turnforthenurse MSN, NP

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    Which Dansko shoe is better?

    turnforthenurse replied to daisy-mae's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    The Professional style is the one that is most popular with nurses and other medical personnel...in fact, that is the only style I see. When purchasing a pair of Danskos, make sure you purchase them...
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    sunlight and nightshift

    turnforthenurse replied to anotherone's topic in Health, Stress Management

    I work nights and have been for the past two years. I personally love them. I live in Texas so the weather is nice most of the time. I switch to a normal sleeping schedule on my days off which gives...
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    Charge nurse taking patients

    turnforthenurse replied to bamaguy1989's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    Where I used to work (progressive care) the dayshift charge never took an assignment unless they were really short...then they would take a couple of patients. They would round with the doctors on...
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    Best/Worst list of Emergency Nursing

    turnforthenurse replied to hardworkinmama's topic in Emergency

    Best: I will agree, stabilizing critical patients! Worst: It's a tie between people who come in with non-emergent complaints (that could have waited until the morning when they could see their...
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    My Boss is CEO

    turnforthenurse replied to Esme12's topic in Emergency

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    Welcoming and Involving New Hires

    turnforthenurse replied to inko1986's topic in Emergency

    I did this too, except I used a label maker. Most of the numbers I don't even use anymore, though, because we have x-ray and CT in our ER. We are also our own rapid response (so I don't use that...
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    Is it really necessary to learn to read an ekg? anyone really use it?

    turnforthenurse replied to northmississippi's topic in General Nursing

    Having a progressive care (telemetry) background, reading monitors was absolutely vital to my job. Okay, this person suddenly went in atrial fib with RVR. WHY? Are they stable or unstable? And now...
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    Is it okay to tell a patient to not disrespect you

    turnforthenurse replied to lolakbolak's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I wouldn't have said anything in your situation or would have told them, "I'm sorry you feel that way" and walked out. I have dealt with a lot of difficult patients in the past. I remember one who...
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    Losing respect for nursing students

    turnforthenurse replied to kjnsweets's topic in General Nursing

    I think today's generation is a lot less disciplined compared older generations. When I was in school, we had students who didn't really want to do anything, would sit around, be lazy, etc. But with...
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    Interview in 2 days! Need help please!

    turnforthenurse replied to jrsRN07's topic in CCU, Coronary, Cardiac

    Are you a new grad or do you have experience? When I interviewed as a new grad, they focused more on behavioral questions as opposed to actual clinical situations; however, if you have experience, I...
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    Do you tell people where you work?

    turnforthenurse replied to psu_213's topic in General Nursing

    I prefer NOT to tell people I don't know that I am a nurse because I'm afraid I will get bombarded with health questions, lol. But if they do ask, I will tell. They also usually ask where I work and...
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    Feeling really discouraged... Why do I suck so bad at IVs

    turnforthenurse replied to francoml's topic in General Students

    Practice makes perfect. I sucked at IVs at first (didn't have many opportunities to start them!) and then I became decent. I now start them all of the time in the ER and I am becoming really good....
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    Ever have the spike come out from a hanging bag of blood?

    turnforthenurse replied to Billy_Ruben's topic in General Nursing

    I have never heard of that happening. It is possible that you didn't have the spike in there far enough and it is also possible that the bag was faulty. Perhaps when you spiked the bag it caused it...
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    Adventist new grad program

    turnforthenurse replied to jaspersun's topic in Oregon Nursing

    Wages depend on the area and cost of living. Areas with higher cost of living will expect to start out at a higher wage compared to areas with a lower cost of
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    Coworker having access to my password and charting

    turnforthenurse replied to CorinneRN's topic in General Nursing

    But having access to other employee's passwords and be able to go in under THEIR name to change things? That just isn't right, imo. In the ER, our chart auditor goes through and makes sure things...
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    IVs/blood draws

    turnforthenurse replied to turnforthenurse's topic in Pediatric

    Ashley, thank you so much for your
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    "I'm not floating."

    turnforthenurse replied to Morainey's topic in General Nursing

    I don't mind floating, as long as it is fair and it rotates. I feel like some nurses are the ones who always get floated while others never do. We also kept a book and we would write in the date we...
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    Im in the cool kids club!!!!

    turnforthenurse replied to itsnowornever's topic in Emergency

    That is great,
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    Coworker having access to my password and charting

    turnforthenurse replied to CorinneRN's topic in General Nursing

    Charting under someone else's name (which is essentially what she is doing) is falsifying documentation and I know at my facility (and at many others) that is immediate grounds for termination....
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    Bio Patch with PICC line dressing changes?

    turnforthenurse replied to nervousnurse's topic in General Nursing

    Using a Biopatch is policy at my workplace, but it's interesting because our central line dressing kits do not contain them. We have to remember to grab the Biopatch separately. The dressing kits...
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    Nursing beyond the bedside-for new grads? Help!

    turnforthenurse replied to LillyFish's topic in First Year After Licensure

    What about infectious disease/employee health? Those nurses typically work during the daytime and work 8 hr shifts or less. You could also look into nursing research
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    Not learning IV starts

    turnforthenurse replied to Mnstn's topic in Washington Nursing

    Is it because your school actually does not allow you to start IVs or is it because patients generally refuse students when it comes to starting their IVs? I remember when I was in school, we were...
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    How do I evaluate a sthethoscope?

    turnforthenurse replied to tinks599's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I had a Littmann Classic II S.E. in school and so did a lot of my other classmates. It's great. All Littmanns have a tuneable diaphragm, so essentially you could use one side and hear both...
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    Help! Graduate Nurse Starting in ED - What to Study?

    turnforthenurse replied to TexasRN23's topic in Emergency

    I recommend purchasing Sheehy's Manual of Emergency
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    IVs/blood draws

    turnforthenurse replied to turnforthenurse's topic in Pediatric

    The other nurse was more so just holding her arm in place. She kept moving and without her arm being held, I definitely would have missed. Mom couldn't really help because she was across the room in...