RNsRWe ASN, RN

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    Nursing School with a Disability

    RNsRWe replied to NightOwlGirl's topic in General Students

    I don't see this as the schools "technically claiming an undue hardship"; I think it's a very valid reason for denying your entry. It can be a masterful feat just to schedule enough instructors at...
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    New Student, Not Sure Which Route to go?!?!

    RNsRWe replied to Sunchine123!'s topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    In my area of NYS, the "phasing out of LPNs" is not just talk to not be listened to. An LPN cannot get a job in any hospital in the region; those that are there now and have been there for years have...
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    Need Tips on Keeping a Preceptor Happy

    RNsRWe replied to whatdoIdonow?'s topic in First Year After Licensure

    If you're asked "do you know how to do a _____" and you DON'T, be sure to say so. Followed immediately by "but I'd love to learn how. Can you show me
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    Forced to stay and work under mandatory evacuation?

    RNsRWe replied to squatmunkie_RN's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    don't do that! it's sometimes my only reason for logging
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    Favorite Mnemonics / Memory Tricks

    RNsRWe posted a topic in General Students

    Hi there...I was thinking, as I was studying for NCLEX, how many mneumonics and other memory tricks we use. And I thought it would be good to have a thread where people could post what they use, and...
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    Forced to stay and work under mandatory evacuation?

    RNsRWe replied to squatmunkie_RN's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    I'm in snow country myself (or at least it USED to snow a ton here, lol, but climate seems to be changing....). Iced up roads that are unsafe to drive, and snow that blocks people in their homes and...
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    Forced to stay and work under mandatory evacuation?

    RNsRWe replied to squatmunkie_RN's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    You must have been posting this as I was writing (and re-writing when I accidentally deleted the danged thing!); we're thinking along the very same lines, I see. Yes, I also imagine if there was a...
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    Forced to stay and work under mandatory evacuation?

    RNsRWe replied to squatmunkie_RN's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    It's taken me a couple of days and many trips back to AN to read through this entire saga, but it's been a fascinating trip. The one thing that struck me about the OP is that this was not a case of...
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    Common nicknames for hospital items.

    RNsRWe replied to LifesAJourney's topic in Nursing Humor

    all the phlebotomists got called
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    Common nicknames for hospital items.

    RNsRWe replied to LifesAJourney's topic in Nursing Humor

    Anyone here ever had to describe a butt decubitus in report as a crater? How about the fact that report also might involve describing a bowel movement as Yoohoo, soft-serve, a malomar, chocolate...
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    Common nicknames for hospital items.

    RNsRWe replied to LifesAJourney's topic in Nursing Humor

    Ours was known as the nurse on
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    What to expect...

    RNsRWe replied to jk1989's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    You're all very welcome :) Something else to think about, once you get a few clinical days under your belts: it's pretty common for some students in each group to get together to complain about how...
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    Common nicknames for hospital items.

    RNsRWe replied to LifesAJourney's topic in Nursing Humor

    Fun thread! I'm in NYS, and here it's a christmas tree connector for the O2. Frequent Flyers, I believe, are the same across the country Acronyms in report are common: LOLFDGB = Little Old Lady Fall...
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    What to expect...

    RNsRWe replied to jk1989's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Bloomgirl: you're the kind of student I would take on my "field trips" to see unusual dressing changes, help with transfusions, whatever. The student who looked like she wanted to be there, and soak...
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    What a coincidence. . .every single student nurse who shadows me. . .

    RNsRWe replied to thesundowner's topic in General Nursing

    Ok.....but this is different than your original post, the one I responded to in which you were saying that four years of college plus 2-3 years of CRNA school should be enough to begin to practice....
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    What to expect...

    RNsRWe replied to jk1989's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I'll offer some thoughts from the perspective of a seasoned nurse who has seen many a student clinical rotation come through. The students nurses like to see MOST are interested, eager to learn (but...
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    Nursing care plan for postpartum patient with normal delivery

    RNsRWe replied to Maedine's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    One, you're posting a question to be answered by either a nursing student or an experienced nurse in the pre-nursing student forum. Probably limiting your potential responses. And two, you're asking...
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    What a coincidence. . .every single student nurse who shadows me. . .

    RNsRWe replied to thesundowner's topic in General Nursing

    OMG, so much knowledge deficit here it's remarkable. I don't have all the details, I'm sure someone here does, but I believe one must have a couple of years of critical care experience under his/her...
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    What a coincidence. . .every single student nurse who shadows me. . .

    RNsRWe replied to thesundowner's topic in General Nursing

    Very sorry to hear this. During my med-surg years, I was one of those people who enjoyed med-surg and (for the most part) enjoyed teaching students who were on rotation with us. I absolutely did not...
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    Im curious and want to see absolute honesty

    RNsRWe replied to miabia's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    I'm also noticing now (after I've responded) that this is posted in the CNA/Medical Assistant forum. Did you intend this to be for people going into the healthcare field in general, or nursing? If...
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    Im curious and want to see absolute honesty

    RNsRWe replied to miabia's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    Your poll should be more like: *Wanted to be a nurse my whole life *Wanted to be a nurse after other career choices/later in life *Went into nursing initially mostly because I love nursing *Went...
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    CNA job scam? Please help

    RNsRWe replied to magalipastor60's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    If we're playing "while we're at it", how about the advertiser saying his name is Mark Simpson, his grandmother is Susan Jones, and yet he very clearly writes English as a second language--in other...
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    Do you have to have your LVN to obtain your RN

    RNsRWe replied to Honeybee777's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    The short answer to your topic headline question is "No". They are two different licenses; one is not the means to the other, although many people do obtain one license, then work in that capacity...
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    Do I need 2 stethoscopes?

    RNsRWe replied to meghan91's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    Check out the Littman Master Cardiology. LOVE that thing! I don't have the best hearing either and this scope is great,
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    Do I need 2 stethoscopes?

    RNsRWe replied to meghan91's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    I've had three, but not used them at the same time: first one was a cheap Prestige one (fifteen bucks I think); could hear just fine with it and used it all through nursing school. My last semester I...