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    Lifespan Psy condensed to 3 wks?

    rn/writer replied to melc0305's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    The 10-week course seems like a wise choice. If you had taken science classes recently or were familiar with the way online classes function, you'd only be dealing with one untried element. But with...
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    Lifespan Psy condensed to 3 wks?

    rn/writer replied to melc0305's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    The best advice in this thread so far is to see if you can get hold of a syllabus. You might also try contacting the instructor and asking what to expect. That's really the only way to make an...
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    What do I do about nurses who think my job is worthless?

    rn/writer replied to onlyj's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    What do you do about someone who thinks your job is worthless? First, you decide what you think about the job you're doing. There will always be someone who thinks ill of you or your job or your...
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    OB nursing...I just don't get it.

    rn/writer replied to i<3u's topic in General Students

    If you have cable, try watching some of the shows that have to do with pregnancy and birth. Studying what seems like a bunch of random facts can feel like slow torture. But when you have a context...
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    Sesame Street Breastfeeding: Moms Push To Bring Nursing Back To TV Show

    rn/writer replied to lrobinson5's topic in Ob/Gyn

    We have a rather large family and there's nearly always someone breastfeeding. Kids see siblings and cousins nursing and take it in stride. They also sometimes see babies being bottle fed (whether...
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    A friend's Mother is a patient

    rn/writer replied to mauddib's topic in HIPAA Challenges

    If the instructor was not aware of the earlier interaction, she wouldn't have known that the friend initiated the contact and that the family was apparently comfortable with your presence. It would...
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    Bad preceptorship assignment

    rn/writer replied to tajlemm6's topic in General Students

    What other alternatives are available to you? Do you have the option to find another clinical site on your own? Is there any way you can do an abbreviated clinical at the site they gave you and then...
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    Risk for postpartum fatigue is a NANDA diagnosis?

    rn/writer replied to Mori's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    I don't have a NANDA book, so I can't say for sure. Working postpartum, I can tell you that would be a pretty much universal complaint. I have yet to see a postpartum patient--vag or c-section--who...
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    SCARED of being a nurse - hazardous drugs

    rn/writer replied to Saija's topic in General Students

    You can make yourself crazy with worry if you focus exclusively on this one aspect of nursing and obsess about it to the exclusion of everything else. Obsessive thinking is very often displaced...
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    Question for nurses...only hospital jobs?

    rn/writer replied to extra45's topic in General Nursing

    Not every hospital requires full time. Nor do they offer only 12-hour shifts. The hospital where I work has a blend of 12- and 8-hour shifts. I graduated in '94 and have always worked part-time,...
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    How Do I Toughen Up At Work? Part 1

    rn/writer posted a topic in General Nursing

    How do I grow a thicker skin? How do I toughen up at work? How do I keep from crying when someone says mean things to me? These are questions that new--and sometimes not-so-new--nurses ask when they...
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    What does THIS mean?

    rn/writer replied to CBsMommy's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    Could one of your references have said something
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    Comments by Coworkers

    rn/writer replied to pppp87's topic in First Year After Licensure

    You may be taking things too personally. The counseling is a good idea. They can give you ideas about how to build your confidence and not focus over-much on other people's comments. Maybe you had...
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    My patient coded, and it's giving me nightmares!

    rn/writer replied to NickiLaughs's topic in General Nursing

    See if your employer has and EAP (employee assistance program). If so, you should be able to get a number of short-term counseling sessions at no charge and get a referral if more are needed. These...
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    late stage senile dementia pt. praying clear as a bell

    rn/writer replied to gr8fulnrs's topic in Spirituality, Religion

    What an amazing experience. Perhaps this was someone who engaged in meaningful and heartfelt prayer from a young age. Those early memories are the last to go. I'm glad you got to experience this...
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    I don't want night shifts

    rn/writer replied to Phillip1988's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    You can hate night shift all you want, but in a tight job market, you may not have a lot of choice. Depending on the turnover on a particular unit, you might have to wait several years before a...
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    what Bachelors degree can I earn besides BSN (from RN)?

    rn/writer replied to janice_c67's topic in Nursing Career

    I appreciate the helpful sentiments of those who have suggested areas of nursing like legal nurse consultant, forensic nursing, and case management. It's true that these might be good options for...
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    Nurse's vent!

    rn/writer replied to RNGriffin's topic in General Nursing

    When you continue to engage in a power struggle/verbal slugfest with someone you are well aware is more interested in backing you down than in truly communicating, you bear some of the responsibility...
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    Bully?! Help,I need good comebacks!

    rn/writer replied to rn865's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    The others who said this isn't bullying are correct. This is a plain old-fashioned power play--someone giving you the business because she can. She took a read on you and decided (rightly, until now)...
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    Pain medications post partum

    rn/writer replied to CoppertopRNC's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Both parts of your message are reassuring. I guess I was just floored at even the possibility of 10 mg oxy q 3. We have vag moms that want Percocets initially. Usually, they are the ones with 3rd...
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    Do you have gifts for your new moms??

    rn/writer replied to shortstuff31117's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Our parents get a special dinner with a choice of entrees, a special dessert, and sparkling grape juice or a family pizza meal. We have volunteers that knit hats for the babies. We also give the wee...
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    Pain medications post partum

    rn/writer replied to CoppertopRNC's topic in Ob/Gyn

    10 mg of oxy q 3 hours seems a little much for a vag mom. And 15 mg Toradol seems too little for a section. Unless they are on Duramorph. Yeah, I know you said the section moms can also have the PRN...
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    Heart Baby Daddy needs advice

    rn/writer replied to wecan11's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    My situation is not exactly the same, but there is a parallel I'd like to share. I was a psych nurse who frequently worked with kids and adolescents. We also had adopted a child with serious psych...
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    Why do I feel guilty for not going in when called...

    rn/writer replied to Do-over's topic in General Nursing

    Hospitals that consistently staff short know full well that nurses care about each other and feel guilty for leaving their co-workers in the lurch. The powers that be in such places exploit that...
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    How to cope? Very Sad.

    rn/writer replied to NrsLucky's topic in General Nursing

    You failed her? Let's check that out. You listened to her and allowed her to put into words things she couldn't say to her family. You helped her to discharge a lot of fears and regrets. You gave...