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  1. Advice needed.

    artisticmind replied to Tesfanurse's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Lying about your address will probably come back to bite you. Just put your current address down, after all your nursing license is registered in the state you currently live in (they would probably...

  2. Coworkers that act like spoiled brats...discuss

    artisticmind replied to Mikey31079's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Ugh! i'll jump in on this- Lab techs at my new facility. Yes I know my pt has a PICC. However that said pt has a heparin gtt running through said PICC and when I put in a PTT (or vanc peak/trough or...

  3. Please stop! Little things that are just bad practice.

    artisticmind replied to JBudd's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    Ditto. You don't know that the last person who looped the tubing actually swabbed the port unless you were there and watched them. It is a potential infection risk. As is disconnecting the IV tubing...

  4. Pt having a "friend" over for "special nursing care"

    artisticmind replied to delphine22's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I don't think the poster meant sick as in sick in the head but as in illness sick- they usually don't admit you to a room and put a telemetry monitor on for the heck of it. Though I've known an ER doc...

  5. Immunization Record

    artisticmind replied to Biosciencegeek's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    If you can pay for the lab draws/titers I would just go that way. Nursing School wants your vaccine record but both my first employer and my new employer (we moved across multiple states) would not go...

  6. Failing the NCLEX...

    artisticmind replied to KJoRN81's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    You have to be "at passing level" or above in all categories to pass. So if you had one category that you were under passing level that's why you failed. Study that category that you were deficient...

  7. I think I passed NCLEX?

    artisticmind replied to Hershey12's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    Ditto to above, depends on the state. When you filled out the license application it should have told you expiration date information. Our state does similar as above- Licenses expire 10/31 every year...

  8. Do employers in your area consider GPA?

    artisticmind replied to smartnurse1982's topic in General Nursing

    I guess for a regular nursing job I don't understand the need for GPA. Just because someone is book smart and understands concepts in black and white doesn't mean that when a non-textbook case comes...

  9. Low GPA..

    artisticmind replied to ilia_RN's topic in General Nursing

    I graduated last year and in the 11 months I've been working, not one person- HR, manager, coworker, or patient- has asked me what my GPA was. If you're graduating high school your GPA will affect...

  10. sepsis protocol

    artisticmind replied to heather in ohio's topic in General Nursing

    Ditto to Sun0408. I work on a PCU and our hospital does a sepsis screen in ER (which nearly every admit on our floor screens positive for because they have increased respirs, HR, and temp but by the...

  11. Transportation Safety Question

    artisticmind replied to fitzfan82's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    Our hospitals rule of thumb is that if it's more than 35lbs. you need to acquire help to lift/push/pull it. Doesn't always happen but is good in theory. I agree that this needs brought up to risk...

  12. Do I need a Pediatric Stethocope?

    artisticmind replied to hopeless romantic's topic in Pediatric

    Same as a previous poster, all of the newborn bassinets had a small head stethoscope for babies and isolation patients always have their own dedicated stethoscope. The only time I used my own regular...

  13. Nurses with tattoos and piercings

    artisticmind replied to emmygirle's topic in General Nursing

    Chances are it will be your clinical facilitiy's dress code policy mixed in with your school dress code policy. Ours was only 1 set of lower lobe ear piercings on females. All others had to be...

  14. Pedal pulses/Head to toe assesments

    artisticmind replied to Florence NightinFAIL's topic in General Nursing

    I'm a relatively new nurse on a Progressive Care Unit (7 months since I started!) but I always check pedal pulses. My 1st assessment I take socks off or push TEDS up and check pulses and cap refills,...

  15. Am I being unrealistic? Is nursing maybe not for me?

    artisticmind replied to beckyboo80's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I just graduated in May and have spent the last 6 months working on a Progressive Care Unit. My dream job is L&D but I will tell you, chances are you will have to put your time in on another unit...

  16. Best place to buy a stethoscope?

    artisticmind replied to mmcc26's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    For my graduation present my hubby ordered my stethoscope from Redding Medical. He was able to order it with both the tubing and the head of the stethoscope engraved and they allowed a few extra...