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  1. Another Case Study For Your Learning Pleasure

    Dranger replied to blondy2061h's topic in General Nursing

    The dx on House is always lupus (watched all 8 or erm 9 seasons). Lupus is very vague and often thrown around

  2. Another Case Study For Your Learning Pleasure

    Dranger replied to blondy2061h's topic in General Nursing

    Sarcoidosis? The tiredness, weight gain and skin issues seem suspect. Any pulm or other organ

  3. Delirium tremens, level of care?

    Dranger replied to hybr1d's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    If they are needing of 40mg of Ativan in a 24 hr period or need Precedex they go to the ICU. Most however can tolerate PCU/step

  4. Hospitals in Atlanta r Bad for nursing

    Dranger replied to whylife3059's topic in General Nursing

    trollolololololololol

  5. Steps in becoming a trauma nurse? Can I start at a community college?

    Dranger replied to madisonr.hag's topic in General Nursing

    An ASN or ADN can be a trauma nurse, you don't need a BSN. It would be preferential to get the BSN eventually

  6. Nurses, how do you view your job?

    Dranger replied to 8*P23J's topic in General Nursing

    You want to hear what you want to hear. It's background info directly relating to your question is it

  7. Nurses, how do you view your job?

    Dranger replied to 8*P23J's topic in General Nursing

    Per the OP's inquiry:

  8. How do you leave it at work?

    Dranger replied to Newbie_RN17's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    You flat out lied. Nurses don't

  9. How do you leave it at work?

    Dranger replied to Newbie_RN17's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Lord have mercy, idealism at it's finest. You have a lot to learn and not just the rhetoric and dogma pawned out by nursing schools. I felt like I just read an excerpt from a nursing school pamphlet....

  10. How do you leave it at work?

    Dranger replied to Newbie_RN17's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    https://allnurses.com/first-year-after/starting-my-new-992243.html Come

  11. How do you leave it at work?

    Dranger replied to Newbie_RN17's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Lol, I keep them alive, healthy and in good order (clean and organized). That's my job. What's yours? Feelings aren't a

  12. How do you leave it at work?

    Dranger replied to Newbie_RN17's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    So not long? Less than 6 months? All I need to know. Come back to me in a few years and we can reconvene this discussion

  13. How do you leave it at work?

    Dranger replied to Newbie_RN17's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    How long have you been a

  14. How do you leave it at work?

    Dranger replied to Newbie_RN17's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    It's just a job. 6L NC doesn't seem like much, honestly he probably went to the ICU on CPAP/BIPAP (ABG depending) or got intubated then extubated a day or so later. Being young helps immensely with...

  15. Lab values interpretation for "beginners."

    Dranger replied to nurselove757's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    What school do you go to? I am just an RN and know at least the basic interventions for most common labs including the ones I listed. I just don't understand how you could be a provider without being...

  16. Do We Need More Nurses?

    Dranger replied to wanna_be's topic in General Nursing

    This. I honestly think the Nurse Practitioner arena is in a much more precarious situation. Everyone and their mother wants to be an NP. We literally have a handful of ICU nurses with over 5 years...

  17. Comfortable living?

    Dranger replied to Kdao's topic in General Nursing

    You just graduated high school and have a 30k+ plus car (Even if you are over paying per month)? I am in my mid 20s and make 6-7k per month and have a 2005 7k car. Buying brand new cars is a no no, a...

  18. PRN- Should I feel bad?

    Dranger replied to fifiandclea's topic in General Students

    Not your problem. Someone is getting paid a FULL time salary to figure out staffing, I have too many other problems to worry

  19. How to make this happen?

    Dranger replied to amzyRN's topic in General Nursing

    Welcome to nursing, ICU isn't all that much better. There you will enjoy downgrading patients or taking tele/step down overflow. After admitting said overflow and doing everything for them you will...

  20. How can I increase the morale on my unit?

    Dranger replied to BecomingNursey's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Staffing Staffing Staffing Nothing kills morale faster than charge nurses being used as hospital resource nurses and or HUCs/resource personnel being cut. Money is hard to change especially with...

  21. Work and going to school???

    Dranger replied to nursebrittany12's topic in General Nursing

    I would drop to a 0.6 or 0.75 Also I would work a bit more before you think about school. There is a large number of RNs trying to be NPs and I feel this will effect the job/pay market later on. For...

  22. challenge examination for becoming a registered nurse?

    Dranger replied to KYWOMAN58's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Med technologists can make decent money, why don't you stick with

  23. challenge examination for becoming a registered nurse?

    Dranger replied to KYWOMAN58's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Lol no. I don't even think you know what nurses do. Starting an IV is a task anyone can

  24. I Love Night Shift

    Dranger replied to NurseOnAMotorcycle's topic in General Nursing

    Nights are great because: -Workflow -Coworkers are just better -Lack of families, managers and docs -Pay Nights sucks because: -Sleep, day sleep just doesn't feel as good -Declining fitness/health....

  25. Does my RACE matter when applying to Nursing Programs?

    Dranger replied to LinaJill123's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I saw a nursing school website, it didn't have any males on it. They don't embrace diversity I probably shouldn't go there. I mean