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  1. How to politely tell a patient "do it yourself"

    Apples&Oranges replied to railroadrn's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    This is kind of a joke on my unit, and the other nurses will call me in to address the "wipe my butt," "reach my soda," "change the channel" type requests: "You're not able to (insert basic personal...

  2. ITT Tech closing ALL schools nationwide

    Apples&Oranges replied to klone's topic in Nursing News

    I'm torn about this. I did a for profit AS degree (non nursing) in my 20s. Cost me 30,000. The subsequent job paid 12-15$/hr. Sound like all these LPN programs on daytime TV? Yep. Even the for profit...

  3. Trying to learn from mistakes

    Apples&Oranges replied to Learningtobenurse101's topic in General Nursing

    "There is the 5 rights in medication administration to. You wouldn't be able to go through the 5 rights if the names do not match. Completely unacceptable. And some states does allow the PCA to aid a...

  4. I'm an LPN but am often called a medtech

    Apples&Oranges replied to Shasha831's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    Oh, that my hospital would pay me my wage to work as a tech. What an awesome responsibility free shift! No education! No care plans! No arguing with interns or pharmacy! No documenting that I did...

  5. CNA HIPAA VIOLATION

    Apples&Oranges replied to CNA996's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    Oh, for crying out loud. A child's name is not protected health information. Did you behave unprofessionally? Yes. Did you violate HIPAA? No. I wish people would understand this term before throwing...

  6. Is it normal that my school doesn't teach us IVs?

    Apples&Oranges replied to Annie_1101's topic in General Students

    The problem is that students (and I was guilty of this myself!) think a nurse's job is what they see on tv. Start IVs. Draw blood. Pat hands, change bedpans, give teddy bears. Those things happen, a...

  7. NCLEX on a Saturday. When do I do the PVT?

    Apples&Oranges replied to SafeRN's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    IDK which state you are in, but in many if not most, you should be able to see your license number on your state's license verification site within 24 hours (or by Monday morning, since it's the...

  8. Best/ Worst Advice

    Apples&Oranges replied to guest8616's topic in General Students

    Difference between CNA and PCT: No matter what anyone else says, it depends on YOUR facility. In my hospital system, there was a huge difference - PCTs were the phlebotomists, put in IVs, transported...

  9. Best/ Worst Advice

    Apples&Oranges replied to guest8616's topic in General Students

    Best: Get a job as a CNA or (preferably) as a PCT as soon as possible. You will feel more comfortable at clinical, and be much more desirable as a new nurse. You will also have a more realistic idea...

  10. All Nurses Attention

    Apples&Oranges replied to Moherline's topic in School, College Programs

    I misunderstood originally that you were already signed up to take those classes in the fall, and missed that you had already retaken the science. Sorry about that. Your bigger problem is that just...

  11. All Nurses Attention

    Apples&Oranges replied to Moherline's topic in School, College Programs

    I'm a little confused as to what you are asking. You have to complete the prereqs before you can start in a nursing program. Take the prereqs, repeat the science you withdrew from. Then you can apply...

  12. Working over 40 hours... still no overtime pay? Legal?

    Apples&Oranges replied to xtina15's topic in General Nursing

    This was the norm at my last hospital. Training, education or "committee" hours were not coded as "worked" hours, and therefore did not get factored in for OT. It sucks, but their rationale was that...

  13. "I have a PhD, I know more than you do!"

    Apples&Oranges replied to MendedHeart's topic in General Nursing

    Can I just say, completely off topic, that I am beyond thrilled that Esme is back?? Esme, WE MISSED YOU SO MUCH!!!! Sorry, carry on, all.

  14. "I have a PhD, I know more than you do!"

    Apples&Oranges replied to MendedHeart's topic in General Nursing

    "Well, imagine if the reverse were to happen. You're at work giving your patient requested advice. As the encounter ends and you start to walk away, the pharmacist walks over and says, "Excuse me, but...

  15. 50 Things New Nurses Need to Know About Calling Doctors and Other Providers

    Apples&Oranges replied to Lynda Lampert, RN's topic in First Year After Licensure

    We had a brandy new resident (he was VERY IMPORTANT fyi, he was a SURGICAL RESIDENT - they are VERY IMPORTANT, just in case anyone was not aware...) who routinely told the RNs when we called around...

  16. Do you still have to do dosages math by hand as an RN now?

    Apples&Oranges replied to xmilkncookiesx's topic in General Nursing

    And once again, glad I paid attention during that check, double check lecture... Today, I had a serious cardiac med drip, scanned the bag, hung the bag, all good, right? Cause it scanned green, so it...

  17. med error!!!

    Apples&Oranges replied to alwayslearning55's topic in General Nursing

    The first time I hung blood I ran BOTH units too slow, timed out on both, and the patient only got partial units. I thought I was the worst nurse who ever lived, I would never get this, shouldn't be...

  18. Do you still have to do dosages math by hand as an RN now?

    Apples&Oranges replied to xmilkncookiesx's topic in General Nursing

    I thought this was ridiculous in school also - then I had to calculate my first Dilantin loading dose and drip...by hand. Thank goodness I learned dimensional analysis! I asked another new nurse to do...

  19. Hello from the Other Siiide..what I learned about pt discharge when the patient is my dad

    Apples&Oranges replied to MasonDixieChic's topic in General Nursing

    Thank you for this. I tend to rush through discharges with A/Ox3 pts. I admit it. It seems like mostly common sense to me. My family member was in the hospital recently, and I realized how NOT common...

  20. Mobile IV infusions... for hangovers

    Apples&Oranges replied to Dogen's topic in General Nursing

    Sounds great! Hit me up with a little 1/2 NS + K, B & Mg after my next 4 NOC stretch. Get some sleep, relax those wire tight muscles and no headache... Make up for the 16 hours I didn't get to...

  21. to intervene or not to intervene

    Apples&Oranges replied to nursephillyphil's topic in General Nursing

    OP, this prompted me to look up my state's ACTUAL Good Samaritan Act. Thanks for the brush

  22. Would You Address This? My Hospital Stay Was Horrible

    Apples&Oranges replied to SunnyPupRN's topic in Health, Stress Management

    I'm sorry, Sunny, I posted before I looked at your thread history, you are quite clearly a nurse. Please forgive me for questioning you. I am truly sorry. I stand by my statements that I am a patient...

  23. Would You Address This? My Hospital Stay Was Horrible

    Apples&Oranges replied to SunnyPupRN's topic in Health, Stress Management

    I'm so sorry for that experience. Are you a licensed RN? I'm just curious as to why you would not have taken out an infiltrated IV yourself, or made a bunch of noise if you saw that ordered IVF were...

  24. I NEED HELP PLEASE

    Apples&Oranges replied to SMM21513's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Based on his history, (hyperlipidemia,) what is his biggest problem? This is pretty clear, what do you have to worry about when you have vessels occluded with crap? I'm certain that he has other...

  25. Is it illegal to place a towel over a patient's face?

    Apples&Oranges replied to poolnurse's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    I don't really have anything of value to add to this thread, I just had to let my avitar jump in and be seen - this is what he's been waiting for all these