healthstar BSN, RN

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    If I hear this/see this one more time, I'm gonna scream!

    healthstar replied to dudette10's topic in General Nursing

    I hate it when some people take advantage of you, they know that you always help and finish your assignment quicker and they go slow motion and when you take a 2 min break they come and bother you....
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    How have you helped save your unit money?

    healthstar replied to jojoroo's topic in General Nursing

    Wash my hands over and over and over before and after seeing a patient, that saves billions of dollars
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    All Those NPs with No Bedside Experience

    healthstar replied to Ruby Vee's topic in General Nursing

    To clarify: just because someone has 25 years of experience it does not mean she is an excellent nurse. No way, she might know 1 million tricks from experience but that doesn't mean much. I work with...
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    Things you would love to say to your fellow nursing students!

    healthstar replied to Faeriewand's topic in General Students

    If you would control your mouth in class you would actually know when each assignment is due. Stop calling me constantly to ask me if I did my assignments, if I have been studying, and when I get a...
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    Please go home...you are stable enough to be discharged...don't make me call security

    healthstar replied to abundantjoy07's topic in Emergency

    On my floor this is not the case, they beg, scream, yell because they want to go home even when they are not stable
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    UGH! I Hate Psychiatric Nursing ....

    healthstar replied to PacoUSA's topic in General Students

    Psych was my
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    Possible termination for HIPAA violations

    healthstar replied to Magnolia619's topic in HIPAA Challenges

    In my hospital, we only have permission to access our assigned pt charts. It is a Hipaa violation to view other charts. We follow the same policy for clinicals. They can also see how long you were...
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    Would you be insulted if.....

    healthstar replied to MomRN0913's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Not at all, I would wash my hands for the 5th time in a row just so my patient can see me washing my hands. I would rather wash my hands in the patient's room, that way they won't ask me if I washed...
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    What is the reason for not giving flu shots to someone with a fever

    healthstar replied to iRNman's topic in General Nursing

    I got vaccinated a week ago, and I asked the pharmacist why can't someone who has the flu get the shot. Her response was unlike the cold, people who have the flu usually have a fever and the...
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    discovered and reported falsification of VS

    healthstar replied to traumaRNdrama's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    I hate lazy people I swear. I have 12 post op Patients, Q4 vitals for all of them and I love taking VS. I don't understand why people makeup numbers, it take less than 2 minutes to take BP,T,R,P,...
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    CNA and report

    healthstar replied to tokmom's topic in General Nursing

    I get report from the nurses and not CNA, things/ orders might change anytime and the nurse is the one who knows
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    Why do Doctors think they are................God!!

    healthstar replied to RNdiva505's topic in General Nursing

    Love your post! I agree with every thing you said. I finished premed with straight As and realized on my fourth year that I don't want too much responsibility, I don't want to diagnose, misdiagnose,...
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    Why do Doctors think they are................God!!

    healthstar replied to RNdiva505's topic in General Nursing

    And I never heard nurses say anything positive about doctors, i am sick of this nurse-doctor war. Anybody can become a doctor or a nurse, nothing is impossible when you study, but not everybody wants...
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    Pain control in narcotic addicted pt

    healthstar replied to dankimal's topic in General Nursing

    I know it is unethical, but sometimes I wish I could give Placebo to certain
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    what do you think?fired for a comment

    healthstar replied to yajaira21's topic in General Nursing

    I say, my brain is off 24/7 , but it doesn't mean it is not functioning. Damn I would be fired over 1 million times. There's always more things happening behind the scene, I can't imagine someone...
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    Is anybody else tired of the nurse practitioner craze?

    healthstar replied to WillRegNurse's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Some people are brainwashed. Just because someone is a doctor(MD) it doesn't mean they know it all.People tend to think that only smart people go to medical school, not true at all. Doctors diagnose...
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    Enough with culture already!!

    healthstar replied to AppalachianRNstudent's topic in General Students

    Oh yeah, it is necessary. No one can provide excellent care if you are not culture Competent or sensitive. What you call excellent care might not be perceives as one by other cultures. You absolutely...
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    med-surg..the "trailer trash" area of nursing??

    healthstar replied to nightengalegoddess's topic in Medical-Surgical

    I just read so many negative posts about med surge and how some of you are saying that dumb nurses work in med surge, not true at all. I have met so many intelligent med surge nurses, someone who is...
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    How do you stay focused while reading?

    healthstar replied to Thujone's topic in General Students

    I can't stay focused for too long especially when I dont find the topic interesting. Sometimes I read the same damn sentence 10 times, without even noticing right
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    Immigrant Nurses

    healthstar replied to englishhyacinth's topic in General Nursing

    Wow descendants of immigrants, what a big difference
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    Immigrant Nurses

    healthstar replied to englishhyacinth's topic in General Nursing

    Yes I agree, it is special. But do you know who made it special? Your great great great great great great grandparents or other people's grandparents . Can't erase history
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    Immigrant Nurses

    healthstar replied to englishhyacinth's topic in General Nursing

    Ignorance = fluent at talking nonsense.Those who judge people by their nationality have never been to another country or have never read a book in their life. Is it so hard to see people as human...
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    I PASSED YALL!!!! Yaaayyy!!! My experience...

    healthstar replied to NrsNikster's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    Congrats!
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    Who else love's their 12's?!

    healthstar replied to jnfRN's topic in General Nursing

    I love 12s , time flies on my floor. I work with lovely nurses, we all get along, we are like a
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    Which vitamin would the nurse recommend for tissue healing?

    healthstar replied to Unknown member's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    I love vitamin C