casi ASN, RN

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  1. casi

    fetal demise

    casi replied to Alibaba's topic in General Nursing

    *hugs* I am so sorry for your
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    How hard are these pre-licensure courses?

    casi replied to Weber's topic in General Nursing

    Depends on the school, the instructors, and you. Best to sit down with an admissions counselor and talk to
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    Where do you keep your Medical tape??

    casi replied to andy22's topic in General Nursing

    Where I work most rooms have at least one roll of tape in the room, so I really don't carry around tape. Plus how would you pick what kind of tape to carry around? There are so many options and they...
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    Comfortable shoes? Do they exist?

    casi replied to Double-Helix's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    I love love love New Balance. I have wide feet so it's hard to find a nice fitting, non-feet killing, non-bank-breaking shoe... New Balance fits all of
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    How do you deal with Sexual Harassment from Pt

    casi replied to Dezy's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    If telling them to knock it off don't work. Always bring two staff members into the room for cares or send in male
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    Doctor needs to perform surgery but with charity care, seemed unhappy

    casi replied to onlyj's topic in General Nursing

    Hey, but it's an option, which is fantastic! Also see if your mom qualifies for any other state medical
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    Giving Report to Medics... What do they know?

    casi posted a topic in General Nursing

    I am currently working in a TCU and managed to send out two people within 30mins of each other last night. While giving report to the medics I found myself wondering if it was too much or not enough...
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    Giving Report to Medics... What do they know?

    casi replied to casi's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks to everyone for all your
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    What's the longest time that passed before hearing back that you got the job?

    casi replied to NeoPediRN's topic in General Nursing

    Interviewed and they called within a week to tell me I didn't get the job... a month later I get a call from the unit manager saying that she had another position open up and really wanted
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    What scares you most as a rn?

    casi replied to havehope's topic in General Nursing

    Missing something or making an error that results in harm to somone Getting hurt either due to heavy lifting or psycho patient's and
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    Patient fell, Forgot to reset alarm

    casi replied to PedsHopeful's topic in General Nursing

    **** happens. Just use the fall as a learning experience. I have a sneaky suspicion that you won't be forgetting a bed alarm for
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    Deoderant

    casi replied to cogath's topic in General Nursing

    With patients I think it's that sometimes they don't always have access to the things to be properly cleaned up. For them I'd offer to throw them into a
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    What do you think of nurses who can't spell medical terms?

    casi replied to Mini-Murse's topic in General Nursing

    As long as other people can make it out and I know what the heck I am talking about, what's the problem? Some people struggle with
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    Giving Report to Medics... What do they know?

    casi replied to casi's topic in General Nursing

    My facility sends a written report with the medics, but I know that the first thing the ER staff hear is the verbal report from the medics. The two situations that come to mind is a patient who was...
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    Giving Report to Medics... What do they know?

    casi replied to casi's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks for the feedback. I am just really not familiar with the education a paramedic receives so I am never sure if the report I am giving is adequate. What kind of report do medics like to hear...
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    No creativity in nursing? Hah!

    casi replied to nurseprnRN's topic in General Nursing

    I think I've had too many post bad night at work glasses of wine to think of something I've done, but a story a good friend of mine told me comes to mind. She got her preceptorship in homecare hospice...
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    Need MORE help with a decision! :-)

    casi replied to tmartin83's topic in General Nursing

    Long distance relationships are hard. I was in one... He was only 2 hours away, but it was still hard. I made him move to my city and move in with me after awhile. Now I wouldn't give him up for...
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    mandatory designated quiet time

    casi replied to zoebaily's topic in General Nursing

    Nice concept, but doesn't seem super practical. I can just see it now.... **whispers*** hey you grab the crash cart!! and no one hears. On that note I am all for the quiet time. I've never...
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    Job Offer Rescinded .... Now What???

    casi replied to WorriedAbout2Morrow's topic in General Nursing

    Be proactive and apply. It could be the hiring manager was for a specific unit in the facility and it's a completely different unit
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    My Student is draining me.....

    casi replied to AngelofLTC's topic in General Nursing

    I would definitely use this as a huge teaching experience. As a new nurse it was hard to grasp the concept that people with severe chronic pain react waaaaaay different to pain then someone with acute...
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    PICC placement and insertion complications

    casi replied to PICC.CA's topic in General Nursing

    We get PICC lines placed in LTC all the time. I don't see why you couldn't get one placed in the home
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    smoking clients

    casi replied to fuzzygirl's topic in General Nursing

    Any chance you have an occupational health
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    Used as a job reference.

    casi replied to tokmom's topic in General Nursing

    You just have to be honest. Don't be mean or vindictive just tell them the truth. When someone uses a person as a reference, especially if they didn't notify the person beforehand, they are taking...
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    Preceptorship Confusion...????? OB or Med-Surg

    casi replied to jasmine2008's topic in General Nursing

    I say go with what interests you. Wherever you do your preceptorship you'll learn a lot that is applicable to your future
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    Asystole "observed" for 25 seconds?

    casi replied to roser13's topic in General Nursing

    I've observed asystole for that long.... as I went running for the crash cart. But I have seen patients have asystole or pauses for that amount of time. Don't really know anything about the tilt...