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    what career is the hardest to work in?

    carolinapooh replied to jrbl77's topic in General Nursing

    I've been a cop and a nurse and have done both jobs in the military. Some days I don't know what's been worse: a bad domestic (once had one where the two people pulled steak knives on each other -...
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    Please explain this concept to me!

    carolinapooh replied to TnRN43's topic in General Nursing

    I'm going to politely disagree here - our Hospira pumps have a cassette system, the bags are hung at exactly the same height, and the pump knows exactly which bag to run at which time (it apparently...
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    It really annoys me when nurses say they are going to go to med school...

    carolinapooh replied to megank5183's topic in General Nursing

    I am far from sanctimonious, thank you. Can't say I've ever been called mean, either - especially by someone I've never met. If you're saying it annoys you when RNs talk about going to med school, the...
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    imposter syndrome

    carolinapooh replied to suni's topic in Nursing Educators, Faculty

    I remember sitting in my Adult Nursing class in my second semester of an ABSN program (after doing quite well in my first semester) thinking EVERY DAY: "This is the day they find out I'm full of crap,...
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    Greetings

    carolinapooh replied to ZoeGuzman's topic in Government, Military

    elisabethm, back when the USAF had Reserve ROTC commissions people could compete/apply at Captain (O3) to have that commission 'converted' to a Regular commission. Is the Army allowing for such a...
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    Current Nursing Student Considering The Military

    carolinapooh replied to RayJordan's topic in Government, Military

    Maybe the cadets from the campuses that aren't that efficient go to the extended
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    Best Navy Hospital for Critical Care

    carolinapooh replied to Jp307925's topic in Government, Military

    Wanted to correct myself on a point - I don't think TAMC is a Level 1 anymore; I read on SAMMC's website just a couple of days ago that SAMMC is the only Level 1 in MEDCOM, so I'm assuming that's Army...
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    Best Navy Hospital for Critical Care

    carolinapooh replied to Jp307925's topic in Government, Military

    It looks big from the highway. :) Good
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    Best Navy Hospital for Critical Care

    carolinapooh replied to Jp307925's topic in Government, Military

    We get many as well. My last deployment was at the CASF at WHMC. Saw quite a few CCATTs come through
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    Can I qualify for military?

    carolinapooh replied to Residentmaid's topic in Government, Military

    You know those stickers that say '13.1' and '26.2'?? I seriously LOL'd (and shot the guy a thumbs up as I passed him) the other day on base when I saw one that said
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    Can I qualify for military?

    carolinapooh replied to Residentmaid's topic in Government, Military

    This is a nitpicky thing, but I want to put it on the board to maybe save someone from getting themselves involved with the wrong recruiter because the terminology is slightly off. Officers do not...
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    Current Nursing Student Considering The Military

    carolinapooh replied to RayJordan's topic in Government, Military

    I think you go to MEPS during your application process. They have to see if you're even physically qualified to get in, much less go to field training. They wouldn't spend time and money (and give you...
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    Reporting meds to the Police when a patient dies....HIPAA?

    carolinapooh replied to tewdles's topic in HIPAA Challenges

    I bolded the part that's bugging me. You really can't say you have concerns for safety and welfare of the patient (who, after all, is no longer on this mortal coil) by reporting to the police that...
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    Reporting meds to the Police when a patient dies....HIPAA?

    carolinapooh replied to tewdles's topic in HIPAA Challenges

    AAAAAnnnnnndddd....they'd hear from my lawyer for wrongful termination. Doesn't the ACLU love this sort of stuff? I mean, there's an awful lot of law infringement, encroachment, and creep going on...
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    Reporting meds to the Police when a patient dies....HIPAA?

    carolinapooh replied to tewdles's topic in HIPAA Challenges

    Yes, but not to cops with absolutely no need to know as no crime has been committed or
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    Poop Free Nursing Jobs in the Hospital?

    carolinapooh replied to IcySageNurse's topic in General Nursing

    Venting can be therapeutic. It's
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    Misread Schedule.

    carolinapooh replied to mollymarie3's topic in General Nursing

    I was up all night once, thought I was off - the copy of the schedule I had actually said I was off. Yep. Got a phone call at 0615 that I was on the schedule. This was half my fault and half the fault...
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    Poop Free Nursing Jobs in the Hospital?

    carolinapooh replied to IcySageNurse's topic in General Nursing

    @Jeanette: no one's asking you to apologize; that wasn't the point. I think you automatically assumed my opinions were completely negative - and they're not - they're far more convoluted than that....
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    Poop Free Nursing Jobs in the Hospital?

    carolinapooh replied to IcySageNurse's topic in General Nursing

    Here's a bit of a different tactic, and I'm really not trying to open another debate, but with all the direct entry MSNs around now (and I have a plethora of opinions on that that I will leave out of...
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    So why even bother with getting an RN?

    carolinapooh replied to netglow's topic in General Nursing

    Also, it could be a case of the data skewing itself - as in, there are more errors per RNs/LPNs because there are MORE RNs/LPNs who are passing meds. If that's not explicitly stated (and as you know,...
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    Poop Free Nursing Jobs in the Hospital?

    carolinapooh replied to IcySageNurse's topic in General Nursing

    I have friends who smell vomit and vomit (and they're CA RNs!), friends who can't take copious amounts of poo, and friends who can't hack c-diff. I once had (and got through a 12 hour shift with) a...
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    What to expect with Navy NCP program??

    carolinapooh replied to confusedstudent_88's topic in Government, Military

    Okay - totally miffed that HM2 missed out on a second go of the duck walk. Completely unfair. LOL. I not only did it a second time, I did it in a room of women who were young enough to be my...
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    Bsn to corpsman?

    carolinapooh replied to Ggxky's topic in Government, Military

    I'll tag onto this and agree one hundred percent. Once you enlist, there's also no guarantee you'll ever be selected for a commission, either, and competition is equally stiff if not more so. Go in...
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    Pt for enlisted = met, what difference for officer?

    carolinapooh replied to heydelilah's topic in Government, Military

    So was mine. Four years in November (COT Class 10-01), so barely 3.5. I'm just going by what the Lts here who went through COT in 2010/2011 have told me and what I walked them through when I precepted...
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    Associate Degree In Nursing, but I want to Serve

    carolinapooh replied to Katherine.Dye's topic in Government, Military

    ]Just chiming in - for the USAF, you're 'kicked' off base when you're an E5, and in many cases now they're sending E4s off base as well. I left the dorms as an E4 when I was enlisted, and that was...