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    Am I wrong for thinking that this APRN was wrong?...

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

    I'd even recommend another way. "She doesn't have cards yet. Isn't it against policy" or "can we borrow meds from other patients?" or "I don't think I'm supposed to borrow meds from other patients."...
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    Am I wrong for thinking that this APRN was wrong?...

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

    I would respectfully disagree - I think that if the OP isn't comfortable, this might be a good time to go to some place she is. She does sound harried and concerned, and it may be best for her to go...
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    Critical Thinking

    carolinapooh replied to Kooky Korky's topic in General Nursing

    That's BS and don't ever let anyone tell you any different. Critical thinking is a buzzword. We don't own it. You do it ALL THE TIME. It's higher level thinking. The fact that we slapped a name on it...
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    Critical Thinking

    carolinapooh replied to Kooky Korky's topic in General Nursing

    It's the highest levels of Bloom's taxonomy: synthesis and analysis. I forgot evaluation. :) It's actually a buzz word that gets on my nerves. It's not unique to nursing, it's not anything...
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    Finally got malpractice insurance.

    carolinapooh replied to quazar's topic in General Nursing

    No, what you said was you were paying $300 a month for car insurance. That's insane. Nothing you can do about it, but still insane. (I'm in your corner on that one, BTW - I've never paid that much for...
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    Finally got malpractice insurance.

    carolinapooh replied to quazar's topic in General Nursing

    Pardon the sidebar....Even less than the $160 I'm paying a month for all those cars - including my husband's (insane) toy? Legit question. (Your statement might not be directed at me.) We have a...
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    Forced to get flu shot or wear a mask

    carolinapooh replied to nurse0614's topic in General Nursing

    In reality! Last year's flu vax efficacy! Was forty-seven percent! (See how insane it is to overpunctuate? And how it detracts from the overall meaning of your post?) In 2004-2005, the year I believe...
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    Forced to get flu shot or wear a mask

    carolinapooh replied to nurse0614's topic in General Nursing

    You know they were all blaming us for that, right? The anti-vaxxers amuse me. Perusing Facebook for that sort of stuff is what I do over my morning coffee and my evening tea or cocoa, depending on the...
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    Forced to get flu shot or wear a mask

    carolinapooh replied to nurse0614's topic in General Nursing

    While many of the practices of Big Pharma and our (on occasion not so) illustrious FDA do indeed make me want to vomit, like it or not, we still need them. Unless you plan on growing penicillin in...
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    Am I wrong for thinking that this APRN was wrong?...

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

    I'm actually headed out the door in the next few minutes to a going-away, but here's a quick and dirty synopsis. I had to type it out in Word. "One was a new admit and had no meds in the cart, so I...
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    You know the shift is gonna be a hot mess when ...

    carolinapooh replied to CardiacDork's topic in General Nursing

    I don't like eggs. I'll eat them medium.
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    "Are you a Christian?"

    carolinapooh replied to anon456's topic in Spirituality, Religion

    They paid you an incredible compliment. What a testimony to you. And I mean that
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    Hobbies off duty as a Nurse?

    carolinapooh replied to Beldar_the_Cenobite's topic in General Nursing

    I sing. Like, legit sing - I get pulled for the National Anthem all the time. I'm only waving my own flag here (no pun intended!) because it's the one thing that I know I can do well and I think...
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    Making Nursing Education More Universal

    carolinapooh replied to AutumnApple's topic in General Nursing

    Duke has one option for the entry level BSN: the accelerated BSN. There's no genetics course nor a required nutrition course. My patho course was at the graduate level and taken as part of the ABSN...
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    Making Nursing Education More Universal

    carolinapooh replied to AutumnApple's topic in General Nursing

    Medical and PA schools don't have identical programs, either. There's a basic core, just like there is with BSNs, but the programs vary greatly in concentration and focus. I don't see this as a huge...
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    Making Nursing Education More Universal

    carolinapooh replied to AutumnApple's topic in General Nursing

    I agree - but he was speaking of BSNs in this case. (One of the best unofficial preceptors I had was a 23 year LPN. To me they have the toughest
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    Finally got malpractice insurance.

    carolinapooh replied to quazar's topic in General Nursing

    Good God. We have a 2007 Porsche, a 2010 Maxima, and a 2003 Explorer. I pay $935 every six months for full coverage with double the minimum limits of liability, (3/3/6 instead of 1/1/3), rental, and...
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    Forced to get flu shot or wear a mask

    carolinapooh replied to nurse0614's topic in General Nursing

    Different immune response. So
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    One thing i dont understand(at the nurses' station)

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

    A foreign hospital wouldn't let you work without near fluency. Having lived in Germany I'd take it as an excellent opportunity to practice. Also having lived in Germany, I know most people there speak...
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    Dealing with a difficult preceptor

    carolinapooh replied to hmsnurse's topic in General Nursing

    I might okay with this were it not for one thing the OP has said: "During one shift, I had a mental breakdown and cried my eyes out in the break room. When she later brought it up, she told me she...
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    Dating while in nursing school?

    carolinapooh replied to Beldar_the_Cenobite's topic in General Students

    You missed the point. As well as where I said you can't fix crazy. We still should tell people what we're thinking. I had a state trooper use me for a punching bag for three years of my life. I get...
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    Finally got malpractice insurance.

    carolinapooh replied to quazar's topic in General Nursing

    I'm thinking that no one will change your mind because you don't want it changed. And that's perfectly fine. I feel better with it. I'm not spending scads and scads of money on it. I have a husband...
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    One thing i dont understand(at the nurses' station)

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

    I tend to not have private conversations at work
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    Yep. Nurses do "eat their young"

    carolinapooh replied to Dianna11's topic in General Nursing

    I believe you've missed the point of the post entirely. It seems the conclusion has been drawn that it's all about authority. No, it's not - and having served as an enlisted individual in the past I...
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    Forced to get flu shot or wear a mask

    carolinapooh replied to nurse0614's topic in General Nursing

    I don't think this went quite like you planned. :)