tyvin BSN, RN

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    Refused my first assignment today.

    tyvin replied to NurseLoveJoy88's topic in General Nursing

    As long as nurses keep on accepting dangerous and unacceptable nurse patient ratios management will keep on doing it. Why should they change anything ... there's always someone who will take the
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    What are your must-do's?

    tyvin replied to missdeevah's topic in General Nursing

    Always punch in at least a few minutes before the shift starts. I have worked with people who come in right on the dot and then we waste time waiting for them to put their stuff away ect... We're...
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    My Student is draining me.....

    tyvin replied to AngelofLTC's topic in General Nursing

    Yes, but didn't you hear ... satisfaction brought it
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    Transferring License Question

    tyvin replied to hollytxrn's topic in General Nursing

    Might as well add this one: http://www.rn.ca.gov/applicants/lic-end.shtml Good
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    Transferring License Question

    tyvin replied to hollytxrn's topic in General Nursing

    http://www.rnlicense.org/RN-license-reciprocity/ Also as long as you don't let your Texas one expire it should be
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    A little "pick me up" for students and new grads

    tyvin replied to MICUBSNRN's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Excellent post. You sound like me and a couple other classmates of mine long ago. Network now while in clinical, meet people (find out where they hang out), study your guts out, just go for it try it...
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    Question about Sliding Scale insulin

    tyvin replied to qwertz's topic in Patient Medications

    What is
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    Professional dilemma

    tyvin replied to gdc67's topic in United Kingdom

    Why don't you get the
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    Pre-printed MARs

    tyvin replied to Guest321574's topic in General Nursing

    Yellow them out and save yourselves a whole lot of trouble. If the order comes up again you'll just have to write it out by hand. My God ... you just went to printed MARS! That's incredible. Were you...
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    BSN practicum student

    tyvin replied to chiongo's topic in General Nursing

    GrnTea did an excellent job on her post; very well said. What more can I add but that it's all of everything you've learned and you get to apply it. I remember that my instructor was skittish and the...
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    BSN practicum student

    tyvin replied to chiongo's topic in General Nursing

    Do you know where you will
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    Need a little help here if you have gone from nights to days....

    tyvin replied to crb613's topic in Emergency

    The reality is you have hit that one unit where everything clicks, it's a dream, everyone gets along etc... This is very rare and happens to us maybe once in a lifetime of our careers. Some people...
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    Did I Do Something Wrong?

    tyvin replied to rnccf2007's topic in General Nursing

    Check the BP when giving push/IV lasix; just something they taught me in school. I have run into other nurses who do not and it makes me nervous. If I say something it's not acknowledged as serious in...
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    My Student is draining me.....

    tyvin replied to AngelofLTC's topic in General Nursing

    It could also be possible the student is adversely effected by someone in his life who abuses drugs therefore everyone does type of attitude. By either being exposed to too many drug seekers or...
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    Percocet PRN

    tyvin replied to ChristineWV's topic in Patient Medications

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    Incompetent nursing assistants

    tyvin replied to ICU, RN, BSN, B.S.'s topic in General Nursing

    It all boils down to the pay IMO with lack of initiative following close behind. The lack of initiative is related to the pay. The problem is everyone knows how much they're going to make before they...
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    Aloha Hawai'i Nurses

    tyvin replied to BigB_RN's topic in General Nursing

    Aloha BigB; the jobs are scarce they say ... but you'll never know unless you come and try. We have new grads from several universities and community colleges lining the streets just waiting for...
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    I sleep my life away

    tyvin replied to swimincatz's topic in General Nursing

    When I worked nights if I could get in a rhythm it would be OK to an extent but I still slept excessively. If I worked OT and did a day shift my body demanded much more sleep. It got to the point...
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    Used as a job reference.

    tyvin replied to tokmom's topic in General Nursing

    I had an RN tell me that she had put me down as a reference ... hmmmm. I didn't like that. She was nice enough but she was a total screw up when it came to dispensing meds. So many errors; I tried to...
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    Hypothetical Question...

    tyvin replied to 2011nursetobe's topic in General Nursing

    I've been on a plane with not quite the same scenario but similar. It was an older women who didn't speak english well and had just had an open heart. She was white as a ghost, shaking, frail and...
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    smoking clients

    tyvin replied to fuzzygirl's topic in General Nursing

    When I've worked in any LTC facility or the like smoking is the only activity some of those people kling to. Yes we are instructed to go out with them to ensure safety but in your situation I don't...
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    Walk away or work one more night before telling them to shove it?

    tyvin replied to arabstarRN's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Go in ... then you are no better then the others who call. And what about the other nurses; it really stinks when people call in. Also why aren't you giving standard notice of at least 2 weeks? Well I...
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    Suggestions on the best nursing website to get CEU's...

    tyvin replied to RNsharkinaj's topic in General Nursing

    I do pearlsreview.com. It is not expensive to sign up for a year. You can go in and it has everything you want in every part of nursing. Even though my state doesn't require ECs I do 2 every week...
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    Skin tear in Assisted Living

    tyvin replied to MommaRN86's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Approximate then do steri-srtips is the standard. But with certain tears opsite does well in that the wound can be observed without compromising the drsg. It's a judgement call thing. Oh, do I have...
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    OK- Freaking out about TB now!

    tyvin replied to ilovemicrobiology's topic in General Nursing

    You do blood draws instead of a chest