It's extremely stressful work (I dream about it quite often), the patients are really ill and we also get a lot of patients from other...
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    Any good "nurse" shows on tv? Netflix?

    Certifiable replied to Joe V's topic in Nursing Humor

    ER will always have a place in my heart for the most well depicted nurses--- always overworked, fighting with management about staffing, dealing with idiot docs and knowing their stuff. People here...
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    Nightmares, hate going to work 99% of the time

    Certifiable posted a topic in First Year After Licensure

    Hi, I'm two months into my first job as an RN on a highly specialized unit. The patient to nurse ratio is fairly low due to the complexity of the work (mornings - 3 or 4, evenings 4 or 5, nights 6...
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    Starting on the bone marrow transplant unit - help!

    Certifiable replied to Certifiable's topic in Oncology

    Thank you, this was
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    Moving from student to nurse

    Certifiable posted a topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    Hi, I'm happy to post this in the RN forum after finally finishing my BSN a few months ago and passing my exam. However, i'm TERRIFIED of starting my new job in a few days. I feel that all the stuff I...
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    Random TB question

    Certifiable posted a topic in General Students

    Can TB start off as full blown TB or does it have to have a Latent phase first? my common sense says that it starts off active then switches to latent... but for some reason I can't find and
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    Random TB question

    Certifiable replied to Certifiable's topic in General Students

    Thank
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    What if you're still unsure what kind of nurse you want to be?

    Certifiable posted a topic in General Students

    It's that time. I'm 3 months away from my national licensing exam (eek!) and every 2nd person I meet or that hasn't spoken to me in a while asks "so where do you want to work?" (where=what kind of...
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    Best Nursing Quotes

    Certifiable replied to Joe V's topic in General Nursing

    I used to say that my favourite quote was from Legally Blonde "exercise gives you endorphins, endorphins make you happy, happy people don't kill other people"----- BUT, only after seeing Patch Adams...
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    What was your "Oh, wow--- I really DO make a difference" moment?

    Certifiable posted a topic in General Students

    I was just being nostalgic and thought about that moment with a patient that really made me realize that I can make a difference. I was in my 2nd year of my BSN, and I was on the Oncology ward. I was...
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    Do you remember the moment?

    Certifiable replied to BeansMama's topic in General Students

    People here talk about the great and amazing nurses they encountered--- I'm the opposite. My grandmother was hospitalized in a geriatric rehabilitation ward, had a tracheostomy and a colostomy. A...
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    What helped you in your first year / semester of nursing school?

    Certifiable replied to Cheripk's topic in General Students

    Nothing helped me. My first year sucked.... I got the hang of it in my 3rd year of my
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    question about Port -a cath in kids... very random.

    Certifiable posted a topic in General Students

    I'm looking through a powerpoint presentation, and the instructor wrote "Hickman and PICC 2 ml of 20 U Heparin to "wash" (English is not the language i'm taught, so i'm translating here) in a child...