tyvin BSN, RN

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    fighting slave wages! for home care /direct care workers

    tyvin replied to thomasbrooks07's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Allright gymnut! You have successfully demonstrated a phenomenon we were talking about last night on another forum. So I'm going completely off topic to introduce "Godwin's law" - ever heard of it?...
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    NFM inside clinical handover

    tyvin replied to comnursesall's topic in General Nursing

    Ask someone at the place that's using it as the acronym has a multitude of abbreviations.
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    Do people actually do safety checks?

    tyvin replied to Florence NightinFAIL's topic in General Nursing

    Ah yes the lazy buggers that sign off the checklists and when you come on and find that you actually end up scramming for supplies to outfit the crash cart it can be so annoying. It's always the case...
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    Long hair male nurses

    tyvin replied to Nursee13's topic in General Nursing

    People are still uptight about hair length! That's ridiculous. Anyway; it really depends on what part of the country you're in. Where I am no one bats an eye and plenty of male docs and nurses have...
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    nurses on duty paying?

    tyvin replied to joyhn's topic in General Nursing

    Not in my
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    fighting slave wages! for home care /direct care workers

    tyvin replied to thomasbrooks07's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Now you have a little taste of what the docs get to go through when the government decides what the reimbursement rate should be. Call or write your local congressperson. Let them know what's going...
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    advice for a soon to be burnt out night shifter?

    tyvin replied to SrnD's topic in General Nursing

    Most new nurses will have to work the night shift if they want to remain in a hospital setting. Try to stick it out at least a little more for the experience. If you want to transfer what makes you...
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    Rode up on first accident outside of hospital....

    tyvin replied to shoegalRN's topic in General Nursing

    If people do a search what will be found is a multitude of various training methods that demonstrate scene assessment for BLS. Depending on your instructor is how you get the training that is a...
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    This is what I dreamt about last night.

    tyvin replied to Nurse Cathy Foley's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Since the patients are already in there the machines are set up and shouldn't be a concern. If there are issues; you are not alone in the whole place are you? Ask ahead of time who to go to for advice...
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    Rode up on first accident outside of hospital....

    tyvin replied to shoegalRN's topic in General Nursing

    Unfortunate; all mine and many others
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    Improving theatres

    tyvin replied to Hannah20's topic in General Nursing

    Scrubby that was a great link; I never have seen and did not know that theater use to be and could be spelled with an re instead of the er.
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    New Grad RN in LTC, what can I do?

    tyvin replied to FocusRN's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Where I am any nursing facility must have an RN on the floor
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    New Grad RN in LTC, what can I do?

    tyvin replied to FocusRN's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I never found a job in the paper. I've always went out and applied in person with my resume in hand. Always went in ahead of time to get the application so I could take it home and type it up nice and...
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    how many nursing jobs have you had/how long have you been a nurse?

    tyvin replied to HappyNurse2005's topic in General Nursing

    >15 years: Job 1: 11 months Job 2: 14 months Job 3: 2 years Job 4: 3 years Job 5: 8 years and going All were full-time and permanent positions. I went from home health to LTC to hospice to psych...
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    Improving theatres

    tyvin replied to Hannah20's topic in General Nursing

    Define "theatre department"
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    Rode up on first accident outside of hospital....

    tyvin replied to shoegalRN's topic in General Nursing

    BTW; anyone who has taken the CPR III or Health Care Provider CPR course that RN's must have to practice has had training on assessment of an accident scene. It is par for the course and is something...
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    Bad flu shot

    tyvin replied to Granjan's topic in General Nursing

    Oh coolpeach what a horrible thing to happen. I hope everything works out. The rashes that appeared; were they bilateral? Just
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    Rode up on first accident outside of hospital....

    tyvin replied to shoegalRN's topic in General Nursing

    As an RN you should have stayed on the scene until the EMT's
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    Bad flu shot

    tyvin replied to Granjan's topic in General Nursing

    When ever a person is giving me an injection; if they aren't where I believe they should be in terms of position of the injection site I stop them. I had a nurse try to give me IM ABx that was for...
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    Helping prevent the spreading of germs

    tyvin replied to ms1414's topic in General Nursing

    I was at a mall yesterday and as this family were passing me the kid coughed really hard and made no attempt to cover his mouth or cough into his elbow. So after quick careful consideration I looked...
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    when do you tell your pregnant? and shingles question

    tyvin replied to evolvingrn's topic in General Nursing

    When should you inform your workplace that you're pg. It all depends on the work environment IMO. I've worked at places where the moment it's found out that the nurse is pregnant somehow that person...
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    Joint Commission

    tyvin replied to silentRN's topic in General Nursing

    Love em; to a certain degree. They keep the places on their toes. Same with the state examiners. Could you just imagine if there was nothing to ensure regulations were being adhered to?...
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    Med. Assistant Ques.To Nurses

    tyvin replied to MEDRULES's topic in General Nursing

    MA's are hired almost everywhere that I've seen. I've seen them in LTC passing meds and in docs offices drawing blood and doing intake. It appears it depends on what part of the country you're from....
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    Help! I want to be a nurse

    tyvin replied to future nurse1's topic in General Nursing

    The people applying to the nursing programs have many of their pre-reqs done. The way most places determine eligibility is to factor in how many pre-reqs are finished, your GPA, letters of reference,...
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    Plucking a mental daisy

    tyvin replied to Student2Registered's topic in General Nursing

    I use to commute because I wouldn't move into the city because of the kids. School, environment etc...need I say more anyway............my commute was > an hour and I loved the commute. I made it...