Alisonisayoshi LVN

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    Administering Tylenol to a friend

    Alisonisayoshi replied to Em31200's topic in General Nursing

    That's me in the corner, that's me in the
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    The sloppy image of nurses today

    Alisonisayoshi replied to RNdynamic's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    Ummmm my hair belongs in a pony or bun. Makeup sweats off my face. I wear a clean face, clean scrubs, and tidy hair. I may not look "hot" but I look like a healthcare
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    Imaging for recurrent UTI in male?

    Alisonisayoshi replied to Pachinko's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    CT abd w/w/o contrast and a KUB. UA C&S on last UTI. Micro w/reflex if hematuria. Void diary if A&O to do one and possibly bring to appt (depends on doc, some like them some don't care too...
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    Anyone working nurse labeled a Non-Responder with vaccines?

    Alisonisayoshi replied to jengix29's topic in General Nursing

    I don't titer, ever. I am employable with vaccination records. I have had the Hep series so many times now it's ridiculous. I keep my vaccine records and give them to new employers now. No big...
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    My facility is going to a new mode of trying to care for hospital level patients.

    Alisonisayoshi replied to mr cooper's topic in Health, Stress Management

    So just a few points on how your situation is unfair, but not in the way you think. In the facility I work per Diem in: All lab draw and UA supplies are centrally located, I don't have to hunt, just...
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    What's his blood sugar?

    Alisonisayoshi replied to FloridaRN123's topic in HIPAA Challenges

    I don't know the answer. I don't. I'm curious to hear opinions on it. As a diabetic I am rather protective of my numbers, and do view them and how they trend as private. My friends and family are...
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    Why are nurses so backbiting?

    Alisonisayoshi replied to RNBSN1591's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Yes it happens. In my Per Diem job (LTC) it's not tolerated. Ever. Excellent supportive management and awesome nurses who love what they do. I kinda thought NETY was imagined as this was my first...
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    GUYS I Decided after reading several posts here that Nursing is a Dream!!!!!!

    Alisonisayoshi replied to MSBREELEE's topic in Nursing Career

    Ummmm I actually am a nurse~says the LVN who went to actual nursing
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    Clostridium difficile/ UTI

    Alisonisayoshi replied to fighter10's topic in General Students

    So I did a microbiology report way back when on c diff lol, and I read soooooo many studies. I came across a lot of info about c diff with uti but it was almost exclusively associated with E. coli....
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    Do you stalk anyone here?

    Alisonisayoshi replied to klone's topic in General Nursing

    I don't stalk anyone, but I do regularly fangirl
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    How long does CA BON take to post your licensed number after you've taken the NCLEX-PN

    Alisonisayoshi replied to miladaniels's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    Now in about 3-4 weeks you will get a letter with request for 150 stating you passed (or that you failed or that you passed but have a background issue). Then you have an option to mail in the fee,...
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    Question regarding where I stand with my job (long, but with paragraphs!)

    Alisonisayoshi posted a topic in General Nursing

    I am a nurse in an ambulatory care hospital associated specialty clinic. I'm very new to this position and a fairly new nurse. We do in office invasive procedures regularly. I am in a quandary as...
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    Question regarding where I stand with my job (long, but with paragraphs!)

    Alisonisayoshi replied to Alisonisayoshi's topic in General Nursing

    Update: I was in the right, I'm in no trouble. Receptionist was spoken to regarding the privacy issues here. As seeing any part of the procedure put her privy to PHI that was she had no reason to...
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    Question regarding where I stand with my job (long, but with paragraphs!)

    Alisonisayoshi replied to Alisonisayoshi's topic in General Nursing

    Most of our pts are male, which is why I think he chooses privacy versus a nurse on hand. With female pts undergoing this specific procedure and a few others, he has me there, to "hold the scope"....
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    Question regarding where I stand with my job (long, but with paragraphs!)

    Alisonisayoshi replied to Alisonisayoshi's topic in General Nursing

    I feel really reassured by all these posts. Being a new grad is really hard, and I took a big leap of faith dropping to per diem at my SNF where I was getting really confident in my job and moving to...
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    Welcome To The Hospital - From Your Nurse

    Alisonisayoshi replied to Lev's topic in General Nursing

    1) I choose this job after having been a pt. A vented, ICU, pancreatitis, type 1 diabetic, mutiple DKA, months on end in the hospital pt. I never acted like a jerk (except on Ativan, that drug...
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    Question regarding where I stand with my job (long, but with paragraphs!)

    Alisonisayoshi replied to Alisonisayoshi's topic in General Nursing

    That's what the nurse training me said, that it doesn't go on elsewhere. She's very unhappy in this position, and happy to be going back where she was floated from to cover until I was
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    Question regarding where I stand with my job (long, but with paragraphs!)

    Alisonisayoshi replied to Alisonisayoshi's topic in General Nursing

    This is at the heart of my concern here. I don't want to be viewed in a way that I'm not. I don't want this incident to be a blemish on my career with this hospital system. I feel lucky to have...
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    Question regarding where I stand with my job (long, but with paragraphs!)

    Alisonisayoshi replied to Alisonisayoshi's topic in General Nursing

    This wasn't an established patient, but the provider is known to be the absolute best in the specialty you can find. Pts feel lucky to see him. He is awesome. Kind of doctor that still calls you...
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    Question regarding where I stand with my job (long, but with paragraphs!)

    Alisonisayoshi replied to Alisonisayoshi's topic in General Nursing

    That was kind of how I felt, that it wasn't just about dignity, it was about how that moment appeared to the pt, who had not met my provider before today, and now was being rushed through a series of...
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    Question regarding where I stand with my job (long, but with paragraphs!)

    Alisonisayoshi replied to Alisonisayoshi's topic in General Nursing

    Though I might think those kinds of things, I tend to be rather quiet, so they rarely come out if my
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    Question regarding where I stand with my job (long, but with paragraphs!)

    Alisonisayoshi replied to Alisonisayoshi's topic in General Nursing

    No, I don't mean to present it that way, the door was cracked, the question was asked and answered. The pt was upset, but r/t dx most likely. I have had few interactions with the receptionist before...
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    Question regarding where I stand with my job (long, but with paragraphs!)

    Alisonisayoshi replied to Alisonisayoshi's topic in General Nursing

    Thank you, that's reassuring. She really made me feel in the wrong for telling her to please not do
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    How long is an acceptable amount of time for ne LPNs to orient?

    Alisonisayoshi replied to I.can.do.this.18's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    I got 4 days. It sucks bad the first few weeks, but you get the hang of it. I often had 40. I recently switched to ambulatory
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    Better to be an LPN than not a nurse at all?

    Alisonisayoshi replied to livimo's topic in General Students

    I went to LVN school with a girl in a similar predicament to you. Husband often deployed/moved. She did her prereqs, did an LVN course because it was short enough to do before they moved again,...