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  1. Rationale for donning PPE in correct order?

    Capp replied to Capp's topic in General Nursing

    Alternatively, you could rub hand sanitizer on your ears. Perform ear

  2. Rationale for donning PPE in correct order?

    Capp replied to Capp's topic in General Nursing

    That's a good point. If you put on gloves before mask then there's a risk of transferring germs from your ears to your

  3. Rationale for donning PPE in correct order?

    Capp replied to Capp's topic in General Nursing

    I don't see why it would matter whether you put on your gloves before your mask or vice

  4. Rationale for donning PPE in correct order?

    Capp replied to Capp's topic in General Nursing

    No. If I heard a rationale at some point in the past, I don't remember what it is, and it doesn't make sense to me that the order should

  5. Did I imagine IV compatibility, or is it a real thing?

    Capp posted a topic in Patient Medications

    Whenever I bring up IV compatibility everyone acts like it's something that I just made up. RNs don't check compatibility, pharmacists don't check compatibility, and physicians seem to have never...

  6. Did I imagine IV compatibility, or is it a real thing?

    Capp replied to Capp's topic in Patient Medications

    Pharmacists, to their credit, are the only people who at least acknowledge the existence of IV compatibility. I said they don't check compatibility because if the MD orders two things that are...

  7. Questions about RN residencies.

    Capp posted a topic in First Year After Licensure

    I have an interview coming up for a residency position in a couple days, and I had a few questions. 1. How does a residency candidate with LPN experience look? Does it give me a huge advantage over...

  8. 2015 starting salary/hourly for RN

    Capp replied to Linettea88's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Remember the pay you can demand is based not just on license type but also on experience, and your experience as an LPN may allow you to demand more than an RN with no nursing experience. I just got...

  9. What happens if you resign while suspended?

    Capp posted a topic in General Nursing

    I was suspended at work for an error. Initially I thought I was fired. In fact I feel my employer may have kept me in the dark in order to be intentionally disrespectful. Right now I am waiting for...

  10. What happens if you resign while suspended?

    Capp replied to Capp's topic in General Nursing

    Exactly. In fact, as I mentioned in the earlier post that I linked to in my original post here, I was in the process of transferring to a different facility because of all my various concerns, and the...

  11. Will this affect my license.

    Capp posted a topic in General Nursing

    I had a patient refuse some pills, and I thought I had discarded them properly, but it turns out I left them in the patient's room at the bedside. A representative from the board of nursing was there...

  12. What happens if you resign while suspended?

    Capp replied to Capp's topic in General Nursing

    I feel like what they legally can say is largely irrelevant. If they tell a prospective employer something untrue (like that I was fired when I wasn't,) I probably will never even hear about it. The...

  13. What happens if you resign while suspended?

    Capp replied to Capp's topic in General Nursing

    That is comforting. I wasn't even thinking of it as resigning as a result of my error or out of fear of discipline, but rather based on my other concerns about the facility and the damage to our...

  14. How to email a prospective employer

    Capp posted a topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    Does anyone have any tips for emailing prospective employers? I find it difficult when I am forced to make first contact with an employer via email. What do you say in the email? How do you address...

  15. Rehab vs. LTC

    Capp replied to txnurse2014's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Your description of this facility sounds very similar to my most recent job, which was LTC/Rehab. The nurse-to-patient ratio with the rehab patient's was way off, we would end up getting stuck there...

  16. Will this affect my license.

    Capp replied to Capp's topic in General Nursing

    There was a culture in that facility that I did not like, which was one of the reasons I was in the process of trying to transfer to a different facility. In fact, the DNS from the facility I was...

  17. Will this affect my license.

    Capp replied to Capp's topic in General Nursing

    Shoot, I don't know. I thought they could go wherever they want. This individual is referred to as "The State." I thought they were from the BON, but maybe I was wrong. Maybe they are technically from...

  18. Will this affect my license.

    Capp replied to Capp's topic in General Nursing

    Yes, definitely. I've found medications at the bedside many times, although never narcotics. One thing that makes me feel slightly better about this situation is knowing that many other nurses leave...

  19. Nursing ghost stories 😧

    Capp replied to BIGT68's topic in General Nursing

    Oh, and the thing with the TV happened two or three nights in a row. Always at exactly 0300. Of course, it could just be that a staff member programmed the TVs to do that. Although honestly, I don't...

  20. Nursing ghost stories 😧

    Capp replied to BIGT68's topic in General Nursing

    I used to work at a facility that took care of different kinds of disabled adults including cerebral palsy and the developmentally disabled. Apparently there was a patient who had died some time...

  21. Is this typical of a nursing school? Arbitrary failings, and discrimination

    Capp posted a topic in General Students

    In my school a fairly large number of students, including me, have been failed in our clinical courses by arbitrary decisions made by instructors. By "arbitrary decisions" I mean that the instructors...

  22. Is this typical of a nursing school? Arbitrary failings, and discrimination

    Capp replied to Capp's topic in General Students

    Kgh, this is from my original post in this thread. Dictionary.com defines an "example" as "one of a number of things, or a part of something, taken to show the character of the whole." I understand...

  23. Is this typical of a nursing school? Arbitrary failings, and discrimination

    Capp replied to Capp's topic in General Students

    Interesting, Kiphni. My school is nothing like that. With my case, the list of accusations against me was basically used to justify my failure as a sort of punishment. I don't wish to go on about my...

  24. Is this typical of a nursing school? Arbitrary failings, and discrimination

    Capp replied to Capp's topic in General Students

    Sorry, I failed to mention that it was my last quarter of nursing school when i was kicked out. So I ended up spending a year off from nursing school and I'm only now preparing to retake that quarter....

  25. Is this typical of a nursing school? Arbitrary failings, and discrimination

    Capp replied to Capp's topic in General Students

    This whole mess actually happened a year ago. I am just now getting to retake my last quarter of nursing school. At the time I didn't feel I had a case to make against the instructor. This time...