TU RN DNP, CRNA

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    Passing things on

    TU RN replied to Nanz_B's topic in General Nursing

    This is a gray area for me right now. I'm a new nurse on nights and just yesterday I had one of the busiest shifts because of stuff done/not done by day shift. One or two things here and there are...
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    RN Salary Survey 2013: Post here!

    TU RN replied to ItsColduphere's topic in General Nursing

    Must be nice to be a nurse in Cali... 1. PA 2. New RN/BSN 3. Stepdown 4. $30/hr 5. 10% for nights, 10% for weekends 6. No
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    The 1st hell year the same for men?

    TU RN replied to PapaBearRN's topic in Men in Nursing

    I am 5 months into my first RN job, 2 months on my own after orientation. It's definitely extremely hard on me. Not physically, but mentally. I work in a pretty high acuity SDU and we see a lot. I...
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    How many pairs of scrubs should I purchase initially?

    TU RN replied to loveoutloud's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    Three, for the number of days I work a week as a RN
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    Nursing Shortage

    TU RN replied to zack1110's topic in General Nursing

    This is off the main topic, but more along the tangent the thread has gone on... In the city I live in, there are 5 major BSN programs and as many ADN programs in the area churning out scores of...
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    Are RNs allowed to arterial stick at your hospital?

    TU RN replied to Deetail's topic in General Nursing

    Art sticks for routine daily labs? Can't frequent radial arterial phlebotomy cause vasospasm and potential peripheral vascular compromise? I'm pretty new so somebody with more experience could correct...
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    Do you need all those degrees?

    TU RN replied to dnsonthego's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    I entered the nursing profession as a BSN and I would just like to personally testify that not all college graduate nurses are the lacking common sense, bad at bedside nursing, afraid of BMs,...
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    How do you feel about new grads going for their np with little experience?

    TU RN replied to garn12's topic in General Nursing

    With the emphasis the United States healthcare system is beginning to place on primary care, I really don't foresee more experience requirements and more rigorous study for nurse practitioner...
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    How do Female View Males in the Nursing Profession?

    TU RN replied to JUN3UG's topic in General Students

    The other day I was at one of my girlfriends family events and a relative of hers who doesn't know me too well went to me, "So how have you been? You're working as a male nurse right?" So I responded...
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    How do you feel about new grads going for their np with little experience?

    TU RN replied to garn12's topic in General Nursing

    Many experienced nurses at my hospital have gone back for their NP and various other continued nursing education and have pretty much unanimously recommended to go back while "the student in you is...
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    Dear Cheaters

    TU RN replied to RN9742's topic in General Students

    There were cheaters in my program too. There were cheaters in my biology class, general chemistry class, and organic chemistry class. People who take back exams from former students and memorize the...
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    Question about blood transfusions and H/H

    TU RN replied to Tobygo2's topic in General Nursing

    Sickle
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    Stereotyping Male Nurses

    TU RN replied to lvansick's topic in Male Nursing Students

    Walt Whitman was a nurse during the Civil War. That is
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    What is the big difference?

    TU RN replied to EMEddie's topic in MICU, SICU

    I work in a M/SICU stepdown (some have described it as MICU overflow because our acuity has been higher recently) and our ratio is 3:1. It can go up to 4:1 if staffing is short overnight, but the...
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    How do you feel about mandatory influenza vaccines?

    TU RN replied to ashleybrooke1208's topic in Disaster Preparation

    Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting
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    How do you feel about mandatory influenza vaccines?

    TU RN replied to ashleybrooke1208's topic in Disaster Preparation

    We're running in circles here. Not sure how it has been in the past, but most new grads these days are given a microbiology class in their education that includes the chain of infection, the innate...
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    Nursing 101: Your Passive Aggressive Nurse Co-Worker/ Classmate

    TU RN replied to The_Optimist's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Sorry I'm confused by that response. How can you both "not engage" and "use direct communication" in the same response to someone's behavior? Using direct communication IS engagement. You realize...
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    Nursing 101: Your Passive Aggressive Nurse Co-Worker/ Classmate

    TU RN replied to The_Optimist's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Nice tips! My way of dealing with passive aggressive, or even straight up rude, coworkers is to smile and kill em with kindness. Like you said, don't let on that they're getting under your skin. Just...
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    How do you feel about mandatory influenza vaccines?

    TU RN replied to ashleybrooke1208's topic in Disaster Preparation

    Interesting. I wonder how a registered nurse who is opposed to the influenza vaccine herself will be able to advocate for the greater good of her patients (and of public health in general) by...
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    Is It possible to work fulltime as a new BSN Grad and take some Pre-med classes?

    TU RN replied to ALA95's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Be sure to tell the BSN program's admissions director about your intention to use nursing to get into medical school. Then carry that anecdote over to the nurse manager hiring you at your first job....
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    Stupid, I know, but more bad representations of NURSES on tv!

    TU RN replied to uRNmyway's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    Didn't you see last weeks episode where Hershel (the character who is a veterinarian) was dropping ETTs without a stylet? Then they bag the guy once and his distress is completely over. Or when he...
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    PICC line blood draw

    TU RN replied to greyL's topic in General Nursing

    I just did a very brief ROL and couldn't find too much evidence on CLABSIs secondary specifically to CVC blood draws. I'm also curious about the incidence of loss of patency and microembolization...
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    If I speak, I am condemned. If I stay silent...

    TU RN replied to TU RN's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Thanks for the response, HouTx. There's no better advice than that from an experienced nurse! Maybe all I needed was another person telling me not to do it to ultimately decide, but after considering...
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    Anyone else offended by this radio commercial?

    TU RN replied to T-Bird78's topic in General Nursing

    I was a CNA for a year while in my BSN program and every day, while I was cleaning up enormous BMs and covering for some of the most abusive and hurtful 1:1s, I looked to the days when I was an RN and...
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    Night shifters-when do you eat?

    TU RN replied to cassie77775's topic in General Nursing