LadyFree28 BSN, LPN, RN

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    Silvercel vs. Doctors Orders

    LadyFree28 replied to NightNurseRN13's topic in Private Duty

    Sounds like this pt needs a TON of
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    Is this legal?

    LadyFree28 replied to Nibbles1's topic in Private Duty

    Uh...I wonder what's a person's function if they would want a stranger in their bed sleeping with then, even if they can go into their inner child to remember if they would want that. I know common...
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    Silvercel vs. Doctors Orders

    LadyFree28 replied to NightNurseRN13's topic in Private Duty

    They can be perturbed all they want; until you have a conversation with the doctor, A&D will have to do or not do, since it needs something else since it's not healing; hope the doctor will order...
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    I can't smell c-diff

    LadyFree28 replied to ixchel's topic in General Nursing

    It is a VERY distinctive
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    I need to interview two or more RNs.

    LadyFree28 replied to ydama0002's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    You can see if you can go to another unit and interview a nurse, or the nurse manager; get your nursing instructor involved and then go from
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    Interview Advice!!

    LadyFree28 replied to alaber's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    ^ Well said
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    What is this condition called in bariatric patients?

    LadyFree28 replied to 0.adamantite's topic in General Nursing

    I know I
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    weekend work Harder?

    LadyFree28 replied to northmississippi's topic in General Nursing

    It depends on where you work. If your issues are visitors, that's pretty mild as compared to other issues that can arise due to less
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    What is this condition called in bariatric patients?

    LadyFree28 replied to 0.adamantite's topic in General Nursing

    It's called panniculus; according to Wikipedia; I'll keep looking for a more verifiable source, but eh, here your go: Panniculus - Wikipedia, the free
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    No Good Very Bad Nursing Instructor

    LadyFree28 replied to misskitty22's topic in General Students

    I've had issue with a nursing instructor who wanted to thwart my nursing schooling due to her sub par nursing expertise and projection of her insecurities; she wanted me to go against what we were...
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    Stories of the pre-vaccine days

    LadyFree28 replied to dinah77's topic in Disaster Preparation

    BUMP.
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    My Cushy Per Diem Job

    LadyFree28 replied to Emergent's topic in General Nursing

    As a nursing supervisor at a nursing home, I have "twiddled my thumbs". The DON does not staff RNs on the floor; so you find yourself sitting there, after rounds doing not a thing...on a good shift....
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    Students asking for free money

    LadyFree28 replied to l.a.m.b's topic in General Students

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    What do you do when you have to "read everything in the book"?

    LadyFree28 replied to Summers3's topic in General Students

    Well said. TBH; IMHO, it is near impossible to read ALL of the chapter; I focused on the objectives; and the parts of the chapter that organized the reading in the nursing process format; I used the...
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    Hospital Safety Workplace Violence

    LadyFree28 replied to Stevie Boy's topic in General Nursing

    A few things: Who CARES if Senator Feinstein carries a firearm or not?? Not the issue of the thread. The focus of the thread is supporting protection against workplace violence; I'm sure you aren't...
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    I can't smell c-diff

    LadyFree28 replied to ixchel's topic in General Nursing

    Possibly. I've been known to be the "poop whisperer"; and have done it all; bowel disimpactions, especially with SCI patients, and have to remove c-diff poop to many different people's from infants to...
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    this book

    LadyFree28 replied to Red Kryptonite's topic in LPN, LVN Students

    That's why I love the "recommended reading" books; those books are usually books that licensed nurses use and have less errors, especially the ones where the resources is needed for a certification...
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    Students asking for free money

    LadyFree28 replied to l.a.m.b's topic in General Students

    And I am explaining that at this present time, wards of my state have uphill battles and don't have the resources available to "pull up their bootstraps", they either get slipped through the cracks,...
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    write a statement of your philosophy of nursing

    LadyFree28 replied to onwokocha's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    THIS. OP, go look and then come back to share yours...and then I'll share
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    Please share bad experiences as a new nurse

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

    Personally I don't remember "bad" experiences as a nurse; I rather say "tough" moments, but no one is without endurance in order to handle touch moments of life; it makes us better people, and nurses,...
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    Students asking for free money

    LadyFree28 replied to l.a.m.b's topic in General Students

    Agree. As a millennial, NO, I'm not self entitled; rather, millennials don't have the corner on self entitlement; I find these attributes in generations X, baby boomers and even the silent generation;...
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    ADN vs BSN

    LadyFree28 replied to extex77's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    This. There have also been many threads on here that may help with determining your decision that I used the search function on here to get results:...
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    African American Hair Problems in Nursing

    LadyFree28 replied to desertstar6's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    THIS. Congrats!
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    What does an LPN do in a physician's office?

    LadyFree28 replied to Lmomma's topic in Ambulatory Care, Clinic

    ^THIS. I worked at an Pedi Orthopedic Surgeon Group that was affiliated with a Pediatric Hospital; I did casting and was trained on placing casts, removing casts; taught pts how to walk with crutches,...
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    Students asking for free money

    LadyFree28 replied to l.a.m.b's topic in General Students

    See, that's ridiculous. There's a difference of doing all you can to get assistance and it not being enough, but to flat out say "I don't want the debt", then you can't just come out and ask for...