Julius Seizure

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    Am I too small to be a nurse?

    Julius Seizure replied to Sbhayes09's topic in General Nursing

    In the category of struggles for tiny nurses: Finding gloves small enough to fit! Nobody wants to stock size
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    Endocrine System

    Julius Seizure replied to smparedes23's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Khan Academy videos! They are good (and
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    Hospital Insanity and Why I Want to Quit

    Julius Seizure replied to hemwolf's topic in General Nursing

    Reconsider those smaller rural hospitals. Often the really sick patients come to their ED first before getting transferred to the city hospital. Maybe you would like working in a rural
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    "Noctor?" Offensive title?

    Julius Seizure replied to Breathing16's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    I can very much understand your reasoning here. To me, mid-level provider has never struck me as terribly offensive. Perhaps because I consider them separately. Meaning that the NP is the mid-level...
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    Floating

    Julius Seizure replied to Crush's topic in General Nursing

    My first job was a new grad residency. It was six months long, and at the end of it, you were "safe" from floating for 30 days. After a month of being on your own, you were fair game. Maybe that was...
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    No longer required for Nursing program

    Julius Seizure replied to bighusky1's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    First make SURE that you don't need it anymore. They may have changed the requirements, but that usually isn't retroactive. Most of the time, you are expected to follow the requirements that were in...
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    Can I apply for a job a week before graduating?

    Julius Seizure replied to Coffeeislife31's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    Sure go ahead any apply, just make it clear on your resume you expected course completion date and pending status. For example, I recently graduated, but prior to that, my resume said: SuperNurse...
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    When Your LPNs & PCAs Take Over

    Julius Seizure replied to nursingforlife24's topic in General Nursing

    Super ironic that your post included an offensive word like
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    Nursing or Teaching?

    Julius Seizure replied to alexisjade's topic in General Nursing

    And when you do this, try to take some time to ask them the hard questions. Things like: JOB STABILITY Was it hard to find a job? Do you worry about finding a new job if you get laid off? Do you worry...
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    Floating

    Julius Seizure replied to Crush's topic in General Nursing

    I've done the q4h float thing too. You never have time to really think about things in depth, and its always just "what meds and tasks are due in the next 4 hours?" Plus, when you switch units at...
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    Acquity of tele patients

    Julius Seizure replied to SaltySarcasticSally's topic in General Nursing

    Dear Salty, I don't mean this to be petty and critical, but I just thought you might like to know in case you have to write it in an email to a boss or something important like that, and I couldn't...
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    Dallas-area hospitals

    Julius Seizure replied to Noc_RN's topic in Texas Nursing

    What is "Group
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    Miss Unsure

    Julius Seizure replied to europapearl's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    First of all, you don't need to try to change yourself into an extrovert! Being an introvert is just as good - its just different! Now, therapy to help with anxiety, build coping mechanisms, or...
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    "Noctor?" Offensive title?

    Julius Seizure replied to Breathing16's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Is that supposed to be a cross between a doctor and a
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    Floating

    Julius Seizure replied to Crush's topic in General Nursing

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    Manager wants me to alter documentation on expired patient

    Julius Seizure replied to All4NursingRN's topic in General Nursing

    But are they really "pre-transfusion" vitals if there never was a
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    Retake Eligibility

    Julius Seizure replied to SmileyDimp's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    NCLEX-RN Application Instructions NCLEX-PN Application Instructions Doesn't say anything about a time limit. I would take a refresher course anyway
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    How does your program teach/evaluate injections?

    Julius Seizure replied to amok's topic in General Students

    Was this in addition to the TDaP you had to provide documentation for prior to starting the program? (I am assuming, since my school required up-to-date vaccine records before starting.) So people...
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    Life after monitoring

    Julius Seizure replied to SpankedInPittsburgh's topic in Nurses Recovery

    You are all so much stronger than I would ever be if I had to endure one of these programs. There but for the grace of God goes every
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    Code Blue

    Julius Seizure replied to 2018nursewi's topic in General Nursing

    That's so sad and
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    How do I make this scenario an SBAR???

    Julius Seizure replied to khrisrk's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Here is the basic idea, in my mind anyway - Situation: Give me to 1-3 sentence summary of the patient and what we are doing right now. For example (I work in pediatric cardiac ICU): This patient is...
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    Propofol Infusion syndrome?

    Julius Seizure replied to Pharmahaulic's topic in General Nursing

    :) Actually some DO think high carbs help! There's at least a few journal articles that has been written about it (but it's hard to study something that occurs rarely and that you don't really want...
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    Code Blue

    Julius Seizure replied to 2018nursewi's topic in General Nursing

    I was told a similar thing after a tragic death in my
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    Code Blue

    Julius Seizure replied to 2018nursewi's topic in General Nursing

    As I've read these and thought about my own experiences, I realize that the majority of the most memorable "bad" events didn't necessarily involve codes at
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    I failed out of nursing school midway, now what?

    Julius Seizure replied to Jkliu888's topic in General Students

    You basically said the same thing as everybody else here: don't give up, learn to manage your ADD, and go succeed at school a year from now. They only difference was that you had to bad-mouth the...