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    Gtube Feedings Help please!!

    applewhitern replied to RegenerativeNurse's topic in Private Duty

    When I worked in pediatric ICU, we rarely flushed any tube feedings with water. Believe it or not, we usually flushed with air! We would push the air with the syringe, then hold the tubing up so the...
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    How much harder is it to find a job with an ADN?

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

    It depends on where you live. There is no push for BSN in my area. Employers seem to understand that we take the same NCLEX, and do the same job. Also, you might get 25 cents more per hour for the...
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    Charting..... HELP!

    applewhitern replied to KinkyKurlyRN's topic in General Nursing

    Everywhere I have ever worked, we ended up "double charting" or "triple charting." At my current hospital, we computer chart "by exception only," but it still seems we double chart
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    If we make BSN the entry level degree, we should be paid more

    applewhitern replied to runningcrazy's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Why does everyone assume that the only way to get an ADN is through a "community college?" I got mine from a major 4-year university. They offered all levels of nursing degrees, except the
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    You want us to do what?!?

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

    At least you all get invited to dine together. At my hospital, the take great pains to segregate the doctors from the other staff members. They get their own catered Christmas party; the nurses and...
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    Bad employee evaluation review?

    applewhitern replied to sungrl01's topic in General Nursing

    Yes, they do look at your file, esp. if you apply for another position within the same facility. Can you challenge a bad evaluation? Or at least add your own
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    What jobs did you do before nursing?

    applewhitern replied to nursefrances's topic in General Nursing

    Accounting, payroll, business; licensed insurance rep.; taught English in a business
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    Are pattern/print scrubs unprofessional outside of pediatrics?

    applewhitern replied to OwlieO.O's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    As for assigned colors to indicate where you work, I like that idea, but I was taught that navy was the traditional RN color. The RN capes were navy, in times gone by. Solid primary colors just...
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    Are pattern/print scrubs unprofessional outside of pediatrics?

    applewhitern replied to OwlieO.O's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    Cartoon themes look cheap to me. I prefer solids in primary
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    Incredibly rude and disrespectful patients and/or their family members

    applewhitern replied to lalexa15's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I would never tell a patient to say "please." I am not there to teach them manners. I would have simply made sure there was enough light for him to locate his "call bell" or bathroom, then I would...
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    Colonscopy...won't say "never again" but..probably never again

    applewhitern replied to Marshall1's topic in Gastroenterology

    I had my colonoscopy with propofol; I would not want versed and Demerol for it. I did have to drink a gallon of Golyte, which was upsetting because some doctors only order the mag citrate and a few...
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    Writing multiple times?

    applewhitern replied to loriangel14's topic in General Nursing

    If you are in an ADN program, then in your last year you are a "senior." After all, you are taking the same nursing classes as the "senior" 4-year nursing students, for the most
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    Taking away chairs from nursing station

    applewhitern replied to pinkessence_58467's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    I am wondering why case management needs to sit so much. I might be wrong, but I don't see them doing any more work, or charting, than the rest of us. Plus, they usually work on one patient at a...
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    What is the test they give you when you apply for an RN job?

    applewhitern replied to swansonplace's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    I had to take multiple tests for my current job, including math/pharmacology, EKG, etc. Some hospitals in my state are giving a test to see where your weaknesses are, so they can address this during...
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    1 year old RN seeking advise for obtaining a job.

    applewhitern replied to SENSUALBLISSINFL's topic in Nursing Career

    Wow. You certainly sound qualified to me. I have nothing to offer, but wish you the best of
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    Nursing Interventions for dry flaky skin

    applewhitern replied to slp_vball01's topic in General Nursing

    The Aquaphor will hold in the moisture. I have heard rave reviews from other nurses who use
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    Taking away chairs from nursing station

    applewhitern replied to pinkessence_58467's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    Well, Pinkessence, after you have stood on your feet for a few more years, you might understand it. Just wait until you have varicose veins, bad knees, and a bad back, then it might bother you. In...
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    Writing multiple times?

    applewhitern replied to loriangel14's topic in General Nursing

    I still say if someone has such severe test anxiety that they have to re-take boards more than once, then I would be skeptical how that person would act in a code or bad situation with a patient....
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    Writing multiple times?

    applewhitern replied to loriangel14's topic in General Nursing

    I took mine 25 years ago. I personally think a 2-day written test was harder. You had to take the entire test, which was hundreds of questions; there was no "cutting off" at a certain point. Plus,...
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    Taking away chairs from nursing station

    applewhitern replied to pinkessence_58467's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    They have been trying to do that at my hospital, too. We can only chart at the patient's bedside, which is hard because the patient does not want us standing there, charting! We have to drag the...
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    Implementing BSN as entry to practice

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

    Not all ADN programs are in "community colleges." My ADN program was through a traditional 4 year university. Same classes as the BSN's took. The only difference was a few more humanities and a...
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    You think the "Nursing Glut" is bad now?

    applewhitern replied to Guttercat's topic in General Nursing

    The MA's in my area still work as nursing assistants. Our doctor's offices use LPN's, and a few RN's. I really can't see the MA's I work with as doing the same job as I
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    Need Advice... Nurse stealing non-narcotic medication

    applewhitern replied to JSSCELI's topic in General Nursing

    So true, Txredheadnurse. We were advised way back in nursing school that if we gave medications to anyone (without an MD order, and without a nurse-patient relationship) we could be found guilty of...
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    Pensacola State College Wait List

    applewhitern replied to beachgirllll's topic in School, College Programs

    Makes me wonder if that area is becoming over-saturated with nurses? Are you trying to get into the ADN program? Maybe you should just enter a BSN program instead, and take all of your pre-reqs, if...
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    What is general skills lab etiquette?

    applewhitern replied to Axmann, RN, BSN, NREMT-B's topic in General Students

    In my area, intubation has been taken away from nurses. We used to have to perform this for ACLS, but not anymore. We are no longer allowed to intubate. I agree, best to follow the class curriculum...