LadyFree28 BSN, LPN, RN

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    Failed again

    LadyFree28 replied to maemae19's topic in General Students

    How are you studying? How much time and effort are you devoting to studying? The issue may not necessarily the source of the review, but how one approaches the NCLEX itself: understanding the four...
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    3/12: what I learned this week: ALWAYS taper your SSRI

    LadyFree28 replied to ixchel's topic in General Nursing

    Sending positive vibes... I felt that way when I got my current position...I sweated bullets each time I came to work, thinking that I would be outed any day from Employee Health; then I passed...
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    LPN Specialties

    LadyFree28 replied to KYLP's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    When I was an LPN: Worked in Acute Rehab-SCI & TBI, General Rehab; PDN and skilled visit home health; Ambulatory Care-specialty practices (orthopedic surgeons); Medical Daycare with children with...
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    Wrong injection!

    LadyFree28 replied to lotus_flower's topic in Patient Medications

    If this person is in a setting such as a provider's office; then scanning usually doesn't
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    I hate the fluff stuff

    LadyFree28 replied to ZLindy's topic in General Students

    I assure you, you need to listen to heart sounds.. I hear murmurs, junctional rhythms, gallops, especially when your pts have a new onset or previous cardiac history, you will hear a murmur; even...
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    LPN working in a Tech role

    LadyFree28 replied to Ele_123's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    If your hospital is still utilizing LPNs to their full scope, you should seek out getting on a floor that will use you full scope; you are a nurse and should at least be able to practice and document...
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    3/12: what I learned this week: ALWAYS taper your SSRI

    LadyFree28 replied to ixchel's topic in General Nursing

    I remember disclosing-and I disclosed openly that I had PTSD...then there were the "performance concerns" when I made mistakes....they were securitized much more closely-won't make that mistake again!...
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    prn/overtime addiction/survey

    LadyFree28 replied to ThePrincessBride's topic in General Nursing

    For most of my career, I had at least a 2-3 jobs; mostly for the variety of being in different specialties; this is the first time in my career that I am working in one specialty, and I worked a ton...
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    What's it like having a flexible work schedule?

    LadyFree28 replied to LucidDreamer's topic in General Nursing

    Agree, but to be fair consider they source-the OP is currently homeschooled, and due to his environment is selling social connection-all things that appeal to a teen his age; a bit naïveté, but...
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    3/12: what I learned this week: ALWAYS taper your SSRI

    LadyFree28 replied to ixchel's topic in General Nursing

    Aww shucks! Can I drink a side of Zyprexa? I also learned this week that I can taper off my Zyprexa...even after I have tapered myself completely off of it since define Thanksgiving and lost 16 lbs...
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    Your peer is suffering

    LadyFree28 replied to RNEducator8056's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

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    I feel terrible...

    LadyFree28 replied to vccm's topic in Home Health

    Agree. Also, as long as you documented your findings during the whole visit, you did what was right; also, you have to remember that the parent also makes the choice to send their child out. In...
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    Please help review for med admin through g tube

    LadyFree28 replied to nrse76's topic in General Nursing

    Have you reviewed your policy at
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    3/12: what I learned this week: ALWAYS taper your SSRI

    LadyFree28 replied to ixchel's topic in General Nursing

    I learned that walking around sick at the job will have people wildly speculate that you are pregnant. I'm not preggers-I have the flu. Trying to medicate people and be sick is no picnic...even when...
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    False Accusation, cost me my promised GN spot

    LadyFree28 replied to NurseMedic28's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Nothing is a sure thing in this business-dust yourself off, focus on taking the NCLEX, and cast your net wide and look for other programs and positions that will get you experience-even if it means...
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    Getting Our Egos Out of the Hierarchy!

    LadyFree28 replied to BethBoynton's topic in General Nursing

    Me
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    Have you ever worked with someone who had such a nasty attitude that it was almost hostile

    LadyFree28 replied to 1Jessie86's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

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    What's it like having a flexible work schedule?

    LadyFree28 replied to LucidDreamer's topic in General Nursing

    Working 12 hours, to me, is heaven; although I work hard (work in a Level I Trauma PediER), based on the hours I work, I don't have the recovery time that some shifts have to account for; for example,...
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    How do you sign your credentials?

    LadyFree28 replied to heather717's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    LadyFree28, RN, although I have a BSN, I go right to the
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    Worried about my google search

    LadyFree28 replied to RNHS's topic in General Nursing

    It doe at matter who posted the pics-you need a
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    How to respond to a challenging family member?

    LadyFree28 replied to _Skittles_'s topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Why is the family member involved in another pts care that have NO relation
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    Milk & Schizophrenia

    LadyFree28 replied to WinterLilac's topic in Psychiatric

    I concur. I have been on Olanzipine for two years, and I gained forty pounds from being on it for my PTSD...even being on a low dose-2.5 mg made me hungry-I was eating in the middle of the night. I...
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    Life choice

    LadyFree28 replied to Elm127's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    If you want to do nursing, why would it you be "throwing away your credits" when you will be pursuing to be a LPN, AND have an associates satisfying nursing requirements? I had an associates and was...
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    Nursing Depts Ran by Non-Nurses?

    LadyFree28 replied to Reeses30135's topic in General Nursing

    I wouldn't take a job with non-nurses running-how can someone lead nurses WITHOUT a nurse background? Sounds detrimental to
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    Do Bachelor's Degrees Save Lives? - The Facts about Earning a BSN

    LadyFree28 replied to Rasmussen University's topic in General Nursing

    I didn't mean to like this-entirely. I think with the more experienced ADNs should have full reign on where they work-they have the competency that would rival a new BSN prepared