Leader25 ASN, BSN, RN

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  1. Leader25

    Are there any nurses that are not vaccinated? How to prepare to be safe at work?

    Leader25 replied to PrettyNerd's topic in Disaster Preparation

    You can not believe everything you read and if living has taught us anything it is that. Recall Thalidomide,the daikon shield IUD,radiation for acne cases, the pill, or even the doctor caught...
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    Are there any nurses that are not vaccinated? How to prepare to be safe at work?

    Leader25 replied to PrettyNerd's topic in Disaster Preparation

    Yes I know a few that refuse.They have some strange reasons like Gates is implanting chip or data in them, others have a real fear (as many of us do) to becoming ill with a terminal disease.Others...
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    Management Progression Assistance

    Leader25 replied to HOPEforRNs's topic in General Nursing

    Gee ,you must be applying at the wrong places,your lack of any relevant experience would for sure put you right up there in the top ranks in my place. Apply for nursing ED and call it a
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    Share Policies That Have Not Saved One Life

    Leader25 replied to Emergent's topic in General Nursing

    Only the residents may use the recliners. You must share your tiny locker with 3 people. Nothing under the sink cabinet Joint commision is coming. Free coffee only for doctors. No...
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    Share Policies That Have Not Saved One Life

    Leader25 replied to Emergent's topic in General Nursing

    Oh yes "sucking time and energy" the policy that only BSN grads can do fingerstick. I guess humiliation is their
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    What to say to a student who needs encouragement?

    Leader25 replied to Joe V's topic in General Nursing

    Hang on to your dream but be realistic it is hard so meet that challenge head on.There are things to give up in order to have enough time to study.Watch u tube on that Medical student and how he has...
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    Have you ever left a nursing job due to a patient/family member?

    Leader25 replied to SilverBells's topic in General Nursing

    No ,but that does not mean I did not want to.Even had security and police up on unit. Discharge usually saves the day. Good luck to you ,wish you the
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    First Time Parents Asked For A Different Nurse

    Leader25 replied to pinkdoves's topic in General Nursing

    I am sure the nurse manager did not handle this complaint with maturity and wisdom.There was no justification for their complaint and if the mgr had been one third of a well prepared unit leader she...
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    How Long Do You Expect To Be a Nurse?

    Leader25 replied to SilverBells's topic in General Nursing

    Til the day I am no longer part of this
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    Sabotaged at Work

    Leader25 replied to Nurse Beth's topic in Career Advice Column

    Yes, I went through a time in a unit with an abusive, nasty, lazy Head nurse. Every week she would pick on the meekest, attack, deride and make them cry. Yell and scream, pull on their uniform. I had...
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    Yale Nurse Replaces Fentanyl Vials with Saline

    Leader25 replied to J.Adderton's topic in Nursing News

    She did a horrid thing repeatedly,deliberately,hurting the vulnerable.No excuse is acceptable,deserves consequences and social stigma.It is a lack of profound repulsion by society that appears to...
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    Do you recommend agency nursing for nurses going back into the field?

    Leader25 replied to InSchool4eva20's topic in Agency Nurses

    Agency nursing could be a way to find your best job,you get to sample a variety of places on your own terms,I did a stint in with various assignments,and when I didn't like the supv I could refuse a...
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    Why am I asked to fix things that are NOT my job?

    Leader25 replied to LPNwithBIGdreams's topic in General Nursing

    Maybe if you are really handy you could be a lifesaver sometimes by finding why that chair won't recline or the thermometer needs batteries,but it is not your job and if you help out it is because you...
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    My new nurse manager is driving me crazy

    Leader25 replied to Lilone20's topic in General Nursing

    Sounds like a real beast,uncaring selfish,that unit needs a walk out strike.You can not fight this monster alone and I doubt even if a group complaint could improve things,you might have to use up...
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    Should I stay or should I go?

    Leader25 replied to Wandering-night's topic in Critical Care

    I once worked for such a place and if you were not from that school you were an outcast,mistreated,bullied management knew there was a clique but ignored it.The last straw was when I saw them yell and...
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    Burnt out after only 6 months

    Leader25 replied to gennn19's topic in Critical Care

    My heart goes out to you,feel your pain,but a year is not a magic number that will have you suddenly feeling better.Growth is painful,but you have support,you are not an expert by any means but you...
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    Bit Off More Than I Can Chew

    Leader25 replied to bluescrubs's topic in General Nursing

    Walk away ,don't look back,if you burn your bridges.Proper notice with some sweetheart excuse won't hurt but take stock of what you did to
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    They think I’m an ‘Undercover Boss’

    Leader25 replied to KalipsoRed21's topic in General Nursing

    I have had family in Texas hospitals and medical follow up ,care,for many different things.I can tell you not everyplace is like that.There are pissed off nurses there like anyplace else that tramples...
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    Which patients are you most scared to take care of?

    Leader25 replied to SilverBells's topic in General Nursing

    don't remind
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    Student found using RN,BSN behind their name

    Leader25 replied to guest1173715's topic in General Nursing

    Stay far away,mind your own business,remeber anything you say even in the most confidential fashion will be repeated,trust no one,you don't know what her connections are,how she would react,so keep...
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    MSN route

    Leader25 replied to Nursemomx2's topic in General Students

    You need to research jobs, salaries, benefits in all areas and locations, how wealthy are you? While a unit might have 20 nurses, they do not hire 20
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    IV Push Med Question

    Leader25 replied to guest1122560's topic in General Students

    If you work in an area where you must be super 100% accurate in 0.01-0.1 doses, you must not use ready mix saline,there is the slight chance of the draw causing inaccuracy.Pull up med,uncap, then use...
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    Pros and Cons of Taking Anatomy and Microbiology Together

    Leader25 replied to TheNursingdoll's topic in General Students

    Do not do it,even if you have a remarkable retention of data ability,these two courses will tear you up.Just like they call that one course the kiss of death in med school,these two combined with lab...
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    Brazil: Daily deaths near 4,000, accounts for one-quarter of the entire world’s daily COVID-19 deaths

    Leader25 replied to NRSKarenRN's topic in Disaster Preparation

    Not just Brazil but other countries as well,most are without hospital beds,they are in full blown pandemic,ambulances don't come because they have no place to take patients to.Yet you see pics of...
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    Brazil: Daily deaths near 4,000, accounts for one-quarter of the entire world’s daily COVID-19 deaths

    Leader25 replied to NRSKarenRN's topic in Disaster Preparation

    self propaganda