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xtxrn ASN, RN

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  1. Could use some advice or a listening ear...new RN, newly abusive husband

    xtxrn replied to seekinganonymity's topic in General Nursing

    Do NOT tell the landlord- the lease is in your husband's name, so the landlord may give out too much info that can put you in danger. Do you have a church group? other social group? Some people who...

  2. Minor medical emergency on my airplane trip today!

    xtxrn replied to BSNgrad2010's topic in General Nursing

    Good question...international air space, no doc.... not sure. But I'm with you, without ACLS, I'd stay away from the code

  3. Implement a RADICAL IDEA! "Medical plan of care."

    xtxrn replied to nurseprnRN's topic in General Nursing

    Yikes:eek: So we're all just puppets? :) No other areas where we think and react autonomously? No psychosocial interactions that nobody could write an order for? No nursing measures that we can...

  4. Implement a RADICAL IDEA! "Medical plan of care."

    xtxrn replied to nurseprnRN's topic in General Nursing

    :lol2::lol2:

  5. Drug tests

    xtxrn replied to loveishope's topic in General Nursing

    Can you ask the hospital to fax you a copy of the OR record showing the date, and meds given? Hopefully, they will give you a break,and at worst just ask you to do a make up drug screen, but it'd be...

  6. Treating elevated blood glucose - yay or nay?

    xtxrn replied to DayDreamin ER CRNP's topic in General Nursing

    I wouldn't expect the ER to treat it...but I'd expect to have ac/hs & prn accucheks ordered. What's in the IV? w/NPO, I can understand some d5, but if the N/V is d/t some sort of infection, the...

  7. old grad with no experience, can volunteering help?

    xtxrn replied to nclex123's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    Uh, 4 years is not an old grad :) You're in a great place timewise!! From what I've read on several posts, it's just getting harder to find nursing jobs in some regions..... Best of luck

  8. Report without Orders?

    xtxrn replied to missbutton's topic in General Nursing

    Ah, yes- the computer stalking At a hospital I worked at, we had a frequent flier who would call EMS if she didn't take a dump for more than 2 days (no MOM, no magic bullet first, no Fleets- call the...

  9. I'm going to nursing school-That's nice, DO YOUR JOB

    xtxrn replied to BrazoriaLVN's topic in General Nursing

    I was lucky as a CNA (in nursing school at the time) to have nurses who would show me stuff- but I, like you, asked- not expected- for the nurse to show me things. :) And while working as a nurse, if...

  10. I'm going to nursing school-That's nice, DO YOUR JOB

    xtxrn replied to BrazoriaLVN's topic in General Nursing

    OMG... I see 4 write ups there alone for one infraction each...let alone repeats. Yikes. This one is

  11. Battling back injury

    xtxrn replied to melisgood's topic in General Nursing

    Yep- same here. I did have a WC back injury about 25 years ago...ended up with foot drop, bulging discs going central and left... I was off work for a few months altogether. It was horrible. But, with...

  12. do i HAVE to take a foreign language if i already know spanish??

    xtxrn replied to mzzz's topic in Nursing Career

    You might be able to test out of

  13. Could use some advice or a listening ear...new RN, newly abusive husband

    xtxrn replied to seekinganonymity's topic in General Nursing

    I agree that having something around in a residence without the abuser is good! I cut off the 1 1/2 inch 'dowel rods' that I put in my sliding door and window tracks, and keep them handy.... been...

  14. Nursing as a first degree

    xtxrn replied to puppies1123's topic in General Nursing

    No, in this economy if you can get a secondary job category, it's great

  15. Suicide and nurse's reaction

    xtxrn replied to HappyJaxRN's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I've had horrendous experiences with a particular ED in town...been sent there multiple times, and have a documented seizure disorder, dysautonomia (which they don't understand, so discount), among...

  16. When enough is enough - attitudes on the floor

    xtxrn replied to amarilla's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I graduated in 1985. I've been lucky- I spent the VAST majority of my working years in TX. Then I moved back to the midwest, and noticed the change immediately.... I know it't not strictly regional,...

  17. No burn out....enough is enough!

    xtxrn replied to joanna73's topic in General Nursing

    In my experience, that depends completely on where you work (part of the country). "Never" really isn't accurate from where I worked in TX...

  18. Could use some advice or a listening ear...new RN, newly abusive husband

    xtxrn replied to seekinganonymity's topic in General Nursing

    Only 2 comments/opinions on a couple of posts- If you have baseball bats in the house, he can also use them. If you don't tell someone where you go to work next, nobody would know why you had to...

  19. Nursing as a first degree

    xtxrn replied to puppies1123's topic in General Nursing

    Did the ADN route, and never looked back- and never needed to. :) If nursing is just a second thought, why do it? :) Just wondering

  20. extra shifts

    xtxrn replied to wiley6coyote's topic in General Nursing

    I worked a peds job, where the census dropped a LOT in the summer- so we had to rotate days off (it was a fair schedule for all, but I ended up losing an entire month of hours- even had my nurse...

  21. Report without Orders?

    xtxrn replied to missbutton's topic in General Nursing

    At least the standard ER orders make it a legal admission !!! Albeit skimpy :) And God forbid, the patient gets a headache or indigestion before morning! (although I never had an issue calling a doc...

  22. Advertise

    xtxrn replied to jpjesspitts's topic in General Nursing

    I'd check the LPN Practice Act for your state

  23. extra shifts

    xtxrn replied to wiley6coyote's topic in General Nursing

    When I was a new grad (within first year), I was left as the only RN on an acute neuro floor with 14 patients (low census). They did give me a great CNA who was a nursing student- and she helped a...

  24. Breaks

    xtxrn replied to TMB RN's topic in General Nursing

    I hear ya there !! I went years as the charge nurse, and if I got to snarf down something during 12 hours, I felt blessed !! I could have pushed it- but I'd rather get my work done, and go to the...

  25. Report without Orders?

    xtxrn replied to missbutton's topic in General Nursing

    Totally unacceptable. Who does the ED nurse gets that patient out of her/his hair !! And, for folks who worked the floor (myself included), who weeded through the ED parade, and only sent the ones...