tyvin BSN, RN

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    Words and phrases that I didn't know before I became a psych nurse

    tyvin replied to Kay28's topic in Psychiatric

    Affect Projection Involuntary Admission Tardive Dyskinesia (TD) DSM IV by your side or whatever cheat sheet for insurance company
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    LTC CNA issues - suggestions please

    tyvin replied to lifeisgood2012's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    IF she's doing something wrong write her up. It's not a joke it's a paper trail. If you go to the administrator with no paper trail it will be your word against hers. I tell you they will make it look...
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    Any reason for me to renew my CNA license after RN license?

    tyvin replied to ProudNeWRN's topic in General Nursing

    License to be a
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    Surprised by nclex

    tyvin replied to bubblejet50's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    I took it a year after I graduated and never looked in a review book. Had to do all the questions but passed the first time. My school was great...that's who gets credit. These days everyone is...
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    Coprophagia And Scatolia In Demented Elderly Residents

    tyvin replied to TheCommuter's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I've heard that there were terms for both behaviors but have never witnessed either one. I don't believe that I've ever known any patient that I've worked with to do either one. Had a psych patient...
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    Cool Facts

    tyvin replied to GitanoRN's topic in Nursing Humor

    So is mine...thank God! My digits are pretty long. Old Japanese saying "Bird cannot lay eggs in bare nest" I love men with hairless
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    Did I help or hurt him???? :(

    tyvin replied to Misslady113's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    Pressure to the wound was correct. You did what you could. Keeping the injured person still and warm is best in most situations. The best thing to do in an emergency is go with what you know...that's...
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    What EXACTLY is a care plan?

    tyvin replied to DisneyNurseGal's topic in General Students

    The plan of care is there to insure that all nurses give the same care 24/7 to insure the short and long term goals are
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    RNs who work both hospitals and LTC, is your pay the same?

    tyvin replied to tokebi's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Where I am they all pay the same that I've seen. Everyone bases the pay scale according to the current union contract. That's for LTC and hospitals...everything else pays way
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    I hate my job and I can't get out.

    tyvin replied to ewrn's topic in General Nursing

    All I asked was how much you pay in taxes; I was just
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    I hate my job and I can't get out.

    tyvin replied to ewrn's topic in General Nursing

    How much do you get to take
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    Pay Off My Student Loans In Full or Make Monthly Payments?

    tyvin replied to whitecat5000's topic in General Nursing

    Be smart now and pay it off. You can build it back up better without having a monthly student loan looming over your head. Why pay off all that interest when you don't have
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    Resume stand out or resume death sentence???

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

    I'm 59 and nothing to write home about. Confidence is what comes through when you look at my pic. Thanks for the
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    Worst night in history

    tyvin replied to RoseRyan's topic in General Nursing

    Sounds like he needed a prn for agitation. You should have known his history before accepting the assignment. Do you know why he needed a sitter? There's nothing wrong talking with a patient who has...
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    Resume stand out or resume death sentence???

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

    Disagree about not putting your educational accolades, degrees, current major, ect... As sarahc331 has pointed out people going through resumes have to have that "punch", something that stands out and...
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    New nurse still on orientation and first med error?

    tyvin replied to sleepdeprived1's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    Unfortunately; just because one has passed the NCLEX and actually was somehow able to get the actual RN license in hand and then to have been hired somewhere does not make a competent RN by any...
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    Nursing Without MD orders?

    tyvin replied to Timfin's topic in General Nursing

    Each state has it's own Nurse Practice Act; other then that it's p/p of the facility
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    Im curious and want to see absolute honesty

    tyvin replied to miabia's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    Nurses don't make that much money for the type of work they do and the responsibility they have. I wanted to be a lawyer but the nursing program was cheaper and easier to get into. It practically fell...
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    Is this the norm everywhere? Should I turn & run the other way?

    tyvin replied to LPNKY2012's topic in General Nursing

    Unfortunately it sounds like many LTC places that I've seen, worked, and had friends work in as well. You don't have to turn into that type of nurse. You can keep yourself professional in spite of it...
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    nurse fired

    tyvin replied to GingerSue's topic in General Nursing

    She needs to stop talking...period. I stopped watching after she said it's a gray area. No it's not; there are definite protocols for all of it. Let this be a lesson to all how serious it is to access...
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    heartbroken needed to vent

    tyvin replied to seekerskeeter's topic in General Nursing

    Sounds familiar...nursing is intense. If you don't speak up and defend yourself you won't last. I didn't mean for that to sound harsh, it's just how it is. Are you going to use them on your resume?...
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    How many HHA's/CNA's are content with where they work?

    tyvin replied to mvm2's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    You sound so content... You need to realize once you're a CNA someplace it's going to be a whole different gig. Most chances are you will be hounded to do OT and as far as schedule you'll be at the...
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    Help! Stalled wound...

    tyvin replied to JulesRN10's topic in Wound, Ostomy, Continence

    Why was the wound vac
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    **URGENT** I need a nurse to help me with a TB question!!!!!

    tyvin replied to bnesp's topic in General Nursing

    "Stop" rubbing it and keep your appt to have it read...this is the 21st century; it's no longer a kiss of
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    What does it take to be a good psych nurse?

    tyvin replied to paulschwinn's topic in Psychiatric

    You know you're a psych nurse when the first thing you do when you get to work is make sure there's lots of Geodon in stock. You know you're a psych nurse when you've met George Washington, an...