Julius Seizure

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    Hospital & The Drug Screen: I thought they had to wait?

    Julius Seizure replied to cassimoo's topic in General Nursing

    Can you imagine if a Catholic hospital had a policy that they would not hire anyone who used prescription birth control
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    Hospital & The Drug Screen: I thought they had to wait?

    Julius Seizure replied to cassimoo's topic in General Nursing

    I've never heard of this "safety sensitive" rule where they can refuse to hire you based on any certain (federally legal) prescription that is found in your drug screen (which you may not even take...
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    concerned about limited clinical/didactic hours

    Julius Seizure replied to Smwright19's topic in General Students

    The reasoning behind the way an NP program works was that the prior years of nursing experience were to help "bridge the gap" and make up for the smaller amount of clinical hours. However, that...
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    Hands off my vent!!

    Julius Seizure replied to adventure_rn's topic in Critical Care

    Not many stories leave me jaw dropped and speechless...but you got
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    Respect the letters

    Julius Seizure replied to Chrissygraduatenurse's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    Indeed.
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    Hands off my vent!!

    Julius Seizure replied to adventure_rn's topic in Critical Care

    What!!
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    Giving report

    Julius Seizure replied to freckles23's topic in General Nursing

    I learned this eventually -- never ask if they want you to do a task if you are gonna be upset when they say yes! I totally empathize with the frustrations that you talk about in your post because I...
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    Hands off my vent!!

    Julius Seizure replied to adventure_rn's topic in Critical Care

    Even if you have MD next to your name and you are an adult brain surgeon...if your kid is in my PICU -- hands
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    Hospital & The Drug Screen: I thought they had to wait?

    Julius Seizure replied to cassimoo's topic in General Nursing

    Sounds like they did a big no-no. I wonder if that opens them up to a lawsuit in some
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    Nurses Humilated - Illinois

    Julius Seizure replied to SuburbsGirl's topic in General Nursing

    Hell no....whoever it was in administration that came up with that idea needs to be
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    Arrested for hitting a nurse

    Julius Seizure posted a topic in Nursing News

    Texas woman jailed for hitting ER nurse This woman hit the ER nurse in the face with a clipboard for not giving her pain meds. Glad to see that police were called to arrest the
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    Brigham nurses threaten to strike. Paid $106,000 on average, demand more.

    Julius Seizure replied to RockMay's topic in Collective Bargaining, Union

    So nurses shouldn't want to bargain for more compensation? Their only concern should be patient safety? It sounds like perhaps you feel that the nurses should be willing to work for pennies...as...
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    Possible to break Rn Residency contract

    Julius Seizure replied to blueeyedboxer's topic in General Nursing

    You could always fail your boards on purpose then Not that I'd recommend
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    If You Could Have Any Skill to Deal with Difficult People -- What Would It Be?

    Julius Seizure replied to PancakeSaturdays's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Ability of stay composed in confrontational situations. No matter how much I've prepared what I am gonna say, even if I feel pretty confident....my face flushes bright red
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    Facebook and employers/school

    Julius Seizure replied to daisybird27's topic in General Nursing

    I had a friend who, for a while, didn't just insist on taking photos, but also VIDEO, and all I asked was to not tag me in it. That's all! He didn't see the problem. Solution? I started refusing to...
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    What Is Your Most Gross, Yucky, Disgusting Nursing Horror Story?

    Julius Seizure replied to yazisizit's topic in Nursing Humor

    THIS thread provoked that
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    Why white shoes?

    Julius Seizure replied to oldsockventriloquist's topic in General Nursing

    I feel like I just read the transcript on a documentary all about nurses shoes. Great
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    Waking Up For Class

    Julius Seizure replied to oldsockventriloquist's topic in General Students

    Well every semester, we had class MWF starting at 730am (they purposely did this to make us realize that hospital nursing shifts start early *eyeroll*). And then some semesters we also had clinicals...
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    Are nurse's all that and a bag of chips?

    Julius Seizure replied to Nash3222's topic in General Nursing

    I didn't even know there was a "nurse card" to play to get out of tickets. Man, I'm gonna start speeding more often.... Also, I'm feelings a little uncreative, but my favorite chips are just plain...
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    Do lpns give vaccinations?

    Julius Seizure replied to naomifain's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    Better get that Amazon Prime
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    Is this discrimination?

    Julius Seizure replied to WheresMyPen's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Stir the turd [emoji23] that's a new
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    I don't want to work as a CNA during undergrad

    Julius Seizure replied to outsidegirl's topic in General Students

    I never worked as a CNA. Never even considered it. Got multiple job offers after graduation, and multiple grad school acceptance letters now as well. CNA or not made no
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    What is the Registered Nurse Patient Ratio at your hospital?

    Julius Seizure replied to LinenP's topic in General Nursing

    Pediatric hospital. There isn't an official "rule" about ratios here. But in the ICUs it is 1:1 or 1:2....2:1 for ECMO. Step down/intermediate cardiac ICU is also 1:2. One time I had 1:3 for about 4...
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    "I have a PhD, I know more than you do!"

    Julius Seizure replied to MendedHeart's topic in General Nursing

    It's more like you are at work and advise your patient....and as you walk away, some random unrelated visitor comes up and says to your patient, "excuse me, but actually blah blah blah. I'm a...
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    BSN and Associate Nurses Are Neck and Neck. Will This Change?

    Julius Seizure replied to allnurses's topic in General Students

    I can't tell if you are joking, or actually saying this is the way the math works.