blueeyedgoose

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1. Just got called for a depostition for a pt from 5 yrs ago!

   blueeyedgoose replied to PICNICRN's topic in General Nursing

   I'm a bit confused here so maybe someone could clarify for me. One of the blogs stated that you should keep detailed/ exact records of the cases that you are involved in just in case you do sme day...

2. hired after age 58 as rn?

   blueeyedgoose replied to suespets's topic in General Nursing

   Gee, I hope that we baby boomers, who have bloomed late, aren't going to be discriminated against because we are over 50. Yes, we might not run as fast as a 20 something but we have a lot of life...

3. becoming a CNA before a MA, major dilema

   blueeyedgoose replied to athenasbyjen's topic in General Nursing

   Now, I don't know if this is 100% true but I think that you have to take classes at a community college or a LTC facility to prepare you to take the certification test to become a certified nurses...

4. AMAZED at what some students get away with!!!

   blueeyedgoose replied to nervousnurse's topic in General Nursing

   I was a bit taken back with the hostility expressed by nervousnurse's blog towards "student nurses" sitting at their nurse's station. Please tell me where they are suppose to sit and write out their...

5. 7 months to graduation and I fail a nursing course d/t my careplans

   blueeyedgoose replied to lashawn04's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

   So sorry to read about your dilemma! I have never heard of flunking a student over their care plan! All of my care plans were different. It, as you said, all depending on who was correcting them....

6. Professional courtesy from police at traffic stops

   blueeyedgoose replied to FireStarterRN's topic in General Nursing

   OK here is my story. I live in CT but go to nursing school in Mass. I was heading out this particular morning to one of my clinical assignments doing 80 mph on the highway posted 65 mph. I was in...

7. boards need to regulate MA's

   blueeyedgoose replied to time4meRN's topic in General Nursing

   It's too bad that this issue keeps resurfacing, and that we can not all work together to better pt's care, and stop physicians from taking financial advantage of the limitation set as the difference...

8. bariatric surgery

   blueeyedgoose posted a topic in General Nursing

   My doc recommended that I have bariatric surgery. I know very little about this procedure for example: Is this a one day surgery? What are the success rates? What are the complications? et... Does...

9. WE need more CT nurses or student to sign in. Where are you guys??

   blueeyedgoose replied to RN28MD's topic in Connecticut Nursing

   hi ...i'm a nursing student who lives in ct but goes to school in mass. this fall i will begin my senior year, thank god! i'm going to take the mass boards and then do reciprosity for ct. i would...

10. OMG, I took the NCLEX yesterday...........

    blueeyedgoose replied to Shantae's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    Could someone tell me where to go or what ever for my nCLEX review. I live in Ct but go to school in Mass. I want to take Mass's test and do resaprosity for CT. Gee I hope that I spelled that word...

11. Starting Salary

    blueeyedgoose replied to gerry79's topic in Massachusetts Nursing

    Hummmmm, I don't see mentioned

12. Uniforms

    blueeyedgoose replied to Christie RN2006's topic in General Nursing

    Though not a nurse yet, second semester ADN, I would love it if we went back to wearing caps. Not to change the subject here but how much does it cost to take the NCLEX? I was told that it was...

13. Windham Hospital?

    blueeyedgoose replied to beckster's topic in Connecticut Nursing

    Windham Hospital, I think, is a nice hospital but this is from my being a patient there. The town that it resides in is the # 1 drug community on the east coast.

14. Im sorry, but light stomachs please do not read!

    blueeyedgoose replied to onconurseRT's topic in General Nursing

    I'm sorry for your worries but I was always told that urine is sterile...but I am concerned that the other young man might have a STD and that could be passed on through the urine. Good

15. How many really use STERILE technique?

    blueeyedgoose replied to kwagner_51's topic in General Nursing

    I'm a first semester nursing student and we had to do a return demonstration of a sterile dressing change today. Though nervous I knew what I was doing. I made it as far as opening up my sterile...