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    Respiratory Therapist in Massachusetts

    vanilla bean replied to thatkiidsean's topic in General Nursing

    Hi Sean - welcome to allnurses! You may find some helpful tips and advice by checking out the "TEAS Exam Help" forum. I can be found under the "Students" tab. Good luck with your
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    Neonatal Admission Meds and bedside barcode scanning...How do you all do it?

    vanilla bean replied to Kldrn9963's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    We have a standard order set for baby's admission to the hospital which includes the meds. We pull from Pyxis, scan, and administer. I have no idea what happens behind the scenes w/pharmacy, but have...
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    Ethics question.

    vanilla bean replied to CraigB-RN's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    There are nursing media stars? Can you provide any specifics about who these "stars" are and what products they're
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    Nurses have an Attitude Problem

    vanilla bean replied to SunriseDay's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Making generalized inflammatory statements about a whole group of people says more about your "attitude" than it does about
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    Esme Needs Your Prayers

    vanilla bean replied to ixchel's topic in General Nursing

    Woo-hoo! That's great
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    Physical exam on women

    vanilla bean replied to OwlieO.O's topic in General Students

    I'm confused. Would you mind explaining the situation(s) in which you think it necessary to examine a female patient's breasts or perineum? Are you thinking that you would need to do this as part of a...
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    Working as a CNA as a muslim?

    vanilla bean replied to inshaallahme's topic in General Students

    I saw this thread under the Nursing and Spirituality forum a while back that may be of interest to you. I don't think it will answer all of your questions but perhaps will help
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    As a new nurse, how to I gain the trust of others?

    vanilla bean replied to smithswife12's topic in General Nursing

    I second what klone said, plus I would add: be on time, work hard, don't complain, and don't get involved in any unit
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    PPD result question

    vanilla bean replied to kmo214's topic in General Nursing

    Providing medical advice on this site is against AN's Terms of Service (which we all agreed to when creating our accounts here). What advice I can offer is that you contact your healthcare provider...
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    Overwhelmed, Trying to get a BSN as 2nd Degree Funding/Program advice much needed!

    vanilla bean replied to phogan's topic in General Students

    You could also consider a direct entry MSN program (I don't know if that's an option at any universities in Texas). By taking this route, you would be applying for student loans for grad school rather...
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    Commuters- study time saving tips?

    vanilla bean replied to Natasha A.'s topic in General Students

    My books were not included in my tuition, so I bought all of the books required by my program and got additional ebooks on those topics with TTS to be able to listen to the subject matter in the car....
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    Commuters- study time saving tips?

    vanilla bean replied to Natasha A.'s topic in General Students

    Many ebooks have a text-to-speech (TTS) feature, meaning that you can have your phone read you the text. I used to go on Amazon and find texts on the course(s) in question and look for options that...
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    Esme Needs Your Prayers

    vanilla bean replied to ixchel's topic in General Nursing

    Truly sorry to hear Esme is unwell. I owe her a debt of gratitude for sharing her knowledge here on AN. She made an enormous contribution to my nursing education and probably has no idea. I hope she...
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    What would you have done? Need advice.

    vanilla bean replied to RookieRoo's topic in General Students

    I found myself in a similar situation while completing my preceptorship on medsurg in the final few weeks of nursing school. I was allowed to administer meds with my preceptor (or another RN) present,...
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    PPD

    vanilla bean replied to neuroRN14's topic in General Nursing

    This link: PPD Skin Test (Tuberculosis Test) gives a clear explanation of results for both positive and negative tests. I once had an infectious disease doc explain to me the importance of waiting...
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    Wait, what the what ?!

    vanilla bean replied to BSNbeauty's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Did she happen to tell you this on April Fool's
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    Winter Nurse positions

    vanilla bean replied to SOD1988's topic in General Nursing

    Urgent care clinics near ski resorts? I would think that they would beef up their staff during the season. As PP mentioned you could look into travel nursing. Also, possibly staffing agencies in the...
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    Nurse Clueless

    vanilla bean replied to Angeljho's topic in General Nursing

    I would be remiss if I didn't admit how these clueless nurses got me through my darkest hours of nursing school. Just when I would be doubting myself and wondering if I could see the torture that is...
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    Looking for a change, what is a "seasoned" nurse to do?

    vanilla bean replied to lillian87's topic in General Nursing

    Have you looked into the possibility of becoming a clinical instructor for any of the colleges near you? May (or may not) be a nice way to keep your feet in both camps - continuing (arms-length)...
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    Intimitaded by day shift position, vent...

    vanilla bean replied to Seas's topic in General Nursing

    How is this different than changing between positions on night shift? I mean, with each new position there was a learning curve, right? Your profile indicates tele, OB, and NICU experience, so you...
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    New Hampshire Hospital Reference

    vanilla bean replied to SweetRottie's topic in General Nursing

    You may or may not receive some of the input you're looking for in this thread, but in the meantime, have you checked out the New Hampshire forum? If not, it's under the "U.S." tab. You may be able to...
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    WHAT DO WE NEED

    vanilla bean replied to nursepenelope's topic in General Nursing

    May I suggest not going with the ALL CAPS theme on your resume and cover
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    Help with a Nursing DX please

    vanilla bean replied to imanursenow's topic in General Students

    Hi imanursenow! There are plenty of people here that are super helpful with care plans and nursing diagnoses (GrnTea and Esme12 were my gurus while in school), however, you've been a member of AN for...
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    Spanish for nurses, any free stuff online?

    vanilla bean replied to northmississippi's topic in General Nursing

    ThatBigGuy beat me to it - Google has a translate function. You don't even have to use the phrase he mentioned just go to Google and select the translate
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    Don't Want To Touch Patients!

    vanilla bean replied to ThinBabe's topic in General Nursing

    I'm not a "total" germaphobe, but have germaphobe-ish tendencies. For me, it was not so bad that it was an actual barrier to being able to carry out the tasks expected of someone working in a...