Guttercat ASN, RN

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    What's so great about a pinning ceremony?

    Guttercat replied to SummitRN's topic in General Students

    Twenty years later and I can't find my pin. A box was lost/stolen by the moving company in my last move and my pin, along with the special pin my best friend in college gave me, and...
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    Silly random nursing thoughts, one sentence, NO JUDGMENTAL FOLKS ALLOWED

    Guttercat replied to wooh's topic in Nursing Humor

    Apparently I need to switch to night shift in order to fulfill my
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    Silly random nursing thoughts, one sentence, NO JUDGMENTAL FOLKS ALLOWED

    Guttercat replied to wooh's topic in Nursing Humor

    My random thought. Remember to google
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    Silly random nursing thoughts, one sentence, NO JUDGMENTAL FOLKS ALLOWED

    Guttercat replied to wooh's topic in Nursing Humor

    Winner!
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    Why were the nurses give me a hard time when I was just doing my job?

    Guttercat replied to italianice3's topic in General Nursing

    Whew. First, I'm very sorry you were caught in the middle of this. It was right of you to stand your ground. Helpful hint for future scenarios (and there will be) where you are caught in the middle:...
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    AV fistulas and lines.

    Guttercat replied to MLB55's topic in Dialysis, Renal, Urology

    Oof. This is a tough scenario. Dialysis patients are notoriuous for IV/CL access nightmares. So many of them not only have an extensive history of fistula/graft placements and revisions, central...
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    Hyper and hypo ventilation with PaCO2 levels

    Guttercat replied to NightNurseRN13's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    See Scott's post. You make a lot of assumptions and assertions in all your (repeated) defenses in your argument. You're not an RN yet, if I recall. Am I correct? Regardless, there are a lot of highly...
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    Hyper and hypo ventilation with PaCO2 levels

    Guttercat replied to NightNurseRN13's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    >snicker
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    Being taken advantage of at work

    Guttercat replied to NurseLoveJoy88's topic in General Nursing

    From one of my coworkers the other day, "Nurses are
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    Silly random nursing thoughts, one sentence, NO JUDGMENTAL FOLKS ALLOWED

    Guttercat replied to wooh's topic in Nursing Humor

    Why can't the floor staff have wheelchair races up and down the
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    Hyper and hypo ventilation with PaCO2 levels

    Guttercat replied to NightNurseRN13's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Indeed. These are basics. The basics of physiology we all took in our pre-reqs. To the OP, I commend you for digging where you need to, in order to clarify your questions. You will do
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    Now I get why experience means everything yet nothing

    Guttercat replied to bsnanat2's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Thank you for saving me the time in typing out a "correction" to the post in question. You oultined it better than I would have,
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    Now I get why experience means everything yet nothing

    Guttercat replied to bsnanat2's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    I think RN's are simply seeing the handwriting on the
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    AV fistulas and lines.

    Guttercat replied to MLB55's topic in Dialysis, Renal, Urology

    What genius put a PICC in an extremity with an AVF in it??? Not to mention the art-line?
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    Down and Dirty In The Oklahoma State Board of Nursing

    Guttercat replied to sleepless in norman's topic in General Nursing

    Looks like the post (today's date) before mine, got deleted by a mod. Still, I was not paying attention to the original thread date. Holy thread
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    Hyper and hypo ventilation with PaCO2 levels

    Guttercat replied to NightNurseRN13's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Good gawd. Yes it does. It's called excersing the brain to critically think in the medical context. This includes the study of physiology and pathophys, which last I heard, is a requirement....
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    Down and Dirty In The Oklahoma State Board of Nursing

    Guttercat replied to sleepless in norman's topic in General Nursing

    Drown any puppies this
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    New nurses feel like quitting?

    Guttercat replied to Patti_RN's topic in First Year After Licensure

    There is a huge leap between the reality, and the
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    Infatuated with colleague - need counsel

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

    To be a total wet rag here, keep this in mind: Speaking from a female perspective, men have the tendency to take the slightest possibility of an open door and interpret it entirely differently than...
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    from ADN to FNP

    Guttercat replied to orangepink's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    In my preliminary research, it would seem the pathway to an ANP and all its iterations, and practicing in that capacity is becoming more expensive, uncertain, and "hoop-jumping- dependent"...much of...
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    from ADN to FNP

    Guttercat replied to orangepink's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    I also hope some will chime in. As an ADN, I'm currently still debating whether to go the ACNP or FNP route, or PA school. I've seen information suggesting NP programs are transitioning to DNP-only,...
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    Now I get why experience means everything yet nothing

    Guttercat replied to bsnanat2's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Thank you. Excellent information! Very helpful to me as I muddle along through the learning
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    Now I get why experience means everything yet nothing

    Guttercat replied to bsnanat2's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    "Many states?" How many exactly? Correct me if I'm wrong but the last account I read put it at less than ten states, as "independent pratice" and "scope of practice" have very different implications....
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    Finally took Micro....

    Guttercat replied to medic1282's topic in Excelsior College

    A big fat congrats! Hang on to that moment and roll with it. The best academic surprises are when you surprise yourself, so go forth with
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    Now I get why experience means everything yet nothing

    Guttercat replied to bsnanat2's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    No misunderstandings on my part, and thank you for your insight and thoughtful