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    Looking For Some Cover Letter & Résumé Tips

    NurseQT posted a topic in Ob/Gyn

    I just found out that the family birth center I'd love to get hired at is going to hiring 3-4 LPNs, they're eliminating the HUC positions and replacing them with LPNs. The surg techs were already...
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    Starting to get really frustrated....

    NurseQT posted a topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    I have now been unemployed for 5 months, lost my job back in Sept. Since than I haven't been able to find a job anywhere! I have applied for numerous positions and have only had two interviews. The...
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    How to transition from floor nursing to OR?

    NurseQT replied to Niki_RN's topic in Operating Room

    Good question!! I've been asking myself almost the same thing, except mine is more along the lines of how a LPN can gain the experience to work as a surg tech in the one hospital around that will hire...
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    Flu Vaccine Effectiveness

    NurseQT replied to wtbcrna's topic in Disaster Preparation

    I lost my oldest brother to H1N1 three weeks ago, he was only 43 years old. His story was in just about every newspaper across WI. His doctor at Froedtert hospital said the 30-50 age group is really...
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    Another tattoo Discussion

    NurseQT replied to Alove725's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    I have yet to work for a company that had a policy against visible tattoos. I have four tattoos right now and two are visible when my hair is pulled up (a triskele on the back of my neck and shooting...
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    Small children visiting patients in the critical care setting... thoughts??

    NurseQT replied to TigerGalLE's topic in Critical Care

    I know this post is months old now but I thought I'd add my experiences from the other side... The family side of it. I agree that there should be age restrictions when visiting patients on critical...
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    Which stethoscope do you like?

    NurseQT replied to ElanaJ's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    I still have and use my Littmann II that I got for school, that was almost 12 years ago! Still works and looks
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    When Faith Creates False Hope

    NurseQT replied to kabfighter's topic in Spirituality, Religion

    I was reminded of a sad case here in Wisconsin in 2008. An 11 yr old girl died from diabetic ketoacidosis because her parents refused to seek medical attention and chose to pray for her to recover...
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    Critical care nurses... You all rock!!

    NurseQT posted a topic in Nurses Rock

    After spending the past 36 hours at my brother's bedside in the CVICU at Froedtert Hospital in Milwaukee, I felt like I needed to give a shout out not only to my brother's team of nurses but to all...
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    Critical care nurses... You all rock!!

    NurseQT replied to NurseQT's topic in Nurses Rock

    I'm going to call up there tomorrow to get the nurse manager's email so I can send her an email and let her know how great her nursing team has been. And I made sure to tell his day shift and PM shift...
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    Pt's FB pictures of me

    NurseQT replied to rse3's topic in HIPAA Challenges

    I would definitely say that FB has made our world much smaller. Before FB the odds of you having any contact with patients once they've discharged were next to none unless you lived in a tiny town...
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    Anyone have experience caring for patients on bypass?

    NurseQT posted a topic in CCU, Coronary, Cardiac

    I need some information regarding patients on bypass.. Wasn't sure where else to turn and I've learned a lot from other posts on the AN so I figured someone on here would be able to help me.. My...
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    Advice Needed for New Grad LPN- SNF

    NurseQT replied to smwilson's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    Everyone forgot the most important thing... Congrats on passing your boards!!!! That being said, I am a checklist kind of person. I always had a list of who had treatments and what I needed to chart...
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    Pt's FB pictures of me

    NurseQT replied to rse3's topic in HIPAA Challenges

    The OP said she was in the delivery room with her preceptor AND her dad, not that her dad was her preceptor. When I was in school we had one hospital with four OB/GYNs that practiced there, they...
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    Anyone have experience caring for patients on bypass?

    NurseQT replied to NurseQT's topic in CCU, Coronary, Cardiac

    It's
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    Want to work in L&D, NICU or Nursery but can't be in school for too too long. Not sur

    NurseQT replied to miar9412's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    First things first, you need to take the nursing assistant course.. It's only 6 weeks, will give you some insight into the nursing world, and required by many nursing
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    Anyone have experience caring for patients on bypass?

    NurseQT replied to NurseQT's topic in CCU, Coronary, Cardiac

    Must be
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    Anyone have experience caring for patients on bypass?

    NurseQT replied to NurseQT's topic in CCU, Coronary, Cardiac

    I don't know. :-( I live 2 1/2 hours away from my brother so the reports I was getting were coming from my Mom who was getting them from my sis in law.. So not only are my reports going through...
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    NCLEX PN stopped at 85 questions...

    NurseQT replied to MindyydniM's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    My test stopped at 85 too! I was convinced I had failed miserably, I didn't fail, I
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    Nursing Is A Business: Get Used To It!

    NurseQT replied to All4NursingRN's topic in General Nursing

    I have to agree with ceccia. What I was told by the nursing school advisors was not the reality of nursing. Luckily my instructors were far more honest on what to expect. I think a majority of the...
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    Licensed Practical / Vocational Nurses (LPNs / LVNs)

    NurseQT replied to TheCommuter's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    In Wisconsin the scope of practice is so loosely written that it's pretty much open to however the reader interprets it... The area I live in right now the LPNs seem to have a pretty restricted role...
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    The Commuter(s), Any and All RN's What's the real deal?

    NurseQT replied to cee cee g's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    My computer shut off at the minimal amount of questions possible, I thought without a doubt that I had failed. I cried the entire way home
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    The Commuter(s), Any and All RN's What's the real deal?

    NurseQT replied to cee cee g's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    I passed the NCLEX-PN on the first time. Just gotta remember that there may be more than one right answer and you have to choose the best right answer. A big part of nursing is prioritizing and the...
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    More Use of LPNs In Acute Care Settings

    NurseQT replied to DoGoodThenGo's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    When I first started out as a CNA 15 years ago there were LPNs that worked in acute care. By the time I graduated from the PN program most of those positions had been phased out and/or replaced with...
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    Applying to a position in L&D..

    NurseQT posted a topic in Ob/Gyn

    I've applied to a position in L&D and a friend who works on the unit is going to hand deliver my résumé and cover letter to her unit manager for me. I really want my cover letter to stand out...