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  1. IV tubing....why don't you recap it?

    guest64485 replied to CoffeeRTC's topic in General Nursing

    We turn the tubing onto itself all the time, being sure to wipe it with alcohol first. Everyone I know of carries a big stack of alcohol wipes in their pocket. Sometimes we will connect the end of...

  2. Overwhelmed, as usual

    guest64485 replied to garciadiego's topic in Medical-Surgical

    If you find the magical solution, let me know! I've been in med-surg for 6 months, and I'm overwhelmed on an almost daily basis. I feel like I'm always moving at a frantic pace. The problem is, of...

  3. What is Your Daily Routine?

    guest64485 replied to abundantjoy07's topic in Medical-Surgical

    0630 - arrive, obtain profile sheet of my patients, read through them, write down pertinent new orders or specimens that are still needed, and questions for noc shift. Look at schedule for times for...

  4. I need serious encouragement/reasons to stay at my BORING job

    guest64485 replied to DaisyChains's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Do they actively ignore you, or, are they just not the talking type? Sometimes it just takes people a while to warm up to others. As for the boring part, I can understand why that is frustrating....

  5. Checking Meds As A New Nurse

    guest64485 replied to Journey_On's topic in First Year After Licensure

    You have to know at minimum what the drug is for before administering it. Like others said, it is good to know by groups, that way you can know that a med with 'statin' in it is likely for...

  6. medicine without a license

    guest64485 replied to georgianurseRN's topic in General Nursing

    Please give an example where giving half a med will result in more harm to the patient than withholding the entire med when a patient refuses to take the full dose? I can give you a lot of examples...

  7. What's your patient load?

    guest64485 posted a topic in General Nursing

    Including transfers, admits, and mid-shift pick ups, how many total patients are you responsible for during the day? Please include your unit and shift. Thanks! :) Med Surg 6-8,

  8. Tough family questions

    guest64485 replied to tobycoop's topic in First Year After Licensure

    You have to be as honest as you can be with family. You can't give false hope, but you also need to be honest when you don't know the answer. For a question such as the one posed above, your...

  9. Illinois Nurses for Obama???

    guest64485 replied to Pretty in Ink's topic in Illinois Nursing

    You are a patient advocate when you encourage proper nurse : patient ratios - its not about the nurse, but about ability to provide safe effective patient care (which is already strained). There's...

  10. what does medical surgical nursing consist of?

    guest64485 replied to able2009's topic in Medical-Surgical

    Nursing school takes you through a variety of clinicals including med-surg, tele, OB, community health, home health, etc. For more information I'd suggest you go to the students tab and there you can...

  11. Flu Vaccine

    guest64485 replied to country mom's topic in General Nursing

    Thank you. This is probably one of the best reasons to get the flu

  12. Do You Hate Being A Nurse?

    guest64485 replied to ButterPeacanRican's topic in General Nursing

    I think most people love being a nurse, but just hate the fact that due to high patient loads and paperwork/customer service demands, they are not able to give the level of care they want. That can...

  13. Career Changers: What won't/don't you miss about your first career?

    guest64485 replied to whodatnurse's topic in General Nursing

    I worked HR for 7 years. I miss -hour lunches, ability to do errands over lunch -going at my own pace, autonomy, ability to be creative and design my own projects. Really miss this. -ability to...

  14. OUCH!!!! Ampule issues. Anyone else have problems?

    guest64485 replied to notyourordinarymom's topic in General Nursing

    This is something I'm still wondering

  15. Starting Salary.

    guest64485 replied to indiawhitaker's topic in First Year After Licensure

    24.50-27,

  16. Advice nurse pros and cons

    guest64485 replied to MA Nurse's topic in General Nursing

    you mean telephone triage nursing? If you don't get a whole lot of responses here, there is a subforum for that specialty, you may get more responses

  17. Starting Salary.

    guest64485 replied to indiawhitaker's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Depends. Some recruiters give half credit for LPN

  18. Anyone can get into Nursing.

    guest64485 replied to indiawhitaker's topic in General Nursing

    What does this mean? Is this another

  19. Is nursing for me?

    guest64485 replied to onetwothree's topic in General Nursing

    To the previous posters - I did have cadavers in A&P, and it was a great experience, IMO. While its a bit of a reality check at first, its a privilege to be handling the body of a former person...

  20. Anyone can get into Nursing.

    guest64485 replied to indiawhitaker's topic in General Nursing

    Why do you see this as a fight? This is merely a debate, trying to get at what the truth is. I have seen the numerous threads which have procured no evidence; you were asked as well for evidence and...

  21. Anyone can get into Nursing.

    guest64485 replied to indiawhitaker's topic in General Nursing

    For a political thread, of course. Placing this in an abusive boyfriend thread (I think he'd be verbally abusive regarding going to school regardless of major) isn't as clear of relevance, especially...

  22. Anyone can get into Nursing.

    guest64485 replied to indiawhitaker's topic in General Nursing

    All I see here is a lot of emotion. I am not staying you can't hear nor am I saying you can't comprehend. What I am saying is that mishearing, misunderstanding, and rumors, are common, and...

  23. Anyone can get into Nursing.

    guest64485 replied to indiawhitaker's topic in General Nursing

    Think about it.... Such an inflammatory statement and NO ONE wrote a letter to the editor? There were NO articles about it in the paper? There are NO records of the radio tape? NO comments about...

  24. Anyone can get into Nursing.

    guest64485 replied to indiawhitaker's topic in General Nursing

    It always starts off joking before it becomes serious. This is the common pattern. Sorry, but he doesn't have the right to hurt you even if you do hurt him emotionally with cheating. Eventually...

  25. clinic nurses pay

    guest64485 replied to orange_sky's topic in General Nursing

    It varies. Is it a private practice? In this instance, the salary might be the same as a hospital nurse, but the benefits might not be there. What I've found is that clinics that are hooked up with...