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  1. COPD patient wanting to leave to smoke

    nurse0520 replied to chris10lsuRN's topic in General Nursing

    I had a similar situation, a women admittted for just setting herself and apartment on fire for smoking while using oxygen. She imediately want to smoke and was on med assistance and stated to me she...

  2. remember the flight attendent who quit creatively?

    nurse0520 replied to nola1202's topic in General Nursing

    When I was younger working at a big box retailer, a manager put me to my limits by coming into the break room and tellling me I accidently did not charge a lady enough for rubbermaid boxes. He then...

  3. PN or LPN in Fox Valley Area

    nurse0520 replied to PatWhite's topic in General Nursing

    There also is NWTC and College of Menominee Nation for the PN dipolma which are in Green Bay. I also think Rasmussen has a pn

  4. Nurse+Anxiety, adjusting to weekends, any tips?

    nurse0520 replied to abakrn819's topic in General Nursing

    To me that is life working in a hospital or nursing home working every other weekend. I knew that when I started going to school for nursing. as for anxiety what is actually causing your anxiety?...

  5. Do you know of anyone who has been thrown of of nursing school/program? And why?

    nurse0520 replied to Laurenslovely's topic in General Students

    Yes she was

  6. NEW LTC RN- 3-11pm Shift

    nurse0520 replied to andreaf.rn's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Be sure you count as soon as possible when you get there. I hate it when I am done and waiting to go home but the nurses coming in for PM shift (or any shift for that matter) take off and I have no...

  7. Customer Service? Maybe on your home planet.

    nurse0520 replied to Art_Vandelay's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    In most customer service jobs you have the right to kick the person out for the kind of behavior they are giving you. In healthcare we do not have that right. We also have bosses who are only...

  8. RN's are part of one huge CULT!

    nurse0520 replied to madwife2002's topic in General Nursing

    what are your

  9. RN's are part of one huge CULT!

    nurse0520 replied to madwife2002's topic in General Nursing

    Back before I went to school for nursing I worked in the health insurance industry. Those CEO's make way too much money. They want the claims processors to find ways to deny claims if possible. If...

  10. why is LVN jobs is hard to find?

    nurse0520 replied to bverdevn's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    You sound like you are having the same problems I had. I graduated, found out I was pregnant, took my NCLEX a couple months before I had my child and still had a hard time finding a job. I took a...

  11. Physical Abuse against Staff

    nurse0520 replied to ErinBSN's topic in Emergency

    unfortantly there are other professions that get treated like guys that are perverts and sickos. They are cashiers, waitresses, bartenders, salespeople, realtors and many

  12. Physical Abuse against Staff

    nurse0520 replied to ErinBSN's topic in Emergency

    I wish this country would make it a felony to assault a healthcare worker of any kind. We are one of the most disrespected professions right now politically though. I cant see congress or the senate...

  13. gyn prob. in the ER??? GUESS THE DIAGNOSIS

    nurse0520 replied to yankee nurse09's topic in Emergency

    condom stuck in the uterus??? or falliopian tubes???? I have heard of this

  14. annoying co worker

    nurse0520 posted a topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    while I was at work today I was having technical difficulties with the computer we use to administer the medications treatments etc. Another nurse on another wing had a cna call in sick so it was a...

  15. Can an lpn use wia?

    nurse0520 replied to itistime's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    where is the plain english version of WIA? all I found was the link version with 200 pgs or

  16. LPN must obtain CNA cert to reenter school?

    nurse0520 replied to optimist's topic in General Nursing

    Is the school just confused? In my state most of the colleges require you to take and pass the Nursing Assistant class before you can get into the LPN or RN programs at the schools. You do not need...

  17. Stupid Rules...

    nurse0520 replied to CoffeemateCNA's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    what happens if someone pukes in the hallway:eek: no gloves, what is so bad about gloves in hallway? I really do not understand the rationale of CEOs

  18. Pinched Nerve causes stroke like symptoms?

    nurse0520 replied to Weebee's topic in General Nursing

    nope everything was fine on my x-ray, spinal tap, and

  19. Pinched Nerve causes stroke like symptoms?

    nurse0520 replied to Weebee's topic in General Nursing

    yes I have had it happen to me. I went into the ER thinking I had a stroke or somethng (because I lost feeling from my around my breasts down on my left side). The neurologist thought I was crazy. I...

  20. Union Hospitals

    nurse0520 replied to Kiekuh's topic in General Nursing

    does anyone know of any nursing facilities or hospitals in NEW or the fox valley have any

  21. Pregnant nursing student....

    nurse0520 replied to CrunchyMama's topic in General Nursing

    I found out I was pregnant right before I took my nclex test. Besides the bad market I had three interviews while I was pregnant and I did not receive one of them. One of those interviews was the...

  22. This week

    nurse0520 replied to emtb2rn's topic in Emergency

    Yes my Monday and Tuesday were nuts but there was a diferent reason for that. Everybody was nuts getting over their highs of the Super Bowl since I live by the Frozen Tundra :) Most people were not...

  23. Patients families dictating care and treatment

    nurse0520 replied to MomRN0913's topic in General Nursing

    I have seen just as many mistakes made by RNs in snf's as well. Don't cut down every LPN just because they are trying to cover their butt. You do not know if they were getting in trouble because of...

  24. Disturbing data on Wisconsin

    nurse0520 replied to barefootlady's topic in General Nursing

    I do not approve of drinking but I only can see this percentage at a certain time like around 2 am when bars are closing or in the rural areas (from experience of working in a hospital and having 9...

  25. What are OSHA's restrictions on shift length for Nurses?

    nurse0520 replied to icb1977's topic in General Nursing

    I am curious why OSHA isnt called more often or something? It seems just in the short time I have been a nurse, there are too many situations where we can't get breaks, work without enough CNAS too...