SubSippi

SubSippi

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  1. Requiring Bedside Experience for NP

    SubSippi replied to matthewandrew's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    First, I'm not impressed by an entry level anything. Who is? Second, you're not attacked for suggesting more education, you're attacked because of your rude, condescending, know-it-all

  2. Requiring Bedside Experience for NP

    SubSippi replied to matthewandrew's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    You ignored a previous post, which asked you how your background has put you in contact with enough NPs to give you such strong ideas about NP education and RN experience. Please, tell us. You are...

  3. Your first Nursing interview - how well does your school prepare you for this?

    SubSippi replied to ArrowRN's topic in General Students

    Nursing school hardly prepared me at all. What DID prepare me was spending hours searching for new grad interview threads on this forum. I was offered jobs at the first two places I interviewed and I...

  4. What would you do???

    SubSippi replied to Missingyou's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    I would tell the family about the behavior. It's possible that they may not want Mary to get her teeth brushed if it means she gets wildly upset twice a day. If they insisted, I would ask that they...

  5. Question about giving Lovenox

    SubSippi posted a topic in Patient Medications

    I'm a new grad, I've been in a step-down/tele unit for about two months now. At my hospital, almost all of the patients are prescribed Lovenox for DVT prophylaxis, even if the patient is mobile and...

  6. Failed the head to toe physical assessment...please help :(

    SubSippi replied to Disc_Chick's topic in General Students

    No, when you're working as a nurse, the way you do your assessment is completely up to you. But, when you're in school, your instructor gets to decide. I think the reason why, in school, they want it...

  7. How to have a smoother transition

    SubSippi replied to astucki3's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Pee when you have to pee, don't get overly worried about getting behind (you'll catch up), and go ahead and decide in advance not to get your feelings hurt when people (patients, their families, or...

  8. Clinical advice- How can I help?

    SubSippi replied to kayleen4246's topic in General Students

    I had an instructor once that would start calling other floors to see if there were any skills they wouldn't mind letting a student do. Other than that, you can always go clean off the patient's...

  9. Dear Nursing Student with ADD what study strategies help w/memory ?

    SubSippi replied to Guest11/16/14's topic in Nurse Disabilities

    Spend part of your time studying in a place where you don't have access to the internet. I know at my school, there were parts of the library where you couldn't get a signal. Put your phone in your...

  10. Things you'd like to say to....

    SubSippi replied to HikingEDRN's topic in Emergency

    "WHY would you rather poop IN THE BED then ask for

  11. BG- 74, would you give or held insulin?

    SubSippi replied to Hope2017's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    ACTUALLY, it's an

  12. ED tranfer.. No verbal report required

    SubSippi replied to HeartRN13's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    Our ED nurses never give report...a lot of them will get pretty snippy if they forget to document a medication was given, and we call them to clarify, because our two systems don't "talk" to each...

  13. Nursing students on medication

    SubSippi replied to kjnsweets's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    Not being able to stand still isn't putting a patient at risk...you're a student, the assessments you guys do are for your own benefit, not the patient's. You're practicing. If anything you said...

  14. Nurse to Patient Staffing Ratio

    SubSippi replied to Seasoned's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    The only problem I see with using acuity to staff vs. numbers, is that acuity can be subjective. I could see that being taken advantage of more easily than

  15. New grad-nights vs. days

    SubSippi replied to JerseyGirl2010's topic in First Year After Licensure

  16. Weather Policy

    SubSippi replied to nynursey_'s topic in General Nursing

  17. Weather Policy

    SubSippi replied to nynursey_'s topic in General Nursing

    I like the "code white" policy one of the PPs mentioned. Everybody in the hospital is mandated to stay until it's over, and then the people who weren't involved in the code white come in and work the...

  18. Caring for a patient vs. providing medical assistance

    SubSippi replied to lsboecken's topic in Nursing Career

    In reality, your job is going to center around making sure all of your patients poop on a regular

  19. New grad-nights vs. days

    SubSippi replied to JerseyGirl2010's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Where I work, people are trying to get on nights instead of days…they're always more short staffed for days. I guess it depends on where you work. But it seems that turnover rates are so high with...

  20. Weather Policy

    SubSippi replied to nynursey_'s topic in General Nursing

  21. Practicing "nursing" w/o a license...?

    SubSippi replied to orange89's topic in General Nursing

    Why don't you just ask

  22. Why are nurses not paid more?

    SubSippi replied to XcrMat's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    Honestly, I think a large part of the reason is because you can have an associate's degree and be a nurse. At my hospital, I get paid MAYBE $1 more than ultrasound techs. Also, probably due to how...

  23. Need some encouragement

    SubSippi replied to AMRN1013's topic in First Year After Licensure

    You want to feel like you're progressing…you've started a brand new job as a nurse. There is NO WAY you are not learning a ton, and there's no way that you're not better at it now than you would...

  24. Nursing Interventions for Abnormal Situations

    SubSippi replied to RescueNinja2013's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Also, in a situation like with the pt with high blood pressure, make sure you know which BP meds they are on, how much, and when the last time they got them was. Know if you have any PRN medications...

  25. Weather Policy

    SubSippi replied to nynursey_'s topic in General Nursing

    What do you people do with your kids and pets? I LITERALLY do not have a single friend or family member within 1,000 miles of where I live right