Mandychelle79 ASN, RN

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    Do nurses get holidays off?

    Mandychelle79 replied to Jmiami's topic in General Nursing

    Eh, your family gets used to it. You adjust days or times for meals. We ate T-Day dinner at noon at my grandparents house and I missed it at my inlaws who are inflexible and must eat at 5. Going to...
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    May Graduate--Applying for jobs

    Mandychelle79 replied to sj73201's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    I graduated last may. Some classmates applied prior to graduation, within the 4-6 month time frame. 1 had of the 60 of us had a job offer prior to graduation. The second one got an offer 2 days...
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    I ♥ downstaffing!

    Mandychelle79 replied to linzjane88's topic in General Nursing

    Nope. I need every hour I can get. I hate being staffed
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    Things that nurses say that may seem inappropriate to lay people

    Mandychelle79 replied to NurseLoveJoy88's topic in General Nursing

    Are you hearing any voices I cant hear, seeing anything I cant see. Yes, when your mom gets here I will let her know where you are ( to a 90 yr old
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    Wired Jaw :( Food Ideas Please

    Mandychelle79 replied to AnnieOaklyRN's topic in General Nursing

    I had no problem talking with my jaw wired shut. Its just like talking with clenched
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    Wired Jaw :( Food Ideas Please

    Mandychelle79 replied to AnnieOaklyRN's topic in General Nursing

    When I was wired shut ( on purpose) I ate a lot of oodles of noodles ( i could suck the noodles and swallow whole) I also took Pizza and spaghetti sauce and pureed it down Spaghetti noodles with...
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    Facilitate urination in an infant?

    Mandychelle79 replied to desertstudent's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    if you are not trying to get a sample, pouring warm water over the genitals will some times make someone go, Used to do this to my dtg who would hold it
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    Can a nurse make the call to change a baby to soy formula?

    Mandychelle79 replied to Smackdown's topic in Ob/Gyn

    When my daughter was in the NICU, the nurses changed her to soy, but they very well could have had an order for it. My son, started on Soy in the hospital, because of my daughters history. We...
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    RNs that have children aging from 2-18 years old

    Mandychelle79 replied to kalin's topic in General Nursing

    My kids were 3 and 5 when I started the nursing program but in all actuality all they have ever known is me going to some sort of class. Luckily I have my husbands and my parents support. It was...
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    UGH! I Hate Psychiatric Nursing ....

    Mandychelle79 replied to PacoUSA's topic in General Students

    My only piece of advise is never say never. While in school I worked on a psych floor as an aide. I said I did not want remain on psych but start out on med/surg. 3 months after passing NCLEX and...
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    The Nursing Math Thread

    Mandychelle79 replied to Tweety's topic in General Students

    For the first one. It is asking how much prepared formula can be hung. the order is for 50 mL per hour. Policy is 4 hours worth. 50 * 4= 200 mL for the second one: Ignore all the information...
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    Doubting my clinical write-up/lab analysis....

    Mandychelle79 replied to emptyboxcars's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Its Respiratory Alkalosis, you were right. CO2 is an acid, so low CO2 is Alkalosis. The body will lower the bicarb level to make the blood more acidic, which is why the pH is in the normal range....
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    What would you do if you received more scholarship money than you needed.

    Mandychelle79 replied to Student4_life's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    I used my extra monies to buy my gas to get back and forth to the clinical sites, for a laptop, supplies for class, and of course
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    CNA and report

    Mandychelle79 replied to tokmom's topic in General Nursing

    When I worked as a CNA we had a taped report on our floor. We told code status, vital signs, if they wore a protective brief and what size, what type of alarms they had ( bed/chair), how many people...
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    A payroll card instead of a check???

    Mandychelle79 replied to fery632's topic in General Nursing

    unless you have an account like i do. pay checks have to be direct deposited, if not after 3 or so they charge a
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    Lenape Vo-Tech LPN Program

    Mandychelle79 replied to LeeLee87's topic in Pennsylvania Nursing

    ACMH, BMH, Sugar Creek Rest, Im not sure about other
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    Different colored scrubs for OB/LDR/Nursery for infant security

    Mandychelle79 replied to detra's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Ours wears purple scrubs, with a purple name tag, with a bear on it. Hospital issues the
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    Lenape Vo-Tech LPN Program

    Mandychelle79 replied to LeeLee87's topic in Pennsylvania Nursing

    The Credits dont transfer, but I know at BCCC LPN's get to skip the first semester of classes ( still have to do your other classes though, just get out of the nursing one) Im not sure about IUP's LPN...
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    need help with references

    Mandychelle79 replied to BethanyB's topic in General Nursing

    I have asked instructors since school left out. They were willing to do it for me, but told me it would take a little bit since they were not in school yet. However, if the school is back in...
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    Lenape Vo-Tech LPN Program

    Mandychelle79 replied to LeeLee87's topic in Pennsylvania Nursing

    They do clinical with me, know quite a few people who have went there. What do you want to
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    Call off guidelines

    Mandychelle79 replied to MKS8806's topic in General Nursing

    It is usually in 4 hour increments, but if you are volunteering to stay home they normally stay the whole day. Anything under 4 hours does not count as a staff down day ( unless you work an odd shift...
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    Social Network and Hiring...Employers use your posts

    Mandychelle79 replied to xtxrn's topic in General Nursing

    Which is why I have an email address only for applications and work. It is associated with nothing
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    Citizens school of nursing

    Mandychelle79 replied to jlpsu's topic in Pennsylvania Nursing

    You may want to look into when they graduate. My class graduated and were taking boards before CSON was even graduated. We got about a 2 month jump on
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    Citizens school of nursing

    Mandychelle79 replied to jlpsu's topic in Pennsylvania Nursing

    From what ive heard from them, its normal nursing school gripes :) It's a longer program then the BCCC one, because they go all year vs just 4 semesters. Some of them had midnight shift clinicals...
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    Call off guidelines

    Mandychelle79 replied to MKS8806's topic in General Nursing

    Our nurses 1. Volunteers 2. Picking up extra hours and PRN. If its between these two it is turn based. 3. Turn Based. A record is kept of when your last down staff