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    Holiday Bonus

    applewhitern replied to sunnyskies9's topic in General Nursing

    Everyone gets a token amount of cash, barely enough to buy a tank of gas with. That said, the managers, supervisors, etc., get treated special. They get larger cash gifts than we peons. They used to...
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    Full time RN- Part time Real Estate agent?

    applewhitern replied to Pawl's topic in General Nursing

    It is hard to do real estate part-time, it is pretty much a full-time job. You might find you prefer it over nursing, though. Good
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    Blended ACLS skill session

    applewhitern replied to Savannajohnson40's topic in General Nursing

    Just be sure your facility will accept the online portion; mine
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    Charge Nurse in 6 months?

    applewhitern replied to iheartnursing91's topic in Nursing Career

    I was charge nurse of a 44 bed telemetry unit 5 days after I graduated nursing school. Just a few days orientation. Back then we could hit the floor running without having to go thru a lengthy...
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    Did this patient overreact?!

    applewhitern replied to Apatientnow's topic in General Nursing

    Our male nurses place urinary catheters, clean patients, etc., without a female present, as do our male nursing assistants. If a female patient requests a female nurse, we try to accomodate, but this...
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    Did this patient overreact?!

    applewhitern replied to Apatientnow's topic in General Nursing

    I would fully expect the camera to be turned away from the patient when exposing them in that manner. I would be furious if someone had a camera on my private parts! Females do not accompany our...
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    without a job until after new years

    applewhitern replied to RN252's topic in Nursing Career

    I would simply starve before I risked my license, career, health, and life, by being an escort,
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    Drowning on the floor...only 2 months in. HELP!

    applewhitern replied to NewKidOnTheFloor's topic in Nursing Career

    I assume those are low acuity patients? Our med-surg nurses take 8 patients each. Way back with my very first nursing job, I had a 5 day orientation, and was immediately made charge nurse of a 44...
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    If a implanted port is in the left chest is it ok to start a peripheral IV in the Left for

    applewhitern replied to sjcades's topic in General Nursing

    My son's port was to be used for chemotherapy only, period. The cancer center always stuck him when drawing blood, they never used the port for anything other than chemo infusion. He always got a...
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    Nurse Gives Lethal Dose of Vecuronium Instead of Versed

    applewhitern replied to Nurse Beth's topic in General Nursing

    I work in ICU and we no longer have paralytics in our medicine dispense system. We can only get it from pharmacy or ER. This really bewildered me when I first started working at this hospital, but...
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    What do I need for nursing school?

    applewhitern replied to Futaba90's topic in General Students

    Surely your nursing school will give you a list of things you need, mine
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    I hate my current job and want to work in a hospital

    applewhitern replied to nr92's topic in Nursing Career

    Nurse's pay deeply depends on the region of the country you work in. Our LPN's here make 15 bucks an hour, and new grad RN's make about 22 per hour, so really, your 16+ per hour is pretty darn
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    Let go/resign from new grad 6 months in

    applewhitern replied to shaza111's topic in General Nursing

    Those really sound like bogus reasons to let you go. (Not changing out an iv that was due that morning? We don't change ours at all, we only re-start one when it goes bad). You are probably lucky...
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    Lost 15 yrs of Senority by changing departments

    applewhitern replied to Daytoe's topic in General Nursing

    You are lucky if you have a job that recognizes seniority; my hospital does not. It doesn't matter how long you've been here, they will cater to the new employees and not their loyal
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    How Much Junk do you Keep?

    applewhitern replied to Accolay's topic in General Nursing

    I just threw out a box of papers and folders from 10 years ago. Several brown recluse spiders crawled out of it! It had been sitting in a closet for a long
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    What is your opinion on calling in "sick"

    applewhitern replied to Goofaroo's topic in General Nursing

    We don't get paid sick time until we are out the THIRD day. The first and second consecutive days you are off, you do not get paid for. That makes it really hard on people who do get sick; you feel...
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    RN, ADN being obsolete

    applewhitern replied to lovewaves's topic in General Students

    None of the hospitals around here require a BSN. They prefer a certification over a BSN. ADNs get hired just as easily. They are both registered nurses with the SAME SCOPE OF
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    Advice for changing my major. Leaving nursing?

    applewhitern replied to Nursls21's topic in General Nursing

    We don't use social workers in our hospital. We have RN case managers instead. They got rid of the social workers and started using the nurses
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    Accused of not giving dilaudid

    applewhitern replied to KMULL002's topic in General Nursing

    Over my 30 year career, I have had patients try to say they didn't think they received the full and correct dose because they "didn't feel it." If they don't feel that instant "high," they think they...
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    Accused of not giving dilaudid

    applewhitern replied to KMULL002's topic in General Nursing

    The dilaudid we use at my current hospital comes 2mg/ml in one syringe. Just
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    UAB PRN pay

    applewhitern replied to singmehome's topic in Alabama Nursing

    I have no idea how much UAB pays prn nurses, but the cost of living in Alabama is pretty cheap. I hope you get the VA job (wish I could!) and good luck to
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    Just grin and bear it!

    applewhitern replied to mi_dreamin's topic in General Nursing

    You see a sickly old man who doesn't eat well and doesn't want to take his meds. The wife sees the man she married, loved, and promised to take care of. Why shouldn't she want him to have his...
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    Page MD off work?

    applewhitern replied to Lapreea's topic in General Nursing

    @PeakRN; we don't use a call service at all. All of us have our doc's cell phone numbers and/or home phone numbers. We call or text them directly. Never been a problem for
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    Med error...need to vent!/suppoet

    applewhitern replied to clh8987's topic in General Nursing

    Do you not have to scan meds at bedside at your
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    Denied Nursing School.... Again

    applewhitern replied to kkb91's topic in General Students

    That is true. The 4 year colleges in my area take pretty much anybody, because they have to do their basic pre-reqs before they get into nursing school anyway. The community colleges want the...