ProgressiveActivist BSN, RN

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  1. ProgressiveActivist

    Should I become an RN or OT?

    ProgressiveActivist replied to medapop's topic in General Nursing

    Definitely
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    Nurses, do drop in! *VENT*

    ProgressiveActivist replied to AutumnLeavesRN's topic in General Nursing

    Rescue BiPAP is programmed with a back up rate to ensure adequate ventilation. Verify this with the RT. I disagree that lorazepam 0.5mg will depress the respirations to the point of making the...
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    Magnet Designation: What's the Attraction?

    ProgressiveActivist replied to ElizabethStoneRN's topic in General Nursing

    This is what I meant by over complicating what is the obvious answer to a clinical issue. I realize that as a hospice nurse you are not involved in these councils and committees, but how many of...
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    Do you hold drunks against their will?

    ProgressiveActivist replied to OldNurseNewRN's topic in General Nursing

    thank
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    Magnet Designation: What's the Attraction?

    ProgressiveActivist replied to ElizabethStoneRN's topic in General Nursing

    The theme for the kickoff for my employer's "magnet journey" was "Off to the Races!" This meant that the directors raced each other in the lobby with horse heads on a stick. It was absolutely...
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    Magnet Designation: What's the Attraction?

    ProgressiveActivist replied to ElizabethStoneRN's topic in General Nursing

    I want to know what tangible improvements you have personally implemented as a result of your "research" and committee work that werent actually CMS and CDC
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    Magnet Designation: What's the Attraction?

    ProgressiveActivist replied to ElizabethStoneRN's topic in General Nursing

    An actual copy of a magnet application is $300.00 This lack of transparency begs the question - are they afraid of nurses holding the hospital accountable for these standards and criteria ? Our...
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    To Nurse or Not to Nurse?

    ProgressiveActivist replied to Gogol's topic in Men in Nursing

    A career in biomedical engineering or nursing informatics would be a better option for an introverted person than bedside
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    Gossip Girls... (And boys)

    ProgressiveActivist replied to ambobam's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Yeah it plays out online as well. Every night on a thread of genuine interest it's the same old crap from the same individual who has to indulge her need for attention and petty
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    Magnet Designation: What's the Attraction?

    ProgressiveActivist replied to ElizabethStoneRN's topic in General Nursing

    You admit that it "doesnt do anything but it supports a lot." Such as what? What have you accomplished as a member of a "council?" Your assertion that nurses dont need magnet certification to be...
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    Magnet Designation: What's the Attraction?

    ProgressiveActivist replied to ElizabethStoneRN's topic in General Nursing

    like
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    Magnet Designation: What's the Attraction?

    ProgressiveActivist replied to ElizabethStoneRN's topic in General Nursing

    I watched this farce play out five years ago. For a 500 bed hospital the 2.5. Million cost will be a capital expense and the man hours will come out of your unit budget. Kiss your continuing...
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    Do you hold drunks against their will?

    ProgressiveActivist replied to OldNurseNewRN's topic in General Nursing

    Yeah they need to sleep it off because if they walk in front of a car you're screwed. We put them on a stretcher in the hall in direct view of the nurses station. They preferred that to going to...
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    Knowledge Hoarders in Workplace

    ProgressiveActivist replied to Emergent's topic in General Nursing

    Yeah, I have met these women who teach you nothing in orientation and try to set you up to look foolish or fail in some way. The writing is on the wall for this wacko. She knows it and she does not...
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    Pt.s Ordering Food from Outside Hospital?

    ProgressiveActivist replied to annie.rn's topic in General Nursing

    I really think that compulsive eating is a form of addiction and a psychiatric illness and that they self medicate with food. Food is their mother lover and only friend.The anxiety panic agitation...
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    I want to get a headstart before I start nursing school

    ProgressiveActivist replied to Jerbear30's topic in General Nursing

    Textbooks can be checked out from the Univ library. Older editions can be purchased for very
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    I want to get a headstart before I start nursing school

    ProgressiveActivist replied to Jerbear30's topic in General Nursing

    It's commendable that you want to want to be prepared for the ton of work papers care plans and group projects that is headed your way. You should have the classic physical assessment text and a med...
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    Magnet Designation: What's the Attraction?

    ProgressiveActivist replied to ElizabethStoneRN's topic in General Nursing

    1.It has zero to do with outcomes. 2. It has zero to do nurse patient ratios. 3. ANCC sells magnet certification as well the nurse certifications that they require. That is an obvious conflict of...
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    Nurses, do drop in! *VENT*

    ProgressiveActivist replied to AutumnLeavesRN's topic in General Nursing

    "Hello doctor, (give update and numbers)The reason Im calling is that Ms X's family is upset. They have some concerns since RT Renee was in there talking about intubation. Her son wants to speak with...
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    Nurses, do drop in! *VENT*

    ProgressiveActivist replied to AutumnLeavesRN's topic in General Nursing

    You work with some incompetent RTs. Protect your patient. Get parameters from the MD for the Sp02 for these bipap patients. This is usually written as titrate Fi02 for Sp02>88% or whatever Ask if...
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    Nurses, do drop in! *VENT*

    ProgressiveActivist replied to AutumnLeavesRN's topic in General Nursing

    You did fine. I am going to assume that the pt has severe COPD. An Sp02 of 88-90 with a paC02 of 50 may be where she lives. Increasing the Fi02 to 100% was probably unnecessary. How was the follow...
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    Why are nurses so backbiting?

    ProgressiveActivist replied to RNBSN1591's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Very true. An incompetent creepster manager will favor people who resemble himself - the incompetent nurses who are adept at lying,covering up problems, faking data and pretending that everything's...
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    Gutless Colleagues

    ProgressiveActivist replied to LPC2RN's topic in Psychiatric

    Psych staff are required to demonstrate competence in management of aggressive behavior on a yearly basis. A large individual can usually be subdued if the staff practice as a team and utilize...
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    Gossip Girls... (And boys)

    ProgressiveActivist replied to ambobam's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    proving that it starts at the top and it won't improve. This behavior is why physicians respect only a very few
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    Hospital that bans family members

    ProgressiveActivist replied to paramedic-RN's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    My exact words were: " you've got to be kidding." Followed by the explanation of physicians needing results by 7 am in order to see all of their patients prior to office hours. I advise all new...