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    Patients afraid of needles...

    carolinapooh replied to Brian's topic in Nurses Rock

    I don't think this is passing judgement. I guess it sort of is, but we're also just venting about something that seems, well, a bit odd - considering most of the time when you hear 'don't stick me'...
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    You know you are going to have an interesting day when you get report that . . .

    carolinapooh replied to anon456's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    But it would also depend on the concentration. 3.4mL might not always be right. What if it's a 10mg tab in 10mL H2O? That's 1:1.
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    A word to the wise about CEU's

    carolinapooh replied to Isabelle49's topic in Home Health

    Well, for one, ONS has tons. And you don't have to be a member, either. Medscape has them as well. Google 'Free CEUs nursing' and you get tons of sites to weed through. You most certainly can submit...
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    DNP vs MD

    carolinapooh replied to healthstar's topic in Doctoral Nursing Degrees

    The irony is PHYSICIANS used to learn the same way...
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    Should the "Doctor" title really be an issue?

    carolinapooh replied to SycamoreGuy's topic in Doctoral Nursing Degrees

    YAYYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAY!!!!!!!!
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    Should the "Doctor" title really be an issue?

    carolinapooh replied to SycamoreGuy's topic in Doctoral Nursing Degrees

    I bolded that statement above. It won't IF WE DON'T START DOING IT and stop assuming the public is too daft to know the difference. Because saying (and I'm not accusing you of this), 'oh, Joe Citizen...
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    Should the "Doctor" title really be an issue?

    carolinapooh replied to SycamoreGuy's topic in Doctoral Nursing Degrees

    "I am Doctor X, and I will be your physician." THAT'S correct and very simple to understand.
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    Should the "Doctor" title really be an issue?

    carolinapooh replied to SycamoreGuy's topic in Doctoral Nursing Degrees

    Yep. Every single one who has a PhD should be designated as such. And good on them. (I do hear what you're saying, though, and I love the irony and sarcasm. As you can imagine.
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    Should the "Doctor" title really be an issue?

    carolinapooh replied to SycamoreGuy's topic in Doctoral Nursing Degrees

    I've often wondered this; thanks for the clarification.
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    Should the "Doctor" title really be an issue?

    carolinapooh replied to SycamoreGuy's topic in Doctoral Nursing Degrees

    EXACTLY. MDs do NOT own the title 'doctor'. They DO own the title of 'physician'. They need to get over themselves. "Good morning, I'm Dr. Carolinapooh, and I'm your nurse practitioner today." A...
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    Reporting meds to the Police when a patient dies....HIPAA?

    carolinapooh replied to tewdles's topic in HIPAA Challenges

    Plus - SOMEONE JUST DIED. Somehow I doubt the first thing on people's minds is NARCS IN THE CABINET. OMG. Can you see this? Picture a funeral home. Family mourning, deceased laid out, flowers, organ...
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    Patients afraid of needles...

    carolinapooh replied to Brian's topic in Nurses Rock

    These are the patients that make me scratch my head: "Oooh, I don't like having my port accessed. Can you give me those little shots first?" "What little shots?" "You know, they do them with this...
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    Reporting meds to the Police when a patient dies....HIPAA?

    carolinapooh replied to tewdles's topic in HIPAA Challenges

    When my husband goes out of the country to visit his family, there are entire bottles of Adderall in the cabinet, legally prescribed to my husband. They're not mine. Why not report that as well? It's...
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    Reporting meds to the Police when a patient dies....HIPAA?

    carolinapooh replied to tewdles's topic in HIPAA Challenges

    No, but it's danged sure theft from an estate! I'd call the state Attorney General office and get the skinny on this. Pronto. In fact, I'd go there in person if I lived close enough to the capital....
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    A worn out topic

    carolinapooh replied to artistnurse's topic in General Nursing

    I think this is one forum where it's completely appropriate, actually. I think nursing isn't stagnant and in many cases there's no reason for a thread to be, either, as long as it's not rehashing old...
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    Engagement/Wedding Bands

    carolinapooh replied to ~Melissa~'s topic in General Nursing

    I have platinum and white gold rings. (I lived in Saudi Arabia for quite a while, where jewelry is stupid cheap.) White gold isn't 'white' per se, it's generally plated with rhodium to make it white...
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    Pregnant Nurse - Vent

    carolinapooh replied to MgMRN1's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I thought pregnant RNs COULDN'T take isolation pts OR chemo pts? That's what I've always seen. I assumed that was how it was done across the board. I'd call Infection Control for policy clarification...
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    DNP seems like a waste...

    carolinapooh replied to IcySageNurse's topic in Doctoral Nursing Degrees

    600 for an MSN? OMG. I had more than that for a BSN, and I wasn't being taught to diagnose or
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    A word to the wise about CEU's

    carolinapooh replied to Isabelle49's topic in Home Health

    Not in every state, though - NC 'requires' a certain number of CEUs every two years (I don't know the number because the USAF requires even more, so I don't sweat it), but they're checked only if you...
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    People really believe this????

    carolinapooh replied to meanmaryjean's topic in General Nursing

    But see, I think this is egoism gone too far on the part of MDs. They don't own the title. While I'm not condoning bragging about your degree (although I'm sure having a Doctorate of Whatever is a...
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    BE CAREFUL on social networks

    carolinapooh replied to Chico David's topic in General Nursing

    I use Facebook to post stuff about my dog, my family, vacation, stuff I do in my yard, the fact that I went to the sold out George Strait concert last night (had, had, HAD to throw that out there -...
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    Current Nursing Student Considering The Military

    carolinapooh replied to RayJordan's topic in Government, Military

    I was the opposite; I scored a perfect score on verbal and rely on it to pull my qualitative. I didn't bomb it and scored very, very well, but my verbal is much higher than my math. It always has...
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    Air Force ROTC nursing student

    carolinapooh replied to brawneyez's topic in Government, Military

    I sure can. I can access the forum from work and get with her on exactly that. I don't think you're allotted into NTP that way. The forums you're reading are for the direct commissions. They're not...
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    GS-what??

    carolinapooh replied to Kaligirl02's topic in Government, Military

    As I was saying, there is currently a hiring freeze in effect in many areas of civilian Federal employment. I wouldn't be surprised if it took a year to get hired. But I'd apply anyway and at least...
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    Okay, need some help here...

    carolinapooh posted a topic in NICU, Neonatal

    I'm an Active Duty Air Force RN with almost seven years' experience as a nurse and four of those on active duty. I'm about to drop an application for the Air Force's NICU RN program and there's a...