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    If your LTC facility insists on staying with paper charting...

    Catch22Personified posted a topic in General Nursing

    Then for the sake of sanity thin the charts! The other day was my first day working/orienting on the actual Long Term floors in the facility. Since I'm night shift our shift is responsible for seeing...
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    Still Unemployed for 5 months and still counting

    Catch22Personified replied to Chuvaaaaa's topic in General Nursing

    At this point its who you know not what you
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    First Shift -- is this exhaustion normal?

    Catch22Personified replied to cogath's topic in General Nursing

    I'm new on my job and I work the third shift. I imagine the people on the day shift have to deal with a lot more crap than us night staff, but we both can't get any time to take a break haha. Being...
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    What do I do about nurses who think my job is worthless?

    Catch22Personified replied to onlyj's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    This. I welcome ANY help that makes my life
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    Will volunteering as an RN disqualify me from new grad positions?

    Catch22Personified replied to yesyesiwould's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Well, for my one classmate that moved back to Cali she told me in a group interview for a new grad position a woman with 20 year experience was there and people at the group interview think she got...
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    Can you mix 3 medications in a syringe?

    Catch22Personified replied to GQRN's topic in General Nursing

    This might be because I'm new but, the only med I've ever heard of mixing in a syringe was insulin with the clear to cloudy
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    Things you'd LOVE to be able to tell patients, and get away with it.

    Catch22Personified replied to AngelfireRN's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    You don't want to be here, I don't want you here, the administration doesn't want you here, but the State says you have to be here since we can't throw you on the street. The least you can do is be a...
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    What were the gender ratios in your nursing classes?

    Catch22Personified replied to edwindelahiggins's topic in Men in Nursing

    40 students in one class 5 of them guys including myself. The difference between me and the other ones, they really seemed like they meant to be nurses. I still feel like I'm not sure if I fit
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    Polling our male nurses: What area of nursing are you currently in right now?

    Catch22Personified replied to Thunderwolf's topic in Men in Nursing

    Long Term Care but I get floated to the Sub Acute floor
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    Differences: Nursing then and now...

    Catch22Personified replied to astig_matic's topic in Retired Nurses

    Since a lot of the nurses are talking about the then. I might as well talk about the "now". This is completely over exaggerated with some truths in there. Working in an underequipped facility with...
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    Secrets for preventing back problems?

    Catch22Personified replied to misscherie's topic in General Nursing

    The workplace I'm in makes a big deal about saving your back so they hand out the braces for free. I do use the brace they hand out and it really does help with my back. But if I'm not doing heavy...
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    Does anyone else ever get tired of "stupid" nurses?

    Catch22Personified replied to twinmom2k's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    Ok reading this thread annoys me a bit as it really turns into a cycle of blame and anger. I'm a new RN and just got my first job. Oh no I've never did a urinary cath on a patient Am I dumb? I never...
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    Is everything computerised where you work?

    Catch22Personified replied to misscherie's topic in General Nursing

    I'm in a LTC facility and everything is done on paper so its quite a nightmare. Does the Healthcare Reform Act actually affect LTC facilities with the electronic charting
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    Where is the shortage??

    Catch22Personified replied to kalevra's topic in General Nursing

    Corporate lobbying to import non-American nurses so they can abuse them for lower pay and they won't say much or else risk termination and deportation since their work visa would no longer be
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    Calling a Patient 'Sugar': Abuse?

    Catch22Personified replied to Trancelation's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    In the LTC floor I'm on the residents have never taken exception to the "honey, sweetie, or sugar" name because I have a rapport with almost all my patients (I never use those names, my preceptor...
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    Where is the shortage??

    Catch22Personified replied to kalevra's topic in General Nursing

    In the world of optimum staffing, yes there is a nursing shortage. But the administration is ruled by the bottom line. They seem to think that stretching current nurses thin with some lawsuits here...
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    First nursing job asking for advice from fellow 3rd shift people

    Catch22Personified replied to Catch22Personified's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Another concern came to mind to me. Am I going to be able to reinforce my clinical skills? It seems a lot of the 11p-7a shift's responsibility is to get the next day's paperwork ready and to double...
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    Am I a victim of discrimination or being too sensitive?

    Catch22Personified replied to TheFloorisCold's topic in General Nursing

    One place my classmate worked in recently had either Joint Commission or the State Health Department come in and caught staff members speaking foreign languages and their administration is trying to...
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    After that "one year of experience"

    Catch22Personified posted a topic in Nursing Career

    I'm a not so new grad (May 2010) Does it seriously become easier to land a nursing job? I'm in the NJ area where its devoid of nursing opportunities but I may be able to land a job at a rehabilitation...
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    Does the Pearson Vue trick work? 911

    Catch22Personified replied to 7Laquisha's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    Check it again. If you have to pay, you possibly failed. If not, you most likely
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    are you in the area of Sales/Pharmaceuticals? tell m about it.

    Catch22Personified replied to hansmanalo's topic in Men in Nursing

    The sales rep for big pharma is heavily dominated by pretty females. I guess its to prey on "nerdy"
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    Does the Pearson Vue trick work? 911

    Catch22Personified replied to 7Laquisha's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    I took the NCLEX RN, I waited a day before doing the Pearson Vue trick. It worked for me however so yeah I'm
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    Is there a nursing shortage or not?

    Catch22Personified replied to nurse.sandi's topic in General Nursing

    In optimal staffing settings, yes there is a nursing shortage. In the world of cost cutting and "maximum" efficiency, no shortage
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    Tufts nurses vote 70% to authorize strike

    Catch22Personified replied to Chin up's topic in Collective Bargaining, Union

    If we were only actually paid that much. If
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    The Failure of the Joint Commission

    Catch22Personified replied to abbaking's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    When I was a student they seemed to strike fear into the staff. There was a pen on the floor in the nurses station and the JCAHO rep was throwing a HUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUGE FIT over "workplace...