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    IV question

    nowim clean replied to dannygirl04's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    As a RN I would have wanted to see the IV before it was d/c maybe it needed to be d/c maybe not, if not the patient got stuck again and charged for something
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    How do you deal with a bad clinical instructor?

    nowim clean replied to Lori215's topic in General Students

    Not silly to have a patient discharged. You have no clue how much you can learn at bedside while the RN does the dc. There is an IV to d/c , a foley if they had one, cardiac monitor taken off, d/c...
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    How do you deal with a bad clinical instructor?

    nowim clean replied to Lori215's topic in General Students

    Simply say one on one I am very sorry I am not trying to be difficult, but I am just not understanding what I am suppose to be doing. I want to learn I just don't understand, and if they explain...
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    Need help coping with death of a loved one while in nursing school

    nowim clean replied to lobatse's topic in General Students

    I a so sorry for your loss. I lost my mom last year and it still breaks my heart. The wife lost her dad while we were in nursing school, and the instructors gave us both time off. Most places will...
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    What can you tell me about C. diff, thank you!

    nowim clean replied to HelloWish's topic in General Students

    The ppe is to protect you and yes even if you are healthy you can get it. Handwashing gets rid of the spores that will be on your hands gel will do nothing you will eat something .... well you can...
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    Fundamentals- Done!

    nowim clean replied to NurseGirl525's topic in General Students

    Not that I need to defend my statements but allow me to give a little background on me , and why I posted what I posted. I was a can for10 years before obtaining my RN. I worked for 1 1/2 years at a...
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    Care Plan Help!!

    nowim clean replied to mccn24's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Patient will convert to normal sinus rhythm after implementing medications as evidenced by a normal EKG. Now apply that sample to your
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    Fundamentals- Done!

    nowim clean replied to NurseGirl525's topic in General Students

    I do understand what you mean by "real nurse stuff" but never forget real nursing stuff begins with a bath, getting a cup of coffee or finding a recliner for a family member, because the CNA is not...
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    When you are at clinicals

    nowim clean posted a topic in General Students

    You guys are starting clinicals once again, and I am offering advice to help you learn. make yourself available and on the floor. One thing nurses hate is when a group of students are suppose to be on...
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    When you are at clinicals

    nowim clean replied to nowim clean's topic in General Students

    I have never understood why an instructor wants the students in a room during clinical finishing paperwork or whatever else may go behind that door. We had to have our careplans finished before we...
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    Dysrhythmia: challenging an exam question

    nowim clean replied to 1Jessie86's topic in General Students

    You are trying to explain why you got a hotdog instead of the hamburger that was ordered. You do not have any ground to stand on, and if this question 'really brought your grade down" you was failing...
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    Already doubting myself

    nowim clean replied to KStudentNurse70's topic in General Students

    What type of learner are you? I am audio and if I try and take notes during lectures I will fail the exam, so I was the student who sat there front row glued to powerpoint and listened without lifting...
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    RN with questions

    nowim clean replied to bree27's topic in Nurses Recovery

    Every state is different. The best advice I can give is the following.... 1 . stay clean finish the program. 2. Stay in your state until you finish the program. 3. Don't worry about tomorrow it may...
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    Trouble finding job in GA due to probation

    nowim clean replied to dgoo1269's topic in Nurses Recovery

    Yes find a caduceus meeting and start going to it. You will find other nurses and doctors in the meetings. Let them get to know you and after several meetings then reach out to them. It may just lead...
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    Do you ever second guess yourself

    nowim clean posted a topic in Hospice, Palliative

    I am not a hospice nurse but I had a hospice patient liver lung bone cancer they were sleeping but I could hear the rattling in the lungs without my stethoscope I gave a dose of rox, 20mg q3 hrs was...
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    6 years clean and terrified in Delaware

    nowim clean replied to RNjerseygrl's topic in Nurses Recovery

    if they insist on your test being + ask them to allow you to submit a hair sample or a retest. I hope it works out for
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    Really Upset

    nowim clean replied to newmommy26's topic in Nurses Recovery

    So many things I can tell you that I don't know where to start. Remember no one can keep you sober or get you bent. I do not understand why in a support group people judge, but they do. Now if you...
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    Reinstatement FINES AHHHHHH

    nowim clean replied to newmommy26's topic in Nurses Recovery

    They can do anything they like, but your best bet for correct info to contact them. Good
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    please help

    nowim clean replied to CCGLPN's topic in Nurses Recovery

    So a person can test positive for pot and not have any restrictions placed on them, but a nurse in NC gets a dui and they are in a 3 year program with narc restrictions for a year, and no time counts...
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    Has your clinical instructor helped you or held you back?

    nowim clean posted a topic in General Students

    I at times am amazed at how clinicals are run where I work. In 2010 when I finished my degree things were so different, my instructor cut the apron strings and told us to go be nurses. We all carried...
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    I need help on taking ATI scores

    nowim clean replied to kringkring5144's topic in General Students

    maybe you need to eliminate answer first before you answer the
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    New Rn

    nowim clean replied to lildeebone's topic in Cardiac

    treat the patient not the monitor. you do not have to know every rhythm but you do need to know NSR and that something is wrong. You will learn what is wrong as you grow. Do not be scared to ask for...
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    please help

    nowim clean replied to CCGLPN's topic in Nurses Recovery

    If what you say is true and you have no restrictions, why are you not working? I had many job offers until they saw the narc restrictions and recinded the offer. Thank God I am now working and nearing...
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    please help

    nowim clean replied to CCGLPN's topic in Nurses Recovery

    It avg 18 times a year. There will be months you have 1 test some 2 times I have tested 4 times in a month. How did you end up with 1 year the program is a minimal 3 year with stips on narc for the...
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    Seventh Day Adventist and working on Sabbath???

    nowim clean replied to NeoNatMom's topic in Spirituality, Religion

    Sounds like you may be a better fit for a doctors office or some other mon-fri job. Another option is work part time or prn, but if you are working with benefits you also have an obligation to your...