RNsRWe ASN, RN

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    2015 WCCCD Nursing Students Hopefuls

    RNsRWe replied to AnGB's topic in Michigan Nursing

    Welcome to AN! I'm sure you will get lots of feedback concerning programs, but I wanted to offer this bit of advice: please, PLEASE change your avatar. People have often been faced with disciplinary...
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    Single Mom struggle: LPN or RN

    RNsRWe replied to 007Bonita's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Spend some time improving your English skills; they will be absolutely crucial to your success in nursing. LPN first and then RN is a worthwhile pathway if you wish to be able to earn $$ while going...
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    Dear Student Nurse,

    RNsRWe replied to BSNbeauty's topic in General Students

    Another thought: even if you have had a skill "checked off" on your clinical requirements list, it's still a good idea to do them when the opportunity (and the nurse who asked you to help) presents....
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    Dedicated pill crushers/splitters

    RNsRWe replied to sistrmoon's topic in Patient Medications

    Well, I am seriously tired, because when I read the title of this thread (Dedicated pill crushers/splitters), my immediate thought was "what kind of facility is so overstaffed that they can afford to...
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    Nursing Hunger Games

    RNsRWe replied to AOx1's topic in General Nursing

    Well, while doing noc for a crazy-busy med-surg unit, I half-seriously considered inserting my own foley and using a leg bag so I wouldn't have to stop......if that's not survival instinct, I don't...
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    My boss is a genius

    RNsRWe replied to mindlor's topic in General Nursing

    ......yet another example of one of the reasons I left hospital nursing....and med-surg. Loved the area of nursing, hated the staffing
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    Worst interview ever

    RNsRWe replied to AOx1's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Wow, my worst one doesn't stack up to these! But I'll offer him up, anyway: I was part of a panel that was interviewing Shiny New Grad; as a charge nurse for the floor he's applying for, I'm...
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    Called the Nurse Manager

    RNsRWe replied to Charlie92's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    Honestly, two weeks isn't long at all to wait for an answer. Four isn't out of line,
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    Would you take this job?

    RNsRWe replied to Lucky724's topic in Nursing Career

    I commute more than an hour each way for a 5x/week, M-F job. Pay and benefits make it worth it to me; one person's crazy commute is another person's "Me Time"
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    Practicing "nursing" w/o a license...?

    RNsRWe replied to orange89's topic in General Nursing

    That's exactly why it is protected legally. It was very common to find people referring to themselves as "baby nurses" when they were neither a nurse or even a very good babysitter. "Office nurse" is...
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    Practicing "nursing" w/o a license...?

    RNsRWe replied to orange89's topic in General Nursing

    ok, very off-topic, but I am going to do my best to continue to...... Give a Shot! LOL
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    Practicing "nursing" w/o a license...?

    RNsRWe replied to orange89's topic in General Nursing

    I wouldn't presume to speak for Boston, but I will offer what I have gleaned when this discussion has come up in the past. The idea is that the more nursing stays focused on tasks (which can be...
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    Nurses working as CNAs

    RNsRWe replied to nolanurse88's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Oh, I do get that. I just didn't interpret the original post I quoted in that manner. It was the "under the nurse's license" part that threw me, and that I was focused on. The rest.....of course
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    Another tattoo Discussion

    RNsRWe replied to Alove725's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    Then you haven't worked at two facilities I have worked for....neither allowed visible tattoos. They had to be appropriately covered up or absent altogether if they were in a usually-visible...
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    NS wide open and IV infusion

    RNsRWe replied to Loo17's topic in General Nursing

    Yes, which is why she worded it to mean if you put the fast one on top, you are likely to get a poor outcome (critical PTTs because of a much-too-fast
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    Nurses working as CNAs

    RNsRWe replied to nolanurse88's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Not really sure what you mean by this....as long as I delegate work to a CNA that is within their capability/training to do, I am not responsible for anything "under my license". I can only be held...
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    I am 5 weeks into school and I am so stressed out

    RNsRWe replied to MauiNurseLov's topic in General Students

    I second Boston's post. Thing is, we can't possibly tell you if it's the nursing program, nursing in general, or what that has you this stressed out. NO ONE here can; it's a message board. What we...
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    Practicing "nursing" w/o a license...?

    RNsRWe replied to orange89's topic in General Nursing

    Yeah, that might just do it. At the time, I made an initial phone call, asking for the process, how I should proceed, etc, after outlining the issue. Was told to send it in an email. So....I did...
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    Practicing "nursing" w/o a license...?

    RNsRWe replied to orange89's topic in General Nursing

    I wish I had as much faith in the system as you do. I can vouch for the fact that having personally reported a situation in which non-nurses were posing as "baby nurses" for employment (in theory, as...
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    Practicing "nursing" w/o a license...?

    RNsRWe replied to orange89's topic in General Nursing

    1. MAs do not have to be certified to work in the US. Perhaps there is a State or two out there that requires it (should be easy enough to determine in a Google search), but by and large, NO, all that...
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    forced to come in on days off?

    RNsRWe replied to nursebag's topic in General Nursing

    Are you a unit manager.....or a doormat? Hard to tell from this angle, as you are being stepped on all over the place. "Someone" must take responsibility, this is true, but the "someones" I'm...
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    Do you like your job?

    RNsRWe replied to Toomanyhatsforme's topic in General Nursing

    Over the years I have had various nursing jobs. Some I loved, some I hated; sometimes they were the very same job, different day=different view on the subject. When I was fortunate (able) to leave a...
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    Practicing "nursing" w/o a license...?

    RNsRWe replied to orange89's topic in General Nursing

    "Grandfathered in"? In what way, and how? There is no licensing board overseeing this, no one to "grandfather in" anyone...to anything. I can right now, today, point to individuals who were taken in...
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    Shabbat issues

    RNsRWe replied to savotinaRN's topic in General Nursing

    LOL....she posted on Thursday evening, and had until sundown on Friday to reply--or anytime after sundown
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    Shabbat issues

    RNsRWe replied to savotinaRN's topic in General Nursing

    Perhaps when it turned in a decidedly unpleasant manner (which has now been 'cleansed'), she chose to leave; maybe that wasn't it. But it's a reasonable