nursel56

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    Visiting nurse slapped with a parking ticket :-/

    nursel56 replied to PinkRNBSN's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I was waiting for the night nurse to show up one evening at 2315 or so when she called and said she was lost. I told my patient "R---- just called saying she got lost on the way. The patient told...
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    Visiting nurse slapped with a parking ticket :-/

    nursel56 replied to PinkRNBSN's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I concur with Caliotter's experience. Where I live, we've got the City, the County, the Highway Patrol and various municipal jurisdictions that just love to keep the money flowing in. . . :-(...
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    Stopping patient care for another patient

    nursel56 replied to sAssy_NurSe's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    The studies are pretty solid on the link between med errors and interruptions of a med pass. Stopping in the middle of what you're doing to avoid having another patient wait for less than 30 minutes...
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    Asked not to come back to work for the family?

    nursel56 replied to LPNmomtobe's topic in Private Duty

    Sorry that happened to you! I've been working in PDN for around 7 years now, and I've learned that the only thing I can count on is the families doing and saying things that make you say "huh?"" -...
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    Be Careful Where You Post Your Personal Information

    nursel56 replied to sebig001's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Yes, you have a point there, lol. Truthfully, people may glance at them, but there are so many Terms of Service on the internet these days. I admit I have sometimes checked the "I agree" box without...
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    Be Careful Where You Post Your Personal Information

    nursel56 replied to sebig001's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Actually, I was getting a little bit lax about telling people not to post their e-mails, so this is a great reminder that people who want to take advantage of others never stop trying. I hate that...
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    Be Careful Where You Post Your Personal Information

    nursel56 replied to sebig001's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Read the Terms of Service and follow them. A lot of time and effort has gone into them to strike a balance between self-expression and protection of you and those who you may discuss in your posts....
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    BSN Only Is A Wall Street Scam

    nursel56 replied to rickbar's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    They are, but trying to point that out is a losing battle. It's repeated constantly by the academic/marketing power nexus. Or people don't know what "associated with"
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    How To Write A Great Topic

    nursel56 replied to Joe V's topic in Nurse Entrepreneurs, Innovators

    I think we've struck a pretty good balance between looking professional and being too buttoned up to have fun, and I'm one who likes color. I don't really mind the few people who use Comic Sans...
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    Hate and bias toward new nurses from "experienced" nurses

    nursel56 replied to JZ_RN's topic in General Nursing

    *****
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    Can someone shed light on the dnp 2015 transition for me ?

    nursel56 replied to theoj7's topic in Doctoral Nursing Degrees

    here are a couple of links that explain the issue in mind-numbing detail. :) dnp by 2015? on advance for nps & pas [color=#2f4f4f] dnp essentials (from the aacn)...
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    New member

    nursel56 replied to 2012nurstudent's topic in General Nursing

    [color=#cc0033]welcome to allnurses! wishing you the best in your journey. we have thread topics running in the nursing student forums almost continually discussing how to juggle work, family,...
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    What should I do?

    nursel56 replied to krayzie84's topic in LPN, LVN Students

    If you're almost done not sure why it would matter all that much if you had three different instructors. My school moved instructors around at will, which isn't such a bad thing because you need to...
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    What a coincidence. . .every single student nurse who shadows me. . .

    nursel56 replied to thesundowner's topic in General Nursing

    My inspiration was more like Flipper and The Incredible Mr Limpet, but I've always been fond of giant cephalopods. Our coastal California tide pools are endlessly fascinating, too. My stepsister...
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    What a coincidence. . .every single student nurse who shadows me. . .

    nursel56 replied to thesundowner's topic in General Nursing

    How so? I'm pretty sure if I went over to the Nursing Student Forum I would quickly find a post to get offended by. I understand that you don't get it - why should you? You aren't being...
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    Are LPN's being phased out?

    nursel56 replied to JSlovex2's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    I first heard the phase-out talk in 1976. Enough time for our deceased equine friends to be abused post-mortemally roughly 6546 billion times. I think the smiley was removed to head off any...
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    What a coincidence. . .every single student nurse who shadows me. . .

    nursel56 replied to thesundowner's topic in General Nursing

    All the girls in my grammar school just loved horses. They were all going to raise Palominos. Well, if their plan to marry Paul McCartney fell through anyway. He wasn't married then. Actually,...
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    What a coincidence. . .every single student nurse who shadows me. . .

    nursel56 replied to thesundowner's topic in General Nursing

    I think this is the spirit intended by the OP. I didn't read any attack in there at all. It was directed to people who have been hanging around here long enough to notice trends, and was probably...
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    What a coincidence. . .every single student nurse who shadows me. . .

    nursel56 replied to thesundowner's topic in General Nursing

    I may be flamed for asking, but why do we not see advertising and attitudes like "what's the fastest way to become a doctor?" "Does anyone know a really easy medical program?" Get your MD in only...
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    How do you check a pulse? Nope I'm not a student

    nursel56 replied to newtress's topic in General Nursing

    She's a mega-pulsar! umc - we used to mark a little "x" on the kid's feet where their pedal pulses were strongest. I guess that would be considered cheating now.
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    How do you check a pulse? Nope I'm not a student

    nursel56 replied to newtress's topic in General Nursing

    Whaaaaaat??? I'll have you know every one of my radial pulse patients lived to see the next
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    How do you check a pulse? Nope I'm not a student

    nursel56 replied to newtress's topic in General Nursing

    Wrist up with the arm in a resting position, although when I worked in a clinic sometimes they held their arm out. If I couldn't feel a pulse right away I might switch to the other side or...
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    Indiscriminate Empathy?

    nursel56 replied to tothepointeLVN's topic in General Nursing

    Even if it was, I'm not seeing the irony. Maybe she'll come back and explain
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    I think I should learn to sew. Can't find perfect scrubs.

    nursel56 replied to Bruce_Wayne's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    The only thing in that description that might pose some difficulty for a beginner is the gusset in the crotch area. Ridiculously easy patterns can be found or ordered online. Some have 2 pieces for...
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    Indiscriminate Empathy?

    nursel56 replied to tothepointeLVN's topic in General Nursing

    In my experience the percentage of who make comments like that tends to drop as their experience level increases. Most of the people who scold others that way are not nurses. Usually their minds are...