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    COVID-19: Different For Women

    BSN-to-MSN replied to J.Adderton's topic in Disaster Preparation

    Some valid reasons COVID-19 would have more impact on women (pregnancy, unable to return to work due to lack of childcare). I never like this division into sex categories, though, there is plenty of...
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    Nurses, How do you score on big 5 personality

    BSN-to-MSN replied to Flowerwater's topic in General Nursing

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    New grad......did I make a mistake?

    BSN-to-MSN replied to TaylorJ's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks for your POV. We are talking LTC here, no employer will let you come in, take no patients, and chart. Usually catch up charting is done after report was given to oncoming nurse. Even then one...
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    Mask refusal

    BSN-to-MSN replied to Sherrie Smith's topic in Disaster Preparation

    That's a pity and unfair to nurses. Easy to say, some nurses are not able to find other
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    Changing jobs in the pandemic?

    BSN-to-MSN replied to macaroni's topic in Disaster Preparation

    yes, you will lose seniority. but, so what? I hope PPE is not distributed based on seniority. :)) also, acute unit is pretty much a job security in the pandemic. Interview and take the
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    New grad......did I make a mistake?

    BSN-to-MSN replied to TaylorJ's topic in General Nursing

    When working in LTC ( PM shift), I remember they compressed evening medpass and added 2100 statins to 1700 0r 1800 med pass. It
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    New grad......did I make a mistake?

    BSN-to-MSN replied to TaylorJ's topic in General Nursing

    What? Have you successfully used this strategy? My thought- no employer would ever allow this, unless they are my
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    New grad......did I make a mistake?

    BSN-to-MSN replied to TaylorJ's topic in General Nursing

    These are tough times to be a new nurse. Please, try to find healthy coping strategies. 2 weeks training in LTC is acceptable. The difference is they give you and your preceptor a normal patient load...
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    Is malpractice insurance worth it?

    BSN-to-MSN replied to MountainGoatRN's topic in General Nursing

    We had a malpractice situation, patient is alive ( not yet well) and family is filing a lawsuit. Did 3 negligent nurses have insurance? Nope. Hospital is getting sued, and the nurses as well; somehow...
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    Workplace Safety and PPE

    BSN-to-MSN replied to MeganMN's topic in Disaster Preparation

    CDC does its best to manage the public health crisis. They "dilute" their statement based on the feedback data they receive. That being said, if CDC tells us to use a pair of washed briefs as a mask,...
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    Workplace Safety and PPE

    BSN-to-MSN replied to MeganMN's topic in Disaster Preparation

    I see some colleagues wear N95 AND a surgical mask on top of it! When I ask "why?", they say it is to not "soil" the N95.
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    What did you do with your old nursing school textbooks?

    BSN-to-MSN replied to coopman712's topic in General Nursing

    I have the medsurg book and the OB/newborn. The OB/newborn was a great resource to read when I was pregnant, leaned the stages of labor and to care for the baby. The first book I tossed was the psych...
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    Mask refusal on unit

    BSN-to-MSN replied to NormaSaline's topic in Disaster Preparation

    Yes, he does stand back. Nice to know people appreciate this
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    Mask refusal on unit

    BSN-to-MSN replied to NormaSaline's topic in Disaster Preparation

    Yes, I have seen it. There is a doctor on our team that pulls down the mask to his chin when talking to the patient. He is very kind, and I think it's because he wants patient to see his facial...
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    What rhythm is this?

    BSN-to-MSN replied to j0yegan's topic in General Nursing

    I suggest reading the question: " What rhythm is this?" There is plenty of training ECG strips out there without us "showing the way". Thank
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    What rhythm is this?

    BSN-to-MSN replied to j0yegan's topic in General Nursing

    Geez, OP is looking for an answer, shall receive it. 1 vote for the third degree block: PR interval is not fixed, P-wave and QRS allover the place,
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    Too strong of a personality?

    BSN-to-MSN replied to NICU_rn_bsn's topic in General Nursing

    Excellent
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    Too strong of a personality?

    BSN-to-MSN replied to NICU_rn_bsn's topic in General Nursing

    This is good advice! I do something like this, never refuse to help, and my peer reviews do say "assertive" but also "team player" and "resource". The night charge nurses give me difficult "psych"...
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    What is your minimum base pay on Covid-19 unit???

    BSN-to-MSN replied to NewRN'16's topic in Disaster Preparation

    +5 an hour for COVIS unit and ICU. +3 an hour for other inpatient unit. But we are done with extra pay already, have been for a month. No more incentive. But, they claim, they didn't fire anybody....
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    Inappropriate documentation?

    BSN-to-MSN replied to Emily Simmons's topic in General Nursing

    It's not wrong to follow up on the patient, but I think "to be admitted with a diagnosis" is not a fact. The medical diagnosis for admission is not clear until patient is seen by admitting MD. The...
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    Now this....the crazy just keeps getting crazier

    BSN-to-MSN replied to ladycody's topic in U.S. Politics's Talk Politics

    Mass hysteria
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    How to handle patient’s threats

    BSN-to-MSN replied to PeachTea7's topic in General Nursing

    One time I've had a patient use "Did you look at your hospital ratings online? They suck because you guys don't treat patients right. Well, guess what? I'm gonna make sure those ratings go down to...
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    How to handle patient’s threats

    BSN-to-MSN replied to PeachTea7's topic in General Nursing

    Educating a patient in such situation goes out the window. You can actually see that education is not reaching them. They want Dilaudid. If MD gives them 1 mg q 4, they will nag the nurse to ask to...
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    How to handle patient’s threats

    BSN-to-MSN replied to PeachTea7's topic in General Nursing

    True, but that is not your problem. THEY choose to leave and retain a little control for themselves. You cannot fix the grown human's problems if the human does not want them
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    Employee treatment after exposure

    BSN-to-MSN replied to Ele_123's topic in Disaster Preparation

    The truth and the core of it