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RoyalPrince

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  1. Small business idea for my mother back home in Nigeria?

    RoyalPrince replied to leah123's topic in General Nursing

    Lol, how about send her to Nursing school - since this is a nursing

  2. I feel defeated

    RoyalPrince replied to Idaho Murse's topic in General Nursing

    You will not lose your job; You will not be allowed to give meds or documentation, just shadow your preceptor. This is more common than you

  3. D5 1/2 NS and insulin coverage

    RoyalPrince replied to Little_Mouse's topic in Medical-Surgical

    You did the right thing. If and when the BS drops later, it isn't because of your insulin coverage; rather the IVF tricking body into having more sugar available now *due to D5 IV* but at your time,...

  4. Is it abandonment if you're sick?

    RoyalPrince replied to riahroo's topic in General Nursing

    Ethics

  5. Patient fell and died a few days later, was it my fault?

    RoyalPrince replied to GlitterRN's topic in General Nursing

    Are you guys reading the OP correctly?? The patient did NOT get up by himself! She (THE OP) helped the patient to the bathroom because she KNEW he would of gotten up = IT WAS NOT THE PATIENT'S CHOICE...

  6. The Right Way to Collect a Urine Specimen from a Patients with an Indwelling Catheter

    RoyalPrince replied to thehipcrip's topic in General Nursing

    I wish the other posters would have asked OP what IS her way of doing this procedure correctly before answering; sometimes patients think they know IT ALL because they have had this particular...

  7. Within scope of practice to insert a PICC line?

    RoyalPrince replied to klone's topic in Infusion, Intravenous

    You use ultrasound to insert it. And yes its within your scope if you receive training and certification course It is lucrative to say the

  8. How many broken ribs???? (long rant)

    RoyalPrince replied to klm49's topic in General Nursing

    Absolutely. I think it is horrifying that only shoulder x-ray was taken and NOT a head CT or even CXR esp since it was unwitnessed, and she HAS a hx of

  9. Med error or not

    RoyalPrince replied to surgicalcap's topic in General Nursing

    Wait why is the ward clerk noting it on the medication

  10. Benefits of being a guy

    RoyalPrince replied to exit96's topic in Men in Nursing

    I dont have to participate in the loooooong and repetitive conversations about the weather, their kids, their problems, their husband, their boyfriend, or their friend whos having problem with their...

  11. Fired - what do you think...

    RoyalPrince replied to LoveBeingAnRN's topic in General Nursing

    Wait you let a Resident use his wheelchair despite seatbelt not functioning AND he later fell "on his knees" found by night RN?? (despite using pressure pad alarm) Than you out of luck. Be glad she...

  12. They won't stop calling me!

    RoyalPrince replied to optimist's topic in General Nursing

    Are you deluded? The OP has absolutely no reason to take any calls on her personal cellphone she chooses not to answer. She is not paid on-call differential or even required to be on call for her job....

  13. Oh, What to do...

    RoyalPrince replied to SweetseRN's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Get the experience, first 3-6 months u will be on orientation AND getting paid + experience to get into those larger hospitals - or u may just end up

  14. Average day in the life of a nurse

    RoyalPrince replied to Reese2012's topic in General Nursing

    An average day in the life of a nurse is never the same; otherwise it isn't

  15. New Residents, Eeek!

    RoyalPrince replied to ChristineN's topic in General Nursing

    Resident ordered 3 Units PRBcs for lady with hgb 10.5......nurse calls me up and tells me after transfusing the 2nd.. I conf. with the Attending who says "ohhhhh..........jeez, I am sorry lab ranges...

  16. Average IQ of a BSN nurse

    RoyalPrince replied to Weber's topic in General Students

    More than a 1000. Seriously, out of millions do u expect us to know this? Common sense states above avg due to the skill, unpredictablity and creativity needed in an avg

  17. Heparin flush and blood collection

    RoyalPrince replied to rnewmanjunkie's topic in General Nursing

    I usually wait 1 hour than waste 10ml red top and draw

  18. Did I Do Something Wrong?

    RoyalPrince replied to rnccf2007's topic in General Nursing

    The problem is that at 0400 his SBP was already below 100. This becomes imperative to re-check his BP prior to giving Lasix 40

  19. Patients should ALL be swabbed tested for HIV

    RoyalPrince replied to Cathylady's topic in General Nursing

    Will u take a pay cut so each and every patient gets HIV swabbed - the collecting, the recording, the test itself? How about Hep C? Standard Precautions protect the nurse, each and every needlestick...

  20. Noncompliant parents. Do I have any rights to protect my license?

    RoyalPrince replied to RNC-NIC's topic in General Nursing

    You need to call DYFS.. leaving without portable suction equipment with child on trach = potential

  21. I hate being a tech. will I hate being a nurse too?

    RoyalPrince replied to K nurse-one-day's topic in General Nursing

    Yes. You do all the above + insane documentation and protecting your licensce at the same time as a

  22. For any NH nurses looking for a pedi/women's & children's job :)

    RoyalPrince replied to NeoPediRN's topic in General Nursing

    I am moving there! 1:3?? And all those benefits........Ahh I am tired of the 1:9 1:8 1:7 and even 1:6

  23. Frustrated with the BON

    RoyalPrince replied to Double-Helix's topic in New Jersey Nursing

    A month is normal. But remember just like you thousands of nursing majors graduated at same time.. and the system is old and flooded, with snail mail from different programs of letters.. it takes a...

  24. male in nursing

    RoyalPrince replied to ALHANOON's topic in Men in Nursing

    I am a male and I just grew a pair.. suggest the same for the rest, even stuck up females who pick on

  25. Salaries for new RNs/BSNs in the tri-state area

    RoyalPrince replied to jam752's topic in General Nursing

    NJ is 63-66k for BSNs new grads - magnet vs community obviously factor in