Lev MSN, RN, NP

Family Nurse Practitioner

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    Am I right or my teacher?!

    Lev replied to Tobenursemj's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Oops- accidentally voted for A instead of
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    Scary Situation

    Lev replied to smithRN16's topic in Critical Care

    I think this is fairly common in ICUs, even those that participate in nurse residency programs, for 1 or 2 nurses to not make
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    NP gave meds to her married boyfriend

    Lev replied to SummerRoses's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    I think this poster is trolling. Someone from SDN who has an ax to grind with NPs. You call him your husband in the initial post and then say that you left him a year ago. Something is not adding...
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    One Liner to Diffuse Escalating Situation With Patient

    Lev replied to Lev's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Have you ever worked in the ER? During a code, nobody has much time to be compassionate. After the fact yes. She was not bleeding into her clothes. She had some spotting. Tis all. Hardly enough...
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    How do you sign your credentials?

    Lev replied to heather717's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    I skip out RN altogether. On the computer anything I document has my name and RN after
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    What was the MOST ridiculous thing a patient came to the ER for?

    Lev replied to JUSTYSMOM's topic in Emergency

    How cultured and generous of him...to
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    ED to Informatics ... nervous!

    Lev replied to Lunah's topic in Emergency

    Sounds exciting! Keep us
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    Abandoned hospital in Detroit

    Lev replied to Tomascz's topic in Nursing News

    Does anyone else see the beauty in these shots? This is photographic
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    Written Job Offer Rescinded=jobless

    Lev replied to RNlvn's topic in General Nursing

    If I was in your shoes, I would sign up with a staffing agency and use completely different references since you don't know who of the last three gave you a bad
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    Learning labs/faster with reading lab reports

    Lev replied to tsm007's topic in Medical-Surgical

    Labs you want to pass on in report: Abnormal WBCs, Electrolytes (Sodium, chloride, potassium, magnesium, calcium/phosphorus (if checked), H&H that is in transfusable range ( Plus - any...
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    The ICU nurse struggle

    Lev replied to ddr436's topic in Critical Care

    As an ER nurse, I feel what you feel, not every day but definitely enough to recognize the feelings. Except I'm sure you feel it much more acutely than I do. I ship the patient hanging on death's door...
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    Just starting out. Am I being naive? Arrogant?

    Lev replied to KiusLady's topic in General Students

    I don't think you are arrogant. You probably are naiive. Most new nurses start out this way before meeting the harsh reality of the nursing
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    What are your favorite meals/snacks for work?

    Lev replied to jchene's topic in General Nursing

    Apple sauce, jello, pretzels, little packets of nut blend/trail mix - Trader Joes makes really good ones, smoothie every once in a while, poweraid, and granola
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    Just self reported. Feeling hopeless.

    Lev replied to AntelopeTongue's topic in Nurses Recovery

    Congrats on your new start. Regarding your friends - definitely dont lie about the situation, but definitely be careful with how much you reveal and to who and when. It is best to be quiet at first...
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    new graduate nurse pay 2016

    Lev replied to jessicamillan12's topic in Maryland Nursing

    I think it is in the 26-28
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    Words You Hate

    Lev replied to OyWithThePoodles's topic in General Nursing

    Metropolol
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    Words You Hate

    Lev replied to OyWithThePoodles's topic in General Nursing

    I also hate it when patients ask "give me a shot" of something for pain. Yes, I am happy to give you pain medicine and treat your pain but dont talk to me like Im a drug
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    Words You Hate

    Lev replied to OyWithThePoodles's topic in General Nursing

    Dilaudid
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    UGHHHHH Need a change

    Lev replied to hbarlow's topic in General Nursing

    Acls and pals will help. You can also do the nih stroke scale certification (free
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    ADHD Tips for Teachers

    Lev replied to DEgalRN's topic in School

    My sister is a teacher and taught special ed until this school year and I heard a great deal about those kids. For ADD, giving them something to play with like a stress ball or silly putty or...
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    NCLEX Facts to Know

    Lev posted a topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    1) State doesn't matter. NCLEX is a national exam and therefore taking the test in California or Florida does not change the nature of the exam, the difficulty level, or the likelihood you will pass....
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    NCLEX Facts to Know

    Lev replied to Lev's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    Buuump
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    5-Wire Telemetry. Which lead tracing do I interpret?

    Lev replied to winzer's topic in Cardiac

    Yes you can. However, it will not show the whole
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    Pulseless VT/VT

    Lev replied to edvardsoz's topic in Cardiac

    Lack of adequate/any perfusion makes it
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    Sodium bicarbonate push

    Lev replied to lvcrn's topic in Critical Care

    Was this patient on pressors? First thought was that the bicarb corrected the acidic environment which made the pressors start working to the max... Normally, pushing bicarb does not have such a huge...