Pangea Reunited ASN, RN

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    If you are not a nurse, do NOT use the title, please

    Pangea Reunited replied to RNsRWe's topic in General Students

    Just to play the devil's advocate... I could pull a nurse's name and picture off twitter and use it to create an account here. I'm not saying that's the case with "Jody", but it is a
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    If you are not a nurse, do NOT use the title, please

    Pangea Reunited replied to RNsRWe's topic in General Students

    Yeah ...I was trying to be nice. Oh
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    If you are not a nurse, do NOT use the title, please

    Pangea Reunited replied to RNsRWe's topic in General Students

    Just be proud of who you are. I work with a CNA who's a wonderful CNA, but she tells people she's a nurse and is constantly posting selfies with hashtags like "savinglives, #nightnurse, #tirednurse,...
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    If you are not a nurse, do NOT use the title, please

    Pangea Reunited replied to RNsRWe's topic in General Students

    I wonder how your doctor would feel if you started calling yourself a doctor. He might still be laughing ...but with you, or at
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    If you are not a nurse, do NOT use the title, please

    Pangea Reunited replied to RNsRWe's topic in General Students

    I see you found one who knows and doesn't
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    If you are not a nurse, do NOT use the title, please

    Pangea Reunited replied to RNsRWe's topic in General Students

    I've found that most people who call themselves nurses, and are not, know that it's inappropriate- they just don't
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    LPN is NOT considered nursing experience?!

    Pangea Reunited replied to canuck-nurse's topic in Canada

    Unfortunately, this seems to be the case a lot of times. I knew a girl with seven years of LPN experience in acute care who was denied an RN position after graduation for lack of experience ...and she...
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    Nurse giving discontinue medications to other patients

    Pangea Reunited replied to Nurse Amy Jolie's topic in Patient Medications

    I don't see anything wrong or scary about it. Even pharmacy takes old patient labels off discontinued medication and puts new patient labels on. Company policy may have been violated, but that's the...
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    Peg tube feeding splashed on my face

    Pangea Reunited replied to sosvenezuela's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    I hate to say that happens to me all the time, but it has happened more than once ...especially when trying to unclog a PEG tube. I'm still alive and well.
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    Low self esteem throughout program?

    Pangea Reunited replied to stargirl018's topic in General Students

    Your self esteem will increase as your successes and accomplishments do. People expect to feel good and be respected automatically, but these things actually have to be
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    Anxiety about nursing medical errors

    Pangea Reunited replied to whitenoise5's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Everyone makes mistakes, although they're usually not fatal. There are plenty of safeguards in place to help prevent mistakes, but human beings will always find a way around them. 1. Read about and...
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    Becoming discouraged about becoming a nurse?

    Pangea Reunited replied to RainbowHead's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Both.
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    Philippine Nurses vs. American Nurses?

    Pangea Reunited replied to Hubbalicious's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I haven't noticed any distinct differences in the way American and Filipino nurses care for patients. Filipinos do love to eat, though ...and they love to feed other people,
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    Agency allows caregivers total control

    Pangea Reunited replied to danij040866's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    You have the freedom to move on ...and maybe you
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    I hated being a CNA.....

    Pangea Reunited replied to lovelove254's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I'm not sure nursing is for anyone who hates being a CNA. As a nurse, you're responsible for everything a CNA does plus one million other things. I like nursing, but it's no "walk in the park". Beyond...
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    Negative Nurses

    Pangea Reunited replied to asdfg12345's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    How's your staffing? I've found that people get vicious towards each other when they're stretched to their breaking
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    Sick of getting treated like I can't do anything right!

    Pangea Reunited replied to vicky3131's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    If someone wanted to intervene on my conversation, I would just hand them the phone. I'm always busy anyway and have lots of other things to
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    "Some people have a job. We have a calling."

    Pangea Reunited replied to Irish_Mist's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I think that's just the hospital's way of saying we should sacrifice our breaks, lunches, raises, safe-staffing demands, sanity, etc. Remember, YOU LOVE YOUR JOB AND IT WAS A
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    Why are Coworkers Discouraging me from doing my LPN

    Pangea Reunited replied to badbwoyjojo's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    It sounds like they've already told you why they're discouraging you. Research their advice and move forward with your plans if you find no truth to
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    How much is too much?

    Pangea Reunited replied to alth's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I share very little! I'll say I'm married and that I have pets ...but not much else. Most questions get a vague answer regarding the commonality of the human experience. And I never give opinions...
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    Family members

    Pangea Reunited replied to CWONgal's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I've only seen that happen once, and I was so stunned that I had no idea what to do. The patient was struggling to breath and terrified while the girlfriend was screaming things like, "STOP ACTING...
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    Blame the nurse!

    Pangea Reunited replied to Tina, RN's topic in Ob/Gyn

    That article makes me angry ...but the comments about it are even
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    What would you do?

    Pangea Reunited replied to 2 Left Feet's topic in TEAS Exam Help

    I'm not sure what I would do, because I'm not sure exactly what happened. It seems like there are important details missing from this string of
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    Am I Too Old To Go Back To School?

    Pangea Reunited replied to elaine6399's topic in LPN to RN

    You're not too old, it's hard for everyone. My best advice is to suck it up and do what you need to do to make it through. It's going to be a rough time, but a temporary one. Focus on the reward,...
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    Urinary cath rant!

    Pangea Reunited replied to DedHedRN's topic in General Nursing

    That's very strange. I've come across one that was lady partslly inserted right before shift change, but that's the only one I've ever