healthstar BSN, RN

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   what should I do for CODE BLUE

   healthstar replied to Jennifer57351's topic in General Nursing

   I remember one of my nursing instructors used to say: when you don't know the pt's code status, it's better to perform CPR and find out that the pt is DNR and stop! , instead of not doing CPR and then...
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   Shockingly Humbled

   healthstar replied to canesdukegirl's topic in General Nursing

   keep writing
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   Shockingly Humbled

   healthstar replied to canesdukegirl's topic in General Nursing

   Beautifully written!! When I was reading this, it reminded me of House / grey's anatomy --sounded
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   If You Give a Patient a Cookie

   healthstar replied to Mully's topic in Nursing Humor

   i enjoyed reading this
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   Contact with Mrsa, now I'm so afraid?

   healthstar replied to mzsuccess's topic in General Nursing

   We don't even isolate for
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   Bedside Reporting- your thoughts

   healthstar replied to SailorMoonRN's topic in General Nursing

   I used to hate bedside report , but now I absolutely love it ! I get to see the pts, make sure they're not Blue, not hypoglycemic ,make sure they look comfy, clean , IVs are not beeping, make sure...
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   Not Excited About Becoming FNP

   healthstar replied to ChristineN's topic in General Nursing

   Curious: Can a NP work as a bedside nurse
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   Are nurses really respected???

   healthstar replied to Nolander's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

   The problem is that many people cannot separate work from personal issues at home !! They bring all the anger from private life and take it out on coworkers! The negative , miserable person will...
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   Would you leave a job you like for a better shift?

   healthstar replied to obizyanka's topic in First Year After Licensure

   My only advice : please change the display picture!!! Unless you want management to identify
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    Did you have more stress FREE TIME after you graduated? What did you do?

    healthstar replied to Laurenslovely's topic in Health, Stress Management

    I thought seeing the light at the end of the tunnel meant #freedom #stressFree #amazinglife Boy....was I wrong! Spent so many years in nursing school, spent 3 months studying for nclex, passed the...
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    8 Hour Night Shifts

    healthstar replied to Tait's topic in General Nursing

    Great article! Thank you. Personally I love 12 hr shifts because I only get to work three days and off 4 days. If I work 8 days x 5, there's a chance I'll have 5 miserable/ bad/busy days, I 'd rather...
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    Accuracy of Automatic BP machines?

    healthstar replied to blackvans1234's topic in General Nursing

    Machines can be accurate, but one day they may break / not function properly! Your ears will never fail you
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    Work bags: What do you take and what's in it?

    healthstar replied to PediNurse3's topic in General Nursing

    Just curious : why a laptop?! Do you really have time as a nurse to use your laptop at
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    saline flush ..Joint Commission

    healthstar replied to melgrek's topic in Patient Medications

    It's still called COW in some places? Hmm. We call it WOW, this is because patients thought we were referring to patients when we said
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    Differences between Canadian and USA nursing?

    healthstar replied to Cinquefoil's topic in General Nursing

    I think I discovered that my dream nursing job is located in Canada, happy work