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    Pay

    Asystole RN replied to ervi10's topic in General Nursing

    You might want to consult a labor attorney for advice. Just a consultation, usually only costs a couple hundred. Often times you can hire an attorney for simple services. If I was in your position I...
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    Pay

    Asystole RN replied to ervi10's topic in General Nursing

    Do you have an offer letter? They can't take back money they freely offered and contracted with you. If there was a clerical error that is different. Important thing is you have to prove there was a...
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    Curiosity Killed the Cat and Got 50 Hospital Employees Fired

    Asystole RN replied to Lorie Brown RN, MN, JD's topic in General Nursing

    Nothing is anonymous online unless you are on 4Chan, even then it is only a degree of more anonymous. I remember AN members being sued by a company that did not like their review a little while...
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    Curiosity Killed the Cat and Got 50 Hospital Employees Fired

    Asystole RN replied to Lorie Brown RN, MN, JD's topic in General Nursing

    The RFRA (Religious Freedom Restoration Act) of 1993 upholds the Federal Government's right to "significantly burden" someone's religious needs so as long as the government has a substantial interest...
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    When to call for IO access

    Asystole RN replied to LibraNurse27's topic in General Nursing

    If it is an emergency there are other locations you can look to such as an EJ or even dropping an IJ if you have a long enough
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    Flushing potentially infected PICC line

    Asystole RN replied to mstal3965's topic in General Nursing

    There is a thought that if biofilms are developing on the catheter a turbulent flush can potentially knock away planktonic bacteria into the body. This is more of an explanation of the biofilm process...
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    Life in Prison for Doctor in Opioid OD Death

    Asystole RN replied to Emergent's topic in General Nursing

    Safer because the patient might have died from contaminated drugs? Definitely safer to die from the real thing. Who knows, he might have died before he
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    Leaving nursing

    Asystole RN replied to nay2018's topic in General Nursing

    "Blah, I hate nursing but I have only worked beside or a very limited number of places or specialties but the entire thing definitely is terrible even though I have only chosen to stay in a single...
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    Any way you could stay over and work a few hours

    Asystole RN replied to guest974915's topic in General Nursing

    Being a 24/7 365 profession doesn't mean we have to work 24/7 365. Tell them, "thank you for the offer but no thank you." Shouldn't need to say anything more than
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    "ASKholes"

    Asystole RN replied to hppygr8ful's topic in Nursing Humor

    Not to derail this topic but I love how every negative social issue is always thrust upon the shoulders of millennials, as if millenials invented passive aggressiveness, self-validation, rhetorical...
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    Has internet fueled anti-vaccine movement?

    Asystole RN replied to Emergent's topic in General Nursing

    Facebook's news feed uses a proprietary algorithm and machine learning to show you tailored sites that meet your online behavior. You are seeing that site because your Facebook page and online...
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    Living paycheck to paycheck

    Asystole RN replied to Mariah2019's topic in General Nursing

    Ah yes, survivorship bias. Always better on the other side of the fence. The fact we are able to pay bills is a significant
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    Thoughts on vegetarian/ vegan diet

    Asystole RN replied to bs76247's topic in General Nursing

    Found the
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    Confused about EpiPen administration in emergency situations outside of the hospital

    Asystole RN replied to OctoberFoliage's topic in General Nursing

    The basic rule of thumb is that you are a registered nurse no matter where you are and what the situation is. If you are trained and knowledgeable in the rescue intervention then you can do it. If...
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    Conflict of Interest

    Asystole RN replied to Divine-LPN,BSN's topic in General Nursing

    In many states his side job would jeopardize his ability to obtain or keep a license. Although highly controversial, nurses have had licenses removed for "unprofessional conduct" such as exotic...
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    Thoughts on vegetarian/ vegan diet

    Asystole RN replied to bs76247's topic in General Nursing

    I generally follow the RD's
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    Nurses Call the Governor of Tennessee

    Asystole RN replied to Nurse Beth's topic in General Nursing

    Unfortunately boards and their advisory panels are comprised of nurses like you and I. Complicating things are the various statutes, regulations, and other rules set forth in that state. They are...
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    Nurses Call the Governor of Tennessee

    Asystole RN replied to Nurse Beth's topic in General Nursing

    Depends on when the board was notified and how long their investigations usually take. For something like this since a criminal charge was levied I would imagine it would complicate things for
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    Most Burned Out Nursing Specialties?

    Asystole RN replied to Mursthetics's topic in General Nursing

    Although not specific to "burnout" I would think turnover rates would be a close
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    Threatened by employer

    Asystole RN replied to wengee's topic in General Nursing

    This is a very true statement. The thing that scared me into always having malpractice insurance was a case involving a simple bedside commode. Patient was assisted to the commode, given the call...
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    Any facilities actually using an AccuVein? Any thoughts?

    Asystole RN replied to BiscuitStripes's topic in General Nursing

    I personally have not found them any better than using a high-intensity focused torch like the Streamlight Microstream. To substantially increase success I always recommend looking at less-expensive...
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    Threatened by employer

    Asystole RN replied to wengee's topic in General Nursing

    Sounds like your boss was honest. Do not for a second ever in your career believe that your company has your best interest in mind, ever. When things get tough the company will always, ALWAYS,...
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    Does the BSN in 10 apply to all nurses or just RN's and why?

    Asystole RN replied to LPNTORN704's topic in General Nursing

    No offense but no you didn't. If you did you would have found in Section 1, paragraph 1 a large comprehensive explanation for the bill. I will quote it for
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    Does the BSN in 10 apply to all nurses or just RN's and why?

    Asystole RN replied to LPNTORN704's topic in General Nursing

    I imagine you are referring to Senate Bill S2145? I would highly recommend reading it, it isn't long. https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2015/s2145 As to the second part of your question I...
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    Insulting pay raise

    Asystole RN replied to shakeytails's topic in General Nursing

    Unfortunately raises are many times related to value. The more valuable you are and the value you demonstrate the more incentive there is to give you a raise. Showing up to work and doing a good job,...