Julius Seizure

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    Dealing with sensitive care aides

    As deaths go, this is a pretty adorable way to
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    Gel nail polish

    NEVER!!!
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    Inappropriate nurses?

    Wouldn't this make work so much
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    Inappropriate nurses?

    I might have responded with a smile and, "I dont think weve met. Im Julius, I'm floating here today." And just ignored the question completely until we at least knew each others names. (But then I...
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    New to IPN??? What is it?

    OP, IPN is not something you just want to agree to and try to "get it over with" instead of fighting it. This is worth getting a lawyer and
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    New to IPN??? What is it?

    If the story given is true, its not illicit use. My understanding is that phentramine is an OTC herbal diet aid, but it can cause a false positive for
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    Parkland, Dallas TX travel question

    It is an incredibly busy hospital, and you will see everything (Dallas county public hospital, adjacent to a not-so-nice area and the downtown area). I've heard that if you can hack it there, you can...
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    OT for Time, Love or Money???

    Yup. I knew one nurse that always took summers off, but she was the highest seniority person in the unit, basically the surrogate manager, and she also was the person who made the schedule. She...
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    Low gpa, & contemplating on nursing school

    I guess I don't understand why you are trying to get into nursing programs if your goal is to be a child life specialist. Could you explain your thought process a little
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    What skill level should a new grad be at?

    Thanks for responding. After all my other clinical rotations, I have found that acute care PNPs daily work varies so much depending on their setting! I need at least 10 goals to turn in, so I will...
  11. I am entering my final semester of my peds acute care NP program. This semester, we complete our final 350 hours of clinical, and I am currently trying to write out some clinical objectives for what...
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    Advice from current nurses or students?

    Yup. I got told
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    Advice from current nurses or students?

    OP didn't say that nurses weren't smart. OP said that they had gotten the impression that this stigma exists despite it not making sense to OP. Come on, this can't be the first time you've heard that...
  14. My skills at checking manual BPs are sensitive to ambient noise as
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    Jimmy Kimmel Thanks Nurses Who Saved His Infant Son's Life

    He actually had doctors and nurses there too, but that doesn't take anything away from how nice it
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    Anybody else dealing with pertussis?

    I am another "lucky" one that has never seroconverted for the Hep B vaccine....I always have to sign that paper that says "yes I know I am at
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    I can't get "poop" taste out of my mouth?

    You've had the poop taste in your mouth for 9
  18. TIME OUT. You have been through 9 weeks and now they want you to sign a contract? What do you think will happen if you don't sign it? If they let you go, they are throwing away all the money that...
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    Communication Discrimination

    Wait, is "tap water" a British
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    How would you react? Body odor discussion.

    Honestly, I didn't really think you meant they should be obligated, and I can see scenarios where what you describe would be a great plan. I don't know why I picked your quote out of the multiple...
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    Allnurses needs nurses

    I recently learned that it is not. Darn you people for still being interesting and darn me for lacking a better social
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    NPC hot topic for our unit***

    As a specialty unit (cardiac ICU), our staff got $500-1000 bonuses for working extra shifts, on top of time and a half pay. It was effective...but as soon as they stopped giving the bonus, nobody was...
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    Item for nursing school

    I dont think I even had a watch when I was in school. I would get something cheap, unless you will enjoy the watch apart from school. But don't get it thinking that it will specifically help you...
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    How would you react? Body odor discussion.

    There have been a few posts that have suggested that the nurse should provide deodorant or other hygiene products for their patients. No, I disagree. I am happy to give a patient as many of the...
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    IV MED NOT INFUSED - Advice please!

    If a conversation with management results from them, I would encourage you to leave out any mention of fault on the part of the other two nurses. That doesn't concern you and bringing it up will only...