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    Secretaries who believe they rule the unit or hospital

    applewhitern replied to DesiDani's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I once worked with a unit secretary who referred to the nurses as, "MY nurses." That drove me crazy! I wanted so badly to say, "I am not YOUR nurse!" but decided to let it go. It wouldn't have been...
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    Why do you wear a white coat? (if you indeed do)

    applewhitern replied to RNdynamic's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    Yes, Lavendar. Full whites with cap! I didn't get to wear scrubs until around 1991 or
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    Why do you wear a white coat? (if you indeed do)

    applewhitern replied to RNdynamic's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    I didn't read thru all the responses, so forgive me if this has already been mentioned. Medical students (not nursing students) wear a short white coat; mid-level providers wear a hip length coat,...
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    Why Nursing Sucks...

    applewhitern replied to pixiern15's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I had a prior business degree and worked in the business world. The main difference is that people brown-nosed the boss or owner instead of a charge nurse. Unless you own your company or work for...
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    hiring older nurses

    applewhitern replied to KThurmond's topic in General Nursing

    The reason older nurses have been laid off around my state simply has to do with economics, not ability. Some hospitals laid off nurses that were maxed out on the pay scale, thus were taking a lot of...
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    hiring older nurses

    applewhitern replied to KThurmond's topic in General Nursing

    The people I have known to get "laid off" or not get job offers, have been in their late 50's and above, not 40's. There is a big difference between a 48 year old, and a 64 year old. Unfortunately,...
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    IV Insertion in School?

    applewhitern replied to meganec17's topic in General Nursing

    I learned in school. We had to start IV's on each other during nursing school, and also on our patients in the hospital during clinicals. This is why a lot of hospitals don't want to hire new grads~...
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    Nurses thrown under the bus

    applewhitern replied to GM1928's topic in General Nursing

    I guess I am in the minority here, but I would have changed the dressing. I don't think I have ever seen an MD order for a chest tube dressing change. I just follow the policy of the facility I am...
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    ACLS should always be 2 days and in person!

    applewhitern replied to Emergent's topic in General Nursing

    I have been an RN since 1987, and have kept my ACLS up that long. Back when we had to intubate, start intra-osseous on chicken legs, etc., it did take 2 days. But now ACLS has been so dumb-downed,...
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    Are we "semi-professionals"

    applewhitern replied to GastroAwesome's topic in General Nursing

    Yeah, that is really stupid. An ADN and a BSN have the SAME EXACT SCOPE OF PRACTICE and take the SAME EXACT TEST TO GET LICENSED. I do wish people realized there is so little difference in the...
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    Are we "semi-professionals"

    applewhitern replied to GastroAwesome's topic in General Nursing

    @Asystole: Registered Nurses do indeed have a standardized education. We all have the same basic education that grants us the privilege of taking state boards. Just because there are different...
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    Are we "semi-professionals"

    applewhitern replied to GastroAwesome's topic in General Nursing

    @Commuter: My ex-husband is an engineer; my brother is also a chemical engineer, plus both have an MBA. Guess what? They both punch a time clock. They also work shift-work. I don't consider...
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    Should I ask for more money?

    applewhitern replied to AnnieOaklyRN's topic in General Nursing

    Don't most facilities pay according to a scale that uses years of experience as the main criteria for someone's pay rate? And then they add on anything extra, like certifications, to that? Every...
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    Does your hospital go on diversion

    applewhitern replied to NurseDMSN's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    We have to go on diversion from time to time, due to unavailability of beds or staff. We are not a level one trauma hospital. Fortunately, there are enough facilities here that our going on...
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    I feel nursing is more of a calling than anything else

    applewhitern replied to Tarrus Eliuds's topic in Spirituality, Religion

    It wasn't a "calling" for me, either. I chose nursing as a second career, simply because the company I worked for was bankrupt, and I couldn't find a job. I simply went back to school and obtained...
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    What are my chances?

    applewhitern replied to LAD2015's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I doubt you would have any problem getting into a BSN program. From my experience, and from what I have seen, it is usually the ADN programs that require a high GPA and a high ACT score. The only...
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    IVs in the breast

    applewhitern replied to kasekin's topic in General Nursing

    We have had quite a few placed in the breast, and I have not seen any problems with them. We would never do an intra-osseous for simple IV antibiotics, and being a small hospital, we don't have...
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    Is this real? Vein light

    applewhitern replied to ladysushi's topic in General Nursing

    "Vein finders" aren't new; they have been around for a number of years now. Personally, I don't find them all that helpful. I guess I have had enough experience starting IV's that I usually don't...
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    Pay shock

    applewhitern replied to bethymaester's topic in General Nursing

    I am not a NP, but have several close friends who are. In some areas, the market is over-saturated with nurse practitioners. It seems like everybody wants to be one, and that is all I hear new grads...
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    Found myself in quite the pickle.. (Poll)

    applewhitern replied to LDAthleteNurse's topic in General Nursing

    No way would I spend any money on a "review." That is what I went to school for! I took mine way back when it was a 2 day, pencil and paper affair. I find it strange that so many grads feel they...
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    lurker to member

    applewhitern replied to Double Dunker's topic in General Nursing

    We don't have Turkey Hill ice cream around here. We have Blue Bell and Bryer's, among a few others. I am eating butter pecan on a Keebler ice cream cone right
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    why do many MAs and CNAs call themselves nurses?

    applewhitern replied to murseforever's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I wish I had know that all I had to do was "carry myself like an RN." I could have saved myself a lot of tuition money and sleepless nights I spent
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    why do many MAs and CNAs call themselves nurses?

    applewhitern replied to murseforever's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    It is also pretentious to say you are in "medical school." Nursing school, MA school, etc., is not medical school. Medical school is for doctors; nursing school is for
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    why do many MAs and CNAs call themselves nurses?

    applewhitern replied to murseforever's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    "Nurse" is not a protected title in all states, therefore not illegal in all states. I wish it was. We have a couple of male nurses who will not correct people that call them "doctor." That drives...
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    Compare my pay rate to yours!

    applewhitern replied to cblauv20's topic in Travel

    So you only pay around 124 per week in taxes? That is less than half what I pay! By the time Uncle Sam gets thru with me, and by the time I pay for food and housing, I do just as well staying