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    Hospitals paying tuition?

    casi replied to aflac381's topic in General Nursing

    The hospital I work for offers tuition reimbursement. Before the semester starts you submit what classes you'll be taking and they either approve or deny you. Once the semester is over you send them a...
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    Are my classmates delusional??

    casi replied to Lola89's topic in General Nursing

    The school I just graduated from expected us to be CNAs and to have worked for so many paid hours within the healthcare setting... So I think they kinda got teh cleaning up poop aspect into the...
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    Techs don't like to be asked to do "scut" work

    casi replied to LNDRN19's topic in General Nursing

    Your manager needs to get together with a couple of "techs" and nurses and come up with a job description. I hate to break it to them, but if they took a position that involved nursing tech duties on...
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    Calling all geriatric nurses!! Need help!

    casi replied to mdonohue's topic in General Nursing

    http://www.amazon.com/Rnotes-Nurses-Clinical-Pocket-Guide/dp/0803613350/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1263146873&sr=8-1 is what I kept on me throughout
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    Is it Possible to pass Exams Just by doing Lots of Practice Questions?

    casi replied to Felicia327's topic in General Students

    I did most of my studying from NCLEX books. I would go through the questions on the material we were studying. I figured that the purpose of lecture was to be able to understand and apply information...
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    Christmas gift for the bypass patient??

    casi replied to feebebe23's topic in General Nursing

    Nice pair of slippers and a
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    Anyone Hiring New Grads? Anywhere?

    casi posted a topic in General Nursing

    I'm a new grad in the TwinCities who will hopefully be taking my NCLEX soon. I'm curious if anyone is hiring right now or if there are rumors of anyone hiring right now? Right now my goal for a...
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    Is this ever acceptable?

    casi replied to Guest219794's topic in General Nursing

    In school we were taught that if you didn't want to waste blood you could flush draw back reinstill pull back reinstill a few times without disconnecting the syringe and it would be safe to draw the...
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    You know you're a student nurse when...

    casi replied to knittingmonster's topic in General Students

    When you haven't seen the boyfriend you live with in more than a
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    Help! passing meds in isolation rooms?

    casi replied to x_coastie's topic in General Nursing

    For the most part nothing in our isolation rooms are disposed of differently. Everything goes down the same garbage shoot. When going into isolation rooms I triple check everything in the med room....
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    Hepatitis B series problem (student)

    casi replied to Kringe38's topic in General Nursing

    Ask your physician to draw titers. Some people are immune to hep b before the third
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    What do you guys think of this?

    casi replied to I_LOVE_TRAUMA's topic in Emergency

    Could you have gotten the ER Doc to change the order to IV Dilantin Xmg in 50ml infused over
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    Give pt 1 can of beer w/each meal

    casi replied to LPN_2005/RN_10's topic in General Nursing

    If the patient is in acute care for a broken leg and not DTs why put them through the DTs if they don't want to detox? It should be the patient's choice whether or not they abstain from alcohol or...
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    You should NOT become a nurse if...

    casi replied to dani888's topic in General Nursing

    if you can't admit you don't know everything. if you don't know how to ask for
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    Male Nurses

    casi replied to Keptonkurtis's topic in General Nursing

    My advice is to knock your friends upside the head and tell them to grow up. With the whole ADN vs BSN thing look at the different programs in your area and find the one that suits you the best. Both...
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    Whats in YOUR lunchbox???

    casi replied to SweetLemon's topic in General Nursing

    I mostly pack leftovers. A lot of meals I find myself making extras so I have leftovers for work. Otherwise I'll do sandwiches. I rarely have sandwich meat so I find myself falling back onto the old...
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    Burned Out and Breaking Down

    casi replied to Button2006's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    It might be time for a change of scenery or a nice
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    How important the 3 checks of 5 rights are for meds!!!

    casi replied to FE710's topic in General Students

    Ouch. Thanks for that
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    Are you a competitive Nursing Student?

    casi replied to VidaUrbana's topic in General Students

    With what it takes to get into nursing school I think we are all very competitive when getting into nursing school. Most students lose that in their first semester. My thought process is C=RN and...
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    Medical Assistant soon to be LPN

    casi replied to meandrog02's topic in General Nursing

    You should do what is best for you. If your not ready for the RN role or hours don't do it! There is NOTHING wrong with being an LPN and if it fits your life plans and lifestyle DO
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    Everyone has a 4.0 GPA!!

    casi replied to NursingStudent5548's topic in General Nursing

    Different nursing schools have different first semesters! My first semester in a community college was all about assessments. We knew what was normal and abnormal, but did not learn the hows and...
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    A couple questions about med injections

    casi replied to mnnurse29's topic in General Nursing

    It looks like the 4ml practice was the standard of practice at the time she gave this medication since the post starts "remember when you used to dilute rocephin with 4 cc a LONG time
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    Being Questioned by Paramedics? Why?

    casi replied to jayde_RN's topic in General Nursing

    This guy was definately not BLS transport material. Even though he was keeping his sats up okay respirations of 42 are not stable. What happens when this guy doesn't have the energy to keep up the...
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    Patients and cell phone cameras

    casi replied to cherrybreeze's topic in General Nursing

    It's their body and they have the right to take pictures of
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    Dilemma: night shift...critical care

    casi replied to moonischasingme1's topic in General Nursing

    You don't know whether or not you'll be miserable until you try it. You may get on nights and just love