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    Nursing Diganosis for TTN?

    ixchel replied to Stephanielee91's topic in General Students

    Stephanie, she is offering to help you if you share in depth details about your own thought processes on this. Now, I just googled "newborn ttn" and immediately got scholarly articles and uptodate....
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    Jealous Friends...

    ixchel replied to Upward_Bound's topic in School, College Programs

    OP, I just did a bunch of reading on old posts and the only thing I want to contribute is - RN is a license obtained by ASN or BSN educated nurses. There is no such thing as RN vs. BSN, because a BSN...
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    Does being a Travel Nurse REALLY put more money in your pocket???

    ixchel replied to Upward_Bound's topic in Travel

    Ned, the OP was talking about being a BSN or an RN, and in that context, appeared to not understand that a practicing BSN is an RN. My best guess is the OP is calling ADNs RNs. So for the OP to be...
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    LEAST competitive program? 2 Year RN ABSN, or Direct Entry

    ixchel replied to Upward_Bound's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    OP, if this is true about your GPA, I think it's rare to find a program that will accept less than
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    Is it true all nurses get MRSA or C-DIFF?

    ixchel replied to mzsuccess's topic in General Nursing

    Hospitals provide and expect PPE usage by staff because staff will leave the room they are in and immediately go into the rooms of other likely immunocompromised patients. Does the patient know if the...
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    Glucose Competency: testing your own blood sugar?

    ixchel replied to kaylee.'s topic in General Nursing

    It seems reasonable to refuse to check your own. First of all, yes, this is your private health information. Second, you are intentionally breaking the integrity of your skin which, even for the most...
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    Nurses with pedometers - How far do you walk?

    ixchel replied to ixchel's topic in Health, Stress Management

    That's awesome! I was afraid of it crapping out quickly. That was the one thing I read consistently in the bad reviews. Right this second, I think my favorite thing is the silent alarm. I still don't...
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    Nurses turn to pet therapy

    ixchel posted a topic in General Nursing

    We all know pets are great for reducing the physical side effects of stress. What furry creatures await you after a long and terrible shift? This is my pup. She's 2. Border collie and lab. If you...
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    Nurses with pedometers - How far do you walk?

    ixchel replied to ixchel's topic in Health, Stress Management

    Yup, on Friday. I like it. It even has a silent alarm, so if I wear it to bed, it'll alarm without waking the whole house by vibrating. Keeping it on sync all the time kills the battery,
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    Nurses with pedometers - How far do you walk?

    ixchel replied to ixchel's topic in Health, Stress Management

    Results are in. The bottom photo is what my new Fitbit counted this weekend. (Got the Fitbit charge.) The top two were counted by my phone on the same two days. Fitbit is on my dominant side's wrist,...
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    what do you say to friends who want to copy

    ixchel replied to direw0lf's topic in General Students

    Perhaps this is a state to state thing? As of 4-6 years ago, the community college I did my pre-reqs at did not require any payback at all if you continued to attend until after the date during which...
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    Charging with a patient family member

    ixchel replied to etymed's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    It is a violation if the patient says CN cannot be in their chart or privy to their medical info. In a more populated area with choices in what hospital you go to, just choosing another hospital might...
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    Where are all of the holistic nurses?

    ixchel replied to PaleoNurse's topic in Holistic

    Hey, look!!!!! That's what holistic ACTUALLY
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    Where are all of the holistic nurses?

    ixchel replied to PaleoNurse's topic in Holistic

    Holy confounding variables, Batman. CLEARLY the problem is the blood transfusions. It obviously has NOTHING to do with the fact that the people are BLEEDING
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    Registered Nurse Interview (Due ASAP)

    ixchel replied to FutureJoy's topic in General Students

    Literally, you are here venting your "lives" frustrations. I have no idea what you are saying here. If I know a cheater, it's MY accountability that's in question??? I just graduated last year....
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    Best Units

    ixchel replied to anna_91's topic in Medical-Surgical

    Women's health. Not as much variety, though (obviously). You will find dementia pretty much anywhere inpatient, if you're staying away from kids. Outpatient, you'll have less time with dementia...
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    Thanks RN's, BSN's MSN's for responding to concerns for student nurses

    ixchel replied to finalee's topic in General Students

    This will sound nuts, but I learned to type well quickly in the mid-late 90s when aol instant messenger was all the rage and my teenaged brain just HAD to keep up with all the beeping boxes on my...
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    Charging with a patient family member

    ixchel replied to etymed's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I think the issue the OP is having is the HIPAA violation if the patient does not want the charge nurse to know their medical history/POC. That's a good question, OP. I think I'd have the manager of...
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    Really, is this real?!?!

    ixchel replied to FlossyRN's topic in General Nursing

    Your entire post reeks of judgment from someone who hasn't lived the life that the person you are responding to has. Let me describe it for you. While I was in school, with two preschoolers, my...
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    Misconceptions about Nurses.

    ixchel replied to vnvelez90's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Oh good lord, seriously, have I just missed a whole page of posts?! Thank you! I'm apparently blind. That or terribly
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    Fetal demise

    ixchel replied to IamSecond's topic in Ob/Gyn

    God, I hate that name. "Products of conception." Between professionals, sure, use it, but to the parents who have had this terrible loss?
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    BSN to PA?

    ixchel replied to allisonkhall's topic in General Nursing

    Megan!!! I thought about you the other day, couldn't remember your screenname and got bummed when I realized I didn't save our PMs from earlier this year. I've been wanting to check in and see how...
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    Hospitals discriminating against medical conditions..?

    ixchel replied to CosmoRN77's topic in General Nursing

    At will employment. You're informed up front, and yes, they can. And frankly, I'd be absolutely humiliated to smell like pot at work. (I say this in response to posts that have mentioned the smell of...
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    Hospitals discriminating against medical conditions..?

    ixchel replied to CosmoRN77's topic in General Nursing

    Exactly. Smoking pot is against federal law, and therefore may be a reportable offense to your BON, regardless of card carry, and may possible cause you to become unhired and/or unlicensed or...
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    I need to interview a public health or hospice nurse for school

    ixchel replied to ReallyStalkingNurses's topic in Public, Community Health

    Ew that's creepy! Why would she be doing that?! I admit I'll occasionally Google screen names to see if people are legit. I've looked up myself and my husband, but I think that's actually good policy...