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    If you don't have a uniform...

    OlivetheRN replied to adpiRN's topic in General Nursing

    oooooo I am green with envy over
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    If you don't have a uniform...

    OlivetheRN replied to adpiRN's topic in General Nursing

    The lockers isn't including the two trash bags of nursing clogs and assorted designated work shoes that are riding around in my trunk that I have slowly been smuggling into work...I've only been...
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    If you don't have a uniform...

    OlivetheRN replied to adpiRN's topic in General Nursing

    Let's not even talk about shoes. That's a whole other problem. One of the other girls and I have a whole other locker just for shoes. As in we EACH have a locker just for shoes. And then we still have...
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    Alert, no stick, no BP.

    OlivetheRN replied to Karrield's topic in General Nursing

    We have pink sleeve that are made out of sock like material that have no stick/BP printed on them that go on that arm. When stretched full size, it will usually cover about the size off a full forearm...
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    If you don't have a uniform...

    OlivetheRN replied to adpiRN's topic in General Nursing

    So we went from wear whatever to a uniform awhile back, but I recently moved to the OR and have to wear hospital provided scrubs right? BUT now I get to wear scrub caps and holy crap Batman...my...
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    CNA to ADN and CLEP

    OlivetheRN replied to Silver Surfer's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    No, having your CNA and working as one will not give you any CLEP credits towards ADN classes. Having your CNA and working as one gives you several advantages, but that is not one of them. Some...
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    What do you hate most about your job?

    OlivetheRN replied to PancakeSaturdays's topic in General Nursing

    We didn't know they had gotten that kind of training until after the fact. Had I known you better believe we ALL would have asked about being able to do that. We're a vocal bunch of people in my old...
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    What do you hate most about your job?

    OlivetheRN replied to PancakeSaturdays's topic in General Nursing

    I don't mind learning something new. In fact, learning new things is why I moved to the OR. What has made it the bane of my existence is that we got poor instruction on it before hand in our...
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    What do you hate most about your job?

    OlivetheRN replied to PancakeSaturdays's topic in General Nursing

    This. As we've recently switched charting systems charting has been the bane of my
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    Safe Practice for Injectables

    OlivetheRN replied to debmelv's topic in General Nursing

    The syringes weren't even labeled? What the what? I mean I guess the PA could try and justify it by saying this is what we always use for this type of block, yada yada yada, but still, you're correct....
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    5/21 WILTW: The journey sucks and the end isn't pretty either

    OlivetheRN replied to ixchel's topic in General Nursing

    Ugh. That's one of the things that has kept me from having kids, the be honest. The only thing keeping her in my life at this point is my dad. How he has managed to cater to her ridiculousness for...
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    New Graduate...HELP!!!

    OlivetheRN replied to sphelps's topic in General Nursing

    From everything I've heard from the travel nurses I know, it can take months to get your California license. My cousin is out there on a travel assignment and it took her a little over 4 months to get...
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    5/21 WILTW: The journey sucks and the end isn't pretty either

    OlivetheRN replied to ixchel's topic in General Nursing

    I understand this more than I wish I did. With my mother's borderline personality disorder, everything always has been, and always will be, about her. And while I realize that it's not her fault, the...
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    recent nursing news-violence in the workplace

    OlivetheRN replied to ksurette's topic in General Nursing

    Sadly this isn't a new problem, but it's something that is finely starting to be taken more seriously by more states. More states are now making it a felony to assault a health care worker. Whether or...
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    Can I only ever work with children?

    OlivetheRN replied to mapajasa's topic in General Nursing

    That all depends on the jobs that are available to new grads in your area when you finish nursing school. If you happen to be lucky enough to land a job in peds right out of school, then sure, it's...
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    5/21 WILTW: The journey sucks and the end isn't pretty either

    OlivetheRN replied to ixchel's topic in General Nursing

    Can I throw in more than one? I have quite a bit to
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    5/21 WILTW: The journey sucks and the end isn't pretty either

    OlivetheRN replied to ixchel's topic in General Nursing

    Being that this was my first week in the OR I don't think I've fully wrapped my head around what all I've learned lol but these are some things that stand out: - I learned what a morcellator is and...
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    Nursey Compression Socks

    OlivetheRN replied to Hairstylingnurse's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    My feet will sometimes still be sore, but usually only if it's my 4th day or fifth day (I work 5 8s), but my legs are never sore, so I call that a
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    Advice for a new grad?

    OlivetheRN replied to BSN16's topic in General Nursing

    I didn't start out in ICU but I started out as a new grad in the ED, so a similar setting. You'll hear a lot of people say that new grads don't belong in specialities, but I personally believe that it...
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    Nursey Compression Socks

    OlivetheRN replied to Hairstylingnurse's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    I loooooove my Sockwells. And it doesn't hurt that they're also super
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    Harassment, Stalking, Impersonation by Psycho Ex... Name Change?

    OlivetheRN replied to HopefulVANurse's topic in General Nursing

    This. Speaking from personal experience, you need to take PP's advice and do so quickly. Men like this do not become bored and disappear. They escalate and they take action. Please take the necessary...
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    Call Off Policy?

    OlivetheRN replied to Lpeacock12's topic in General Nursing

    We have a similar point system where I work that came into effect when we became absorbed into a larger system. I hate it. We also have people show up to work who clearly shouldn't be there because...
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    If you feel that way, you shouldn't be a nurse

    OlivetheRN replied to perfexion's topic in General Nursing

    That right there is why after I became an RN I've worked in areas with high patient turn over. When I was a CNA on a medsurg floor prior to and during nursing school and had to deal with some nasty...
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    Thinking of ED, need advice!

    OlivetheRN replied to Jamie34NY's topic in General Nursing

    You could always contact the director of the department and ask to shadow for a day to see if it's something that you think you would enjoy. What else would you consider first, if not the ED? Did you...
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    Is it okay for RN to ask recovery patients not to swear?

    OlivetheRN replied to SweetieBeeSandy's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Someone who I know very well and who is normally very mild mannered came through our recovery room and when he woke up he behaved very similarly. Once he had been in the recovery room a little while...