CharleeFoxtrot BSN, RN

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    Phone Interview for LN position-any tips?

    CharleeFoxtrot replied to CharleeFoxtrot's topic in Legal

    Thank you sirI, I will certainly take you up on the offer of advice if I get to a second interview
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    Phone Interview for LN position-any tips?

    CharleeFoxtrot replied to CharleeFoxtrot's topic in Legal

    Thanks for the reply, very helpful! The ad reads in part: "Position will provide assistance to attys, preparing medical record summaries, analyze merits of medical cases and perform medical research....
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    Being a patient where you work

    CharleeFoxtrot replied to NelleG's topic in General Nursing

    FWIW, I just recently had to have a major surgery and I opted to have it at another (though affiliated) hospital. Mostly because I just couldn't stomach the thought of someone I know having to put in...
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    Keeping Focus during a 12 hr Shift

    CharleeFoxtrot replied to rednotebook's topic in General Nursing

    Break up the 12 hours into bites if you will. The first 4 are assessment, putting out fires and the dreaded 10am med pass from hades (on day shift the 10am pass is huge). The next 4 are for lunch...
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    analgesia before cardioversion

    CharleeFoxtrot replied to mrnewman's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    I have to agree to not give pain management provided the patient isn't emergent is unethical! When I was a Paramedic the few times I did it in the field I was lucky enough to have time to premedicate...
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    Burned out and hate nursing

    CharleeFoxtrot replied to RN1023's topic in Health, Stress Management

    OP, any
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    Protocols for dealing with patient's blood/bodily fl. or who are known to be HIV+etc?

    CharleeFoxtrot replied to virgolady1994's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    Totally agree here, HIV doesn't scare me-Hep however is a more more sturdy virus. My worry is an accidental needle stick. Just be very aware and assume every patient has "something you don't want"...
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    patient who refuses to bathe. help!!

    CharleeFoxtrot replied to carolyncohoon's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I would make the responsible doctor aware, and request both the social worker and a psych consult get scheduled on this patient. This isn't just quirkiness, this is self
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    My anxiety is taking over

    CharleeFoxtrot replied to Regn101's topic in Emergency

    I can just about bet that you are standing there with your knees locked and holding you breath-a sure way to pass out courtesy of the vagus nerve :) The way to get around that is to have a little chat...
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    RN with expired license calling in scripts for family...family wants us to do it too.

    CharleeFoxtrot replied to BettyBoopsRN's topic in General Nursing

    Turn her in before she kills someone. As an aside, can someone simply use a physician's name to call a script in? Don't they have to give a DEA number or something? Pardon my ignorance, I've only...
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    breakdown at work

    CharleeFoxtrot replied to LookForward's topic in Health, Stress Management

    I've cried out of frustration, sadness and happiness at work. Heck, I had tears streaming down my face when I watched a sweet therapy dog cuddle up to an equally sweet elderly patient-I'm tearing up...
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    G tube medications NO LIQUID!

    CharleeFoxtrot replied to syoung5's topic in Medical-Surgical

    Nothing can gack up a Dobhoff tube quicker than the darn simethicone-hate that stuff! Anyway, I crush it and mix with a bit of applesauce and let it sit while I get the other meds ready. I dilute...
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    Recurrent Nightmares About Work

    CharleeFoxtrot replied to rnay312's topic in General Nursing

    I do all the time! In fact, it happens so often I had a bit of a stomach churner when I was at work last week and my personal phone rings-it's in my pocket but my phone announces who is calling....
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    Umm...again, how many weeks of orientation?

    CharleeFoxtrot replied to jrsRN07's topic in Long Term Acute Care

    I could have written this myself, you put it
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    It's Finally Happened!

    CharleeFoxtrot replied to Ruby Vee's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I always tell people never ever believe anything you post cannot be tracked back to you. I frequent a few boards (mostly hobby oriented) and you'd be surprised at how easy it is for people to be...
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    Help with "distancing" myself from a patient

    CharleeFoxtrot posted a topic in General Nursing

    Hello all, I am a fairly new nurse working in an LTAC. Our patients stay with us for extended periods of time-sometimes a year or more until they move on to the next step in their recovery. Due to...
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    Help with "distancing" myself from a patient

    CharleeFoxtrot replied to CharleeFoxtrot's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks for the replies...when all else fails, cite
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    Dobhoff Tube Insertion

    CharleeFoxtrot replied to infirmiere77's topic in General Nursing

    I work in an LTAC, and they also recently changed policies that only an MD can insert DH tubes. No reason was given for the change, and it came a surprise to us on the floor. I'll message you the...
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    Let RN license lapse to get out of "Old" new grad rut?

    CharleeFoxtrot replied to BA_anthropology's topic in General Nursing

    To answer the original question...no way! The better question for the OP to ask is "why haven't I been hired?"-that is the real issue. Where have you applied? Have you checked your resume for typos...
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    Feel Horrible, Have Lost All Confidence....

    CharleeFoxtrot replied to LatinRN1's topic in First Year After Licensure

    The best thing you can do is what you already have done-learned from the mistake. But you still need to forgive yourself, these things happen and since it was a "no harm no foul" shake yourself up...
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    "Difficult" Patients

    CharleeFoxtrot replied to Vespertinas's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I've found that some of the most difficult patients are those who are really insecure and feeling they cannot control their circumstances so they lash out. Well, I give them choices which gives them...
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    Seriously?!?!

    CharleeFoxtrot replied to emtb2rn's topic in Emergency

    I was a paramedic and an ERtech in an urban setting before I went though nursing school. My personal best was a frequent flyer who managed to hit all 3 ERs in the county during the course of a 24...
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    Michigan Correctional Nurses

    CharleeFoxtrot replied to MichiganRN13's topic in Correctional

    (waves to the OP, fellow former medic gone RN ) The $21-$28/hr sounds about right to me. When I graduated last year I looked into going agency at one of the MDOC mental health facilities (I wanted...
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    Ethical Dilemma

    CharleeFoxtrot replied to cjcalimer's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I'd have advised the Pt that this was against medical advice, gone and got the ice chips, called the charge and have them stat page the attending then
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    Can a Nurse do a Respiratory Therapist's job?

    CharleeFoxtrot replied to cumberbachtRNtobe's topic in General Nursing

    I was a paramedic who went through an RN bridge program with LPNs and RTs. It was interesting to see the different emphasis each profession had before they went through the RN program. The medics...