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    shift wars, GRR

    HisHands replied to clemmm78's topic in General Nursing

    EXACTLY!!! I work afternoons. We get well over 50% of admissions (which is a lot... each nurse usually has at least one per shift), but have lower staffing than day shift. We have two large...
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    Med pass negligence? please feedback

    HisHands replied to Kashia's topic in General Nursing

    *whole =
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    Med pass negligence? please feedback

    HisHands replied to Kashia's topic in General Nursing

    I hope I don't get flamed for this but.... I feel like it's much much worse to have a whole in the MAR than to have a signature. I've seen loads of nurses not sign their MAR because they got...
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    Need advice, feeling really bummed :(

    HisHands replied to LIZ07's topic in General Nursing

    I don't know about other areas, but at my nursing school, in order to get into the nursing program you had to have a 'C' by policy standards. However, we had a plethera of students and not enough...
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    Roll Call, LPN to RN Students!!!

    HisHands replied to Marie_LPN, RN's topic in LPN to RN

    I'm Crystal... 23 and married to my best buddy. We're still newlyweds... can you tell?:blushkiss No kids, but hoping once I get some of my career goals met we can slow down and start expanding the...
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    LPN Starting Salary

    HisHands replied to pat8585's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    When I worked in the boonies of Northern Michigan, I made 15.40. Another LPN that had been a nurse for 23 years and worked at that particular facility for over 10 yrs was making 15.70. That's...
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    I'm about to crack...read this and help!!!!

    HisHands replied to SaharaOnyxRN's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Good luck with your interview... I'll be praying for you. I worked in a LTC facility day shift 12 hours. There were days that it seemed like I would be staying over forever. But eventually those...
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    Crushing K-Dur

    HisHands replied to Zee_RN's topic in General Nursing

    If someone is on hospice - comfort care only, why would they be getting a potassium supplement anyway? And of all ways, rectally... neither drug nor method seem very comfort care friendly to
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    medicare policy in LTC

    HisHands replied to fuzzball's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I was under the impression that medicare patients had a certain number of hours they could be outside the facility per year. We had a similar situation, and actually had to tell the daughter that she...
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    The right place for me

    HisHands posted a topic in General Nursing

    I am having a major dilemma. I am an LPN with 1 year experience, am a newlywed, and am SICK and TIRED of snow! I have lived in the frozen north my whole life (as has my husband), and we are looking...
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    The right place for me

    HisHands replied to HisHands's topic in General Nursing

    There are lots of other questions I am asking myself about our move, don't get me wrong. But, I love this area to visit... not stay. I think one of the biggest reasons I loved Tulsa was the cost of...
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    The right place for me

    HisHands replied to HisHands's topic in General Nursing

    Well, I'm 22. I lived in Tulsa, and another town in the upper peninsula of Michigan. My extended family is all from either Detroit or Flint, MI. Both cities I believe have enormous crime rate, and...
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    The right place for me

    HisHands replied to HisHands's topic in General Nursing

    We have bugs if you go deep in the woods. Then you get the ticks and spiders and icky pests. However, our only problem with bugs is mosquittos by the water, and spiders hanging in the doorway...
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    Wearing scrubs home??

    HisHands replied to Rn2bKatie's topic in General Nursing

    Actually... wouldn't it be "to each his/her own" Or maybe it's the former English major in me coming out. Blessings, HisHands
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    Cns

    HisHands replied to Sirena922's topic in General Nursing

    culture and
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    29 openings left at Phoenix College

    HisHands replied to Calzonan RN's topic in Arizona Nursing

    How do you know how many openings there are at various
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    Arg, the Stripe is Separating from My Nurse's Cap

    HisHands replied to Marie_LPN, RN's topic in General Nursing

    Ok, are you ready for this handy home-remedy? When I first put on my ribbon, I used fabric glue and after a few months of sitting under my mattress, the ribbon started coming off, so I asked a...
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    Devastated

    HisHands posted a topic in General Nursing

    I'm a new LPN, and just started a new job in a LTC facility. I really loved it, have a great relationship with both my residents and the CNAs that work with me. I thought I was doing a good job. I...
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    Devastated

    HisHands replied to HisHands's topic in General Nursing

    Well, after my evaluation, I confronted the other nurse I had, memorably, been rude to, and he acted like he had no idea what i was talking about!! I think my biggest problem with this whole...
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    That Good Housekeeping article

    HisHands replied to ERERER's topic in Emergency

    I think it's funny that GH will put SO much faith in this one doctor with whom they received all of their "helpful hints", but they refuse to have faith in the thousands of triage nurses across the...
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    Picc Lines

    HisHands replied to j0hnson4's topic in General Nursing

    My facility did OTJ training for us to push meds through our picc liners. We always did the flushes, but just now got permission from the state of MI to push ms, etc. Hope this
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    Another question about "abandonment."

    HisHands replied to flashpoint's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Well, when I was calling it was late at night. There wasn't anyone around but the charge nurses and aides. I was pretty new there, so I wasn't really familiar with most of the employees. I think...
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    Another question about "abandonment."

    HisHands replied to flashpoint's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I worked at a nursing home about an hour away in an on-call basis. I was scheduled two night shifts this past weekend, but ended up going to the local hospital (not affiliated with the nursing home)...
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    Education vs. Experience

    HisHands replied to amullis's topic in General Nursing

    I think that experience puts all of those things you learned in school into perspective. It's one thing reading a book... it's another thing seeing it in real life. Once you get some experience, you...
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    Question about nurses and smoking

    HisHands replied to FLstudent06's topic in General Nursing

    I'm a nurse, and I smoke. I choose to smoke outside instead of the smoke shed our facility provides because it's like walking into a bar at happy hour. At least the breeze helps move some of the...