loriangel14 RN

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    Nurse Tech and first patient fall. Worried about being fired.

    loriangel14 replied to guyman123's topic in General Nursing

    Well yes exactly.Everyone needs to know stuff like how someone ambulates
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    Nurse Tech and first patient fall. Worried about being fired.

    loriangel14 replied to guyman123's topic in General Nursing

    How did you not know you were on a neuro floor? Did you ask if the pt was ok
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    Are pattern/print scrubs unprofessional outside of pediatrics?

    loriangel14 replied to OwlieO.O's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    Sure , why
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    Nurse Tech and first patient fall. Worried about being fired.

    loriangel14 replied to guyman123's topic in General Nursing

    It was an accident. Stuff happens.Just take it as a learning experience.I never leave someone unattended on the toilet if there is any question of confusion or poor
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    I dont understand the nursing process when it comes to pharmacology

    loriangel14 replied to mcclot1993's topic in Patient Medications

    Your teacher will explain this all when you start
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    Are pattern/print scrubs unprofessional outside of pediatrics?

    loriangel14 replied to OwlieO.O's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    Oh I wear my print tops all the time.I love Snoopy and so do the old
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    Nurse Tech and first patient fall. Worried about being fired.

    loriangel14 replied to guyman123's topic in General Nursing

    It's one fall. It will not affect your employment. Wow. If they fired everyone that had a patient fall then there would be no one working.Any time you leave a patient unattended you need to first make...
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    Do you have 30 minutes for lunch?

    loriangel14 replied to Kurious RN's topic in General Nursing

    45 minutes every day.Plus 30 minutes for
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    Nurses dressing up for Halloween

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

    Oh yes we will definitely be dressing up. We do theme days all the time. We had an 80's day, a Duck Dynasty day(lots of cammo! lol), we dressed for July 1st,lots of fun.We are extended Halloween and...
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    Need help figuring out where to start! Alternatives to ABSN?

    loriangel14 replied to Babs41's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

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    Need advice: Frequent falls of non compliant homebound pt with dementia

    loriangel14 replied to autumnlea's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    Yep.Where I work we use a lot of these. Some get all
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    Need advice: Frequent falls of non compliant homebound pt with dementia

    loriangel14 replied to autumnlea's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    How are they falling so frequently when they have a CNA in
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    Rn being trained by lpn?

    loriangel14 replied to studentnurse9806's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    That's sad and very divisive if that's what they are
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    Is is possible to get AIDS from saliva in a papercut??? Help!

    loriangel14 replied to hal325's topic in General Students

    Why do you not trust your
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    Rn being trained by lpn?

    loriangel14 replied to studentnurse9806's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I predict she will offend a lot of coworkers some
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    Rn being trained by lpn?

    loriangel14 replied to studentnurse9806's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I am glad that where I am I CAN do
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    Need advice: Frequent falls of non compliant homebound pt with dementia

    loriangel14 replied to autumnlea's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    So she has a CNA with her at all times and she still falls? Why can't restraints be
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    Rn being trained by lpn?

    loriangel14 replied to studentnurse9806's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    This is complete BS and offensive to PNs.Suggesting that we are not able to give quality care is
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    medical abuse?

    loriangel14 replied to sfaithj's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    Well yes, a child will scream when an IV is being started but it still has to be
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    17yr old has questions NOT WASTING YOUR TIME

    loriangel14 replied to Wannabenurse22's topic in PICU, Pediatric

    https://allnurses.com/picu-nursing-pediatric/whats-like-picu-618503.html http://www.nursezone.com/nursing-news-events/more-news/The-Rewards-of--PICU-Nursing_26480.aspx What do you mean by health...
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    17yr old has questions NOT WASTING YOUR TIME

    loriangel14 replied to Wannabenurse22's topic in PICU, Pediatric

    What are your
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    Observation of the day

    loriangel14 replied to R!XTER's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Oh yes, I agree. I have one patient that is dreadfully sick and yet she is always smiling and rarely
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    Advice on dealing with confused patients

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

    I have lots of these patients but we have a few things in place to deal with them. We are not a locked unit but the wandering patients have wanderguard bracelets that cuase the doors to lock if they...
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    Turns out, I'm an idiot. Rotten clinical

    loriangel14 replied to PCTerrific's topic in General Students

    You are being WAYYY to hard on yourself OP.Smile. You are going to be
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    A Pre-Nursing Students Dilema... Getting the RN Job After Graduation

    loriangel14 replied to JenLKramer's topic in General Nursing

    CNAs are not nurses so no it wouldn't count. But it will be good experience. Good