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    I Should Be in Jail

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

    Family members who berate a teenage sexual assault victim. Family members that are too high to realize that their elderly loved one is cold and has no warm weather clothes and probably lives in filth....
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    Nursing hours

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

    There are all sorts of shifts and hours that are available after you have experience under your belt. The experience is the
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    Is it legal for your boss to dictate where you poop?

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

    I can't see how that would be legal. Someone can just walk in on you can't they? Its not like you have some sense of privacy when a coworker can just enter the code and open the
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    Code Blue

    twinmommy+2 replied to 2018nursewi's topic in General Nursing

    I used to have a ring tone that had Monty Python's "always look on the bright side of life". One morning right at 4am, a code was coming through the door and wouldn't you know it I set my alarm which...
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    Can I Get Hired?

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

    I'm confused as to why this would be a problem and why they are working on an expungement when your case was dismissed due to lack of evidence. If it was dismissed, then there is no criminal...
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    Job abandonment in NJ

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

    I would call your BON and see what they say. Its probably not patient abandonment since she didn't accept an
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    I'm not sure I'm cut out for this

    twinmommy+2 replied to coffeeaddict15's topic in General Nursing

    For jobs in case management, telephone triage, and others, they require a certain amount of experience that education can't buy you, probably at a bare minimum of at least 2-5 years. If you are a new...
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    I'm not sure I'm cut out for this

    twinmommy+2 replied to coffeeaddict15's topic in General Nursing

    Perhaps you need to look at why you feel so nervous about bedside nursing. What is the problem you're
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    I'm not sure I'm cut out for this

    twinmommy+2 replied to coffeeaddict15's topic in General Nursing

    It totally depends on the amount of experience you have with the degree. Having a BSN is a good thing but the experience is what will give you the edge over other applicants to the non-bedside jobs...
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    Fake employment certificate

    twinmommy+2 replied to 1992raya's topic in International Nursing

    Ok so you did make a false certificate saying you were a nurse and you really are not a nurse. I wish I knew more about how the clinics work where you are from but it sounds like you need to take what...
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    A cautionary tale: advice/help needed

    twinmommy+2 replied to Renegade girl's topic in General Nursing

    But you didn't say what you do like to do? What about administration or business, nutrition, psych, its still a science degree after
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    Gross Things Patients Do

    twinmommy+2 replied to bluegeegoo2's topic in General Nursing

    :wideyed:I have a solid stomach but that made me uncomfortable lol:roflmao: I think it made my stomach
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    Does anyone else ever envy their patients?

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

    I agree with ivyleaf, the OP seems to have burnout which is reasonable after working 2 jobs. I've worked three jobs for a time and it sucks the life out of you. You have to schedule yourself a...
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    NP refusing to write meds?

    twinmommy+2 replied to nishali78's topic in General Nursing

    It would be common for any provider to not write prescriptions for someone they haven't seen before. It wouldn't be safe for her to do so. Her not seeing transplant patients doesn't change the...
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    June 2017 Caption Contest - Select $100 Winner!

    twinmommy+2 replied to Joe V's topic in News, Announcements

    "I just can't get away from this shift fast
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    My parents don't want me to become nurse but I don't care anymore

    twinmommy+2 replied to JayLuv108's topic in General Nursing

    OP you mentioned you were suffering from depression as well as all the family gunk. I'm thinking that working on your depression for a while and getting that under control would be beneficial to you...
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    Responding to annoying co-worker who asks you to work for them every week?

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

    Just say no. No explanation
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    Nurse misrepresenting self?

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

    There are laws that protect the label of physician just like there are that protect the label of nurse. You can't use it if you don't have
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    Please help! Accounting or Nursing?

    twinmommy+2 replied to akachin107's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Ok let me pull out the mental telepathy orb out of my bag and read your future ***** sorry I got nothing. We can't tell you what you should do with the rest of your life. Pull up the big girl panties,...
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    Wearing secular head coverings?

    twinmommy+2 replied to Oregon, My Oregon's topic in General Nursing

    I'm not sure I would see any problem with them as long as they were laundered after every use just like the scrubs we wear. They are infection accruing but so are scrub tops and pants. I think if you...
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    VA jobs

    twinmommy+2 replied to simbaman's topic in Government, Military

    To me it was worth it. The vacation time, benefits, and possibility of traveling anywhere there is a VA if I decided to make a move for me its all worth it.You have to be willing to wade through the...
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    Narcotics, benzo, phenergan etc...

    twinmommy+2 replied to empatheticRN's topic in Patient Medications

    The first thing that came to my mind when reading your post is that this is probably not as much as they usually take on the
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    Concerned..please help

    twinmommy+2 replied to Maria1308's topic in General Nursing

    Versed given in my ED would be part of a conscious sedation protocol. It should only be given by a knowledgeable licensed person while the patient is monitored. Someone who knows versed would have...
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    Quitting without notice

    twinmommy+2 replied to Summer247's topic in General Nursing

    Still I wouldn't quit without notice. Don't burn the bridge because they will be your reference of prior
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    Fill In The Blank...

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

    "see he fell asleep two lights down the road and now just won't wake up" said the wife of a lung cancer patient with severe SOB on their way to the ER passing 5 hospitals to get to