adnrnstudent

adnrnstudent ASN, RN

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  1. Homeless working the system, multiple admissions

    adnrnstudent posted a topic in Psychiatric

    What do you do with people that keep coming back every 2 weeks or some that think they are smarter by getting discharged from 1 hospital then going to another and saying the magic words. As a society,...

  2. Pay Cap for Travel Nurses

    adnrnstudent posted a topic in Travel

    https://nurse.org/articles/travel-nurse-pay-caps/

  3. Nurse severely beat

    adnrnstudent posted a topic in Psychiatric

    Read in entirety: Nurse attacked, brutally beaten by Elgin Mental Health Center

  4. What to do when Nurse is attacked and employer doesn't file police report?

    adnrnstudent replied to Nurse Beth's topic in Career Advice Column

    These psych facilities continue to not get it. You staff for safety in Psych. Sue the

  5. Any ADN-BSN programs without ridiculous papers?

    adnrnstudent posted a topic in Online Distance Learning

    Taking my 1st ADN-BSN class. Thinking of dropping it with only 1 week left. 1st class and already a 6 to 8 page paper. A concept analysis of 1 of the following 4 words: Caring, Hope, Trust, or...

  6. Would you ever give a lower dose of a psych medicine to a patient if that patient demanded it without a provider order?

    adnrnstudent replied to A Hit With The Ladies's topic in Psychiatric

    At my facility, we don’t have 400mg Seroquel tabs so we give 2 of the 200mg. if a patient only takes 1, I can’t force them to take 2. in my case if they agree to take 1 instead of 2 that’s what...

  7. Keto diet & pills on ca probation

    adnrnstudent replied to Jaronson81's topic in Nurses Recovery

    Muno, I’ve read and enjoyed your posts for years but in this instance, I don’t even know where to begin to respond. I am a diabetic, wearing a insulin pump right now, intentionally in ketosis, and...

  8. Zyprexa and Ativan IM Compatibility - (Haldol Allergy)

    adnrnstudent posted a topic in Psychiatric

    I've done quite a bit of looking into this, the research I've done leads me to believe not to admin Zyprexa and Ativan together in same syringe. I can't really find any good compatibility info in the...

  9. Report process

    adnrnstudent replied to Tomi90's topic in Psychiatric

    I work in a 36 bed facility. Each nurse gives report to oncoming nurse that is assigned patients. The assignment from shift to *** can vary slightly so you may get report from 2 nurses or even 3+...

  10. 6,500 Nurses to Go Out on Strike 09/20/19 in Four States

    adnrnstudent replied to traumaRUs's topic in Nursing News

    These fill in nurses crossing the picket line for $840 a day in Chicago. Good money now, but don’t let those 2200 nurses see your face. Don’t cross a picket

  11. What are Psych NP/CNS's looking for in Salary/Benefits

    adnrnstudent replied to dmarie82's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Difficult to comment on salary without knowing where you're at. 120k in one place might be 150k in another place. All depends on cost of

  12. patient pretending to fall?

    adnrnstudent replied to LibraNurse27's topic in General Nursing

    I deal with fake falls all the time. When they do it, we discontinue all narcs. Narcotics are fall risk drugs and we don't want them to fall

  13. Giving insulin late patient request

    adnrnstudent replied to daniela095's topic in General Nursing

    If I'm reading it right, it's sliding scale, that's just correcting a high sugar so I totally get that, doesn't matter if they eat or not. Now if it was a scheduled 15 units then I would be curious...

  14. Fired for taking vacation

    adnrnstudent replied to cyc0sys's topic in General Nursing

    Why? I'd rather be fired and possibly collect unemployment while I seek new

  15. Demand for Nurses in Chicago

    adnrnstudent replied to WannaBNursey's topic in Illinois Nursing

    Union hospital on top of saturated market. People get hired at Stroger and

  16. Addressing the Predicted Nursing Shortage

    adnrnstudent replied to traumaRUs's topic in General Nursing

    The is no requirement for BSN to obtain magnet status. It is 1 of the biggest lies in nursing next to Joint Commission caring about having a closed bottle at your

  17. Foreign BA, ADN or ABSN?

    adnrnstudent replied to ChicagoNurseHopeful's topic in Illinois Nursing

    ADN programs at community colleges are extremely difficult to get in to. They are inexpensive and extremely competitive. Accelerated BSN programs are usually expensive, but you'd end with a BSN in the...

  18. Fox News calls CNA a nurse

    adnrnstudent replied to Emergent's topic in Nursing News

    Every other news source that reported it called her a nurse too. Sadly, the girl is dead. Let's let her be a nurse in memory and not worry about if she was one or not and which news organization...

  19. Matt Lauer Fired due to Inappropriate Sexual Behavior. Has This Happened to You?

    adnrnstudent replied to traumaRUs's topic in Nursing News

    I haven't read all the comments and I hope someone has already said something similar. Matt Lauer supposedly physically touched. I am a male nurse and I "sexually harass" every single female on my...

  20. SubQ injections

    adnrnstudent replied to Trinity.Rn's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    On rare occasions, I give myself insulin through my shirt, but would never do on a

  21. Hydration Stations in the Nursing Station

    adnrnstudent replied to 1Crazynurse's topic in General Nursing

    The 2 biggest lies in nursing right now is that Joint Commission cares about drinks in the nursing station and that Magnet Status has something to do with BSN push. Neither are

  22. New nurse needs tall scrub tops!

    adnrnstudent replied to Jbutery's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    Another tall I found is Landau 7489. Which Cherokee did you find with 32" Center Back Length? The 4701? I don't know about the stretch. I'm on a hunt too, my 4701's are getting worn out and I'm so...

  23. New nurse needs tall scrub tops!

    adnrnstudent replied to Jbutery's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    Larger sizes don't usually give more

  24. New nurse needs tall scrub tops!

    adnrnstudent replied to Jbutery's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    Cherokee 4701. I'm 6'4" and plenty of length. It is specifically a Tall Sized Scrub top. EDIT - Unfortunately, this top may have been discontinued as I'm looking around at different online

  25. So conflicted! Lpn or adn or bsn!Chicago plz help me

    adnrnstudent replied to BrightFuture_Np's topic in Illinois Nursing

    Based strictly on the 4 things you have listed, I'd tell you Resurrection