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    Buy or Rent Nursing Textbooks

    applewhitern replied to Meeh619's topic in General Students

    We used our books thru-out the entire program. Nursing classes build on each other, and you will find yourself referring back to
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    New grad Mobile, AL

    applewhitern replied to ambitiousblonde's topic in Alabama Nursing

    I have worked at both hospitals you mentioned. You will probably work harder in a med-surg job at the infirmary. If you want a lot of experience, have you considered the University of South Alabama...
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    Male Nurse Hair Styles

    applewhitern replied to Benners's topic in Men in Nursing

    Well, I feel old! I remember way back when I was in high school, male hair had to be extremely short. Females could not even wear pants to school. No blue jeans on anybody. Girls even had to wear...
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    Working in hospitals

    applewhitern replied to ant2cory's topic in General Students

    Wow. $17.50 per hour for a dental receptionist in my area would be very good pay! Our new grad RN's make about $19. Since you don't know what the future holds, keep your job. Anything could...
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    Has anyone grown to love nursing

    applewhitern replied to elyse2012's topic in General Nursing

    I have been a nurse for several decades now. If I could go back in time, I would choose a different career. Nurses get blamed for everything, have very little autonomy, are over-worked and...
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    "I don't want an admit..."

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

    I have to make a comment about "charge nurses." I usually do charge, and have been chewed up and spit out by administration for doing what they call "aide work," instead of charge nurse duties. I...
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    There has to be an easier way....

    applewhitern replied to Lpn2014's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Most of the hospitals in my area do not require a BSN. (I said MOST, there is one that does.) There are several hospitals that require a certification in the area you work in. (I am not talking...
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    Schedule advice

    applewhitern replied to heatherp5's topic in General Nursing

    There is no way I would work a rotating day/night schedule. I can't believe people do! Nursing is stressful enough, without adding sleep problems to it. I have worked places where it was required...
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    "I don't want an admit..."

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

    Another reason our admissions take so long is that about half of them bypass the ER, and come directly to the floor or unit from either home or the doctor's office. Therefore, nothing has been done...
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    "I don't want an admit..."

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

    Well, we have to do a valuables sheet, MRSA/Tobacco use/Nutrition/CHF screening and handle those, too. A skin assessment sheet, an intensive 3-page interview, then the care plan and thorough physical...
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    analgesia before cardioversion

    applewhitern replied to mrnewman's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    I took the OP's question to mean cardioversion as an elective procedure, such as cardioverting atrial fib to (hopefully) sinus~ not cardioversion in the instance of v-fib. Yes, we would give...
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    Pronouncing patients death

    applewhitern replied to ambrosial's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    Years ago, we could pronounce, but everywhere I have worked in the last decade, only a physician can, in a hospital setting, anyway. When my son passed, the hospice nurse pronounced
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    What is the quickest specialty certification out there?

    applewhitern replied to jaej5's topic in General Nursing

    Most of the hospitals in my area are requiring a certification in order to get a job. They don't care if you have a BSN or MSN, etc., but they do want you to have a certification in something. I do...
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    Do nurses usually work 3 12-hour shifts a week for full pay?

    applewhitern replied to gentlerain's topic in General Nursing

    Every hospital I have worked at paid for my ACLS and PALS upfront, or they re-imbursed you. Most have paid anywhere from 50-87 cents more per hour for these. BLS is required for everybody. Pay...
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    Do nurses usually work 3 12-hour shifts a week for full pay?

    applewhitern replied to gentlerain's topic in General Nursing

    You work three 12's, you get paid for three 12's. You probably won't get paid for lunch, although you may seldom get to take the full lunch time. From my experience, lunch is automatically taken out...
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    Employer's Negative Response to Teaching Hospital Experience

    applewhitern replied to slr0610's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    I worked in a teaching hospital for years. The only time I ever saw an intern or resident placing an IV was a central line or something. The RN's started IV's, placed all N/G tubes, drew ABG's. We...
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    Why are there no nursing jobs available for new grads? What is going on??

    applewhitern replied to vab229's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    Offer early retirement? My hospital does not provide "retirement." We have many older nurses who can run circles around some of our younger ones. We also have plenty of hospitals around here that...
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    Wow

    applewhitern replied to RN19802008's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I am not a L&D nurse, but I would think if a new mother has a hard time breast-feeding, it would be appropriate to give the baby a bottle. The baby must be fed some way. When I have worked with...
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    can we have an honest discussion about foreign profs?

    applewhitern replied to richardgecko's topic in General Students

    Some people simply can't understand certain accents. It has nothing whatsoever to do with someone being "foreign." It has to do with being able to make out what is being said. I went to school at a...
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    can we have an honest discussion about foreign profs?

    applewhitern replied to richardgecko's topic in General Students

    I know exactly what you mean. I actually dropped a class once because I could not understand the professor. It was just simply an unusual accent that I could not grasp. Sure, I could have just read...
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    What is your school's grading scale like?

    applewhitern replied to vc01ca's topic in General Students

    94-100=A. 90-93=B. 84-89=C. An 83 was a big fat F. We also took a math test at the beginning of every semester, and you could only miss one. Missed two, and you were not allowed back in the...
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    Working during RN-BSN?

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

    In my BSN program, it was mostly just more literature and history classes. There was very little actual nursing classes. Every school is different, though. I had to take several research classes,...
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    Unit Secretaries

    applewhitern replied to blondy2061h's topic in General Nursing

    We do "everything" on computer, but we still have unit clerks. They do whatever we ask them to do. Mostly they answer the phone, answer call bells, and help the nursing assistants if
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    And then the MD said.....

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

    I have had lots of doctors pitch in over the years, esp. to help pull a patient up. If they don't, maybe they don't realize you need
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    Endocrine: Feedback Systems

    applewhitern replied to Laraine's topic in General Nursing

    Hmmm. You guys are making me glad I am not in school