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    please pray for me, had first wknd no preceptor

    twinmommy+2 posted a topic in Emergency

    on my own now man, and oh Lord! Did our little city blow itself up? Did anyone else's ER experience a bad weekend? I think I did ok though, but will need a new pair of shoes as my feet are...
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    LPNS in the ER?

    twinmommy+2 replied to BShelleyLPN's topic in Emergency

    We are just now going from no LPN's (per manager) to 3 LPN's next month, so we are not sure how this will be good or bad. Hoping for good. It will be interresting to see how things
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    Where can l get trained for ER Nursing and how long

    twinmommy+2 replied to Yitta17's topic in Emergency

    Living in Columbia Maryland gives you so many options as far as hospitals are concerned. The big one I'm thinking of is Baltimore Shock Trauma. I think it belongs to the University of Maryland in...
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    Prayer and patient care.

    twinmommy+2 replied to WhiteFlowerRN's topic in General Nursing

    I pray with them if they ask and if they don't I still pray silently for them. This past weekend a woman asked for us to pray that I get her IV in her lol, so I did, and would have anyway if I...
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    Strange diagnosis

    twinmommy+2 replied to aerorunner80's topic in General Nursing

    Oh my Lord!!! Nope, can't quite imagine doing that one but good for her for doing it! I am new to the ER and had my first pseudoseizure this weekend. Of course like someone else said I was all...
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    I need an advise

    twinmommy+2 replied to jongster's topic in General Nursing

    I think I replyed to your other thread, what about not taking the review (I know that is expensive) and just taking the exam? I just read through and answered questions in Saunders book before taking...
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    hoW??

    twinmommy+2 replied to jongster's topic in General Nursing

    Would your employer be able to help you? Or working for a month to build up
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    Unhappy with new job--Need some advice please!!

    twinmommy+2 replied to Red-Headed LPN's topic in General Nursing

    Me personally, I would not quit without having another job lined up unless I had no other choice, like my liscence would be in jeapordy if I were to stay any longer. But thats just me. Could you ask...
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    Could someone help me with a sociology homework question

    twinmommy+2 replied to Hoping4RNin2010's topic in General Nursing

    PCT's looking at nurses charting and thinking that all they do is sit on their
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    Med-Surg

    twinmommy+2 replied to David Offenbaker's topic in General Nursing

    don't be afriad to start IV's. If there is a task that you are apprehensive about, ask to do ALL OF THEM. Tell the staff, if there is something that comes up (foley insert, NG tube, IV) that you...
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    Advice anyone...PLEASE?

    twinmommy+2 replied to JessicaMarie's topic in General Nursing

    Anyone with the drive and motivation no matter what the situation can make it through nursing school. When I started I had three babies (the oldest was 1 1/2, the twins were 5 months old). I was...
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    Now I feel bad... What would you have done??

    twinmommy+2 replied to TigerGalLE's topic in General Nursing

    Oh, she'll get over it. I would have dropped the tube and given the contrast through that like the pp
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    First day without preceptor and first error

    twinmommy+2 replied to jessi1106's topic in First Year After Licensure

    When we had one time orders, they were put on the back of the MAR one at a time so we could see that there would have been more than one bag to give. Plus we put a note on the front that there were...
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    New Grad in the ER looking for a shoulder to cry on

    twinmommy+2 replied to citizensaver's topic in Emergency

    You know what, I also am new to the ER (just started in July as well), and although I've been out of school for 1 1/2 years and working on a med/surg floor, I still feel really out of it sometimes...
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    What does your login nickname mean to you?

    twinmommy+2 replied to NNNikki's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I am a mommy to twins and at the time had one singleton as well, but now am the mommy to four and just havn't figured out how to change my name
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    Is school really a lot of work?

    twinmommy+2 replied to Toots71506's topic in General Nursing

    I do sometimes feel like I might have missed out on somethings, I would have missed them anyway working instead of going to school. I wouldn't have had the option of staying at home. Yes, I would...
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    You're Supposed to be Compassionate!

    twinmommy+2 replied to PeachPie's topic in General Nursing

    Its funny you say that, my SIL must have wrote that one herself. You will always get the bad apple that doubts where your heart lies when you are treating them. Just pay attention to the other...
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    Not sure what to do--please give advise if possible!

    twinmommy+2 replied to mgalloLPN's topic in General Nursing

    if the LPN program is what you want first, then why not do it and see if you can renew your lease for a short period of time. Maybe your landlord would be reasonable and let you do
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    transferring pts. from ED to floor

    twinmommy+2 replied to LCR_RN's topic in Emergency

    I have spent a year and a half in med/surg and am about to take the leap into the ER. Like others have said some of the nurses get pretty put out about the thought of ER calling report. Perhaps...
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    Sweet Dreams, Baby! Tell us about your strange dreams r/t nursing

    twinmommy+2 replied to UM Review RN's topic in General Nursing

    1- the classic "naked" dream where I of course just could not find any scrubs or clothes for that matterr and had to go to work naked. 2- I think it was during that same dream every patient started to...
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    Please say a prayer

    twinmommy+2 replied to AnnieOaklyRN's topic in General Nursing

    I just did say a prayer for you and all those taking the NCLEX soon. May your heart be calm, your fingers be swift, and may God see you through this till the end.
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    How many 12's?

    twinmommy+2 replied to fleur-de-lis's topic in General Nursing

    I normally work 3 12's in a row cause I'm weekend option. Its not bad and I've gotten used to it. The most I've ever done was a 12, 16, 16 and the last day of 16 hours was the day from hell. I'll...
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    Say What??????!!!!!!!!!!

    twinmommy+2 replied to gt4everpn's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    lol, maybe so...she was a little delusional as well...you never
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    Say What??????!!!!!!!!!!

    twinmommy+2 replied to gt4everpn's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    A patient reciently called up to the nurses station to ask if her doctor had been in yet. I asked her why and she stated that he was going to perform a "virginia
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    How about your favorite Old Wives Tales related to health?

    twinmommy+2 replied to NurseyTonyaLPN's topic in Nursing Humor

    I hadn't heard of the bread but as a kid I had frequent nose bleeds and it was usually "put a cold wet rag behind your neck and lean your head back". Ended up wiith a headache too. Plus people swear...