applewhitern BSN, RN

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    The skinny on Magnet and BSN vs. ADN

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

    Some schools do require clinicals for BSN, even if you have already been nursing as an ADN for
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    Brushing my teeth at work giving me mouth sores

    applewhitern replied to Jamthenurse's topic in General Nursing

    Just a thought: I cannot use certain toothpastes. Some anti-plaque formulas break my mouth out. My mother and my brother cannot either. Maybe you are going overboard with strong toothpastes and a...
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    Is there a website that reviews BLS drugs?

    applewhitern replied to tojal1989's topic in General Nursing

    Just take ACLS. I just finished the "new" ACLS class, and it is soooo much easier than the previous ones. They have eliminated some of the drugs we used to use, and it is much simplified
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    What kinds of jobs involving organ donations are available to ADN educated RNs?

    applewhitern replied to NenaRK's topic in Dialysis, Renal, Urology

    I read a lot of comments on here about "needing a BSN." I just wanted to mention that our DON has "only" an ADN. My cousin also is a DON and has "only" an ADN. It must depend on the area, because...
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    Contribution of the International Nurse

    applewhitern replied to PapaPhil's topic in General Nursing

    I have only had one bad experience with a "foreign" nurse. This was in Houston, Texas, after a liver re-section. The patient was screaming in pain in the recovery area, and the "foreign" nurse did...
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    IM dilaudid

    applewhitern replied to thelema13's topic in Emergency

    We give so much dilaudid, we joke that there is a billboard on the interstate that says "Dialudid~this way!." I always keep them at least 20
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    positive Quad

    applewhitern replied to Nurse Amy Jolie's topic in General Nursing

    @OCNRN and tokmom: Sorry! My daughter is in the process of adopting a newborn, which is due in January. I guess I am still shocked that the biological mother wants to give this baby up. I didn't...
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    positive Quad

    applewhitern replied to Nurse Amy Jolie's topic in General Nursing

    Why are you stressing yourself out over this? Won't you keep the baby, even if it has some type of disability? Your baby might be perfectly fine, but if it isn't, you will still love and cherish
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    Do your Managers and Charge nurses work on the unit?

    applewhitern replied to pilotnurse's topic in Emergency

    I am "charge" on my shift and I take just as many patients as the other nurses do. Every hospital and every department is different. Just depends on how big your hospital is and how much staff you...
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    My baby's poo

    applewhitern replied to raynienatasha's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I am simply astounded that a mother cannot clean her own baby's
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    How'd You Get Your ER Job?

    applewhitern replied to commonsense's topic in Emergency

    The hospitals where I have worked will not hire new grads for ER. You really need to be quick and proficient at basic nursing care, like starting IV's on difficult patients, etc. You need good, fast...
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    Where do the damn pillows go?

    applewhitern replied to dudette10's topic in General Nursing

    They go to the 50 million family members that camp out in the rooms at our hospital. When you figure this out, please let us know where all the socks from our dryers
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    What do you do when.......

    applewhitern replied to ebear's topic in General Nursing

    This wouldn't bother me as much as the patient's who think they are doctors or nurses, just because their cousin's wife's sister-in-law, blah, blah, is
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    RN teacher failing students to "weed" them out?

    applewhitern replied to xmissxscarlet09's topic in General Nursing

    66 of us started in my class; 22 of us
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    Who does your pt assignments?

    applewhitern replied to Little_Mouse's topic in General Nursing

    As charge nurse, I make the assignments for my shift. I try to give the same patients if possible. We have LPN's on our shift, also, so I give each LPN an RN to do their physical assessments on new...
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    lets hear from Nurses who started with No nursing experience at all!

    applewhitern replied to beatrice1's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I never worked in any type of medical environment before or during nursing school. The only time I set foot in a hospital was during clinicals. Five days after I graduated, I was hired as charge...
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    What do you do on the drive to work?

    applewhitern replied to whitecat5000's topic in General Nursing

    Boy, am I lucky. I drive 7 miles to work, so basically by the time I get started good, I am
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    What does an RN REALLY do?

    applewhitern replied to dazed&confused1129's topic in General Nursing

    I don't mind the body fluids or the bedside nursing much; you get used to it. With experience, it becomes second nature. What does bother me is the constant complaining from patients. Since...
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    Nursing caps

    applewhitern replied to Trekfan's topic in General Nursing

    Contact the school she graduated from. Each school has it own style of cap, at least they used to, back when we wore them. When we bought one, we had to specifically request the "cap from our...
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    question about drug testing

    applewhitern replied to katielee08's topic in General Nursing

    Don't know if this is really true or not, but my hospital claims that protonix will show up as
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    California Sympathy Strike

    applewhitern replied to Ruby Vee's topic in Collective Bargaining, Union

    I meant it disappeared off yahoo
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    California Sympathy Strike

    applewhitern replied to Ruby Vee's topic in Collective Bargaining, Union

    I tried to read about it, but the post disappeared quickly. I can say, tho, I was shocked and dismayed over all the nasty comments about nurses that I read. Apparently, there are a lot of people in...
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    "I didn't go to school to do X" the new mentality in nursing?

    applewhitern replied to Good Morning, Gil's topic in General Nursing

    My question is, if I am doing your job, who is doing mine? RN's have enough to do, tons to do
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    bad nursing care rant

    applewhitern replied to ashleyisawesome's topic in General Nursing

    Go ahead and file a complaint. They are very interested in patient satisfaction scores. But keep in mind you don't know what was going on in the other rooms; ICU patients usually have multiple gtts,...
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    Nursing school wait lists and why are more nurses not pursuing a business degree?

    applewhitern replied to cameroondiva's topic in General Nursing

    Oh, might I add that my kids suffered enough while I went to college for years. Now I am a grandmother and would rather spend time with them, rather than pursue furthering my career. I don't want to...