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    Liar, liar pants on fire!

    Orion81RN replied to Wuzzie's topic in General Nursing

    Is it most respected or most
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    I want to quit during orientation...

    Orion81RN replied to mzsuccess's topic in General Nursing

    I'd say try to tough it out while looking elsewhere. It took me 3 tries at different LTCs before I found a relatively reasonable one. Keep in mind you are interviewing THEM as well. When they ask why...
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    Nurse, clean up aisle 5 (rant)

    Orion81RN replied to cleback's topic in General Nursing

    When I think of 1 med pass, I think of all my patients. If I have, say, 30 patients, I'd wipe down the med cart once before the med pass, and once after giving the 30 pt's their meds. Not between...
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    My client's Christian parents figure out that I'm Christian

    Orion81RN replied to Kitiger's topic in General Nursing

    I even went to church with my PDN patient last week. It was great. The mom is very talkative on the subject. It can become a problem, though, when our beliefs do not match up. I'm a Christian who...
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    Funniest Slips

    Orion81RN replied to Tootsboots's topic in General Nursing

    I jokingly asked a patient's step dad if he was color blind. Turns out he is. And righhhht after he said yes, I remembered that his wife had told me that about him months before, but I forgot. One...
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    My Opinion on Simulation Lab

    Orion81RN replied to missnursingstudent19's topic in General Students

    THIS! The more you expose yourself to these high adrenalinr situations, the more comfortable you will become over time. I recently mentioned exposure therapy regarding performance anxiety in another...
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    My Opinion on Simulation Lab

    Orion81RN replied to missnursingstudent19's topic in General Students

    That is not the same as performance anxiety. I have no problem doing my job in front of people. Its when being graded that anxiety rises. I never got over performance anxiety, but guess what? I get...
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    Students (and others) using staff parking

    Orion81RN replied to psu_213's topic in General Nursing

    Agree. In my program we had to go to the top of the garage, and use a separate oarking lot for an ltc facility. Its just not right to use up employees and patient/family
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    How to prepare 0.45 NaCl IVFluid?

    Orion81RN replied to trevor05's topic in General Nursing

    It would be a good username for me
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    Going back to LTC/SNF?

    Orion81RN posted a topic in General Nursing

    I've been an RN for 6 years (ADN) with 3 years experience combined in 2 SNF/LTC facilities and one sub-acute rehab. I have been away from the bedside for a year doing private duty. I like PDN but I...
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    Going back to LTC/SNF?

    Orion81RN replied to Orion81RN's topic in General Nursing

    I love and thank God for you guys. Working in Rehab, there is NO WAY we could do all our own
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    I am not "such a good nurse!", a vent

    Orion81RN replied to Swellz's topic in General Nursing

    Or coumadin with INRs coming back super low and prescribers continually increasing the dose....when the real issue is he isn't even getting his coumadin. I remember this in a particular dementia pt,...
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    Are these yellow flags or red flags?

    Orion81RN replied to RNingaround's topic in Rehabilitation

    I'm having the same issue with a place at which I want to work. I love EMR. I've only had good experiences. I lasted only one day at a place with paper MAR. But to be fair, the whole facility was a...
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    I am not "such a good nurse!", a vent

    Orion81RN replied to Swellz's topic in General Nursing

    I get it. It's a backhanded compliment. It's like commenting to a Dad who is playing with his kid, "Wow, you're such a good Dad." No, he's just doing what a Dad is SUPPOSED to do. I personally...
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    Did I make a med error?

    Orion81RN replied to Emilythenewgrad's topic in General Nursing

    And do it in a non-defensive way. Don't burn bridges. Lord knows I have, and it sucks when it comes back to bite you, such as when needing references for your next
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    Did I make a med error?

    Orion81RN replied to Emilythenewgrad's topic in General Nursing

    No
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    Sleeping in the Closet?

    Orion81RN replied to adventure_rn's topic in General Nursing

    Oh the landscaping woes!!! I would JUST start to fall asleep at 8am when along came the landscapers right out my window.
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    I need your opinion

    Orion81RN replied to Parrott lpn's topic in General Nursing

    "The nurses who work in the office (skilled, etc) either don't do all the steps or they walk past me, say the doctor gave you an order that the doctor gave to them for my patient on the shift before...
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    Did I make a med error?

    Orion81RN replied to Emilythenewgrad's topic in General Nursing

    This makes me greatful we always put in our own orders. I wouldn't trust anyone but prescriber and myself to enter an order (in SNF
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    Did I make a med error?

    Orion81RN replied to Emilythenewgrad's topic in General Nursing

    Hmmm. If the new order was for the 2nd dose to be given at 5pm, I would have given it even if pharmacy was not caught up on entering it. You received the order, so its ok to give. I'm thinking that...
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    My Opinion on Simulation Lab

    Orion81RN replied to missnursingstudent19's topic in General Students

    Hated them. Hated, hated, hated them. The idea is great. But, I have major performance anxiety, and do terribly being watched. They video taped ours and had us watch them afterward, which was...
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    What was the first thing you learned in Nursing School?

    Orion81RN replied to Murse336's topic in General Students

    Head to toe assessment was STRONGLY emphasized from the get go in my program. And how invaluable giving a bed bath can be to that process. I ask my nurse assistants to grab me when they give their...
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    What was the first thing you learned in Nursing School?

    Orion81RN replied to Murse336's topic in General Students

    If you didn't chart it, it didn't
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    Sleeping in the Closet?

    Orion81RN replied to adventure_rn's topic in General Nursing

    I am glad that worked for you, but I about spit out my coffee reading the tin foil on your window. I'm picturing someone seeing it and thinking you're a bizarre conspiracy theorist who thinks...
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    How to call a provider at 3 am

    Orion81RN replied to ZenRN181's topic in General Nursing

    I absolutely love this. Thank