RN4NICU

RN4NICU LPN, LVN

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  1. Can an employer penalize you for calling-in due to illness?

    RN4NICU replied to NursingAgainstdaOdds's topic in General Nursing

    We DO have substitute nurses - they are called agency nurses and PRN nurses. If these nurses were properly utilized, staff nurses could take their sick days without the unit being left

  2. How tough is it to go from BSN to NP once you start working as a RN with a BSN?

    RN4NICU replied to bound4nursing's topic in General Nursing

    I'm thinking it's Certified Pharmacy

  3. How often do RNs clean up poop? (thinking about majoring in nursing)

    RN4NICU replied to gwchem's topic in General Nursing

    My specialty was hearts (probably 8 cases out of 10), but I also did a lot of plastics, some GYN and way more ortho than I would have liked. No poop sightings

  4. How often do RNs clean up poop? (thinking about majoring in nursing)

    RN4NICU replied to gwchem's topic in General Nursing

    Weekly? Really?? I worked in OR for 2+ years and NEVER saw

  5. Can an employer penalize you for calling-in due to illness?

    RN4NICU replied to NursingAgainstdaOdds's topic in General Nursing

    If someone pukes on TV, I start gagging. If someone puked in my hair I'd probably fall over dead then and there. Heck, I've gagged reading some of the posts about gross stuff here on allnurses. If...

  6. Happy and Prosperous New Year to ALL

    RN4NICU replied to Babs0512's topic in General Nursing

    Happy New Year Everyone!!! :hpygrp:

  7. Holiday Staffing Crisis- Hospital Setting

    RN4NICU replied to WeekenderSims's topic in General Nursing

    No need to pout, just say no. Simple

  8. latex allergy and nursing school

    RN4NICU replied to RDH1's topic in General Nursing

    There is no excuse for the kind of ignorance you describe from the MD. Never heard of nitrile? Doesn't stock latex-free?? Good grief!! Don't even consider letting this stop you if nursing is what...

  9. failed BSN nursing program

    RN4NICU replied to smiley2030's topic in General Nursing

    It depends on the rules of the board of nursing of the state that you live in. For example, these are the rules for licensure by endorsement for LPNs in Maine (from the ME BON website): The Board of...

  10. failed BSN nursing program

    RN4NICU replied to smiley2030's topic in General Nursing

    If you obtain a license in another state by a means that is not allowed in your own state, there is a good chance that your state will not accept your license by endorsement. Also, I think you have...

  11. Refusal of Brain Death exam??

    RN4NICU replied to PICNICRN's topic in General Nursing

    I understood that part, but what I was saying was that I believe the diagnosis may have been made in error (how was brain death confirmed?) There are extensive criteria for declaring brain death and...

  12. Refusal of Brain Death exam??

    RN4NICU replied to PICNICRN's topic in General Nursing

    If "brain death" was declared, someone screwed up somewhere. People recover from a vegetative state, not brain death. The definition of brain death is irreversible unconsciousness with complete...

  13. Refusal of Brain Death exam??

    RN4NICU replied to PICNICRN's topic in General Nursing

    To "not believe" in brain death, there has to be a lapse in education somewhere? That is like not believing in cardiac

  14. Young and Dont Know What to Pursue!!

    RN4NICU replied to Northk1's topic in General Nursing

    She said Florida

  15. plz answer my qestion about GED

    RN4NICU replied to WantingToBeANurse's topic in General Nursing

    So if the OP DOES have ADHD, mood disorder, learning disability, or whatever, do some of you really think it will be less of a problem in college? Seriously, if one of the above is the problem and the...

  16. $1000 Gift ---> How to spend it.

    RN4NICU replied to Slobgob's topic in General Nursing

    I think that would be unethical. To give it back is one thing, but to take charges off the bill because the patient gave a monetary gift is favoritism (even if it is his money - it is not treating him...

  17. Either Give Me A Lunch Break Or Pay Me!!

    RN4NICU replied to cradlecrewer's topic in General Nursing

    they are double-talking their way around the law. it is the law everywhere that you be paid for every second that you work. they are not required to provide a break (in some states) - but they are...

  18. Either Give Me A Lunch Break Or Pay Me!!

    RN4NICU replied to cradlecrewer's topic in General Nursing

    Just a thought...conditions like this continue because employees allow it. A complaint to the Labor Board would get your facility in a heap of trouble (because they are BREAKING THE LAW) and would...

  19. How much math is needed to be an RN?

    RN4NICU replied to jen122's topic in General Nursing

    you aren't going to need geometry, calculus or trig to be an RN, you might need statistics at some point, depending on your program, but you do need to have a firm grasp on basic algebra - dosage...

  20. Confused about nursing

    RN4NICU replied to LuckYNurSe28's topic in General Nursing

    They are called nurse managers or nurse administrators and you would need nursing experience for these positions - and plenty of it. Most places require nurse managers to have AT LEAST 5 years of...

  21. Having major concerns going the FNP route....

    RN4NICU replied to jlcole45's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    How many of those people you speak of who would "kill to be making 20 dollars an hour" have put in the time, money, and effort to earn an MSN? NP is a career choice - of course money is a factor....

  22. Fyi

    RN4NICU replied to Tippy-ta-ta's topic in General Nursing

    Yeah, but if a kid chokes on his PB&J, at least the teacher would know how to perform the heimlich maneuver (and CPR, if necessary)

  23. How many of us work on RN only units?

    RN4NICU replied to blondy2061h's topic in General Nursing

    All RNs in the NICUs I have worked

  24. can anyone help

    RN4NICU replied to misty177's topic in General Nursing

    I disagree. She did not suffer MORE harm. She suffered the harm she suffered. The action (or lack thereof) that she took resulted in her not being incapacitated or killed (THAT would be more harm)....

  25. Another stupid question..Do you know the answer?

    RN4NICU replied to KarynicaRN's topic in General Nursing

    There is a reason that qid and qod (and qd, for that matter) are in the "do not use" abbreviations list. Technically, it is not a valid order and should be rewritten, but if the facility allows...