etaoinshrdluRN

etaoinshrdluRN

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  1. Full time clinical tech, while reviewing for NCLEX-RN. Survival tips?

    etaoinshrdluRN replied to 222mom222's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    What Snowstar4 said! Our program also provided us with on-line practice tests and booklets for each area of the NCLEX. You can do these kinds of things to diagnose your weak areas, if any, and study...

  2. New grad RN in LTC & HH - how soon did you find a job?

    etaoinshrdluRN replied to rainbow11's topic in General Nursing

    I want to add that you should probably talk to employees (not the interviewer) of LTC places and ask them about turnover. Read their faces and sample the atmosphere. My last place took great care of...

  3. New grad RN in LTC & HH - how soon did you find a job?

    etaoinshrdluRN replied to rainbow11's topic in General Nursing

    It took me one application and interview to land a job in LTC, both times. I can't tell you what sort of facility is better for reinforcing technical skills . . . I got a regular workout with cathing...

  4. Annoyed, venting, am I too sensitive?

    etaoinshrdluRN replied to anonymous1919's topic in General Nursing

    I think you're being a bit too sensitive. Do you have other issues with the charge nurse? It is not crucial to be given credit for solving a mystery (No "I" in "TEAM," as they say). Conversely, I...

  5. "Don't get stuck in LTC"

    etaoinshrdluRN replied to Jw1724's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Ugh. You reminded me of why I am glad to have found a hospital job! I swear, after being the sole nurse for 50, supervising the entire building and passing meds for same, not to mention the reams of...

  6. How do you keep yourself "sharp"?

    etaoinshrdluRN replied to SaraO'Hara's topic in General Nursing

    Sounds as if you need to get on the same page with the dietician and prescribing MDs as to what constitutes a liberal diabetic diet. I can't tell you how I've been able to "strike a balance," but it...

  7. What is the highest regular dose of Oxy that you have seen

    etaoinshrdluRN replied to ~Mi Vida Loca~RN's topic in Patient Medications

    I don't know about oxycodone, but I was shocked to have a patient with a 100 mcg fentanyl patch at one time. She must have been hurting like hell to have had that

  8. Reality check: new grad in SNF

    etaoinshrdluRN replied to NotFlo's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Hmmm. Well I came to LTC from EMS . . . perhaps my perspective is still all screwed

  9. What is the largest number of BP meds have you have ever seen?

    etaoinshrdluRN replied to Blackheartednurse's topic in General Nursing

    I recollect a pt. who took metoprolol, lisinopril, HCTZ, spironolactone and furosemide. And 10 huge blue capsules of K++ TID that made her poo emerald

  10. Personal liability insurance why or why not?

    etaoinshrdluRN replied to blaze2510's topic in General Nursing

    I also have NSO. The price more or less doubles as your leave the grad period, but it is worth it. A friend of mine who was working as a pool nurse needed it, since her employers did not back her up...

  11. Reality check: new grad in SNF

    etaoinshrdluRN replied to NotFlo's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I got 3 days, which I asked to be extended to 5. At 5 or 6 weeks, slow but confident and independent is good. The nurse should still be asking a LOT of questions that will take months to become...

  12. Interview!

    etaoinshrdluRN replied to Forever Sunshine's topic in Ob/Gyn

    "Tell us about yourself" Which I took to be a quick summary of motivations for being a nurse, and a very quick nursing-related biographical sketch. "What would you characterize as an ideal management...

  13. ADHD/ADD nurse

    etaoinshrdluRN replied to shhnack's topic in Nurse Disabilities

    One of my problems is distractibility, and I find that the Pomodoro Method (using a timer, basically) helps me focus on whatever it is that I need to do and, because the timer is ticking, either...

  14. Doctors cannot do a nurses job

    etaoinshrdluRN replied to azcna's topic in General Nursing

    Sorry that you're frustrated. I see this kind of complaint as human nature, however. When I was an EMT, the paramedics griped when we learned new skills (d-fib, etc) that we were trying to become...

  15. Medication incident reports

    etaoinshrdluRN replied to Ginger80's topic in General Nursing

    My policy is to talk to the tech or nurse and remind them to check orders and observe pill taking. Only once did a tech get defensive and accuse me of targeting her (her usual rationalization of...

  16. Tell me this doesn't happen all the time.

    etaoinshrdluRN replied to grannyrn65's topic in General Nursing

    I would have said nothing, but since the people sent a survey form several weeks later, I suggested that the PCU staff be up to speed on pain control (the hospital has a policy of erring on the...

  17. Danger to self? help!

    etaoinshrdluRN replied to Trubie's topic in General Nursing

    She might well harm herself by removing oxygen, but with the demented, it's one of those things that sometimes can not be helped. In similar situations I have done oxygen blowby. Benadryl sometimes...

  18. Tell me this doesn't happen all the time.

    etaoinshrdluRN replied to grannyrn65's topic in General Nursing

    @wooh: I appreciate your perspective on a rationale for just having him ambulate sans morphine. I myself needed almost nothing and really did not hurt much at all s/p c/s. But I know my son, I know...

  19. Accelerated Programs

    etaoinshrdluRN replied to Ennis08's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I'm going for accelerated BSN for versatility reasons, but I am also glad to have gone the ADN route; it is a fast-paced, intensive and very practical route to the RN. If anything was lacking with...

  20. Can anyone give me insight to Marshfield?

    etaoinshrdluRN replied to tizmonster's topic in General Nursing

    I was a patient of a perinatologist at Marshfield Clinic and love them to death for the treatment they gave us (cerclage and monitoring). My husband had his LAD cleared out there. The topography of...

  21. How much "easier" or "harder" is the RN-BSN once you get your ADN?

    etaoinshrdluRN replied to Spikey9001's topic in General Nursing

    Some acquaintances I know who are ADNs going to BSNs at a brick/mortar university say that it is "busywork and putting in your time," compared to the coal mine that is an ADN program. I can do that!...

  22. Tell me this doesn't happen all the time.

    etaoinshrdluRN replied to grannyrn65's topic in General Nursing

    Sounds like plain old shoddy care to me. My son just had an emergency appendectomy last August and the care was superb. My only gripe (which I let the mgmt know about) was a nurse whop wanted him to...

  23. Positive experiences in LTC?

    etaoinshrdluRN replied to joanna73's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    LTC is a special place, and does not deserve the dissing other areas of nursing seem to give it. While I did not like the routine charting, which, in LTC is mind numbing in its repetitiveness, I loved...

  24. Does benig jealous make me a bad person?

    etaoinshrdluRN replied to raygun354's topic in General Nursing

    After 4 weeks of job search, I got my first indication of interest. And I have been taking a hard look at my résumé. Should this interview not lead to work, I will be working on punchier cover...

  25. I do not get this

    etaoinshrdluRN replied to AXIDRN's topic in General Nursing

    Beware "childish" supervisors who are not up front with you. If you feel the table is tilting away from you, it probably is. On the other hand, it does cost something like ten grand to train a new...