turnforthenurse MSN, NP

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    PTSD

    turnforthenurse replied to sassyannie54's topic in Health, Stress Management

    What about nursing education? Each state has different requirements...but you could be a clinical instructor (states that I have lived in required a BSN) or you can become a nurse educator at a...
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    Depression/Anxiety

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

    36 views and no
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    Bedside shift report.

    turnforthenurse replied to mamason's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    What about when you have downtime? I couldn't possibly remember everything about a patient off the top of my head. I'm getting much better at it but I would still be lost without my brain sheet!...
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    Future Shortage in Bedside Nurses

    turnforthenurse replied to westieluv's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    I have my BSN. I have been a nurse for over a year but as of now I have no desire to go back to school or to move "up" the clinical ladder. I'm perfectly happy with my BSN and being a bedside nurse....
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    Question about working full time and part time as a nurse?

    turnforthenurse replied to grantchatt's topic in General Nursing

    Typically part-time equates to 24 hours/week, so you would have to work at least two 12-hour shifts or three 3-hour shifts. The only way I can see you being able to work just saturdays is if you had...
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    Considering leaving hospital after new grad internship

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

    Did you try applying to a home health position as an RN? Since you have LPN experience, I don't understand why they wouldn't hire you...or did you want to try the hospital setting, first? The first...
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    Is there a difference between LVN-RN and LVN-BSN?

    turnforthenurse replied to parafreddy's topic in LPN to RN

    You can do LPN-BSN. I had several LPNs in my BSN program, but most of them were in the accelerated nursing track. If you can financially, just go for the LPN-BSN. If you can't, then get your ADN...
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    What are the typical duties of RNs in cardiac nursing?

    turnforthenurse replied to JoshRN81's topic in Cardiac

    I work 7P-7A. I come in, get report, quickly go over the charts to look at labs, any diagnostic tests (results and any future scheduled ones), 12-lead EKG (and I will peak at the monitor to see what...
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    How do you store your stethoscope?

    turnforthenurse replied to BAMcDan's topic in General Students

    I just kept mine in my clinical bag...if I needed it for lab, I just threw it in my backpack. I went through school with a Littmann Classic II S.E. and it held up just
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    Student Clickers?

    turnforthenurse replied to arbor-vitae's topic in General Students

    I had a clicker in school that I used for some classes. They were used for live polling sessions where we would answer questions. If you buy a clicker, keep it until after you graduate because you...
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    Flu Vaccine, enough already!

    turnforthenurse replied to Bklyn_RN's topic in Disaster Preparation

    I've never gotten a flu vaccine. It wasn't required for my BSN program but strongly encouraged. It wasn't required last year at work but again strongly encouraged...if we refused, we had to sign a...
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    Low blood sugar, juice or D50?

    turnforthenurse replied to mappers's topic in Diabetes, Endocrine Nursing

    Does your hospital have a hypoglycemia management protocol? Typically if the patient is awake and alert and not NPO, you go ahead and perform a "rescue intervention" by giving them 15gm of...
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    Narcotics administration

    turnforthenurse replied to schoolmack's topic in Patient Medications

    Or those who push the drug in fast...I have never had a patient ask me to do that but even if they did, I would refuse and educate them on WHY you don't just quickly push IV pain medications. That...
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    Labeling of pressors/high risk med IV bags

    turnforthenurse replied to roma4204's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    The only med that is blatantly obvious (but errors still happen! ) is Heparin, which the bags are labeled in BIG BLACK LETTERS. We have labels for all of our bags but everything else just gets a...
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    antibiotic administration

    turnforthenurse replied to tomjones200824's topic in Patient Medications

    That is usually the reason why we don't use a port right away. Ports do get missed. Usually the patient mentions they have a port, though. Sometimes ports do not work which is also why we don't...
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    What is the nurse-patient ratio where you work?

    turnforthenurse replied to kaliRN's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    It varies by facility. I live in Texas and work on a progressive care unit (nights). For awhile our ratios were 1:4 but now they are 1:5 because we are short-staffed....we are also on a hiring...
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    Narcotics administration

    turnforthenurse replied to schoolmack's topic in Patient Medications

    This, this and this. Pain is whatever the patient says it is. I find it really hard to believe a patient is c/o 10/10 pain when they are sitting in bed, laughing and talking on the phone, but what...
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    looking for similar unit--staffing ratios

    turnforthenurse replied to compassionate_RNmgr's topic in Cardiac

    wow 10 patients on nights? that's crazy!!! Our ratios used to be 1:4 but we have been short staffed and we are also on a hiring freeze so that doesn't help the situation...lately we have been taking...
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    FBI Fingerprinting Background Check

    turnforthenurse replied to rachelbug91's topic in General Students

    I'm surprised they took that long...my school has them back within a week or two. When I submitted fingerprints for a CBI to get my nursing license, it took 2-4 weeks. Not a big deal...just get...
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    Out of these 4 drug handbooks, which one should I get?

    turnforthenurse replied to CCMNursingStudent's topic in General Nursing

    Davis. I have used Lippincott but I still prefer
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    Top 10 tips for nursing school

    turnforthenurse replied to ames86's topic in General Students

    1. Don't wait until the day or few days before the exam to start cramming. It doesn't work that way. Start studying from day one...review your notes for each day after lecture a few times....
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    Lpns in the er

    turnforthenurse replied to brigirl246's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    I live in Texas and there are LPNs in the ER where I work, but I have only seen them in the fast track and they are working with another nurse, usually an RN. The LPNs there pretty much do everything...
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    Reference book for new grad in the ICU

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

    Fast Facts is excellent...they have an app version of it for the iPhone, too. It's $30 which is cheaper than the book. Definitely worth the money either
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    Suggest "certifications"

    turnforthenurse replied to texasmum's topic in General Nursing

    As already stated, you need to work at least two years in your specialty before you can sit for a certification exam offered by the ANCC. You can also take an exam in your sub-speciality....for...
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    Should I become a nurse for the money??

    turnforthenurse replied to Wot chick's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    There is a lot of good information in this thread that I won't reiterate. OP, have you tried looking into shadowing opportunities? That may give you an idea of what nursing is like and if you think...