NightNurseRN13

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  1. I wonder what redbull in coffee tastes like. Did I lock the bed wheels? How does she keep her black scrubs from
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    Free stuff

    Just a thought but when I was in nursing school we would go to the local schools and do vision screening once a year as part of our service learning. Might be worth it calling the colleges and seeing...
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    CNA New Grad $8 an hour please help!!!!

    8$ a hour in NY sounds crazy! CNA's where I live in NC get 11$ a hour and our cost of living is much lower than
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    If YOU can help...I'm looking for Anatomy help

    It's been awhile since a&p but that website you posted was fun and proved I've still "got it". Great resource
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    Help me, help me please

    Prophylactic treatment r/t history of gestational HTN is my
  6. If you documented properly then there is no need to prove anything. If something comes up saying you didn't do it, then tell them to look at your documentation. No need for you to review it
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    Dosage calculation question

    Good job for not just rolling over and taking the points off. Too many times when I was in school people were too afraid to "fight" the question. I wasn't... there were a few times I gained 6 extra...
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    night shift nurses with young children

    I don't see my kids much unless I have two days off in a row. I mean I see them, but I'm a walking zombie. I work mostly 8 hour shifts though so I work more than 3 days a week. It works though because...
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    Seizure Patient Question

    Maybe you read that it might be a good idea to have IV
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    urinary tract infection questions. please help

    sometimes it's sent to micro to get a closer look
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    Respect....or the lack thereof...(RANT ALERT!)

    I am not a school nurse, but I'm a parent of two and at their school there isn't always a nurse there and I hate that. I will get calls all the time when the nurse isn't there from my kids teachers...
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    Journal Articles

    I found it very difficult finding free articles online that were related to the exact information I was seeking. Since your school is closed, do you have a public
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    How to prepare?

    I found out that a pediatric patient of mine has suffered brain damage due to going without oxygen for an unknown amount of time. Details not important, but no it wasn't me or anything I did that...
  14. You can't medically diagnose someone so if it's unknown, then it's unknown and I personally would state that. You can't just make something
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    Ncsbn questions (3 week)

    I failed every single quiz on that site but passed
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    online patho a bad idea?

    If you did fine with your other online classes I think you should be fine. My patho teacher was so monotone I wish they would have offered online classes. I'm also an independent learner so you need...
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    Overtime

    Getting OT isn't worth it IMO, but I'll snatch up any holiday I can get. We get time and a half on holidays and most people are happy to give me those
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    Question for night-shift and/or weekend nurses

    I have an on call number I can call and one of my NM will call me back. I get a performance review attached to my paycheck which is based on my documentation, patient satisfaction, me being on time...
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    Someone's got to love their job.. help

    I'm the opposite. I went into my current job with a horrible attitude thinking private duty was for the nurses who couldn't get a hospital job. I was angry, because I graduated with an excellent GPA...
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    Nursing school struggle with a mental disease

    Senioritis at it's best! C = RN! I had a 4.0 gpa until I went into nursing school, then it went bye-bye. I also had my first real panic attack while in nursing school and have been on medication since...
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    Care Plan Help!! NC

    I'm not sure I like your goal for gtube site since she has had it since 2011. Purulent drainage would suggest infection and for a gtube that is established infection isn't really an issue unless it's...
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    We are in a bad situation and need advice

    Agreed with mrsboots87, just make sure the school has authorized you to test and then pay for
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    Drug Screen Mishap

    I had a similar experience before going into nursing school. I take Valium, but they said the metabolites of clonazepam showed up. Nothing was ever said about it later
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    Care Plan Help!! NC

    One of the expected outcomes for impaired bed mobility is The patient will have no complications associated with impaired bed mobility, such as altered skin integrity, contractures, venous stasis,...
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    Care Plan Help!! NC

    I don't think it's a wrong Dx. Impaired skin integrity is def. one for this patient but so is impaired bed mobility. You could use either one with that