applewhitern BSN, RN

applewhitern has 30 years experience as a BSN, RN and specializes in ICU.

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   Holiday Bonus

   applewhitern replied to sunnyskies9's topic in Nursing

   Everyone gets a token amount of cash, barely enough to buy a tank of gas with. That said, the managers, supervisors, etc., get treated special. They get larger cash gifts than we peons. They used to get treated to a retreat, but I guess that went b...
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   Full time RN- Part time Real Estate agent?

   applewhitern replied to Pawl's topic in Nursing

   It is hard to do real estate part-time, it is pretty much a full-time job. You might find you prefer it over nursing, though. Good luck.
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   Blended ACLS skill session

   applewhitern replied to Savannajohnson40's topic in Nursing

   Just be sure your facility will accept the online portion; mine won't.
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   Did this patient overreact?!

   applewhitern replied to Apatientnow's topic in Nursing

   Our male nurses place urinary catheters, clean patients, etc., without a female present, as do our male nursing assistants. If a female patient requests a female nurse, we try to accomodate, but this is a hospital, we do what we can with what we hav...
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   Did this patient overreact?!

   applewhitern replied to Apatientnow's topic in Nursing

   I would fully expect the camera to be turned away from the patient when exposing them in that manner. I would be furious if someone had a camera on my private parts! Females do not accompany our male nurses or male nursing assistants when they exam...
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   If a implanted port is in the left chest is it ok to start a peripheral IV in the Left for

   applewhitern replied to sjcades's topic in Nursing

   My son's port was to be used for chemotherapy only, period. The cancer center always stuck him when drawing blood, they never used the port for anything other than chemo infusion. He always got a peripheral IV for everything else. They get infecte...
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   Nurse Gives Lethal Dose of Vecuronium Instead of Versed

   applewhitern replied to Nurse Beth's topic in Nursing

   I work in ICU and we no longer have paralytics in our medicine dispense system. We can only get it from pharmacy or ER. This really bewildered me when I first started working at this hospital, but now I can see why! One would think any nurse would...
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   What do I need for nursing school?

   applewhitern replied to Futaba90's topic in General Students

   Surely your nursing school will give you a list of things you need, mine did.
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   Let go/resign from new grad 6 months in

   applewhitern replied to shaza111's topic in Nursing

   Those really sound like bogus reasons to let you go. (Not changing out an iv that was due that morning? We don't change ours at all, we only re-start one when it goes bad). You are probably lucky to be let go, because it doesn't sound like they wo...
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    Lost 15 yrs of Senority by changing departments

    applewhitern replied to Daytoe's topic in Nursing

    You are lucky if you have a job that recognizes seniority; my hospital does not. It doesn't matter how long you've been here, they will cater to the new employees and not their loyal ones.
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    How Much Junk do you Keep?

    applewhitern replied to Accolay's topic in Nursing

    I just threw out a box of papers and folders from 10 years ago. Several brown recluse spiders crawled out of it! It had been sitting in a closet for a long time.
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    What is your opinion on calling in "sick"

    applewhitern replied to Goofaroo's topic in Nursing

    We don't get paid sick time until we are out the THIRD day. The first and second consecutive days you are off, you do not get paid for. That makes it really hard on people who do get sick; you feel almost obligated to call out the 3rd day, too, jus...
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    RN, ADN being obsolete

    applewhitern replied to lovewaves's topic in General Students

    None of the hospitals around here require a BSN. They prefer a certification over a BSN. ADNs get hired just as easily. They are both registered nurses with the SAME SCOPE OF PRACTICE.
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    Advice for changing my major. Leaving nursing?

    applewhitern replied to Nursls21's topic in Nursing

    We don't use social workers in our hospital. We have RN case managers instead. They got rid of the social workers and started using the nurses instead.
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    Accused of not giving dilaudid

    applewhitern replied to KMULL002's topic in Nursing

    Over my 30 year career, I have had patients try to say they didn't think they received the full and correct dose because they "didn't feel it." If they don't feel that instant "high," they think they have been cheated. Patients will request that we...