anon456 BSN, RN

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    Second Career Nurse Roll Call

    anon456 replied to NotYourMamasRN's topic in General Nursing

    Technical Writer for semiconductor equipment- 2 years Stay at home mom- 11 years Nurse- 5 years and
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    Have bad attitude- RN to BSN programs

    anon456 posted a topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    Nursing was a second career for me. I have a previous 4 year degree and had a career in that area. Now I'm middle aged, 3 years out of nursing school with ADN, almost 3 years of experience in critical...
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    Life, death, and dying.

    anon456 replied to CardiacDork's topic in General Nursing

    I just moved to hospice nursing after 4.5 years in ICU and stepdown ICU. I had many of the same feelings as you. Each person has to answer some of those questions for themselves per their spiritual...
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    What have you learned in nursing school that was utter nonsense?

    anon456 replied to TheMiss's topic in General Nursing

    We had to memorize all kinds of things that nurses in the real world would just look up as needed. For example we were required to memorize the entire vaccination schedule for birth through older...
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    Too Old to Enter Critical Care Nursing?

    anon456 replied to Fiddlesticks27's topic in Critical Care

    I was 37 when, as a new grad, I was hired into peds ICU. Go for your
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    Public health nurse job offer but will receive paycut...Opinions?

    anon456 replied to EmRN14's topic in General Nursing

    I took a cut in hours to follow my heart into hospice. I no longer dread going into
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    It is a true calling or isn't it?

    anon456 replied to Fireflynurse's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    I just switched from Peds ICU/stepdown to hospice. I felt it calling to me about 2 years ago but had to get everything lined up for the big move. It is indeed a calling. The nurses I work with have...
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    The worst job you had before becoming a Nurse?

    anon456 replied to Want2BeeRN's topic in General Nursing

    Many bad jobs, but all taught valuable lessons- -- janitor at the college-- had to clean the bathrooms in the classroom buildings. -- Food service jobs -- Carwash-- in the summer in a hot area of the...
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    Mid-forties : Looking for a Specialty to Grow Old In

    anon456 replied to Nurse Beth's topic in Career Advice Column

    I am early 40's and just left a busy critical care unit for hospice (in-patient). It's still very busy but a different kind of busy. Not crazy running around and hard on the body, but focusing more on...
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    Penicillin G IM injection?

    anon456 posted a topic in Patient Medications

    Has anyone ever given this IM? I had a patient come in with Group A strep and they were admitted to my unit. The order was to give Penicillin G IM injection. The patient had a PIV so the first thing I...
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    Who loves their job? Any shout outs?

    anon456 replied to KSM-RN's topic in General Nursing

    I just started in hospice after 4.5 years in Peds ICU/med/surg. I LOVE
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    Being cross trained wthout a choice.

    anon456 replied to sky1263's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    This is the best statement ever! Yes I wonder what would happen if MDs were put in our
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    listing credentials after name (non nursing ones)

    anon456 posted a topic in General Nursing

    So as I'm polishing my brand new BSN I would like to also let people know I have other degrees. I saw the ANA guideline that suggested you list the highest one first, but what about other degrees of...
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    listing credentials after name (non nursing ones)

    anon456 replied to anon456's topic in General Nursing

    That's what I was thinking-- most of the time would not use the BA part but would like to have that option sometimes, too. Some of the patients' families have actually been impressed with my BA. They...
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    ACLS should always be 2 days and in person!

    anon456 replied to Emergent's topic in General Nursing

    Having just performed compressions on an infant recently at work, I can tell you that practicing on the mannequins was essential for me to know what to do. My hands remembered from my training. How...
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    Completed my BSN

    anon456 replied to Rhody34's topic in General Nursing

    Congrats!! and your BSN may not change anything right now, but it will make you more marketable when you seek your next
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    Near Misses, Close Calls, etc.

    anon456 replied to Jamuhh's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    I had an older teenaged patient who was prescribed the usual adult dose of Tylenol of 1000mg. If the patient had been a typical size for their age, this would have been fine. It turned out the patient...
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    In search of simple education printouts in English/Spanish

    anon456 posted a topic in Diabetes, Endocrine Nursing

    I am volunteering in a free clinic with a very low budget. I was wondering if anyone knows about some very simple printable educational material for lower literacy patients in both English and...
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    Inconsistencies when checking safe doses/different sources

    anon456 posted a topic in Patient Safety Issues

    Yesterday I had a pediatric patient who was prescribed their first dose of vancomycin. I checked two sources provided by my workplace for nurses: one on the computer and one in book in the med room. I...
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    Will my diabetes affect my future in nursing?

    anon456 replied to amb25315's topic in General Nursing

    I work with a nurse who had gestational diabetes and needed to go on insulin. She just brought lots of snacks and checked her sugar and all that. She was able to make it through just
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    Where did you start working right after getting your RN license?

    anon456 replied to xmilkncookiesx's topic in General Nursing

    I started off Peds ICU and really it was too much. I didn't have time management skills, I didn't have a lot of experience working with families in hard situations, and I was very slow at getting meds...
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    Talk about turkeys? - Share Your Favorite Thanksgiving Stories

    anon456 replied to tnbutterfly - Mary's topic in General Nursing

    Esme!!! What a great gift to have you come and post again! We were all pretty worried. You are such an integral part of this community. I'm so glad you are back, and I hope you continue to recover and...
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    Lessons from the Free Clinic

    anon456 posted a topic in General Nursing

    It is my day off but I'm up before the sun. I shower and put on my scrubs and drive across town through rush-hour traffic to my second job, the one I don't get paid a dime for. I arrive at the free...
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    Talk about turkeys? - Share Your Favorite Thanksgiving Stories

    anon456 replied to tnbutterfly - Mary's topic in General Nursing

    I was just reading my recounting of this event to my kids and husband after posting it here. We just had another good laugh. My teenager remembers being locked in the bathroom and eating cookies. My...
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    Talk about turkeys? - Share Your Favorite Thanksgiving Stories

    anon456 replied to tnbutterfly - Mary's topic in General Nursing

    It was one of the most miserable Thanksgivings ever but now we can laugh about it, nearly 12 years later. We decided to have Thanksgiving on a cabin by a lake. Sounds nice, right? Wrong. --I was 7...