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    Questioning the nurse during clinical

    BSNbeauty replied to motay68's topic in General Students

    OP you did a great job being a patient advocate. I would have done the same as you. THAT is what nursing is. You did the right thing by getting a bladder a scan. You should not feel like an idiot. As...
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    Family claims hospital's staff shortage responsible for fatal crash

    BSNbeauty replied to DidiRN's topic in General Nursing

    I like the idea of having sleep rooms for nurses and CNAS. We are human. Perhaps having that option would lower the risks of accidents and hospitals can say that they did provide a way for nurses/cnas...
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    Family claims hospital's staff shortage responsible for fatal crash

    BSNbeauty replied to DidiRN's topic in General Nursing

    I resigned from a full time night position in the ER. My main reason was because I nodded off one morning and crashed my car into one of the bumpers while coming of the highway. It scared me to death....
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    Family claims hospital's staff shortage responsible for fatal crash

    BSNbeauty replied to DidiRN's topic in General Nursing

    So sad. This is my worse fear every time I drive home from work from night shift. I've been in an accident from driving home after work and it scared me so
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    Patients that utilize WebMD

    BSNbeauty posted a topic in General Nursing

    I have nothing against the site webmd. In fact, I'll use it once in a blue moon if I'm curious about something. However, sometimes patient use webmd as a diagnosing tool. Had a parent call the unit...
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    Giving Morphine

    BSNbeauty replied to jg24's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    OP it is hard to see if what you did was best for the patient with the limited information you've provided. If they are actively dying I would have given the PRN morphine OTC. Most of the time...
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    November 2013 Caption Contest: Win $100!

    BSNbeauty replied to Joe V's topic in News, Announcements

    Dr. Fitz this patient behind me is an example of what we call inferiority complex. He even dresses up as a
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    Second-guessing myself

    BSNbeauty replied to fetch's topic in School

    I had a ximiliar situation except I failed to call the parents. There was no visible injury but the kid ended up with a fx to his middle finger. I never made that mistake again! From then on I always...
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    Silly question about asthma

    BSNbeauty replied to mc3's topic in School

    I've seen the same thing. I always give the inhaler and if no relief call the parents. Thats all we can do. I do not think you are missing
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    What do you do when you can't get ahold of parents?

    BSNbeauty replied to 100kids's topic in School

    I had a kid that had persistent vomitting. I didnt feel comfortable sending him hom that way. We couldnt reach anyone on the emergency card so we ended calling 911 to take the child to the hospital....
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    Gave epi today

    BSNbeauty replied to SassyTachyRN's topic in School

    Ive never given it. However, my mom gave it to a kid in the neighborhood before, His mother was too scsred so my mother who was a nurseing student at the time gave it in our living room without...
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    You can't fix stupid!

    BSNbeauty replied to SchoolNurseTXstyle's topic in School

    Ah, the joys of school nursing. When they come in saying my parents say "blah blah blah" I have them call mom or dad for pick up. Whats the point of checking a temp if they already plan to go
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    Being a Patient Where you Work

    BSNbeauty replied to ChristineN's topic in Emergency

    I avoid being a patient where I work at all cost. 1. I don't want anyone in my buisness 2. I'm the WORSE patient
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    What is the worst hardship/story you have ever seen/heard in your nursing career?

    BSNbeauty replied to succinate's topic in General Nursing

    12 year old admitted to Labor and Delivery to find out she's pregnant. Pregancy was a result from her being raped by her brother. Very
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    Nursing specialty that requires minimum patient contact and best hours?

    BSNbeauty replied to tsipareht's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Please pick another profession. Nursing need nurses who actually give patient
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    Hired for one shift but scheduled for another!

    BSNbeauty replied to Bsumer704's topic in Emergency

    Talk to your manager about your schedule. If she/he can work something out then great, if not you can always
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    nurse told me prereqs are the hardest part

    BSNbeauty replied to RHill9919's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Nursing school was by far easier for me than the prereqs. For some reason I was able to grasp the concept of nursing, disease processes, interventions and etc. Now, ask me to calculate the mole of...
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    I can't believe the MD did that

    BSNbeauty replied to cardiacfreak's topic in General Nursing

    DNR comes in many forms these days. I 've had patients that were DNR's but we did everything except the cardiac meds. He should have been sedated
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    Travel Nursing

    BSNbeauty replied to BlackMurse1's topic in Travel

    How would your Fiance feel about this? What if dad needs you right way and you are too far? I would seriously thank about
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    Private Duty for New Grads

    BSNbeauty replied to reginarn88's topic in Private Duty

    Tread carefully. I used to do PDN and had a bad experience with a little boy with a trach. Thank God his mother was in the next room and was able to
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    am I a nurse or home maker???

    BSNbeauty replied to jack1339's topic in Private Duty

    This is why HH and PDN is not for me. I've tried it but felt more like a homemaker/baby sitter than a nurse. Cleaning someone's home is not beneath me at all, however it just wasn't my cup of tea....
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    When someone asks you what you do for a living, do you say "nurse" or "RN" or "LVN"?

    BSNbeauty replied to HHN2472's topic in General Nursing

    I say nurse unless I'm talking to someone in the medical field . TheN I will say
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    You want us to do what?!?

    BSNbeauty replied to SilenceintheLibrary's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Ha! What a joke!. I would be like" I think I'm busy that day, I'm busy on all days that end in
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    Burnout tips?

    BSNbeauty replied to ParalyticAgent's topic in Emergency

    It took me 26 days to realize the ER was not my cup of tea. Maybe you should explore other
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    Er predictions

    BSNbeauty replied to Sassy5d's topic in Emergency

    Mondays are the worse in the ED I came from. Everyone needed an excuse for a three day weekend I