AJJKRN

AJJKRN

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  1. Nurse Gives Lethal Dose of Vecuronium Instead of Versed

    AJJKRN replied to Nurse Beth's topic in General Nursing

    Also, if I'm not mistaken, a pharmacist has to check off each and every drug filled by a pharm tech prior to it being

  2. How do you deal with angry/upset with patients?

    AJJKRN replied to Karlie2114's topic in General Nursing

    This! The OP may want to clarify if needing tips on how to handle reasonable customer service recovery or what healthcare workers have been experiencing more and more, which is perfectly oriented...

  3. Death at Work

    AJJKRN replied to Davey Do's topic in Nursing Humor

    I live and work in the good ol state of Illinoid too. At my facility two nurses can pronounce per hospital protocol. We have to call the doc, coroner, gift of hope, etc too. The attending signs the...

  4. Possible career ending injury

    AJJKRN replied to LovingLife123's topic in Nurse Disabilities

    Look into steroid injections. I have only needed two in five years (C6-7). They have saved my career as I was told that if I had an ACDF and continued to work the floor that I would just herniate in a...

  5. coworkers calling me stupid to and in front of patients

    AJJKRN replied to direw0lf's topic in General Nursing

    I know many are saying go to management or HR but in my similar experience (as a new nurse), I was not believed or even entertained by my manager and since she did not keep my struggles in confidence,...

  6. MA rant

    AJJKRN replied to orangepink's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Many employers are like this. They don't want to pay up front and they end up paying more in the long run.

  7. Should a new grad go into med/surg or into the specialty that they would love to be in?

    AJJKRN replied to StudentRNmt's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    Accept the job that hires you and pays your bills...and with any luck it will turn out to be your dream

  8. MO Hospital offering $5,000 sign-on bonus to new grads

    AJJKRN replied to klone's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Klone, my area has a glut of new grads to choose from and we've been offering sign-on bonuses for years (not when I graduated years ago though but...sigh). We have an issue that everyone wants to...

  9. Michigan hospital sued after honoring woman's request for "white nurse only"

    AJJKRN replied to klone's topic in Nursing News

    You may want to go back and reread the comment...it was "liked" so much because of the sarcastic twist that the OP added about being able to sue for being a male and being "discriminated" against......

  10. Is the term multi-tasking now synonymous with working hard?

    AJJKRN replied to Lemon Bars's topic in Nursing Career

    I bet you just unintentionally hit a nerve like when people say to us nightshifters that the patients just sleep all night. Oh man that has not ever been the truth for me! She might have just thought...

  11. ACCN Emergency dilemma

    AJJKRN replied to mediwizard's topic in Critical Care

    Yep, my hospital offers all of those and more like trauma nurse certification, etc. It's a perk of working for

  12. Charge nurse

    AJJKRN replied to YstRN12's topic in General Nursing

    I've been in the float pool for years and have been doing charge for years which is an expectation for many of us in the float pool. Not enough experienced nurses on the floors most of the time. I get...

  13. I graduated from a non-accredited Nursing school and now wish to get my BSN......

    AJJKRN replied to zatara74's topic in General Nursing

    This link may clear up some of the confusion... Nursing School Accreditation || RegisteredNursing.org Hope you find an accepting school especially in this volatile "nursing

  14. PCCN vs CCRN

    AJJKRN replied to TNnurse91's topic in MICU, SICU

    My boss told me this as she has both certifications... She said the PCCN was actually harder for her because you have to take the test in the mindset of a nurse with the knowledge of a step down nurse...

  15. job offer but not until December

    AJJKRN replied to direw0lf's topic in First Year After Licensure

    As long as you get it in writing, I would wait and work a non-nursing job until you start. Continue to read up on concepts to help prepare you for when you do start but getting a job as a nurse...

  16. Locking the Safety Needle Shield

    AJJKRN replied to Davey Do's topic in General Nursing

    It apparently has happened...many more times than once

  17. re-used IV needle

    AJJKRN replied to LibraNurse27's topic in General Nursing

    I would imagine the increase in risk that the catheter/needle picked up the already normal bacteria from the area of the first portal of entry and will introduce it into another portal of entry on the...

  18. BSN with PhD in Pharmaceutical Sciences .

    AJJKRN replied to aedic002's topic in General Nursing

    I would also be ensuring that you would be getting paid PhD wages too! You'll be paying on PhD student loans right? So what would be the difference in the BSN degree and a pharmacologist degree? Isn't...

  19. RN-BSN (Affordable!)

    AJJKRN replied to mydogsRawesome's topic in General Students

    My vote goes to Western Governors University as well. Check out the WGU forum and the school ratings area on

  20. Started in Med/Surg but went to another specialty?

    AJJKRN replied to amandaxyo's topic in General Nursing

    Float is where my heart is

  21. Different ER beds

    AJJKRN replied to ajaykumaragarwalusa's topic in General Nursing

    It is my understanding that there are licensed beds and unlicensed beds. Licensed beds are already the predetermined amount for the hospital. Anything over the licensed bed count becomes unlicensed...

  22. Everything Sucks: Red Flags?

    AJJKRN replied to missmagee's topic in General Nursing

    Madness I tell you! I just don't see the relevance for small predetermined doses to be double checked by trained healthcare professionals especially in relation to adults. Peds I can see, gtts I can...

  23. Cost vs benefit of BSN at middle age

    AJJKRN replied to Grengemly's topic in General Nursing

    Like others on this thread, my hospital didn't require a BSN...until it did. Magnet helped roll out the requirement for new nurses to have their BSN in five years upon hire. I would have been exempt...

  24. Nurses Side Hustles

    AJJKRN replied to Evan Gross's topic in Nurse Entrepreneurs, Innovators

    Clinical instructor for one clinical each semester. I don't get paid a lot but it's fairly easy and I'm hopefully helping to grow and support nurses-to-be one day. I'm also going to look into teaching...

  25. How long have you been a nurse

    AJJKRN replied to Rocknurse's topic in General Nursing

    7 years so far. My favorite number