CelticGoddess BSN, RN

Palliative, Onc, Med-Surg, Home Hospice

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    Dilemma

    CelticGoddess replied to rtx's topic in General Students

    I never realized it wasn't spelled with an "n" until I read your post. Wow. I learned something new today.
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    Scrubs color requirement??

    CelticGoddess replied to Kendrer's topic in General Students

    Not only did my school specify a color, we had to have our shirts and lab coats embroidered with our schools name. So basically we all wore the same brand of scrub top. The only requirement for...
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    Calling all nurses, do not get scammed by this phone call.

    CelticGoddess replied to Julie's topic in General Nursing

    My husband played stupid when they called about windows (We are an all Mac family). He had the phone on speaker and it was all I could do to not laugh. THe caller was getting more and more...
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    Failed an exam

    CelticGoddess replied to StraightOuttaNursingSchool's topic in General Students

    Can you go over the questions you missed with your instructor? Or do you have access to those questions you missed and the rationales? THat would be a good first step. Try to not stress out over it...
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    Witchcraft Resurgence

    CelticGoddess replied to HelpfulNatureHopeful's topic in General Nursing

    It's not painful and doesn't harm? Tell that to my paternal grandmother who was forcibly sterilized when she was in her 30s. She was harmed. So were a lot of other people who were deemed "feeble...
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    Witchcraft Resurgence

    CelticGoddess replied to HelpfulNatureHopeful's topic in General Nursing

    To be fair, this is a southern thing. People, even men in their 50's call their mothers mama and their fathers daddy. Hell, I'm from Chicago and I call my dad daddy. It's
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    While we were arguing; We disappeared

    CelticGoddess replied to Yep, Me's topic in General Nursing

    The hospital I worked for also had this. When I worked acute care, we had 2 badges so no matter which way they were flipped, our name, face etc still showed. The hospital I was most recently a...
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    Useless Shift Report Information

    CelticGoddess replied to Davey Do's topic in General Nursing

    I had a nurse complaint to my (our) manager because I didn't know enough history about the patient. She was upset that I didn't know who did the patients total knee more than 10 years ago. the...
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    OK, don't sweat small stuff about patients, especially from glasshouse

    CelticGoddess replied to Emergent's topic in General Nursing

    That ED doc would really freak out over my nephew. He was an adult (like 20 or so) before he was able to swallow pills. He had been on liquid metoprolol since he was 8yo. Until he was able to...
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    Ask Me If I'm Safe At Home

    CelticGoddess replied to Ruby Vee's topic in General Nursing

    Thank you for sharing
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    New graduate nurse, new job, HELP

    CelticGoddess replied to smiles and medicine's topic in General Nursing

    I love Terry Bradshaw! Part of the Steele Curtain. Go
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    And The Reason Nurses Don't Get Fired

    CelticGoddess replied to Ruby Vee's topic in General Nursing

    It sounds like we worked with the same
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    And The Reason Nurses Don't Get Fired

    CelticGoddess replied to Ruby Vee's topic in General Nursing

    Nurse did not get fired for giving a non-diabetic patient insulin. The nurse gave insulin to the wrong patient. Pt had to be sent to the ED. Nurse did not get fired for not passing meds but signing...
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    Stupid hurts.

    CelticGoddess replied to emtb2rn's topic in General Nursing

    Fishing hooks are for fishing, not to employ as a sex toy. (Man int his
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    Playing Cards

    CelticGoddess replied to Nurse Beth's topic in General Nursing

    what about Euchre? I grew up in IN and we played a lot of euchre. I love euchre. NO one around here can play it. I guess I need to teach my fellow nurses the
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    Senior Practicum in Oncology Unit

    CelticGoddess replied to Wendy_z's topic in General Students

    I did my practicum on the bone marrow transplant unit (BMT) and at the hospital that I was at it was considered a critical care unit. Technically, I was not allowed to assess patients, but I did. I...
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    How many times have you been exposed to TB this year?

    CelticGoddess replied to Alex_RN's topic in General Nursing

    Back in 2013, I worked for a facility for a year. We had 5 or 6 cases of TB. I was lucky, they were known to have TB before my shifts started but several of my co-workers were exposed. All because...
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    Nursing instructor gave a Warning for being late to first day of clinicals despite emailing her? What should I do?

    CelticGoddess replied to faithandfood's topic in General Students

    You're right, in the real world, things happen. I had an asthma attack on my way to work once and had to go to the ED. My husband had to call in for me because I couldn't breathe. I still got an...
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    Whiskey peg tube flush?

    CelticGoddess replied to SquatsNScrubs's topic in General Nursing

    I've seen orders for beer and wine, never whiskey though. Sometimes t's just better for the patient to get a controlled amount of ETOH. Pharmacy would send up the beer, and we kept it in the fridge...
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    Does the BSN in 10 apply to all nurses or just RN's and why?

    CelticGoddess replied to LPNTORN704's topic in General Nursing

    While that might be true for your program, that is not true across the board. My ADN program, we got more clinical hours and experience than did the 3 BSN programs in my area. Nurses who graduate...
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    Are you practising nursing in some capacity here

    CelticGoddess replied to hannahsung's topic in Canada

    In order to help we might need more details. Trying to renew your membership where? Are you a practicing nurse? That is what it sounds like it is asking
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    Math 115 and Math 125 including in nursing pre-requisites? What math do I need to take?

    CelticGoddess replied to sunkistwist's topic in General Students

    That depends on the school. Contact those schools you're interested in ask. Or look at their
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    Dismissed From Nursing School, Not Sure What To Do Now

    CelticGoddess replied to jennelleledesma's topic in General Students

    Most community college programs in SC are extremely competitive. The program I graduated from was more competitive than the 2 local BSN
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    Understanding the Risk of Firearms: Suicide vs. Homicide

    CelticGoddess replied to Melissa Mills's topic in General Nursing

    Was this really necesary? BTW: Most of the anti-gun people I know happen to be on the right. Most of my left leaning family own guns. Don't
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    Charge Nurse discussing students to other clinical groups

    CelticGoddess replied to maggiemoo's topic in General Students

    I'm going to tell you what I once told a tech when she came to me to complain about what another person was said to have said: Don't get involved. First off, unless you actually heard the...