applewhitern BSN, RN

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    Done With Nursing

    applewhitern replied to bk1413's topic in Men in Nursing

    I agree, get some experience first, especially if you plan to work as a "healthcare
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    Your thoughts on being "written up".

    applewhitern replied to RNSuzq1's topic in General Nursing

    The things we get written up for are silly, too. I can understand it ~ if it compromises patient care, such as a med error. But we get written up and verbally assaulted for stuff that is ridiculous....
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    The Biggest Challenges of Peds?

    applewhitern replied to GinaCat's topic in Pediatric

    umcRn, I guess it just depends on your experience with the parents. We had one mother who went absolutely ballistic because we had shaved the baby's head to place a scalp vein. We had one who...
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    The Biggest Challenges of Peds?

    applewhitern replied to GinaCat's topic in Pediatric

    I worked pediatric ICU at a large teaching hospital. Best job I ever had. We were well equipped for anything, and of course had tons of doctors and residents there all the time. The parents were...
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    Background checks for parents

    applewhitern replied to SDALPN's topic in Private Duty

    Wow. No way I would go to this house, period. Your agency should consider sending two people out to this house together, instead of just one of you. He sounds like a ticking bomb. To answer your...
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    Nurses visit allnurses.com for therapy...

    applewhitern replied to Brian's topic in Nursing Humor

    I read AllNurses simply because I am a "reader." Always have to have something to read! I have lots of free time, and a relatively easy job (right now, at least) so I spend several hours a day...
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    New nice car

    applewhitern replied to tinderbox's topic in Home Health

    I asked some of our home-health nurses about this recently, myself, because I was thinking about supplementing my income part-time. They said it is better to buy an older car, about 5 years old, and...
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    Blood Transfusion: Confused on the whole situation. Input?

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

    This has been debated off and on over the years. One teaching hospital I worked at didn't care about the guage, claiming since a red cell is only 4 microns, a smaller guage would be fine. Other...
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    Working RNs and the CNA are to blame for new graduate RN program shortages .

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

    I have read here that a lot of new grads do not even know how to efficiently start an IV, among many other things nurses do everyday. Back in my nursing program, we had to be able to do everything,...
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    Working RNs and the CNA are to blame for new graduate RN program shortages .

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

    Teachers in my area make more than most nurses do. Plus they have a nice retirement package, get to retire early, have very cheap insurance premiums and co-pays, which nurses here do not. We don't...
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    No need to be upset at the truth! Change careers

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

    Just a gentle reminder that nurses are in the NURSING field; doctors are in the MEDICAL field. If you want to practise medicine, you go to medical school. I have heard both nurses and MA's say they...
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    No need to be upset at the truth! Change careers

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

    I see the ones who see nursing as a passion (thru rose-colored glasses) aren't even nurses in the real world
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    No need to be upset at the truth! Change careers

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

    With over 3 million Registered Nurses in the United States, I certainly don't take the comments I read here as a true sampling of how people feel about their jobs. Most of the comments I have read...
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    Hospitals only hiring BSN's?

    applewhitern replied to txhopeful13's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    I haven't noticed a trend toward hiring only the BSN in my area at all. As a matter of fact, our DON has only the ADN. Also, my cousin is an ADN who was just promoted to DON at her facility. What I...
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    Do the doctors and nurses really sit apart in cafeterias?

    applewhitern replied to Maui79's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    In all of the hospitals where I have worked, the doctors had their own dining room and were served much better food. We shared the same dining room as everyone else did, including visitors. You...
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    New Grad Dealing With Catty Phlebotomists in Training

    applewhitern replied to kima84's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I don't think you are the rude one, Kima84. It sounds to me like you are not there to socialize, but to learn your job, for which you get paid to do. Asking how old you are is extremely rude, as is...
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    Is it possible.....

    applewhitern replied to Charon G's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    After a 14-16 hour shift without getting a minute to go pee, lots of nurses can put out 2 liters at
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    Is it possible.....

    applewhitern replied to Charon G's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    Yes, it is possible; have seen it many times. (I was taught in nursing school, many years ago, to stop for a bit if you reach 1000cc immediately upon inserting the catheter, don't know if that is...
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    ICU yuck

    applewhitern replied to ginaw623's topic in General Nursing

    I worked Pediatric ICU for over 6 years at a large teaching hospital. We did not have CNA's or "patient care techs" in that unit~only RN's and we did it all, including bathing the deceased and...
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    Nursing is slavery Period!!!

    applewhitern replied to sonia211's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Oh, good grief. The word "slavery" in this context simply means "working under harsh conditions for little
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    What are your tricks for leaving work at work?

    applewhitern replied to ixchel's topic in General Nursing

    What do I do to unwind after work? Why, I wander thru AllNurses, of course! I would love to go to the gym, but my knees just can't take it anymore, not to mention my back. (Getting old sucks.) I...
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    What do you think about TV nursing comedy/drama like Nurse Jackie?

    applewhitern replied to Brian's topic in General Students

    I apparently do not get Nurse Jackie in my area. I have never seen it. But I recently watched an older movie where someone sneaked into the patient's room and "pulled the plug!" It was funny...
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    Having a medication nurse?? Yes or No?

    applewhitern replied to shipmanmisty's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    In the hospital, I prefer to give my own meds. I like what I call "primary care nursing," meaning that one nurse does her/his own assessments, gives their own meds, IV's, etc. I am not comfortable...
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    Nursing is slavery Period!!!

    applewhitern replied to sonia211's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I don't think it is fair to condemn the use of the word slavery, and it isn't fair to compare working conditions in the US to those of any other country. If we don't stand up for ourselves, then we...
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    My pet peeves

    applewhitern replied to GitanoRN's topic in Nursing Humor

    Patients who pick up their cell phone and start making a text or call when the nurse has just walked into the room. Then the nurse has to stand there while they continue to yak on the phone, and...