Guttercat ASN, RN

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    Solutions for Acutes?

    Guttercat replied to westieluv's topic in Dialysis, Renal, Urology

    Westie, I've had those nights of getting called in as soon as my head hits the pillow (after a 16 hour day of flat-out running), where simply finding the on-button on the machine takes a great deal of...
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    Solutions for Acutes?

    Guttercat replied to westieluv's topic in Dialysis, Renal, Urology

    Dang. Losing both Westie and Frans from the dialysis ranks--and at the same time-- makes me sad. You both have impressed me as very talented and conscientious over the years. My best to both of you...
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    Solutions for Acutes?

    Guttercat replied to westieluv's topic in Dialysis, Renal, Urology

    I'm so sorry to hear this. Renal used to be such a great field in nursing. The (dialysis) times they are a'
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    Pearson Vue: Bullies?

    Guttercat replied to wooh's topic in General Nursing

    Ah. Yes. I agree. But some snowball fights are good therapy for all. Just because a snowball hurts, doesn't make it any less funny.
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    Pearson Vue: Bullies?

    Guttercat replied to wooh's topic in General Nursing

    Drat. And I was just getting my roll
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    Pearson Vue: Bullies?

    Guttercat replied to wooh's topic in General Nursing

    What???? You got your scores? I sat the NCLEX in 1992, and I still don't have my results. This is taking too long. I want a refund. :) Seriously, though. I really would like to know my score. We were...
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    Pearson Vue: Bullies?

    Guttercat replied to wooh's topic in General Nursing

    You know what really disappoints me? The fact that NCLEX test-takers still can't get their scores. Twenty years later and I still want to know how many of those damnable 800 question I answered...
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    Going "Above and Beyond" UGH

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

    I remember one day after I had just finished discharging two, very busy patients home; from out of a room where I had just performed lengthy, complex procedures on them simultaneously. I went to the...
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    Going "Above and Beyond" UGH

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

    Well, it's not working so
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    Goodbye, fellow nurses

    Guttercat replied to mcbg6335's topic in General Nursing

    I've been an R.N. for over twenty years. Rarely have I met any colleague that wouldn't do something else given a do-over. Most say it's not that nursing sucks, because it doesn't. Nursing blends...
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    Solutions for Acutes?

    Guttercat replied to westieluv's topic in Dialysis, Renal, Urology

    Are there enough patients to justify two shifts? I know large inpatient units often run round the clock, and schedule shifts similar to the outpatient unit. The other option would be to hire a couple...
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    Goodbye, fellow nurses

    Guttercat replied to mcbg6335's topic in General Nursing

    Wow. Best wishes as you slip into a different pair of shoes. I hope it goes well for
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    Do you think too tight pants causes abdominal problems?

    Guttercat replied to Emergent's topic in Emergency

    If my waistband is too tight, I get the worst gas. Hope that helps.
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    advice re dismissal from accelerated BSN program

    Guttercat replied to angeweise's topic in General Students

    OP, nursing is bandied about in the media as a "caring and compassionate" profession. Yes, we are caring and compassionate, but Nurses in general are often very blunt and direct. We have to be in...
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    Any CM's doubling as floor RN?

    Guttercat replied to foxyroxyrn's topic in Dialysis, Renal, Urology

    The line of what is possible is continually being pushed in dialysis. This does not surprise me. For-profit monopolization of the dialysis industry and the market (including declining reimbursements)...
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    Pearson Vue: Bullies?

    Guttercat replied to wooh's topic in General Nursing

    That's so sad! Did you eat cold oatmeal when you got home, or hard boiled
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    PVT IS DEAD! Don't try the "new" trick

    Guttercat replied to scaredsilly's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    I wish you guys could go back to paper tests, too. Not because it's necessarily better or more accurate, but because you miss out on all the fanfair. It's a last hurrah for all your classmates at the...
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    Help! Not understanding A&P

    Guttercat replied to humboldt13's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Learn it like you mean it. There has already been a lot of great advice thus far, but I'll add that Khan is fantastic for chemistry material. Most importantly...learn your own learning style! How and...
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    PVT IS DEAD! Don't try the "new" trick

    Guttercat replied to scaredsilly's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    leeshe and ez-rn, you guys will be fine. Embrace the moment. Just getting to the point of sitting the NCLEX is a worthy cause to celebrate. What will be, will
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    PVT IS DEAD! Don't try the "new" trick

    Guttercat replied to scaredsilly's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    What do you mean by "it's changed?" No, it has not. The new grads today are as dumb as I was as a new grad. Because nurses took their tests on paper not so very long ago, does not mean the knowledge...
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    Pearson Vue: Bullies?

    Guttercat replied to wooh's topic in General Nursing

    Dang. Sitting the NCLEX was a damn party back in the day (the 90's). We ate together, traveled to the exam together, drank together, and sat this exam together for two full days. Walking out of the...
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    PVT IS DEAD! Don't try the "new" trick

    Guttercat replied to scaredsilly's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    Some people are actually calling PV to complain? Really? Good glory, it's only a couple of days. Reminds me of some patients when they don't get their sammiches in 30 minutes or
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    Second Semester Nursing Student Educates Staff

    Guttercat replied to mclennan's topic in Nursing Humor

    Great blog. Especially liked the sandwich
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    The loss of PCPs from hospital setting

    Guttercat replied to Emergent's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    That's some scary stuff right
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    More Examples of posting on Facebook and getting fired

    Guttercat replied to RNIBCLC's topic in General Nursing

    The post said mow them all down with machine guns. I am assuming she meant the machine guns were to be loaded with bullets, not Nerf