Forest2

Forest2

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  1. Why do you visit allnurses.com?

    Forest2 replied to Joe V's topic in Nursing Humor

    To blow off steam and see what's

  2. Nurses don't do their 3 med checks?

    Forest2 replied to OsceanSN2018's topic in General Nursing

    Yes it could be a problem at some point when the incorrect med or dose is given. This is the real world, nurses do all sorts of things that are not best practice. When the hospitals refuse to hire...

  3. Evidence Base Research Shows...

    Forest2 replied to hppygr8ful's topic in General Nursing

    Because there is a lot of crappy research out

  4. Fired Due to Not Being Able to Get to Work

    Forest2 replied to Studentworker's topic in General Nursing

    I am still broke and rural and I would figure a way, even drive to town and stay in the car till my shift started because my patient needs ME. There are ways and she didn't want to do them in my...

  5. Fired Due to Not Being Able to Get to Work

    Forest2 replied to Studentworker's topic in General Nursing

    I suggest you do not work at all if you aren't going to be

  6. Fired Due to Not Being Able to Get to Work

    Forest2 replied to Studentworker's topic in General Nursing

    You have an issue feeling entitled. Instead of coming up with reasons why you could not work why not create a plan for next time on how you can get to work when things go wrong. All sensible working...

  7. Why Can't I Get a Job?

    Forest2 replied to Nurse Beth's topic in Career Advice Column

    All of these ideas have merit but have not worked for me. I have prepared every which way that one can think of and still have not been successful. However, I do want to thank you for your input. My...

  8. EMS talking down to Nurse

    Forest2 replied to heynurse1996's topic in School

    I have seen some really bad stuff by EMS. One thin elderly lady fell, her left leg shortened and externally rotated. Easily identifiable as a fractured hip, the EMS just had to manipulate the leg...

  9. General pay/scheduling questions re: NP

    Forest2 replied to Allis A. Clamp's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    I can only give advice as to salaried positions. I have never worked salary where they did not expect you to work more hours than they were actually paying. The whole idea of paying salary is to...

  10. Best experience before ER nursing?

    Forest2 replied to ChicagoRN3's topic in Emergency

    I think that the ICU will give you more exposure to the critically ill patients that you will encounter in the ED. On the other unit you may be so busy that you don't have time to learn the critical...

  11. Starting out in ER?

    Forest2 replied to YoursNursingly's topic in Emergency

    For some reason people seem to forget that nursing has specialties. Go right into ER and see how it goes. Med/surg will give you a good foundation but that doesn't mean you can't go to ER out of...

  12. Are NPs expected to be happy and cheerful?

    Forest2 replied to Soliloquy's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Be kind. Be professional. That should be all that is

  13. Appropriate patient discussion

    Forest2 replied to amtisdale's topic in General Nursing

    A week or two? It takes longer than that to train I

  14. Appropriate patient discussion

    Forest2 replied to amtisdale's topic in General Nursing

    I do not agree with sending these patients to OB, but administrations usually don't care as long as no one dies. Guess who is to make sure that doesn't happen? I am not too happy these days with how...

  15. Filing a complaint question

    Forest2 replied to Randomnurse3's topic in Nurses Recovery

    My guess is that it depends on the severity of the

  16. Efficient shift report

    Forest2 replied to HannahMarine30's topic in Critical Care

    Hey, if it is not pertinent and they ask about something from 2 weeks ago that is not pertinent to the story of today then say so. Use an SBAR type or report. This should be in policy what is...

  17. Inappropriate to ask teachers to stop sending kids after a certain time?

    Forest2 replied to Scorchednurse's topic in School

    I agree with WineRN, check them and send them back, "ok to make it til

  18. First nursing position doubts

    Forest2 replied to NurseSAV's topic in General Nursing

    The only thing better about the first year of work compared to the last year of nursing school is that you get paid. Other than that it is terrible and you still feel super stressed. If you can...

  19. Vitals question

    Forest2 replied to Amethya's topic in School

    Vitals signs typically means TPR and B/P. If you are an aide or tech, then you must have passed the skills test before doing

  20. Workplace bully at first RN job

    Forest2 replied to Amd3429's topic in Nursing Career

    It's difficult when you don't have the confidence to stand up for yourself but that is what you have to do. You wouldn't allow them to talk to a patient(a stranger) like this then why allow them to...

  21. 38yo male, VERY non-traditional potential nursing student... advice?

    Forest2 replied to RomaniGypsy's topic in Nursing Career

    Yes, there is a lot of primary care in nursing. Feeding, cleaning up pee and poop. The

  22. 38yo male, VERY non-traditional potential nursing student... advice?

    Forest2 replied to RomaniGypsy's topic in Nursing Career

    Wow, you are really want to go from left brain work to right brain work. Are you super organized? To travel you will find that most will need one to two years of experience before signing with an...

  23. Dismissed Marijuana Charge

    Forest2 replied to naguilera93's topic in Licensure: Criminal History

    Well, I suggest you have someone check and see if it is on your background check. IF it is then maybe you can have it removed

  24. Legal issues

    Forest2 replied to Elevier0929's topic in Licensure: Criminal History

    I take it they were unpaid tickets and you accumulated some. Why not have your record

  25. Very curious if anyone has every dealt with anything like this...lost

    Forest2 replied to Bxrpup2113's topic in Licensure: Criminal History

    If he doesn't have resources find someone