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  1. discriminated

    HappyApple replied to SU2013's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    Inconceivable.

  2. How is your staffing ratio

    HappyApple replied to ToothFairy(5)'s topic in Psychiatric

    Our unit holds 14 pts. Depending upon the acuity & medical comorbidities, it can definitely be extremely overwhelming. I also have two techs unless we have 1:1 pts. We currently have 11 pts. &...

  3. New Grad Salary

    HappyApple replied to Sweet charm's topic in Psychiatric

    I am an associate degree RN in UT. I worked med/surg in a hospital in PA for 4 yrs. & was making $27.78 an hr. when I quit. I am making $28.00 an hour at a psych hospital that I have been at for...

  4. Tell me more about psychiatric nursing...

    HappyApple replied to emptyboxcars's topic in Psychiatric

    I agree with all the above posters. I was lucky enough to be a CNA in a hospital when I became an RN. Resultantly, I easily & luckily got a job there. It was a med-surg floor in a big hospital. We...

  5. Errors that you caught...

    HappyApple replied to sabrina_RPN's topic in Patient Medications

    New nurse that I worked with did not know that secondary IVs needed to be connected to a Y site above IV pump in order to control rate of flow & hung a potassium fast drip piggy-backed it into a Y...

  6. What are your thoughts on patients who request no male nurses taking care of them?

    HappyApple replied to Mike A. Fungin RN's topic in Men in Nursing

    I have not read the entire thread but just wanted to throw in my two cents. To take the embarrassment off the pt & family requesting that they have a female nurse instead of me I just put on a...

  7. Certified Nursing Assistants - The Nurses think we have it so easy.

    HappyApple replied to hfullerCNA's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    Wow... I was a CNA for 3 yrs in LTC & 4 yrs in a hospital before becoming an RN. Previous posters are correct in that the RN really does take the brunt of it all. I have gotten hit & spit on...

  8. Is giving meds early common??

    HappyApple replied to Bonnie86's topic in Medical-Surgical

    Our floor has a policy where we give anti hypertensives, psyche meds, & pain meds while NPO. We also give 1/2 or all of long acting insulin if NPO dependent upon if they are DMTI or DMTII. For...