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  1. P_RN

    I Was Told to Say Home Tonight...

    P_RN replied to flashpoint's topic in General Nursing

    Bummer. Did you tell them you were coming in far enough in advance before they thought to look to agency? Where I worked you had to pay the agency for a half shift if you cancelled less than 4h...
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    What Degree?????

    P_RN replied to Haunted's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    I agree, the attorney suggestion was not the best. I did a lot of GOOGLING on this topic after I posted that. It amazed me that Ca refused the Excelsior thing and yet had created this 30 option. I...
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    What Degree?????

    P_RN replied to Haunted's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    I had heard of this option from other Ca nurses, but I thought it was long gone. My suggestion (and I hate myself for saying this) is to get a consultation with an employment attorney. Sometimes an...
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    Youngest age of a nurse

    P_RN replied to daisey_may's topic in General Nursing

    We had a girl who was homeschooled in Aruba. She joined us when she was 16. At the time you had to be 21 for an RN license. It must have stuck, she's the Director of Nursing for one of the largest...
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    Roundey-roundey we go........the transfer merry-go-round

    P_RN replied to TazziRN's topic in General Nursing

    What burns me is the fact that the NURSE is put in the middle. Please wait for my doc....B S. Docs got voices, docs got ears they should talk doc to
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    Please help my project!

    P_RN replied to comstudent's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    The National association of orthopaedic nurses has great resources. Their site is orthonurse.org Learn complications of ortho injuries. learn traction even though it isn't used all that much...
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    Nursing trivia or how nursing used to be...

    P_RN replied to smiley222's topic in General Nursing

    Rubber sheets, post-op bedmaking style sheets folded down into a point, body casts for up to a year for vertebral fx or scoliosis. Melting morphine tablet with saline in a sterile med cup and then...
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    This has been really getting on my nerves lately...

    P_RN replied to GregRN's topic in General Nursing

    I am a spelling freak as everyone knows. I try to hold my ire but those things are just part of the slanguage of netspeak. You just gotta take the thorns with the roses as Aunt Lila used to
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    insubordination

    P_RN replied to hhrhrn41's topic in General Nursing

    Ms Wiki has this to say: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Insubordination Insubordination is the act of a subordinate deliberately disobeying a lawful order. Insubordination is typically a punishable...
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    RN or PN?

    P_RN replied to hanna-beacon's topic in General Nursing

    a million and one times now :) up at the top is a listing of medical terms and titles. https://allnurses.com/forums/f8/glossary-nursing-medical-degrees-certifications-113134.html lpn: licensed...
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    CNA Jobs $15-18 possible?

    P_RN replied to sexymonkeyboy's topic in General Nursing

    Here in SC for a nursing assistant with experience it looks like $8.78. I didn't see any positions for a na with no
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    Don't just get to work on time....

    P_RN replied to clee1's topic in General Nursing

    Your initial post should be a requirement for all nurses to sign upon hiring. Leaving a written report for someone kind of gives me the willies-it COULD be considered abandonment? You left-new nurse...
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    Pick up Malpractice! They went after my license.

    P_RN replied to SuesquatchRN's topic in General Nursing

    I have always had NSO ever since I was in school. This year I think it's about $90 a year. That's 45 cups of Starbuck's plain. 60 Mountain Dews, 10 movies. Now which will help keep your life on...
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    Get to Work On Time.

    P_RN replied to banditrn's topic in General Nursing

    I brought up this with my manager once. Her response: you can't regulate behaviour. The nurse was my BEST friend (RIP) but it surely made me angry at times. When I am totally exhausted I am not at...
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    Funniest Complaint on Press Ganey Scores

    P_RN replied to nursebrandie28's topic in General Nursing

    I've gotten 2 in the last 6 months. They're worded kind of like have you quit beating your wife? The first was at a Magnet Hosp. with a great surgeon, anesthesia........ filthy room,halls, bathrooms...
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    Looking for opinions here on an *older* RN's habits

    P_RN replied to GeminiTwinRN's topic in General Nursing

    That's a fact, before AIDS swooped in people like ostomy and wound care nurses taught classes about how dehumanizing it is to put a barrier (glove) between you and the subject. Stomas cleaned and bags...
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    question...about returning to work after medical leave

    P_RN replied to rehab nurse's topic in General Nursing

    See if your state has an ombudsman for senior citizens. In my state the Lt Governor is really helpful with the elderly-sheesh I'm getting there myself! The FMLA laws are complicated, including only...
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    Anyone NOT use prefilled flushes?

    P_RN replied to Mommy TeleRN's topic in General Nursing

    Gosh $10 a flush? We didn't have them. I don't think they have them now either. I would NEVER use a container (like the 500cc spiked bag) that had been accessed previously. Paranoia works quite...
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    Nurses are Pathetic!!

    P_RN replied to lorster's topic in General Nursing

    Oh my goodness. This give and take recurs about every 3 months. With 200k members there are at least 200k different views. I personally think it's a calling. I personally kind of like to think I'm...
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    What do you think of JCAHO?

    P_RN replied to GardenDove's topic in General Nursing

    All of the above and less. As useless as *** on a hog as my granny used to
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    Agency Nurse doesn't know how to start IVs?

    P_RN replied to GardenDove's topic in General Nursing

    When I FIRST began nursing school only doctors could start IVs. (Believe it or not). The supervisor would whisper psssst and take a chosen few into a vacant room and show them how. (1962) By the...
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    Less than tactful know-it-all coworker with extreme need to be right

    P_RN replied to GardenDove's topic in General Nursing

    I've had some luck with "the look" and the response "oh, really?" Just vacuum all expression from your face while standing your ground. Perhaps when "Jack" hears nothing but his own echo for a few...
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    It happened here, RA killed by patient

    P_RN replied to Mama Val's topic in General Nursing

    1. Leave 2.Call the police for escort-back up 3.Call the Media-papers, tv, radio etc. 4. Call the Governor 5. Call the state's Attorney General 6. Do not feel guilty in any way, shape, or form. This...
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    I Never Remember....

    P_RN replied to UM Review RN's topic in General Nursing

    For 30+ years I have developed the habit of keeping my pen in my hand in the writing position. I can even start an IV if I really HAVE to with the pen still there. Now retired I still carry a pen...
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    Missionary as an LVN or RN?

    P_RN replied to Zephanie's topic in General Nursing

    I agree, the RN will give you a wider knowledge base. Consult with the organization that will sponsor