Asystole RN

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    Nursing Boards control of Nurses

    Asystole RN replied to Cougar1113's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    The difference between a nurse and everyone else is that we petitioned the government for a license and were granted the privilege to serve the public under certain rules and regulations. As to what...
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    Mayo Clinic interview

    Asystole RN replied to sj94's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    If you do not have anything holding you in California I would say this is a no-brainer. This will make your career, it is one of the few hospitals that is known throughout the country. Having just...
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    Husband v. Wannabe Travel Nurse

    Asystole RN replied to apalms76's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    If you just want to travel around a bit but do not wan to be gone for weeks on end there are per diem education companies like Novasyte that will hire nurses to inservice on various companies...
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    Husband v. Wannabe Travel Nurse

    Asystole RN replied to apalms76's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    You have a looong road ahead of you before you even think about travel nursing. Your vision of what your career will be and what it actually turns out to be are two different things. Not only that...
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    Gun Owning Nurses

    Asystole RN replied to hppygr8ful's topic in General Nursing

    You are more likely seeing many more guns than you realize. Conceal carry is much more common in heavily urbanized areas so unless you know what you are looking for you would never know it. I lived...
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    New to Staff Development

    Asystole RN replied to nurseedu16's topic in General Nursing

    First, review the existing policies (if they exist) and base your orientation around that. Manufacturers may help provide education tools for areas outside of your expertise. Your primary contracted...
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    Being Ordered to Give Whiskey

    Asystole RN replied to purplegal's topic in General Nursing

    Because giving narcotics is soooo much better for your health LOL. DTs are no joke and people die from it, personal experience here working on a tele unit next to 2 large reservations. A severe...
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    How do you address nurses with a PhD?

    Asystole RN replied to SWGOH's topic in General Nursing

    Depends on the setting and in what fashion they are presenting themselves. In the educational or administrative setting it is professional to address them as Dr. Last Name. In the clinical setting...
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    Never been in a code?

    Asystole RN replied to maybug's topic in General Nursing

    Weird. When I worked in LTC/Rehab I participated in several a year. Cannot imagine escaping them in tele. Don't worry, you can only do your best. Just BLS until the cavalry arrives to take over,...
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    Being Ordered to Give Whiskey

    Asystole RN replied to purplegal's topic in General Nursing

    I worked at a facility that would regularly have beer/wine nights or margaritas. The patients had a choice between their opiate sleeping meds or the drinks. 99% of the time they chose the drinks and...
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    CNAs give medications

    Asystole RN replied to Beaue's topic in General Nursing

    Meh. If a CNA takes a medication administration class and is restricted to certain low risk PO medications that do not require patient assessment in low risk patient populations I am OK with it. If a...
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    Inane scripting

    Asystole RN replied to Jedrnurse's topic in General Nursing

    Better than my clerks that would simply say, "What do you want this
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    Inane scripting

    Asystole RN replied to Jedrnurse's topic in General Nursing

    So the script actually worked in that it successfully engaged a customer and brought forth an otherwise unaddressed
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    Rant ...

    Asystole RN replied to BeachsideRN's topic in General Nursing

    OK. Someone was misinformed regarding an extremely minor issue. Not sure how that impacts their professionalism but
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    I failed my third semester today

    Asystole RN replied to na-na's topic in General Students

    What do you mean where do you go? Same place you were going before. When I am driving to work and get caught in traffic or get stopped at a light I do not just turn around and go home, I push through...
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    Need a BSN for what again?

    Asystole RN replied to ModernRN's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    As a profession we need the BSN because we need uniform educational standards for the entry into the profession. Other professions have a standard level of education such as physicians, all physicians...
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    Did I choose the wrong profession? Horrible Anxiety

    Asystole RN replied to Nurse061816's topic in General Nursing

    Anxiety to that level does not sound like it is caused by the job, more that you have anxiety as a medical issue that is being triggered by the job. I am willing to bet if you were an underwater...
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    Work from home insight?

    Asystole RN replied to EmRN14's topic in General Nursing

    My wife works from home but you cannot have your kids home until they are older and can play/fend for themselves. We had to do 100% childcare/preschool until my daughter was about 4. Now that she can...
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    Whatever happened to going to school to be a nurse?

    Asystole RN replied to indish's topic in General Nursing

    What in the world does "just a nurse" mean? Is that some kind of job? No one who is a nurse who works in the capacity of a nurse is "just a nurse." Whether you work the bedside in acute care or work...
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    Pet peeve

    Asystole RN replied to guest974915's topic in General Nursing

    To be entirely fair we must take into account that electronic communications on an internet forum are different with different rules and expectations. Those rules and expectations are typically...
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    Pet peeve

    Asystole RN replied to guest974915's topic in General Nursing

    LOL. People in their 60s and 70s still say they are far from old, all a matter of perspective. Sure analog clocks are still around but honestly I would put it down in the way low priority to learn...
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    Pet peeve

    Asystole RN replied to guest974915's topic in General Nursing

    Can you believe that kids these days don't know how to plane wood to make a plank either? How the hell are they going to raise a barn if they don't know how to make planks??? I am more interested in...
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    Coffee marketed to nurses. Would you buy it?

    Asystole RN replied to ResumeRN's topic in General Nursing

    Why yes, nurses really are that gullible. I know of medical product after medical product that became market successes after years of failing simply by changing a color, the looks of the packaging,...
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    What can I specialize in? (RN)

    Asystole RN replied to Amberjones's topic in General Nursing

    You can specialize in as many things as you want, I have 3 specialties and am preparing to gain certification in another. You can, I know people who do, float between the ICU, NICU, ED, and other...
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    Coffee marketed to nurses. Would you buy it?

    Asystole RN replied to ResumeRN's topic in General Nursing

    There are large efforts on the part of hospitals and on manufacturers to reduce waste and become more environmentally friendly, you would be very surprised. I can confidently tell you that 99% of the...