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We use TB needle

Funny. Sounds good

Clearly you haven't read any of my responses. I asked no questions in my original post. I did not post this for kuddos. In fact, the opposite. I shared this so I could get feedback and confirm how I already felt after this happened. Where did I say anything to " bring down othere"? There is no reason to be rude. You have no idea how thick my skin is because you don't know me or what I've been through. I'll AGAIN thank all of those who have offered sound constructive feedback in a non-demeaning manner.

She did look like a cancer patient. I think I wanted to save her money the most out of anything and I didn't think before I spoke (currently trying to install my filter☺) Very good point you make!

Really, I am posting anonymously about a mistake I made and learned from, hoping others will too. A lot of these posts are not nice and don't offer any constructive feed back, like this one.

No, he was white male with a "quirk" about him😉

She bought the saline. ...#facepalm #footinmouth. Lol. I'm going to say this again. IN RETROSPECT, PRETTY MUCH IMMEDIATELY AFTER I COOLED OFF, I KNEW I SHOULDN'T HAVE SAID ANYTHING. I MADE A COMPLAINT ABOUT HIS BEHAVIOR TO ME AS A CUSTOMER NOT A NURSE AND HOW RUDE HE ACTED TO ME. MY EGO MAY HAVE BEEN HURT A LITTLE BIT I KNOW THAT WE HAVE TO BE HUMBLED SOMETIMES, THAT WAS ONE OF TIME. AGAIN, I LEARNED MAY A LESSONS THAT DAY THAT WILL MAKE ME A BETTER LEADER AND PROFESSIONAL IN THE FUTURE! I APPRECIATE THOSE WHO HAVE ACTUALLY GAVE ME RESPECTFUL FEEDBACK

For the record, I have the utmost respect for those who have worked hard and earned advanced degrees. My problem was the manner in which he approached me and what I felt as disrespect in a consumer and professional transaction

Thanks for all the feed back, also the grammar corrections. I pretty much knew in retrospect that I should have kept my mouth shut, my intentions were not to make the pharmacist look bad. I'm developing in many aspects of my professional demeanor. I make mistakes to learn from them and better my next decision. With that in mind and coming from a customer service career history, I would have never spoke or treated a customer that way. I learned from the Doctor as well.

I was at a Walgreens pharmacy waiting with my mom for her scripts to be filled. An elderly woman, wearing a pink ball cap and sparce, thinned gray hair approached the counter. I could hear her conversation without even trying to listen. She asked the pharmacist what she should cleanse a small cut with. The pharmacist told her to use saline and pointed to were it was so she could buy some. As she passed me, I did not know the pharmacist was making his way behind her, I politely said, "ma'am, I wasn't trying to ease drop, but you can just use soap and water and save some money, I'm a Nurse." The pharmacist came right up behind me, moved in front of my face and said, "I don't think she asked you, she asked me" as he swayed that neck left to right. Well, I was pissed at how rude he was, I went and talked to the manager, then went back to the counter to pick up scripts. He came to the register and stood behind the cashier and said, "Just so you know, I have a PhD, and I know more you do" My jaw dropped and told him his PhD sure didn't teach him how to treat others. He kept arguing with me and mom. Finally, I had to walk away after he told me, "My name is Dr. Peebles " after telling him I was going to contact coporate and file a complaint. Uggg, I know I was sticking my nose out but he didn't have to act so hateful Rant over, TY

I'm on a Intermediate care post cardiac surgery. 1:4 on days, 1:4-5 on nights

3x in a rolling calender. On the 4th we get a warning, 5th is a write up

Start your prerequisites as soon as you can. There are really a lot that have to be done prior to RN-BSN programs. It's taking forever to get them done ugg

They are the same thing, just different credentialing bodies. The Med Surg RN -BC through ANCC is more credible to me, they do Magnet.

I didnt, but I'm a freak of nature lol. I also graduated nursing school on may 7, got authorization from BON to test on May 8 and took my NCLEX on may 10 Waketech has free only math tutorials, but I can't remember how to find them on the website, you could call the advisor, they should know

RN to BSN programs has a time limit on the maths too, I think 10 years. There are tons of prerequisites left to do after the nursing program to get into BSN program. After your done, keep going and doing those preqreqs either for AA or AS.

I just took the math placement because my math was too old. Placed out of all the the lower, non credit maths. Very easy.

I would take Statistics if I were you. Most employers make you get your BSN within 5 years of hire and Stats will be required for that. I'm in that predicament now. Wake Techs nursing program is awesome but it's a shame how much is required for the BSN after it.

My hospital just got awarded is 4th magnet designation. We are am award winning hospital for patient and staff satisfaction. Named best place to work year after year. There is always a bad apple in a group, but one cannot generalize based off that. Magnet is reflective of nursing excellence and shard governance.

Actually, not a minor. The pt was suicidal but psych took her off suicide precautions, but is going to inpatient drug rehab but IVC papers remains. I'm gonna take a closer look at them tonight

As hard as it is and was to get people to do it, it has increased our scores on communication between nurses and patients. It is Evidence based as well. Patient will only become more and more involved in their care and decision making as the healthcare culture continues to change.

So my facility has no IVC ( not suicide, but court ordered d/t drug abuse causing unintended self harm) policy to refer to as far a Nursing responsibilities etc... I may try and get a group together to write one based on the increased number of psychiatric pts admitted to floor beds, but does anyone have any resources or EBP stuff they can point me too? Big issues with privileges and consistency with our last IVC pt

We all kinda "know" what's going on when it's going on, however we cannot judge a person's pain, it's their perception. People with chronic pain can often appear as if they aren't in pain. Our MDs have to specify what pain range they want each prn given for for example Tramadol po q4 prn mild pain (1-3) Percocet po q4 prn moderate pain (4-6) Morphine 2mg iv q4 prn severe pain (7-10) This helps when explaining that I have to follow orders and give appropriately. I also try to stay on top of my patients pain before it gets too bad, less IV meds.

Actually, they can be different directions in different leads Atrial Flutter - Life in the Fast Lane ECG Library

I'm not saying I'm right about the flutter, but if you zoom in really close, you can see extra p's in almost every lead. Also, there are a lot of sharp points throughout and the bottom lead looks like it a lot to me