anon456 BSN, RN

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    Hospitals Firing Seasoned Nurses: Nurses FIGHT Back!

    anon456 replied to allnurses's topic in General Nursing

    This rings so true. Every
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    Do you get sick alot working as a nurse?

    anon456 replied to Healthcare102's topic in General Nursing

    I was very in nursing school and my first 1.5 years on the pediatric respiratory floor (you can imagine!). Now I am doing pretty well. I am more likely to get sick from one of my own kids than from...
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    What You Wish You Knew From The Beginning...

    anon456 replied to loveSBK's topic in Critical Care

    Better to call the doc with something that turns out to be unimportant than worry about bothering them and miss something big. Ask the nurse you are taking report from, as well as the docs when they...
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    Time to give up?

    anon456 replied to wiwhitedog's topic in Nursing Career

    I read your last post and I'm not sure why you are not getting hired, but it sounds like there is a red flag somewhere that is coming up when people look at your resume, or when you interview. If you...
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    Time to give up?

    anon456 replied to wiwhitedog's topic in Nursing Career

    What about a call center? One of those places where nurses call patients to follow up on procedures and hospital
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    do you wash your hair every day?

    anon456 replied to Fruit Sucker's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    I have to wash daily or it gets too greasy, but I am wondering for those who don't, maybe invest in some cute surgical caps to keep your hair free of the yuck. I work with trach patients and sick...
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    What is your flu process?

    anon456 replied to sistrmoon's topic in General Nursing

    I work peds and right now is high season for flu, and all kinds of other respiratory bugs. Pretty much the majority of the patients, unless they are there with a broken leg or something, get swabbed...
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    Denying Death As A Society

    anon456 replied to Kyrshamarks's topic in General Nursing

    Because we live in a culture of advanced medicine. We no longer lose half our children to disease, because we now have vaccinations. Grandpa won't die of a heart attack; he is given bypass surgery....
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    Denying Death As A Society

    anon456 replied to Kyrshamarks's topic in General Nursing

    I have only encountered DNR in my practice. I have heard that some facilities use AND instead: Allow Natural Death. This change in terms would make it a lot easier, I think, for some families to...
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    Challenge at pedi floor

    anon456 replied to kkim119's topic in Pediatric

    Ask if you can do a few shifts in the ED to have more opportunities. Ask of you can follow the IV nurse around for a shift, if your hospital has
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    What grinds your gears about your coworkers?

    anon456 replied to Nurse_Lily's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    In my peds hospital the infants get bathed at night and the bigger kids get bathed during the day. Same
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    Too old for BSN?

    anon456 replied to forever88's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I know a nurse who was 50 when she was hired as a new nurse after getting her ADN, and got her BSN a couple of years later. I started in my mid 30's and currently am working on my BSN and I'm . . . ....
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    What grinds your gears about your coworkers?

    anon456 replied to Nurse_Lily's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    OP-- I will often document zero under I&O if a patient did not go to the bathroom. This is especially true for diapered patients. It shows I checked their diaper (hygiene needs) and it was dry...
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    reporting a negligent doc

    anon456 posted a topic in Patient Safety Issues

    This is NOT homework-- but its inspired by a class I'm taking. I'm reading about Darling vs. Memorial Hospital and saw that the nurses were sued for not reporting the condition of the cast, and not...
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    Tolerance and acceptace of gay nurses and patients

    anon456 replied to anon456's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Tolerance vs. acceptance-- good point! I tend to use these words interchangeably and they shouldn't be. The reason I brought this up is I have close family member who has recently come out as gay. It...
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    Opinion on using the word "retarded"?

    anon456 replied to abbypoo's topic in General Nursing

    I work with a couple nurses who still use that word. Both are older and they are using it in situations not related to patients, but to situations that make no sense. Some nurses still use CPMR to...
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    24 Hour Services

    anon456 replied to blondy2061h's topic in General Nursing

    All but greeters and outpatient pharmacy. I work at a pediatric hospital in a large metro area. My child once asked me if the light-up signs have on and off buttons, and that they shouldn't because we...
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    What's with ...

    anon456 replied to nurseprnRN's topic in General Nursing

    What about the ones who are already in the workplace and are forces to get BSNs? I work with several strong, experienced nurses who have obtained that RN to BSN through WGU. Several have gone on to...
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    January 2015 Caption Contest: Win $100!

    anon456 replied to Joe V's topic in News, Announcements

    Oh! I forgot to tell you-- Mr. Smith has a colostomy bag that needs frequent
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    How did you choose your nursing specialty?

    anon456 replied to PedsHopeful's topic in General Nursing

    For many new grads, including myself when I was a new grad, I specialized in the area where I first found a job. I had my mind made up in nursing school about a certain path I wanted to take but when...
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    Going that extra mile ... literally

    anon456 replied to Brian's topic in Nursing Humor

    I remember one bad drive home. I had put off emptying my bladder for a few hours. I clocked out and was headed out the door when I remembered (somehow one is able to ignore the full bladder feeling...
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    Let's Resolve To....

    anon456 replied to jadelpn's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I agree, and want to add to this. I am going to find a way each time I go to work to provide genuine care and compassion to at least one person. I went into nursing to make a difference to others....
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    Christmas Stocking Newborns

    anon456 replied to NRSKarenRN's topic in Nurses Rock

    I work at a large children's hospital, and I am so thankful every day that we have stacks of handmade quilts, blankets, and pillow cases that we can give to kids all year round to make things less...
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    Sure didn't expect this!

    anon456 replied to thegreenmile's topic in Retired Nurses

    1. Hire a professional resume writer. 2. Home health is always
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    Fun with charting.

    anon456 replied to Bortaz's topic in General Nursing

    I had a kid who was admitted for "accidental