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    Do you hear nurses will take over respiratory work?

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

    In the ICU where I work now, the nurses do almost all of the RT work. Respiratory does not suction the vented or trached patients. They don't do the ABG's. We only have one RT in the entire...
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    Does it get better being a new nurse?

    applewhitern replied to telealli's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Two months seems like a long orientation to me! When I was a new grad, I got a grand total of 5 days, then was made charge nurse of a 44 bed telemetry unit! I didn't know sinus from V-tach back...
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    Apparently, everyone is a nurse! (rant)

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

    I wonder how this place doesn't get sued. A person who referred to herself as a "nurse" gave my son an injection right smack in his sciatic nerve and caused him great pain for months. She wasn't a...
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    how to deal with an evil boss...

    applewhitern replied to jlynn167's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I hope as nurses quit, they told HR exactly why they left. The facility will get tired of spending money to hire and orient new nurses. They need to know why the turnover is
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    When's the doctor coming in??

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

    Yeah, I get that question every single day, too. There is no set schedule for any of our docs; most of them see their most critical patients first, or new admits first. Sometimes they come before...
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    Really struggling with my transition to NICU

    applewhitern replied to TigerGalLE's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Go back to your old job in ICU, dayshift. Too bad they invested time and money in orienting you, but that won't matter much if you fall asleep at the wheel, or are too groggy and sleepy to take care...
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    Starting a position in ICU Stepdown

    applewhitern replied to ambianco9's topic in MICU, SICU

    I worked step-down (Progressive Care) for 5 years. The one I worked on was extremely busy, constant admits/discharges. Rarely had an empty bed. We did tons of drips, cardioversions, and stable vent...
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    neuro checks on A&O patients at night

    applewhitern replied to beeble's topic in MICU, SICU

    If neuro checks are ordered, we do them, regardless whether we have to wake them up or not. Neuro checks are usually ordered for every 2 hours at my hospital. If we fail to do them right, we get a...
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    Nurses and Lunch Breaks in NYC

    applewhitern replied to SonBSN's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    Lunch break? What is that? I have always worked ICU, and couldn't leave my patients alone long enough to go to the cafeteria. Sometimes I can get a CNA to go get me food, but never have I been able...
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    RN's what was your occupation while in nursing school?

    applewhitern replied to mzsuccess's topic in General Nursing

    I have had many jobs. I was an accountant and kept books and did payroll during nursing school; I took a test and obtained an insurance license and sold life insurance and college fund programs for a...
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    Who/what keeps track of your hours?

    applewhitern replied to SteelGrey's topic in General Nursing

    All on computer. We can clock in via computer or scan our badge. We don't get "paid time off." We get paid a certain set amount in addition to our usual hourly pay in lieu of PTO. We get this...
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    the NEW No-No's in documenting??

    applewhitern replied to LesaAustinPurdy's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    Yes, these were banned a long time
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    How important is your 'look' as a nurse

    applewhitern replied to Nola009's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    Whether you are fat, skinny, or whatever, please don't wear scrubs to an interview, unless you simply have to. Every article I have read on "how to dress for an interview" says not to wear
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    Research on catheter removal

    applewhitern replied to crys1bigz's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    I can tell you that we worried about infections from urinary catheters 25 years ago, when I first started nursing. We were taught "way back then" how to place them using sterile technique, and how to...
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    an oldie but goodie

    applewhitern replied to amoLucia's topic in General Nursing

    The doll that I had with the push-button on her belly, that made the hair grow long or short, was called "Tressy." Appropriate name! Tressy still lives in my attic, along with her sidekick, Skipper....
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    an oldie but goodie

    applewhitern replied to amoLucia's topic in General Nursing

    We still mix most of our ICU drips. In smaller hospitals, you don't always have an open
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    an oldie but goodie

    applewhitern replied to amoLucia's topic in General Nursing

    When I was a kid, we bought flour in big cloth bags; it had a "free" kitchen towel attached to it. All of our dish cloths and kitchen towels came from flour and cornmeal bags. Milk came in glass...
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    Want to go back to school for Rn!

    applewhitern replied to Determination08's topic in Nursing Career

    You really need to contact the nursing schools close to you and go ahead and apply. My school didn't look at GPA so much, but they DID look at ACT scores. Each school is different, with their own...
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    Are BSN nurses smarter than ADN nurses?

    applewhitern replied to elpnla's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    Who said ADN's don't get taught theory? The classes are basically the same for either ADN or
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    Community college for an ADN

    applewhitern replied to msmiss03's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    My school required a minimum of 19 on the ACT for the ADN program. The BSN program at the same school only required at 16 on the ACT. Contact the school you want to attend and see what their...
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    Charge nurse pay

    applewhitern replied to Blandini7's topic in General Nursing

    No extra money; a full patient load. All "charge nurse" means at my hospital is the RN gets to give all pushes, blood products, PICC and central line meds for the LPN's. Oh, we also get to do all...
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    Want to be a nurse!! but Im 50 !!

    applewhitern replied to IslandGirl#1's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Your age isn't the problem, but your expectations might be. The "give back to the community" and "provide a service that is needed so badly" concerns me. Regardless of what you read, or what the...
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    RNs with an associates degree, please help, I know for a fact i will not pass math

    applewhitern replied to D_Angelo25's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    You don't want to "cram," you want to "learn" it. I know I went to nursing school back in the 80's, and each school is different, but we had to take a math test the first day of each semester. We...
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    Scheduled overtime

    applewhitern replied to greenerpastures's topic in General Nursing

    My hospital will schedule you for extra shifts on occasion. You aren't "put on call," but you are scheduled to come in and work an extra shift. Why? Because nurses weren't answering the phone when...
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    Would you be a guardian angel?

    applewhitern replied to Oogie's topic in Nurses Recovery

    Do you realize that ANGEL is not spelled ANGLE? Unless you meant to say Guardian