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  1. Help w/ goal/outcome

    anonymurse replied to k.lvn.mom's topic in General Nursing

    Simple test: substitute the words "because of" for your R/T and see if it makes sense. Now in the case of a medical diagnosis, you'd say "secondary to" instead of "related to," but it's the same...

  2. Telemetry VS PACU GN

    anonymurse replied to nyspecialist's topic in General Nursing

    Get on the phone and ask the ICU manager what she

  3. complaints about nursing care!?!?!

    anonymurse replied to JeN-SN's topic in General Nursing

    I've seen more and more pts with PRN anxiolytics. And when they request that, that's a huge clue-in. Anything that clues me to fear is hugely significant. A tele floor reeks of fear of the unknown....

  4. What is the best thing about nursing???

    anonymurse replied to JeN-SN's topic in General Nursing

    My

  5. do you actually wait?

    anonymurse replied to StacieRN's topic in General Nursing

    If I don't have standing orders, I get orders. That's a limitation I took on myself when I accepted my license. If it just stopped there, that would be irresponsible. What I try to do is look things...

  6. What have other nurses done that have freaked you out?

    anonymurse replied to texas_lvn's topic in General Nursing

    Smells like a last-minute pencil-whipping. Didn't look in all night, didn't know when it happened, and--clever--hoped to be tagged brain dead rather than negligent. Would be interesting to know if q15...

  7. Experienced Nurses! Hardened heart?

    anonymurse replied to discobunni's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    I don't judge my peers (delegates are another thing, but I think we're talking about peers here). If I were to see 'em doing something illegal, that would be one thing, but short of that, I don't sit...

  8. State of nursing career in america?

    anonymurse replied to philanurse2b's topic in Nursing Career

    Yeah we have a program around here where you take your LPN training during your high school years. Very cool deal. Another program puts kids out of school as MCSEs. These school systems have a clue...

  9. Where to buy nursing supplies

    anonymurse replied to ilovenursing2009's topic in General Nursing

    Bought my stethoscope from http://balkowitsch.com/ which is owned by a working RN. He knows his products, he gives good advice, and his prices are

  10. How Did You Find An Employer To Petition/sponsor You?

    anonymurse replied to Lasagna_RN's topic in International Nursing

    I decided where I wanted to work before I applied to schools. The hospital that had the most patient-friendly culture, based on my family's experiences, was where I wanted to work. It was a clear...

  11. New Nursing Student

    anonymurse replied to cousin32cousin's topic in General Nursing

    Read Patricia Benner's book "From Novice to Expert." This is a wonderful overview of the development of nurses. Many of the traumatic emotional experiences you will endure will be caused by...

  12. How do I know if Nursing is right for me??

    anonymurse replied to maddyb's topic in General Nursing

    I'm thinking there must be something special in nursing that appeals to you, otherwise maybe you'd be thinking of a MPH or a Pharm D, which might be more natural career progressions from micro. Before...

  13. What have other nurses done that have freaked you out?

    anonymurse replied to texas_lvn's topic in General Nursing

    Had a pt whose lungs had been repeatedly charted CLR, only prob was she had no lung sounds on one side (no lung) and her remaining lung was super

  14. What have other nurses done that have freaked you out?

    anonymurse replied to texas_lvn's topic in General Nursing

    Much less this one, derivative of the

  15. How should I submit my resume?

    anonymurse replied to CnCocoNut's topic in General Nursing

    I read a figure somewhere about mailed-in resumes, over 90% went straight to the garbage. I figure faxed-in ones get worse treatment. I had to submit my app in person twice, with many phone calls and...

  16. what are your must haves

    anonymurse replied to us4halls's topic in General Nursing

    Thinklabs electronic stethoscope. Ensures that when I don't hear something, it's not my ears or a noisy environment, I'm really hearing nothing. Good shoes. Nurse Pro Pack (large), this is a working...

  17. Does this sound strange to you?

    anonymurse replied to inquiry123's topic in General Nursing

    This really is not about me sitting in judgment on a neighbor, what I'm trying to say when putting myself in the OP's shoes. If I want issues, I'll take issue with that group that refuses to have...

  18. Where is your nursing niche?

    anonymurse replied to jollyjenny's topic in General Nursing

    My niche is wherever I am. It's the place I have to grow into. I'm a slow learner. I have to really understand things to own them. So it takes me a long time to master a thing but eventually I get...

  19. Does this sound strange to you?

    anonymurse replied to inquiry123's topic in General Nursing

    I personally would not stand between a mother and her child whom she is trying to protect from the threat of infectious disease, but that's just

  20. Just Plain Nasty Mean. What Would You Do?

    anonymurse replied to nurseaboveboard's topic in General Nursing

    I will ignore someone until they block my path, then I will go right through them. I don't come to work for emotional payoffs. I come there to feed my children. Between these motivators, there is no...

  21. Please help with graduation speech

    anonymurse replied to Lecia's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Make it short. If you have 10 minutes, take 3. Break the ice by opening with a short very funny story where you're the butt of the joke. Don't bother if it's too long or not funny enough. Don't use...

  22. Did anyone hate nursing school?

    anonymurse replied to FNPhopeful's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Nursing school, well there it is. I could have chosen to like it or not. Things are easier when I decide to like my situation, so I picked that. People are people, whether faculty, student body,...

  23. Honestly now......

    anonymurse replied to nursekatie22's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Our Kaplan instructor said 2.5 to 4 weeks after the class ends is just right. Since I was already working, I opted for 4. I studied exclusively from the Kaplan "blue book" and whenever I hit a Q I...

  24. Adenosine & caffeine??

    anonymurse replied to brookesbuddy's topic in Cardiac

    mrod, your post got me wondering about caffiene and gout, and I googled this up: http://www.watercure2.org/caffiene.htm -- as a lifetime caffiene addict, I'd never much thought about its potential...

  25. Need advice from experienced nurses...

    anonymurse replied to ChocoholicRN's topic in General Nursing

    OK, now here's what an old Dad sees above: that you are contemplating going to a strange (to you) place where you have no support net and where you will be dependent on someone else for a place to...