loriangel14 RN

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    Nursing school is hurting my marriage

    loriangel14 replied to lana1234's topic in General Students

    School can be very stressful on everyone, not just the student. It may take some time for your husband to get used to the new normal. School has to be your priority if you are going to succeed. You...
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    mom with 2 kids - RN or RPN

    loriangel14 replied to christylai1992's topic in Canada

    Nursing school is filled with dozens of exams, not just 3. Where I work RPNs work
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    How to politely tell a patient "do it yourself"

    loriangel14 replied to railroadrn's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    lol I work in inpatient rehab. We do this sometimes. I will ask " so what is your goal from here, a nursing home? Oh you plan on going home? Well you had better get up and do these things for...
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    How do you chart?

    loriangel14 replied to CrazierThanYou's topic in General Nursing

    Yes I will chart WNL if the assessment is normal for that
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    Nurses with foreign country experience

    loriangel14 replied to jeanpearl's topic in Nurse Registration

    You need to apply to the Hawaii BON for licensure . If you meet the requirements you will be permitted to write the NCLEX. The you will need to sort out a work visa and find a
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    Registered Psychiatric Nursing Diploma program in Alberta?

    loriangel14 replied to 671sup's topic in Canada

    Yes those programs are only recognized in Western Canada. If you moved to a province any further east it wouldn't be of any
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    Mental Illness Question

    loriangel14 replied to Roda dendron's topic in General Nursing

    Anyone can develop mental illness. I don't think it's confined to one certain age. My daughter developed mental health issues as a teen and she doesn't drink or do
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    is it possible to take BA in psychology and transfer to nursing program after??

    loriangel14 replied to mage martin's topic in Canada Nursing Programs

    You could apply to nursing after but that's really going to take you much longer than it needs to. That will take at least 6 years. Why not just complete the prerequisites for the BSN and then apply?...
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    UTS student wanting to work in America. Help!

    loriangel14 replied to Aaron71's topic in International Nursing

    No working as an AIN will not be counted as work
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    Am I too old to change career?

    loriangel14 replied to mmaku2020's topic in General Nursing

    41 is not too old as long as you are in good shape. You should get your wife to work. That would help. I went back at 38 and my oldest classmate was 53. Best of
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    U.K. Nurse wanting to move to U.S

    loriangel14 replied to Louise_13's topic in Nurse Registration

    Trudy won't count work experience only formal
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    Graduating w/ only 1 pair of scrubs

    loriangel14 replied to Beldar_the_Cenobite's topic in General Nursing

    Not every place dictates what you wear. Some places you can wear what you
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    Maybe this isn't for me... Plus On Shift question

    loriangel14 replied to Mrs.E's topic in General Nursing

    You also seem very surprised that they are confused and need lots of help and that the work is hard. You complain about bells, people needing help and being confused . Having to get people up and...
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    showering: before or after work

    loriangel14 replied to peachypurple's topic in General Nursing

    Before I get ready to go to work each day. I work 12 hour nights so I just crash when I get home. The process of showering and drying my hair would wake me up too much
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    UK to US move

    loriangel14 replied to HSPelling1's topic in International Nursing

    US nurses are generalist trained so you will need theory and clinical hours in adult,peds, OB /gyn and mental health nursing to be licensed in the
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    Low census--what do you do?

    loriangel14 replied to compassionresearcher's topic in General Nursing

    If the census is low on my floor they will redeploy staff to other
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    Texas pretty strict

    loriangel14 replied to Crosobien's topic in Nurse Disabilities

    It's hard to answer your question without knowing more
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    Male nursing student and female patient

    loriangel14 replied to StudentNurseM1's topic in Men in Nursing

    Well yes. Where do you draw the line? If they need a chaperone for a catheter do they need one for cleaning an incontinent female
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    Male nursing student and female patient

    loriangel14 replied to StudentNurseM1's topic in Men in Nursing

    That is sad. I can't imagine the mindset. I mean I work with some fine male nurses and I have never even heard of them being accused of anything inappropriate but I guess it happens. I couldn't...
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    Advice Needed!

    loriangel14 replied to RN Jon's topic in General Nursing

    Go ahead and apply to whatever you want. Many places don't require a letter of recommendation . I just needed names of references. Best of
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    Male nursing student and female patient

    loriangel14 replied to StudentNurseM1's topic in Men in Nursing

    Lol yeah I remember reading about someone complaining about their doc not having a nurse present during an exam. That's when I realized it's different up
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    canadian lpn moving to the U.S.

    loriangel14 replied to jaydee143's topic in General Nursing

    To work in the US via the TN visa you would need to be an RN. A bridging program would require a nursing license for that state first
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    Male nursing student and female patient

    loriangel14 replied to StudentNurseM1's topic in Men in Nursing

    Ok I'm in Canada. Maybe that's the difference. Our male nurses don't need chaperones for procedures with female patients unless the patient wants it. Our docs don't need chaperones
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    Male nursing student and female patient

    loriangel14 replied to StudentNurseM1's topic in Men in Nursing

    I work with male nurses. They just do their job like anyone else. They certainly aren't required to have a chaperone to do a procedure. that would be silly and we aren't staffed for that. I couldn't...
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    Best way to avoid bedside care?

    loriangel14 replied to Lemon Bars's topic in General Nursing

    Yes my charge does bedside as