tyvin BSN, RN

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    Night shift and mandatory meetings

    tyvin replied to aprilrazz's topic in General Nursing

    The first night time nursing job I had was also big on mandatory inservices/meetings. There was no accommodation or even thought to the noc nurse's plight of conflicting schedules concerning the...
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    ;( Just got accepted into NP school but I am hep b positive

    tyvin replied to Imsadrightnow's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    I apologize...you've had hep b since childhood. Whew, but has it stopped you from fulfilling your dreams? If the school tries anything look up and get an interview with the EEOC. Good
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    ;( Just got accepted into NP school but I am hep b positive

    tyvin replied to Imsadrightnow's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    I had hep b and I couldn't walk or get out of bed for around 2 to 3 months. I never found out what I had until years later when they ran tests and asked if I had ever been sick for a long time...oh...
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    Education Conspiracy

    tyvin replied to Avid reader's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    "one year of my life learning absolutely little" ...says it all to me. In my senior year of my BSN program the ADN nurses jumping in to get their BSNs came in with that attitude. They sat in their...
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    ANA New Membership: Join or shred?

    tyvin replied to nursewall-e's topic in General Nursing

    What will being a membership in the ANA do for you? They did the same thing when I was in school...I didn't join. They have rules and written by-laws that are IMO liberal. Yes, I'm an Independant....
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    Pt fall- need advice

    tyvin replied to dma13's topic in General Nursing

    CMS, other agencies and government have taken events that inevitably will happen and can't be proven to be 100% preventable and have turned then into never events or SREs (serious reportable events)....
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    Bladder Training

    tyvin replied to TJ'sMOM's topic in General Nursing

    You have broached a subject of great magnitude. You don't have to have had a foley to have bladder training. In my experience bladder training is for people who need to control their amount of times...
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    Start new job with no orientation

    tyvin replied to AJ1980's topic in General Nursing

    I hope your hourly... I hear you. The problem is we need the jobs or else we could show them a lesson and refuse to work until oriented. The supposed banking hours look attractive. But, there is...
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    Palliative Standing Orders

    tyvin replied to notanumber's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    Don't the palliative patients transition over to a
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    Standing orders

    tyvin replied to ocdstacy's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    The POLST (provider orders for life-sustaining treatment) should be very clear on what the patient wants/wishes. Let's be clear: it's the patient's wishes. That is why it's so critical for people to...
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    Loud breathing but not agonal respiration

    tyvin replied to val_f's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    Why are you giving her haldol? Anyway; it sounds to me that she is comforting herself. We all can do a heavy moan to relieve stress. She's passing on...she knows this. People tend to try to...
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    Get to shadow a hospice nurse, advice?

    tyvin replied to skydancer7's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    Oops too...It all depends on the nurse and the situation. I shadowed a hospice nurse when I was in school for a whole quarter and she was great. Go with your gut. I would watch her when in the...
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    recovered nurse with little hope

    tyvin replied to kari04's topic in Nurses Recovery

    Brighten up. You went to all that trouble to get your RN and now you're going to sit and waste it! I know a few drug and rehab counselors. They all seem to have been there and back. Who better to...
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    Educated RN

    tyvin replied to newcareer13's topic in General Nursing

    If you're working, you're learning. A new drug you've never seen, new procedure, disease: there is a plethora of everyday opportunities to enhance your scope of practice at work. Doctors and fellow...
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    More jobs asking for RN or LVN same job

    tyvin replied to lvnforschool's topic in General Nursing

    This usually happens at clinics, doctors offices, etc... They need a warm body who will accept lower wages than would usually would be paid. They will make a big deal about bankers hours but as a new...
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    Any Colorado nurses that can give advice?

    tyvin replied to SuprMomBSN's topic in General Nursing

    It doesn't matter where you take the boards. Taking the boards does not give you an RN license. You have to apply to the state you want a license in. Most states will want a copy of your transcripts...
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    I have a real problem with ancillary staff and am at my wits end. I need help.

    tyvin replied to dec2007's topic in General Nursing

    You've wasted years of your life going home every shift mad. What a life. Experienced nurses are wanted everywhere. One OK...but two; I would move on. There are always two sides to every story. Been...
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    what is the legal term of this matter?

    tyvin replied to esolmayor's topic in General Nursing

    If medical treatment falls below acceptable practice guidelines the facility, doctor, nurse, or whatever has practiced below the "Standard of Care." The standard of care is "The type and level of...
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    RN's collecting copays

    tyvin replied to michelleil's topic in General Nursing

    What is so untoward? Someone has to collect it. You work in the clinic period. You can't put your ethical bias before the business, unless it's your business (you own it). Healthcare is a business....
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    Health Science (CTE) Teachers

    tyvin replied to Kgantt's topic in General Nursing

    It use to be that teachers had to have a masters or a 5 year teaching certification. Now days most states are accepting people with a bachelor degree. Believe it or not there is a method to the...
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    Voluntary surrender

    tyvin replied to thatonenurse14's topic in General Nursing

    Maybe I'm dumb as a rock on this subject but if you had a nursing license in the state you're working in what's the problem? I've had licenses running concurrently in 2 states at one time. I'm not...
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    Nursing Student From Hell

    tyvin replied to DWelly14's topic in General Nursing

    Have you sat Alice down and told her exactly what you just told us? As for the IV if I were Alice I would have felt put on the spot. How about the patient? How do you discuss things like that in front...
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    How hard is it to find a Mon-Friday day time job as an RN out of school? In Seattle, WA

    tyvin replied to Cruisin1313's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    The OP is not saying anyone on this site attacked her...it was probably friends/family/etc...from a conversation she had previous to writing the post. Anyway, MAs in a doc's office make minimum wage...
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    Unsure of asking...

    tyvin replied to NurseLife88's topic in General Nursing

    Many times corporations prefer to hire green employees. Instead of trying to change the habits of an experienced person, they can mold you to their corporates image. You're new to the industry and for...
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    I'm scared to use the ventrogluteal site. HELP

    tyvin replied to Psychrn6685's topic in General Nursing

    What are you shooting them with? When I worked psych it was either Geodon or Ativan and by the time that intervention had to be initiated there was no time for nicely exposing the skin, wipe with...