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    When did nursing caps go extinct in the wild?

    Racer15 replied to RNperdiem's topic in General Nursing

    Never seen a nurse wear one, aside from my step-mom's nursing graduation picture from the 80's. No
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    Nurses week gifts from employer

    Racer15 replied to floridaRN38's topic in Emergency

    Pizza, cupcakes, a coin purse with the hospital logo, and a beach towel with the hospital logo. Gonna use the beach towel to wax my car,
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    No appreciation for NOC

    Racer15 replied to bratmobile's topic in General Nursing

    The joke is on days though, because the night staff are awesome :) My hospital made sure night shift got pizza and cupcakes, which was nice. But if I have to trade food for my coworkers and our...
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    Nurses' perceptions of patients with borderline personality disorder - lit review

    Racer15 replied to pinkiepieRN's topic in Psychiatric

    I did, actually. I had never dealt with a BPD patient before, and this girl was a pretty classic example. I interacted with her all day, got to observe how she interacted with her peers, and then my...
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    Night Shift

    Racer15 replied to newnurse1986's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I like working three twelves in a row. I have enough days off in a row to sleep and then I am ok for my other days
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    Nurses' perceptions of patients with borderline personality disorder - lit review

    Racer15 replied to pinkiepieRN's topic in Psychiatric

    I feel really lucky. My mom is a therapist, and I actually did a clinical rotation at her work while in school. One of her pt's at the time I was there had BPD, and I took my lunch with my mom. I...
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    Orientation

    Racer15 replied to rocababy119's topic in General Students

    It's kind of funny when I think about mine. I sat at a table with a few people I didn't know (didn't really know anyone in the room, aside from one girl that I had had A&P with). Now that girl...
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    Those hard clinical days....

    Racer15 replied to I♥Scrubs's topic in LPN, LVN Students

    I don't tolerate being cussed at or having things thrown at me. I tell the patient that I am here to care for them, but that I will not allow them to throw things at me or use offensive language, and...
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    ADN students...how quickly will you enroll for BSN?

    Racer15 replied to Katie71275's topic in General Students

    I made the choice to not start that transition for a year. Being a new nurse is hard and I do not feel I could handle my job, plus starting a new program. I also have $16,000 in student loans and am...
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    It really annoys me when nurses say they are going to go to med school...

    Racer15 replied to megank5183's topic in General Nursing

    Not everyone that is a nurse would have to do that much to get into med school. I was pre-vet once upon a time, so I have the chemistry classes, the physics classes, etc. I think I only lack...
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    RN total patient care...

    Racer15 replied to julz68's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Total patient care? Ain't nobody got time for that! I work in the ER, and I generally have 3-4 patients under my care. We also have two techs, but each of those techs have to help with 13 beds. If...
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    Blue about Code Blue

    Racer15 replied to barbaralynn's topic in First Year After Licensure

    It can be hard, BUT...my job is to follow the wishes of the pt and their family. If they are 98 years old and a full code, by golly, we are going to do it all. Do they have good outcomes? Usually,...
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    How to Become IV certified.

    Racer15 replied to Jgun359's topic in General Nursing

    Sitting in a classroom for days at a time isn't going to do much good. The only way to get truly proficient at IV starts is....to start a whole lot of
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    Is it really necessary to learn to read an ekg? anyone really use it?

    Racer15 replied to northmississippi's topic in General Nursing

    Heck yes it is. I work in the ER, I don't dx my patients, but I sure as heck need to be able to recognize significant arrhythmias so that I can notify the MD that this patient needs to be seen NOW....
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    I failed my simulation for fundamentals today..

    Racer15 replied to stargirl018's topic in General Students

    We didn't do IV push meds in my program till second semester. IV meds will become easy peasy before you know it! I was really nervous the first few times I gave IV meds, now I'm an ER nurse and I...
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    How do you get job offers before graduating NS?

    Racer15 replied to StayHumble11's topic in General Students

    The hospitals in my town have registered nurse applicant positions...newly graduated RNs that have yet to take NCLEX. They open the positions up about two months prior to graduation, and that's how I...
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    Starting pay question?

    Racer15 replied to Wrangler156's topic in General Students

    In my state, BSN and ADN nurses make the same. The starting rate is $18.94/hour at my hospital, but I work nights, so I get a 15% shift diff, plus I work in the ER, and we are required to work 8...
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    A Graduate Nurse at Last!!!!!!!!!!!

    Racer15 replied to OB-nurse2013's topic in General Students

    Congrats! Seems like just yesterday I was starting nursing school. Now I'm an ER nurse, just like I had hoped to be, doesn't seem real, does it? I couldn't believe that it was really over when I...
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    What would your answer be to this question?

    Racer15 replied to SouthernNurse27's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Yep yep, assessment would be first, you need a baseline to work with or everything else you do will be kind of
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    Different shifts in the ED

    Racer15 replied to C-lion's topic in Emergency

    I work 7p-7a and I like it, I'm not sure that I would enjoy day shift as much. Part of it has to do with staffing though, my coworkers on nights are freaking
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    How much do new BSN nursing grads make?

    Racer15 replied to gonnaB37nursedoc's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    In KY, new grads make around $19/hour. In my area at
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    Best/Worst list of Emergency Nursing

    Racer15 replied to hardworkinmama's topic in Emergency

    Best: The teamwork is AWESOME! I never feel alone, I always have someone there to back me up. The satisfaction of seeing a very sick patient walk out ok. I've had ER doctors high five me when we...
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    Im in the cool kids club!!!!

    Racer15 replied to itsnowornever's topic in Emergency

    Congrats! I'm a new RN, the ER is my first nursing job and it's a wild and crazy ride! I love the teamwork, there's nothing else like it :) So excited for
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    First write up as an RN

    Racer15 replied to Leesha's topic in General Nursing

    When a patient complains to me about another nurse or doctor, I encourage them to either make that complaint clear in their customer satisfaction survey, or give them the number of our director, who...
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    Most comfortable white shoes?

    Racer15 replied to seahawksfanguy's topic in General Students

    I wore some Reeboks while I was in school that were fairly comfy. Now that I don't have to put up with that solid white nonsense, I'm a Nike Fusion fan all the way, half the nurses on my unit wear...