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    If people make me feel bad, I've been bullied

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

    Maybe I should refine what I said a bit. I have probably over the years here, read enough posts from people to see some commonalities in what other people call "yelling", not the type of angry...
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    So tired and hopeless

    nursel56 replied to moving4wrd's topic in Nurses Recovery

    Wow, congrats to you
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    Lvn scope of practice please. Help!

    nursel56 replied to Dcmom's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    LPNs can discontinue IVs and blood transfusions. In many states they can start IVs. Some states require an IV Certification course. The two things the states generally don't allow are hanging blood...
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    Somebody Knock Some Sense Into Me

    nursel56 replied to lilgop's topic in General Students

    Anecdotally speaking, I've noticed that 6-8 weeks until graduation seems to be prime time for freak-out with nursing students! The actual reason may vary from one to the next but there seems to be a...
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    If people make me feel bad, I've been bullied

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

    I think there is a distinction to be made between what happens in a rapidly changing situation where I don't think a more experienced nurse should feel the need to stop and weigh whether or not he or...
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    Starting first CNA Home health care job

    nursel56 replied to PunkyIsland's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    This doesn't look bad on you. It looks good on you and bad on them. You may tell them that their client's safety is your first concern. I believe if I were you I would ask to meet with the nurse in...
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    Terminated after 2 months

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

    The only thing I might suggest is when the initial sting subsides, to re-run your 2 month experience there in your mind and try to see if any flags appear. Many times politics in the workplace run as...
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    Starting first CNA Home health care job

    nursel56 replied to PunkyIsland's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    Hi punkyisland! I work in home care and with home health aides. This does not sound safe to me. I would not accept a job with a client as you describe as your very first experience. I can't say if...
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    Hospitals Firing Seasoned Nurses: Nurses FIGHT Back!

    nursel56 replied to allnurses's topic in General Nursing

    Exactly. I can understand why historically, the ANA and others saw a great chasm between LVN/LPNs and RNs, ADN vs BSN, etc. but the advent of online learning and other alternatives to either...
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    Acronyms: Where's the COW?

    nursel56 replied to Brian's topic in General Students

    Sometimes I wonder what a chart would look like if someone who needed Passive Range of Motion arrived in the hospital for Premature Rupture of the Membranes--- PROM and PROM!
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    write a statement of your philosophy of nursing

    nursel56 replied to onwokocha's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    . Possibly, and they decided not to fuss it up with too many pleases and thank yous. We have recently had people posting here wanting to sell completed writing assignments. Sometimes it takes them...
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    Dear Nursing Students: We Need to Talk About Homework Help

    nursel56 replied to Rose_Queen's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    After participating in lots of online forums that either have no rules at all or rely on something arbitrary like "reputation points" I am certain the best way to have a successful forum is to have...
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    write a statement of your philosophy of nursing

    nursel56 replied to onwokocha's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Yes, please do tell us what you are intending to do with that post, so we can respond
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    Hospitals Firing Seasoned Nurses: Nurses FIGHT Back!

    nursel56 replied to allnurses's topic in General Nursing

    And this is another point about the constantly deteriorating working conditions for nurses. "Writing people up" seems to be an ever-present threat these days, and the way mistakes are handled appears...
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    CNA at 17 & RN at 19

    nursel56 replied to destiny moseley's topic in Arizona Nursing

    Not going to get into the particulars of how long it will take you to finish but yes, you can be poised and professional at any age. It's a matter of how you carry yourself. I started really young...
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    Fired and reported to BON

    nursel56 replied to grammy57's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    Hello Grammy57! I have never heard that merely being terminated in the absence of some other offense would be a mandatory report issue, but as I am not in Michigan I'll give you the web address where...
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    “Your privacy is important to us� so how did patients’ medical exams get on Youtube?

    nursel56 replied to Alnitak7's topic in General Nursing

    It wasn't long ago that I found out medical students had real human beings to practice on, aka medical models. I don't know if this is part of APRN programs so I am not excluding the possibility they...
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    Only African American Nurse on Staff

    nursel56 replied to nette1022's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    God bless you. That can't have been easy. To be honest I thought the OP's description of the person who would say "it's because you're black" and everyone would laugh might qualify as a...
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    Area of nursing with greatest amount of vomit

    nursel56 replied to PaulBaxter's topic in General Nursing

    So true, but for the really pungent stuff you'll want to avoid those 0-6 month olds, formula and breast milk is more a nuisance than anything gag-worthy. Toddler meals, now we're talkin'! I haven't...
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    falsifying documentation?

    nursel56 replied to care4pop's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I just want to say I'm sorry this happened to you. It may have been that they just didn't look closely at his skin and assumed based on prior assessments and perhaps he didn't complain of pain. In...
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    New nurse stressing out

    nursel56 replied to medic978's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Yeah hang in there! Four months on a new job I'm still learning where the bathrooms are...well I do exaggerate a bit...But really this it will get easier. Even for those of us who have been at it...
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    Having moral courage- my soap box speech

    nursel56 replied to anon456's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks for this post. What I see in it is something that formal education can't teach you, and it's a wisdom that comes with experience. I think that gets lost in the shuffle sometimes. It's not...
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    Home ventilators

    nursel56 replied to Gooselady's topic in Private Duty

    In general, you would leave it plugged in because the vent switches to battery when it doesn't have another source of electricity. That's been my experience,
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    Home ventilators

    nursel56 replied to Gooselady's topic in Private Duty

    On the battery issue I was told it was a good idea to let the battery run down and recharge every few months I believe. I never tested that theory in practice though because first, most of my...
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    Hospitals Firing Seasoned Nurses: Nurses FIGHT Back!

    nursel56 replied to allnurses's topic in General Nursing

    You are the type of manager who offsets the soul-sucking people in management that are increasingly becoming the norm these days. Sad but true, it seems more and more not only fail to advocate for...