tyvin BSN, RN

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    Extremely Overweight Nurses

    tyvin replied to WonderousIvy's topic in Nursing Career

    Well it's done...obesity is now a disease....
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    Employment Drug Test Questions

    tyvin replied to booradley007's topic in General Nursing

    Not in
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    Corrective Action or Bullying???

    tyvin replied to qaqueen's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    Ah yes...the "kicking the chair intimidation bit"; there's also my favorite "aggressively walking past someone while intentionally knocking shoulders". Takes a real coward to do this stuff. I don't...
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    Don't forget to warm your stethoscopes nurses!

    tyvin replied to Joe V's topic in Nurses Rock

    and clean
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    Kind of a silly question...

    tyvin replied to eyesopen_mouthshut's topic in General Students

    First impression and all that...dress casual professional. Pen and paper or a netbook/tablet for notes. Turn off your cell during orientation. Have
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    DMU for those who want to be a Psych Nurse

    tyvin replied to BeOne77's topic in Psychiatric

    I must be out of the loop here...because you take antidepressants you are made to do the
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    Reporting meds to the Police when a patient dies....HIPAA?

    tyvin replied to tewdles's topic in HIPAA Challenges

    I don't give the family an option to keep the meds. The family should never be given an option to keep the meds of any type. If it's a hospice patient then the only people who come out are the...
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    Do I have a problem?

    tyvin replied to worried88's topic in Nurses Recovery

    Do yourself a really huge favor and stop. In fact you could get away with just taking OTC meds for your pain. There's also music, meditation, relaxation techniques, pt, etc... Now, if you want to...
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    A one-armed nurse and ADA?

    tyvin replied to 42pines's topic in Nurse Disabilities

    I actually know a female RN who had only 1 arm. I met her during a med-surg clinical where she was working at a local hospital in med-surg. She could do everything and was the best at IVs. I don't...
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    Cry for help: I don't think I can do this.

    tyvin replied to -MissTake-'s topic in General Students

    You are fortunate that you realize what others have yet to learn; you're not going in with the rose colored glasses is all. I'm not saying you couldn't find a place that played fair and stood behind...
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    IM injection on underweight pt

    tyvin replied to 84RN's topic in General Nursing

    Oh really...I did it once and the lady noticed big time. You've hit the bone a few times? Yea, you know that most people I know do notice when they hit their bones. Are you suggesting that when a...
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    Good idea or Bad idea for studying for the NCLEX?

    tyvin replied to Lilpoka's topic in General Students

    Alright...reminded me of a skit we had to perform in our senior year in nursing school. Some people video taped theirs. My team decided to do a skit in front of the class. We had a doll and we were...
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    Most shocking thing you've seen another nurse do?

    tyvin replied to SuzieVN's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I have got to be missing something...600 divided by 2 then divided by 8 = I don't get 25, what am I doing wrong? I've got an eye for figures and it didn't seem right so I actually did the math and...
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    Environmental Biology In 4 Weeks?

    tyvin replied to __patiently_waiting's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    In my opinion you should have a good bio base to succeed (did you take it in HS?). Are you taking it to be able to take micro? Some schools require bio for micro and some don't. As far as branches of...
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    Paitent refused

    tyvin replied to kistigirl's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Thank the Gods for GrnTea...I thought I had seriously missed something as I was reading the responses and then GrnTea saved me from having to do a search on NANDA approved Dx. It must be written as...
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    Fake nursing/CNA licenses or what?

    tyvin replied to Blackcat99's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    If you were curious about their experience, why didn't you just ask
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    First write up as an RN

    tyvin replied to Leesha's topic in General Nursing

    It's not a good idea, no...it's never a good idea to write up a he said she said. It invites speculation and gossip and there you go. Next time give them a number to call or refer them to the hospital...
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    Say Goodbye to Wet-to-Dry Wound Care Dressings:

    tyvin replied to NRSKarenRN's topic in Wound, Ostomy, Continence

    We need to help educate our docs. Print up some current research and fax/email it to the docs who are famous for ordering the wet to dry. Perhaps implementing a policy that when wet to dry is ordered...
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    What does 90 probation really mean?

    tyvin replied to OCRN3's topic in General Nursing

    Don't get hung up on the 90 day thing. Even if you pass the probation period you're not obligated to stay with them (unless you sign a contract). Usually you have updates on how you're doing from them...
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    Need Advice: VA NNEI contract

    tyvin replied to pinkdivaRN's topic in General Nursing

    You need to negotiate with them... Do a search on the internet and you're bound to find many people and how they left early and how they handled it. Good luck. But really; only 1 year left. It would...
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    Did you take all pre-reqs before applying?

    tyvin replied to MommaTy's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I took the sciences before I applied (nutrition, A&P, chem, etc), plus the math and began the English Comp. I know this sounds gosh but I didn't even think about being rejected. I had no idea how...
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    Which of these labs should be done for all new admissions?

    tyvin replied to NursingBro's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    Which ever ones the doc
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    How does your facility confirm you are giving all your meds?

    tyvin replied to fairyluv's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Amen!
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    Any New Grads Want to Post their Résumé?

    tyvin replied to ChicagoRN1's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    It's not the resume form that catches the potential eye because there are countless examples of good resume forms everywhere. It's the cover letter that tells the tale. If it's long and drawn out more...
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    Do I need my RN license

    tyvin replied to acrosstobare's topic in General Nursing

    No...