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    What's Your Best Nursing Ghost Story?

    ixchel replied to steffck's topic in General Nursing

    OMG!!!!!!!!!!! I think I'd need some lorazepam for me to finish that shift. I'd share with grandma, so she could get some sleep, too.
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    11/7: what I learned this week: Trey Anastasio wants to weigh your head; Cerner is stupid

    ixchel replied to ixchel's topic in General Nursing

    On two occasions, I've had to delay discharge for lunch, both times because the cafeteria was closing about 5 minutes after I'd reached a point when I could leave the floor (it closes at 1430, shift...
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    How are you assessing alcohol withdrawal?

    ixchel replied to nj3456's topic in General Nursing

    I just tried to google WAS and didn't find it. Not sure if it's just our assessment or if Google sucks. It's similar to CIWA but also includes mental status questions and tactile
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    How are you assessing alcohol withdrawal?

    ixchel replied to nj3456's topic in General Nursing

    We use WAS, with an initial huge stat dose of Ativan or Librium. I tend to see Ativan used more often than Librium. I usually hold that stat dose until they stop having a zero on the scale. Once they...
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    New Nurse With Large Disposable Income

    ixchel replied to LDAthleteNurse's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Or,
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    New Nurse With Large Disposable Income

    ixchel replied to LDAthleteNurse's topic in First Year After Licensure

    About
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    11/7: what I learned this week: Trey Anastasio wants to weigh your head; Cerner is stupid

    ixchel replied to ixchel's topic in General Nursing

    What is ROPA? Sorry for the crappy resident. We just got a fresh off residency guy that is HORRIBLE. We got one last year that I thought (hoped) would be the worst I'd ever see. It's a very steady tie...
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    New Nurse With Large Disposable Income

    ixchel replied to LDAthleteNurse's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I was hired, working and paid before taking the NCLEX. I had to get a temporary graduate nurse license for it. Of course, this made me horribly terrified when test day came because no one would give...
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    New Nurse With Large Disposable Income

    ixchel replied to LDAthleteNurse's topic in First Year After Licensure

    After looking at that, I looked up ballin' directly. Totally not what I thought it was. (Sorta relieved by that.) So, if OP says she's ballin' fam, it could mean she's playing basketball with her mom,...
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    New Nurse With Large Disposable Income

    ixchel replied to LDAthleteNurse's topic in First Year After Licensure

    What does ballin' fam
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    11/7: what I learned this week: Trey Anastasio wants to weigh your head; Cerner is stupid

    ixchel replied to ixchel's topic in General Nursing

    Yes, like..... Farawyn learned Esther dies at the
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    Naroctics diversion...Am I going to prison? Help

    ixchel replied to whodatme's topic in Nurses Recovery

    ((((whodatme)))) I hope this resolves swiftly so your anxiety can calm some. And I hope you are put on a path to successful
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    New Nurse With Large Disposable Income

    ixchel replied to LDAthleteNurse's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Patrick Stewart is 75. I can't
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    New Nurse With Large Disposable Income

    ixchel replied to LDAthleteNurse's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Christian Slater
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    Drug seekers

    ixchel replied to russianbear's topic in General Nursing

    Ironically, until you bumped it, it died about 2 weeks
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    The Controversy: Mandatory Flu Vaccines

    ixchel replied to Julie Reyes's topic in General Nursing

    No idea what this case is secondary to, but it should suffice. This one is relatively mild, too. Not quite as bad in the left lung, and certainly is capable of getting worse than the right. Rusti,...
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    Chris Christie on pro-life, addiction

    ixchel replied to ixchel's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Preach it! Never apologize for having some passion about something like this! It's exactly why I shared it. This guy, upper class white man, talking about addiction hitting upper class white men,...
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    Chris Christie on pro-life, addiction

    ixchel posted a topic in Activism, Healthcare

    After reading an article a couple of days ago discussing death rate trends, my mind has been a little wrapped up in the knowledge that the 45-55, white, non-college-degreed group has had a steadily...
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    11/7: what I learned this week: Trey Anastasio wants to weigh your head; Cerner is stupid

    ixchel replied to ixchel's topic in General Nursing

    I thought cancer was what vit C is for. No? I'm sorry about the Alzheimer's. I'm thinking about taking Thanksgiving dinner to grandma and grandpa this year. I want to so badly and yet, I'm terrified...
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    New Nurse With Large Disposable Income

    ixchel replied to LDAthleteNurse's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I actually just now posted an edit with all kinds of corrections. lol Messed up the retirement number.
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    New Nurse With Large Disposable Income

    ixchel replied to LDAthleteNurse's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Something went wrong on that salary calculator. Assuming you are working 36 hours each week, $30/hour ends up being $4,320 in a 4-week month before deductions. As a single woman with no dependents,...
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    Does everybody want to be a NP?

    ixchel replied to Cola89's topic in General Nursing

    Someone earlier in the thread mentioned the pay difference appears to be geographically related. There is typically a $30k difference in starting rates between RN and NP where I am. However, if an RN...
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    Sharpie on Tegaderm

    ixchel replied to Mavrick's topic in General Nursing

    I love this random
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    Is the nursing profession causing its own RN shortage?

    ixchel replied to RNDave's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    Please find your quote button. We don't know who you are responding
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    11/7: what I learned this week: Trey Anastasio wants to weigh your head; Cerner is stupid

    ixchel replied to ixchel's topic in General Nursing

    What did you