nursel56

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    Do you still have to do dosages math by hand as an RN now?

    nursel56 replied to xmilkncookiesx's topic in General Nursing

    Yes, nurses still calculate dosages depending on the particulars of his/her particular environment. Maybe it's changed in hospital settings, but most of the time you will be asked to pass a medication...
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    When a pt "gets" to you

    nursel56 replied to mmc51264's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I don't think you need to get out unless you already wanted to. I've had a few of these "out of left field" emotional reactions. You can't predict them. Generally I have no real problem with...
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    New Grad ADN vs BSN w/No Experience

    nursel56 replied to Maverickm808's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    I don't think that question has ever been settled one way or the other. My general perception is that it depends more on differences between one program and another. I think the debate becomes...
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    Less judgment more, construction. Don't tell me I cannot, tell me how to, and this is why.

    nursel56 replied to honeyforasalteyfish's topic in General Nursing

    What you tell other people is up to you, and I personally support the people who choose to do their job and keep their past history to themselves. Sometimes I feel there is almost an obligation to...
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    Have any of your patients ever told you that you're a good nurse?

    nursel56 replied to EquinoxSolstice92's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    The kind of thing you mention when combined with the "good nurse" compliment are those that I do appreciate because I try to practice things so that they cause the least amount of discomfort. It's...
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    I'm not a babysitter!!!!

    nursel56 replied to zizi2677's topic in Private Duty

    I only know that in the larger companies I worked for it was clearly spelled out in the contract the client/parent signs with the agency that we are not to take care of siblings. A copy of the...
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    Nurses, do you feel respected by NPs

    nursel56 replied to Buckeyeqt's topic in General Nursing

    What made you decide to skip the NP route? I only ask because it seems like you have related in several posts what you've heard others say which contain a lot of negative generalizations about both...
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    Confronted about charting at patient's school

    nursel56 replied to doodlebuttRN's topic in Private Duty

    Thanks, JBN. I sort of preferred my naive delusion that funding was not a labrynthine hellscape. You're a great resource and I appreciate
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    Confronted about charting at patient's school

    nursel56 replied to doodlebuttRN's topic in Private Duty

    My familiarity with these situations is that the child has a nurse with him/her at school because the child needs that level of nursing care no matter where he/she is and the payment structure isn't...
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    Confronted about charting at patient's school

    nursel56 replied to doodlebuttRN's topic in Private Duty

    I'm just going to quote parts of this that caught my attention in this situation. I would be upset about it, too. That sounds like an uninformed and paranoid thing to say to me, so I would look...
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    Nursing is a passion?

    nursel56 replied to mindofmidwifery's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    Yeah! To really get the essence of that I would recommend a perusal of a long-gone thread . . . (my mind, for better or worse is like a steel trap for epic threads), although this only made it to 75...
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    Nursing is a passion?

    nursel56 replied to mindofmidwifery's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    I tend to think the topic is destined to be a fruitless discussion in all cases, because someone's passion and even their compassion (we haven't had a real good compassion throw-down in a while!)...
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    Getting a parent to switch agencies

    nursel56 replied to OrganizedChaos's topic in Private Duty

    I've seen patients/clients switching agencies and bringing nurses with them, and I've seen where one nurse will launch a campaign to get the family to switch. The thing is usually it means all the...
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    Remembering the First Black U.S. Army Nurse During Black History Month

    nursel56 replied to TheCommuter's topic in Government, Military

    Thank you for this, Commuter, and for the information about the book. It's timely because lately I've been reading Civil War memoirs like a fiend and have not seen that
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    I'm an LPN and I understand.

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

    I agree RNs should be paid more, but I'm not aware of any unit an LVN/PN may be employed in per their state's scope of practice, that would exclude certain patients on an "unpredictability" factor....
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    New Grad Struggling

    nursel56 replied to Bobcatbrooke19's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I agree with the others. Also, I'm pretty sure they value someone who takes on twice the normal patient load during a weather event, and wonders how they can do better as opposed to having an attitude...
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    Nursing is a passion?

    nursel56 replied to mindofmidwifery's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    Never had a passion or a calling, not that I would be against it in theory-- the concept baffles me perhaps because my early Catholic education describes visitations by spirit beings, usually as very...
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    Ethics making you quit?

    nursel56 replied to NocturneNrse's topic in General Nursing

    Yes, I would quit such a job, not just for the moral aspect but the protect yourself aspect. I know there are some companies that are corrupt from top to bottom, such that your report to management...
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    Job abandonment

    nursel56 replied to Nurse_CrystalRN's topic in Nursing Career

    If you take the assignment, you are responsible for the 46 patients, if you're very lucky nothing goes wrong. If it does, you'll obviously be hung out to dry by these people. If there is one thing I...
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    hiring older nurses

    nursel56 replied to KThurmond's topic in General Nursing

    I agree that ageism is alive and well, and I'm going to show my age by talking about the way people are hired now compared to a long time ago, and my recollection of being the young one working with...
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    I've been suspended

    nursel56 replied to Sheila2155's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Agree we don't really know enough of the story to say for sure, but if the student approached you while you were busy with something else to tell you that "John is quiet" you can immediately assume...
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    Christmas Greeting

    nursel56 replied to FranEMTnurse's topic in General Nursing

    :reef:Merry Christmas Fran!:reef: I wish the same for all my friends here on allnurses, of whatever faith, a blessed and safe
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    Have you met your husband at nursing? Is nursing a good career to meet men?

    nursel56 replied to Upward_Bound's topic in General Nursing

    Having worked in 2 places wherein many young residents rotate through your unit on a regular basis, some people made a spectacle of themselves without realizing how it looked to others. Every little...
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    Question regarding where I stand with my job (long, but with paragraphs!)

    nursel56 replied to Alisonisayoshi's topic in General Nursing

    Your responsibility is to the patient but if you ignore the personalities around you there is a risk of the "not a good fit". There are a number of other factors to consider. In the situation you...
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    Question regarding where I stand with my job (long, but with paragraphs!)

    nursel56 replied to Alisonisayoshi's topic in General Nursing

    I don't see why you would be fired in this situation but neither do I regard the issue as "right way, wrong way". Every office has it's informal rules and regulations. Ask the provider to tell you...