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    Thinking about quitting after first day

    /username replied to SunflowerCat12's topic in General Nursing

    Sounds like ALF to me. Exactly why I would be caught dead
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    When did being pregnant become a disability?

    /username replied to guest940422's topic in General Nursing

    And not only are those just nursing jobs, with nothing special about it, but unless OP developed those programs, he has no right claiming those facility accomplishments as their own. To OP: I'm sorry...
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    Can I please get a Parking Spot!

    /username replied to ArrowRN's topic in General Nursing

    Sounds like it would be a great time to reconsider your transportation situation or your employment
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    When did being pregnant become a disability?

    /username replied to guest940422's topic in General Nursing

    It's
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    Interested in Mayo Rochester

    /username replied to neuroNerd206's topic in General Nursing

    You're going to have and find some of the best neurosurgeons in the world there. The patient outcomes are great, and they see a lot of patients. What can be frustrating, however, is that they have...
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    Am I a woosy for feeling 5 patients is too much on a medsurg floor

    /username replied to PaperPushingRN's topic in General Nursing

    If I had 5 patients on my unit, we would all die, and the hospital would lose it's level 1
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    Should a new grad go into med/surg or into the specialty that they would love to be in?

    /username replied to StudentRNmt's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    The challenges you're likely to run into are related to having a 2 year degree as opposed to a 4 year degree. This is mediated, of course, if you already work as a nursing assistant, know someone on...
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    Urgent question about the missing controlled medications

    /username replied to Greensoup's topic in General Nursing

    So are they saying 1 was missing, or 30 were
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    Stipends? Taxes? IRS?

    /username replied to ArvinC EMT's topic in Travel

    As you should. I'm neither a lawyer, nor an accountant. I've just had some friends get audited by the IRS, which didn't end up going well for them. From how I read the rules, it seems to be very...
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    Stipends? Taxes? IRS?

    /username replied to ArvinC EMT's topic in Travel

    You said it was automatic. I was merely pointing out that it's
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    Stipends? Taxes? IRS?

    /username replied to ArvinC EMT's topic in Travel

    What you left out was this When you go to this section, It is headed with this The operative word here is MAY. MAY does not mean it is guaranteed, or even automatic. In fact, that very section...
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    Stipends? Taxes? IRS?

    /username replied to ArvinC EMT's topic in Travel

    That's not true. The IRS guidelines are located here: Publication 463
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    Stipends? Taxes? IRS?

    /username replied to ArvinC EMT's topic in Travel

    That's odd, as your tax home is where the majority of your economic activity takes place, not where your physical residence is. I find it very strange that you don't work in the area where the...
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    First time fired by family

    /username replied to invictus's topic in General Nursing

    Don't worry. It won't be the
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    Blood products simultaneously

    /username replied to jinpepito's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    After you give over 50 units of PRBCs in just as many minutes, the policies seem a bit
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    Kicked out before even starting

    /username replied to Confused_nurse2b's topic in General Students

    It was literally the first post in this
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    Bringing in the Boys: How to Attract More Male Nurses

    /username replied to Melissa Mills's topic in General Nursing

    You can start by not considering soap operas as legitimate and accurate portrayals of
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    Ten Questions with Nancy Lee Grahn aka "Alexis Davis" on General Hospital

    /username replied to Debi Fischer's topic in General Nursing

    So there's no even remote requirement that they need to be related to actual nursing? We're okay with scraping the bottom of the soap opera barrel now? If you tell me with a straight face that a...
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    HIPPAA violation

    /username replied to Kshores15's topic in HIPAA Challenges

    I've not seen HIPAA with both two Ps and two As. A+ for creativity,
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    How safe are safety lancets?

    /username replied to Allybee23's topic in General Nursing

    It's the box for da
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    An Ethical Dilemma- Outstanding Warrants

    /username replied to rkirk89's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    If the cops wanted the patient arrested bad enough, it's their job, not mine. Anyway, you're probably not going to come back anyways, so why do i even
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    Nursing

    /username replied to Joween's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks for the lolz after a stressful week.
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    Texting in nursing

    /username replied to kimbagirl's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    That guidance says should. There's nothing saying that texting orders is prohibited, nor that a third party cannot enter the orders. In fact, it seems to even encourage it as long as the hospital...
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    Could I have my license taken away

    /username replied to mindiianajones's topic in General Nursing

    I didn't realize we were all in the armed forces.... ci·vil·ian səˈvilyən noun 1. a person not in the armed services or the police
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    Weird actions that are out of nursing scope

    /username replied to AriRN36's topic in General Nursing

    Trapping rats on a cargo ship is almost certainly out of nursing