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    How to stop visitors from using empty bed???

    KeepItRealRN replied to AJPV's topic in General Nursing

    I hope the charge nurse not only went in there to explain the innapropriateness of this, but if they had a cooler with alcohol in it, I hope she asked for all of their ID's too. If they were...
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    Truths of Agency/Travel Nursing

    KeepItRealRN posted a topic in Agency Nurses

    Theses are many of the truths I came to the know after doing many years of agency and travel nursing. Feel free to add on if there are any you came to know that I have not listed. 1. Nobody cares what...
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    Problems with/in Long-Term Care Facilities

    KeepItRealRN replied to 12leakec's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Do some reading on this site. There are loads of threads discussing the topic. Try something really out of the box. Talk to an actual resident of an LTC. In fact talk to several residents of...
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    Why aren't new grads getting hired?

    KeepItRealRN replied to aubrn's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Like I said, that question is a landmine. There is no right or wrong answer. First and foremost I think when the question is asked, the interviewer is looking to see if you've even given thought to...
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    Why aren't new grads getting hired?

    KeepItRealRN replied to aubrn's topic in First Year After Licensure

    OK, let me chime in here. Not only are new grads expensive to orient, even when off orientation it takes almost a full year before that nurse is actually pulling his/her own weight in the unit....
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    new job as a cna ?

    KeepItRealRN replied to kanathaya's topic in General Nursing

    Arizona isn't called Gods Waiting Room for nothing. There should be a nursing home on just about every street
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    Will a past DUI affect taking the NCLEX/Getting hired?

    KeepItRealRN replied to NURSING STUDENT 12's topic in Licensure: Criminal History

    I hope that classmate busses, or takes a cab to and from work and every where else for that matter. After 4 DUI's I believe that she is a menace to
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    Will a past DUI affect taking the NCLEX/Getting hired?

    KeepItRealRN replied to NURSING STUDENT 12's topic in Licensure: Criminal History

    I don't know about NY, but I had a student in one of my clincial groups when I taught in S. Florida who had a DUI in his background. He eventually was able to sit for the boards but had to jump...
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    PLEASE buy malpractice insurance!!

    KeepItRealRN replied to Athena2's topic in General Nursing

    That's because patient's in FL sue like crazy. I wouldn't work in FL without
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    Ok people, face facts: Staffing in LTC is always going to be outrageous!

    KeepItRealRN replied to southernbeegirl's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Must be a private pay facility where you work. Any facility that takes Medicaid will not have staffing like this. Last time I checked, in 2008 Medicaid paid $147/day or $4500/month for LTC. This...
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    Girlfriend's birthday gift

    KeepItRealRN replied to harryboy's topic in General Nursing

    Get her that and you will get some for
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    Ok people, face facts: Staffing in LTC is always going to be outrageous!

    KeepItRealRN replied to southernbeegirl's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Changing a policy is one thing, but changing staffing ratios and messing with the all mighty bottom line is a different story all together. When one fights city hall one must also be willing to accept...
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    PLEASE buy malpractice insurance!!

    KeepItRealRN replied to Athena2's topic in General Nursing

    For the same reason they tell you not to have any personal documentation. Reason, if you do, it could be subpeona'd (sp?). Well so what. So what if you were keeping a personal journal about something...
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    PLEASE buy malpractice insurance!!

    KeepItRealRN replied to Athena2's topic in General Nursing

    I've had it for 26 years. Malpractice insurance will pay for an attorney to work on YOUR behalf if you are ever in medical legal hot water. Contrary to what people might think, the hospital will...
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    Seriously? What are they telling you in school?

    KeepItRealRN replied to Simply Complicated's topic in General Nursing

    There are times where I feel like I fall into this category, like a shift caring for a paient in the ICU on ECMO and every drip known to man kind who also happend to be GI bleeding. So yes every time...
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    Ok people, face facts: Staffing in LTC is always going to be outrageous!

    KeepItRealRN replied to southernbeegirl's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Yup, I worked in LTC as a CNA while in nursing school way back in the day, and then worked as an RN in same LTC facility because there were not hospital jobs at the time (1986). It was the same back...
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    I'm a "floating" RN... sometimes I feel useless...

    KeepItRealRN replied to NurseCard's topic in General Nursing

    These the truths I have learned from agency nursing
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    24/7 Video Cameras in ICU rooms

    KeepItRealRN replied to umcRN's topic in Critical Care

    I'm wondering if audio is or can be recorded as well with the video. Those of you who have no problem with being video taped because you are doing nothing wrong have to think about the possiblity of...
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    New grad woes: cannot get hired as a RN. Advice?

    KeepItRealRN replied to nutrexercus's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Might have to go live somewhere that nobody wants for a year. When I graduated back in the day nobody was hiring new grads many places then. But less desirable places to live were. I had a few of...
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    This just gripes the crud out of me...

    KeepItRealRN replied to AngelfireRN's topic in General Nursing

    he probably doesn't have insurance, and the tax payers are going to pay for them too. this s**t just burns my
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    This just gripes the crud out of me...

    KeepItRealRN replied to AngelfireRN's topic in General Nursing

    There must be some way to report this person for attempting to defraud the government. I have to believe that at some level what this patient was trying to do was a felony. The sad thing is there...
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    Watchers vs. Doers

    KeepItRealRN posted a topic in General Nursing

    The nursing world is divided into one of two groups. Watchers and Doers. Doers = Nurses who's hands actually touch the patients Watchers = Managers, Supervisors, CNS, etc Why is it that it always...
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    Watchers vs. Doers

    KeepItRealRN replied to KeepItRealRN's topic in General Nursing

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    Watchers vs. Doers

    KeepItRealRN replied to KeepItRealRN's topic in General Nursing

    But isn't this an example of how a lot of people talk and think when the term "moving up" is synonymous with moving "further from the bedside". My point being is that "doing" ie doing actual patient...
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    Watchers vs. Doers

    KeepItRealRN replied to KeepItRealRN's topic in General Nursing

    Those of you who do shift work will know this, but one typical characteristic of a true watcher is that they are never seen before the hour of 8AM or after 4:30PM or a