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    Need your advice, full time to "dream" per diem position

    Asystole RN replied to pinkstethoscope's topic in General Nursing

    My first concern would be if that position is benefit eligible. If benefits do not matter to you then I would strongly encourage that you take the position. Jobs like that usually always provide more...
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    (kind of) new grad with a dilemma

    Asystole RN replied to muddmz11's topic in Nursing Career

    holy wall of text batman! guess you didn’t have to write too many essays that required paragraphs in nursing school, joke. seriously though,paragraphs make reading your posts much easier to...
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    Considering a LPN Program - but have a few q's!

    Asystole RN replied to bugandbee22's topic in Nursing Career

    A 14 month LPN program is not much shorter than a 2 year RN-ADN program. If you can do 14 months you can do 24 months. I have yet to meet someone that went through a LPN or RN program that did not...
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    Threat of Patient Abandonment?

    Asystole RN replied to bnik's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    As a professional registered nurse you really need to read you Nurse Practice Act (NPA), you state's board of nursing website, scope of practice, and your state's board of nursing advisory...
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    Minot ND information

    Asystole RN replied to ilovemicrobiology's topic in General Nursing

    When you say the pay is low, how low are we
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    Interviewer cried during interview

    Asystole RN replied to NurseLoveJoy88's topic in General Nursing

    My current DCS likes to cry in about every meeting, interview, and disciplinary action. She is tough as nails but cries about the patients and staffing issues.A well timed tear can be an appropriate...
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    How to get practice starting IVs / drawing blood

    Asystole RN replied to Izzy11's topic in General Nursing

    Try sticking yourself. The pain and feeling really helps you understand venous access. You can feel the catheter touch the vein, you can feel valves etc. PIVs are just something you have to practice....
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    How to get practice starting IVs / drawing blood

    Asystole RN replied to Izzy11's topic in General Nursing

    Many local community college systems will have one school that specializes in vocational education. Look at the schools to see where LPN IV certifications and RN refresher courses are
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    Discharged at the point of death.

    Asystole RN replied to DixieRedHead's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    You don't have RN Case Managers who coordinate the patient's care and plan the discharge? No RN CNO who sets the overall staffing budget? No RN Unit Manager who dictates patient
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    Defining nursing with a single word...

    Asystole RN replied to tgyles's topic in General Nursing

    Servant
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    Is this normal?

    Asystole RN replied to Ms.RN's topic in General Nursing

    Sounds like a scar. Happens time to time. What gauge PIV, location, how long ago was the PIV there, and size of the
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    Discharged at the point of death.

    Asystole RN replied to DixieRedHead's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Actually 99% of the time it is a nurse who decides on the discharge, just not a floor nurse. Even if the topic did not follow your rant, it is still a fascinating topic and enlightening thread. Thank...
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    Discharged at the point of death.

    Asystole RN replied to DixieRedHead's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Faith in their family member, our skilled hands, a deity, who knows. When questioned as to why family members choose to prolong life against insurmountable odds, "faith" is often cited as the
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    Associate Degree program a thing of the past...

    Asystole RN replied to ashburns4ever's topic in General Students

    Depends on the state and what the original terms of employment
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    Will I have a job after school?

    Asystole RN replied to johnnyarei's topic in Arizona Nursing

    You have several years to go before you graduate and things change rather quickly. You will have a job but it will be unlikely that you will be able to choose your department or even your
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    Discharged at the point of death.

    Asystole RN replied to DixieRedHead's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Our morals, values, and opinions are based upon our personal culture and experiences. We tend to look at the actions of others and judge them through this lens. Ethnocentrism is not inherently bad,...
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    Discharged at the point of death.

    Asystole RN replied to DixieRedHead's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    That is a very ethnocentric
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    Scope of practice ?

    Asystole RN replied to cornettclan's topic in General Nursing

    Can't diagnose a dead guy. You are simply starting what you think happened. I'm in Arizona and the. BON issued a position statement that if a nurse can assess life they can assess
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    Any nurses here deaf in one ear?

    Asystole RN replied to flmd's topic in Nurse Disabilities

    I knew a great floor nurse who had only 1 arm and 1 eye. If she can still be effective so can
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    Discharged at the point of death.

    Asystole RN replied to DixieRedHead's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    What is right is dependent on personal morals and values. Our place is simply to educate and advocate. Many of us have become jaded and see death as inevitable, some people still have faith and it is...
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    Discharged at the point of death.

    Asystole RN replied to DixieRedHead's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    The idea is that a nursing home is traditionally thought to be more comfortable and better equipped to give a dignified death. Hospitals are cold and clinical, nursing homes are supposed to be warm...
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    night shift question

    Asystole RN replied to Jenni811's topic in General Nursing

    Exercise while you are off work and pay close attention to your eating habits. Night shift has a tendency to make you eat poorly and at odd times. OR You're pregnant.
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    Arrested while Occupying Wall Street - Will I Be Hireable?

    Asystole RN replied to LookingAhead's topic in Licensure: Criminal History

    Having a record will make life about 10,000 times harder for you in the medical field. Explaining a history is somewhat of a huge pain that will delay your ability to get a license, fingerprint card,...
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    Blood return on Picc Line

    Asystole RN replied to billydunwoody's topic in Infusion, Intravenous

    Yes. Coughing, movement etc can cause a sudden spike in blood pressure that will do this, no harm no foul. Ask your home health nurse for valved tubing, this will prevent that if you are concerned....
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    a question about cardiac arrest w/asystole!

    Asystole RN replied to YZ1911's topic in General Nursing

    Education is a basic function of