tyvin BSN, RN

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    How did you decide on Nursing?

    tyvin replied to guest723's topic in General Students

    BTW...if you're gong to a school that has a 50% drop out rate; you need to go to another school. That's ridiculous. Everyone in my class passed. I don't know about passing boards but myself and 6...
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    How did you decide on Nursing?

    tyvin replied to guest723's topic in General Students

    I decided on nursing by a flipped a coin with my best friend...we were both 4. GPAs. It was tails lawyer, heads RN...we both wish now we had gone the other way (grass is always greener). You can enjoy...
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    Quitting without notice

    tyvin replied to Summer247's topic in General Nursing

    Do not burn that bridge... It may seem like a good idea now, but nursing is a small world as someone else said. You can move, you can change specialties, you can do all kinds of things, but I...
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    Fill In The Blank...

    tyvin replied to allnurses's topic in General Nursing

    "Would you like to pet Mr.
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    Diversity/Religion In The Workplace

    tyvin replied to RutgersFlower2016's topic in General Nursing

    Your "friend" did not explain why. When asked questions concerning the headscarf she should have said why. Concrete answers with no explanation come across as arrogant. I did not know that Jewish...
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    Gender Pay Gap in Nursing: 2017 Salary Survey vs. 2015?

    tyvin replied to allnurses's topic in General Nursing

    The problem I have with this is that it indicates that the hourly wage is different when it's not. This is 2017; women can stay home or not, or men can stay home or not. Are we going to pick it apart...
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    How would you react? Body odor discussion.

    tyvin replied to Nurse-rachet1's topic in General Nursing

    The thing is, if a person has an odor that is that noticeable someone should say something. With me it was bad breath and I couldn't breath when talking to this (yep), it was a doctor. Now, I am...
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    on call requirement

    tyvin replied to leisamartinez's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    $70,000 is not a high salary for what they are wanting her to do...it's insane. I thought you said she didn't take the offer? Salary is salary; whether you work 80 hour or 8 hours in a
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    Questioning a doctors order

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

    EBSL when present as a UTI; people are put in a private room or isolation. Now they probably found out that the women wasn't actively infected but colonized...that's all I can think of. Also, a UTI...
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    Math requirement for RNs?

    tyvin replied to llg's topic in General Nursing

    In my BSN program probability and statistics was required. Algebra I within 5 years was required to get into the university my nursing program was in. That really helped with the prob and stats...
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    My coworker was high and got away with it

    tyvin replied to Volley88's topic in General Nursing

    What were you doing snooping around like that; I think it's great you have so much time you can accidently look into someone's phone: you got karmed. 1. cell phones turn themselves off so you must...
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    My Mom passed away. Did I do the right thing?

    tyvin replied to LovingMom1's topic in General Nursing

    My mother just passed away at home and she passed when I was doing my shift (I set up shifts for family members & we had agency sitters). I made the usual turning sheet schedule, BnB, BP... We...
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    What was it like to be a nurse in the 1980s

    tyvin replied to fatrabbit's topic in General Nursing

    Capes? Whew, you people must be a liberal college. It was just like it is now, except nurse patient ratios were better and we have more responsibility now and the internet entered the stage. If you...
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    Call 24/7/365, no back up - is this reasonable?

    tyvin replied to Lucky724's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    It's crazy you're suspicious of the place not getting anymore business when I think it sounds insane to take that whole thing on as a salary position. When you say high salary what are you saying?...
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    Management legally offering union, what does that mean?

    tyvin replied to Coumarin's topic in Collective Bargaining, Union

    You "WANT" the union representative. You are in all likelihood a member already, otherwise it wouldn't be offered (or are you coming out of 90 day period). Absolutely meet with your union rep before...
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    New RN, leaving after 6 months unprofessional?

    tyvin replied to RubyRubyRuby's topic in General Nursing

    Give 4 week notice and go. If you don't like your job then you're miserable. You may be only 24 but life is short and there will always be work for RNs. All you tell the next employer is the...
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    Will I get kicked out of nursing school?

    tyvin replied to Happymango's topic in General Students

    Would it matter if she asked the nurse: because the nurse believed she drew up the right medication? My question is why did you not draw up the meds. I've never heard of a med error in clinical. I was...
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    Positive drug screen

    tyvin replied to Ashley9077's topic in General Nursing

    Get a lawyer: you do not want this on your record. Similar thing happened to me and I got a lawyer and won. The drug testing company had to pay me for all kinds of hurt that it caused and the place of...
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    Palliative Standing Orders

    tyvin replied to notanumber's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    Thank you...what type of facility do you work
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    Anyone else employer not drug test you?

    tyvin replied to JuliusSeizure's topic in General Nursing

    Hep C? Wouldn't that be an antibody check to see how your viral load is...of course there are many tests for hep C but I think and that's if you're infected with the hep C virus...I think you meant...
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    How am I gonna pay for this???

    tyvin replied to lebelesprit_'s topic in North Carolina Nursing

    There is a lot of free money out there to go to school on; you need to look. Pell grants are free. Scholarships abound everywhere; you need to research and do the work. Do your homework and only...
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    I want to be a Health Coach, RN!

    tyvin replied to seungk5's topic in California Nursing

    An RN doesn't have to have a physician's permission to practice as an RN (not in my state). You open your own business as a licensed RN. You need to know what you're doing and comply with state laws...
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    Is it worth paying for RN resume?

    tyvin replied to OneRN2's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    In our nursing program, we had a class for 3 weeks that taught us more than I care to know all about every kind of resume and cover letter on earth. How to present them, on what weight of paper, font,...
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    Advice for new inpatient hospice RN

    tyvin replied to NursEmmy's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    Wow...pay attention the 5 weeks you got, ask questions and take notes. I'm surprised at how many new grads are getting first time hospice jobs. Where ever I have worked you had to have at least a year...
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    Palliative Standing Orders

    tyvin replied to notanumber's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    I guess