cinlou BSN, MSN, RN

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    Texas Abortion Law

    cinlou replied to Charlcie's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    I have a question to add to this already complex issue. Does anyone think that the father of the baby, within a consensual sexual relationship, should also have a say within the outcome of the baby he...
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    Racial Refusals In Nursing

    cinlou replied to TheCommuter's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Patients refuse care by nurses for many reasons, I had a patient that told me they didn't want me to care for them because I was fat and therefore must be lazy. We as nurses were taught to be non...
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    Is Phlebotomy necessary to pursue nursing?

    cinlou replied to Tt_'s topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Every time you try something new there will be jitters. It is normal to be nervous about new things, that is what can keep you a safe care giver. It sounds like you know what you want and need to do...
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    What Is Wrong with These Students?

    cinlou replied to PamtheNurse's topic in Nursing Educators, Faculty

    We have slid backwards in nursing, and because of this I think we need to go back to basics in nursing schools. We cannot continue to teach more management than basic skills. The new nurse needs the...
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    LPN GRAD IN PA- ? About methadone maintenance tx

    cinlou replied to gayle lauren's topic in Nurses Recovery

    Honesty is always the best policy when dealing with state boards of nurses. Having a letter of recommendation by your therapist/Dr. could potentially go a long way. I would anticipate that you would...
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    Is Phlebotomy necessary to pursue nursing?

    cinlou replied to Tt_'s topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    So, let me get this right? Presently you are working as a CNA, but you want to get your RN, and you are wondering if going back to phlebotomy would help you more than your CNA? If I have your...
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    What Is Wrong with These Students?

    cinlou replied to PamtheNurse's topic in Nursing Educators, Faculty

    If I look back to when I was precepting on a unit, I wanted my new grads to be able to go into a patient room and provide basic care and comfort, such as a full assessment and be able to do the skills...
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    Full bedside shift report in ICU?

    cinlou replied to ViolettaCCU's topic in Critical Care

    Does your physicians come in early for their rounding? One of the ways I worked around this when they dropped that on us, was to go through patient report with the physicians at the nursing station so...
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    Feeling Lost in Career - Mom / RN

    cinlou replied to 01.rn.10's topic in General Nursing

    Option full time at home and pick up a part time bedside position to keep your hands in the activity so when you are ready to go back to hospital you will have the ability to get hired back having...
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    Working as a CNA and my own hospital won't hire me as new RN

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

    As stated earlier there are many reasons why hiring you into an RN position on your unit may not be able to happen. As a previous manager I can also offer an opinion. Sometimes staying on the same...
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    Texas Abortion Law

    cinlou replied to Charlcie's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    sounds like you took on your responsibility to the best you could to prevent that from happening. Unfortunately there is lack of education at home and in schools for prevention methods other than...
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    Texas Abortion Law

    cinlou replied to Charlcie's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    exactly, and thank you for the stats, but that is not what the people hear, they only hear the word abortion and think that is the only choice (my
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    Texas Abortion Law

    cinlou replied to Charlcie's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Ahh, where are our Ethics Committees now? I personally do not agree with the tattle tail portion of the law. I came out of the late 70's and I was very naïve. I had no clue about the political back...
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    Termination From Employer For Refusing EUV

    cinlou replied to RaineyRN7's topic in Disaster Preparation

    perhaps people feel they do not have enough information to make informed consent. There continues to be a great deal of mixed messaging out there. It is my role as a nurse to provide the best...
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    Leaving Your Job Due to Mandate

    cinlou replied to jive turkey's topic in Disaster Preparation

    I was noticing the similarities in responses based on years as a nurse, and I find it very interesting. I went through many different diseases throughout my nursing career such as AIDS, H1N1, SARS and...
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    The Needy Patient

    cinlou replied to Nurse Pompom's topic in General Nursing

    Often times these patients have had bad experiences in the past and are afraid of being forgotten. If they are on the light often stop and ask the person what is not being met in their care. example:...
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    MNA and Nurses Respond to the Killing of George Floyd by Police

    cinlou replied to tnbutterfly - Mary's topic in General Nursing

    I know how intimidating it can be to be the new person/rookie. As nurses we watch over other nurses, aides, techs, medical students, residents and Dr's. to be sure our patient's are receiving the best...
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    Racial Refusals In Nursing

    cinlou replied to TheCommuter's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I look at this no different than the elderly lady who didn't want me to take care of her because I was fat, she thought I would be lazy. I took care of her anyway. Or the patient who didn't want any...
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    What would you do?

    cinlou replied to Hunt er's topic in General Nursing

    Hunter, I have worked with many awesome second career nurses. I hear you want to give back. Have you thought about starting out doing some EMT to be sure this is the field you want to go towards. I...
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    Feeling Bored

    cinlou replied to jellybean570's topic in General Nursing

    try joining a float pool. Never stop, keep trying new things, don't let yourself go stagnant, be active in shared governance, do as much as you feel comfortable doing without it becoming too much. I...
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    Disrespect & Profanity

    cinlou replied to Davey Do's topic in General Nursing

    I'm old too. I always told my son that if he was being cussed at the best comeback from him would be coherent intelligent words, it makes the person stop and wonder what you just said. The English...
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    Trump Admin Will Protect Health Workers Who Refuse Services On Religious Grounds

    cinlou replied to herring_RN's topic in U.S. Politics's Talk Politics

    When I was in Nursing school about 1978, there was no question about who to take care of. We were taught to keep our beliefs etc to ourselves it was not up to us as nurses to judge anyone, we were...
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    NEW RN "But old LPN"

    cinlou replied to JamiR369's topic in Nursing Career

    I had too, been an LPN for about 10 years when I went back for my ADN. I had spent those years in mostly critical care before they removed LPN's from ICU. When I received my RN I was also considered a...
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    Can't Smell-Can I be a Nurse?

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

    I have had peers with same issue, one had and then lost it, and she said she did not miss it except when she ate. She did not feel it impaired her ability to be a good nurse, because she learned how...
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    Why so many negative nurses in the field?

    cinlou replied to Nursey916's topic in General Nursing

    I have worked on floors and in units with bad moral. If I couldn't influence change I left for my own sanity. Behavior roles down from the top. trying to run healthcare using business models does not...