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1. Can a patient refuse PART of her medication dose?

   nadjjaa replied to nadjjaa's topic in Patient Safety Issues

   God word back from the doc, the dosage is as it is on the bottle, but they are telling me to give one pill if that is all she will take. They're telling me I'm not violating anything, that the...

2. Can a patient refuse PART of her medication dose?

   nadjjaa replied to nadjjaa's topic in Patient Safety Issues

   I would say that was true if I was only offerring her a half of a dose, but I'm offering her the FULL dose and she is REFUSING part of it. So it is not practicing medicine without a license,

3. Can a patient refuse PART of her medication dose?

   nadjjaa posted a topic in Patient Safety Issues

   I work in a Juvenile Detention Center. One of my kids takes Trileptal 300mg...her bottle says she takes 2 at night, but she says that she takes 1 pill. She does not refuse her medications, just...

4. Pay for Correctional nurses?

   nadjjaa replied to TashaLPN2006RN2012's topic in Correctional

   I work in a Kansas City suburb at a county Juvenile Detention Center and make $22.50 an hour. I got my RN license 4 months ago. My job requires a lot of autonomy (I am the only medical personnel on...

5. ATI test

   nadjjaa replied to bjssk's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

   Sounds like you guys have a different - and better - experience with ATI than we do in our school. We are in our last semester of RN, actually, in our last week of school and have to take 3 ATI...

6. Jobs: What are the other options to bedside nursing?

   nadjjaa replied to nadjjaa's topic in First Year After Licensure

   I am thinking about working in a family practice or some specialty office like the ones mentioned above. But....please don't think I'm judging here, I'm merely asking the question....does working in...

7. Jobs: What are the other options to bedside nursing?

   nadjjaa replied to nadjjaa's topic in First Year After Licensure

   I know of things you as alternatives, such as research and such, but none of them seem to entry level - all seem to require -3-5 years of med/surg or something like that. Anyone know of any types of...

8. I expected to love it... :(

   nadjjaa replied to nadjjaa's topic in First Year After Licensure

   LOL....I'm on summer break at the moment, we start back up in the middle of August, in which I will probably work one shift a week, as opposed to three. No, I could not have made it as far as I have...

9. I expected to love it... :(

   nadjjaa posted a topic in First Year After Licensure

   I have been working as an LPN for about 5 weeks now. I am still in school, and will graduate with my RN in december. The place Im working at is a Rehab Hospital/Nursing Home...it wasn't my first...

10. Jobs: What are the other options to bedside nursing?

    nadjjaa posted a topic in First Year After Licensure

    Hey guys, I am a new nurse...I've only been working a month as an LPN in a rehab hospital. I can't say I love it or hate it, but I know I don't want to say there forever. I will have my RN in...

11. PLEASE HELP!!! so embarassed about sweating!

    nadjjaa replied to Bumashes's topic in General Nursing

    Hi. I started using Drysol a few years ago, mostly because antiperspirants seemed to actually make me sweat more. I sweat too, I don't think it's as bad as you, however, but Drysol could definitely...

12. Any guys from Missouri "kansas city"

    nadjjaa replied to kcmo06's topic in Male Nursing Students

    Hey uh, I don't know where you live exactly or how far you're willing to drive, but Neosho County Community College in Ottawa, KS has an excellent program, and we love our guy students!!! If I'm not...

13. Can I hear some positive things about nursing school?

    nadjjaa replied to rntoben2008's topic in General Students

    I just finished my first semester of nursing school, and it has been a wonderful experience. Just since January I've made a bunch of new friends - we've gone out together and had BBQs. I'm closer to...

14. Care plan help.....URGENT!!

    nadjjaa replied to nadjjaa's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Thank you both for your responses - I am learning here! Daytonite - could you suggest some possible goals, perhaps?? I understand what you're saying but the verbage is messing me up - how about...

15. Care plan help.....URGENT!!

    nadjjaa posted a topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Okay, so we have a specific mode we have to use each week (Roy modes) and this week it's Oxygenation - Circulation. So my pt. has Diverticulitis. The only one I can see that REMOTELY goes along with...