elixRN BSN, RN

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    The Boy Who Loved Justin Bieber

    elixRN replied to Julie Reyes's topic in General Nursing

    um, I think I have something in my eye... or both eyes for that matter. this is probably the most touching story I have read on this website. thank you for posting this beautiful
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    To Say or Not to Say Hospice?

    elixRN replied to jeastridge's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    This should be it's own article on allnurses.com. it was very informational. thank you for the
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    Sticky situation .. What would you do?

    elixRN replied to __patiently_waiting's topic in General Students

    If this happened at my school I would be furious. My class of nursing students happened to take grades and quality of teachers very seriously, we spoke our minds when something wasn't right, and you...
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    Things you tell newbies

    elixRN replied to JBudd's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    - don't let " I have a million things to do in a small time frame" freak you out. You are only one person and you can only attend to one thing at a time. Stop, think, plan out your next few moves, and...
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    Common nicknames for hospital items.

    elixRN replied to LifesAJourney's topic in Nursing Humor

    In Hawaii we have some funny ones Shi-shi tube= Foley Doo doo bucket= bed side comode There are more, but I can't think of them right
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    Hard Time Dealing With Patient Rights

    elixRN replied to ThatNursingDude's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    It's commen to be confused about these issues when you are a student, but the best thing you can do is communicate with your patients and with other staff. Explain what is going on to the patient " I...
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    Failure is an Option: A New Grad Story

    elixRN posted a topic in General Students

    On certain weekends during college I would spend the entirety of the time that the library was open studying; I would get there at 9am and not leave until 11pm, and still I thought this wasn't enough,...
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    Failure is an Option: A New Grad Story

    elixRN replied to elixRN's topic in General Students

    The way it worked at my school was in our final semester we followed one nurse through that semester, so we just followed her schedule. The students were separated into severall different hospitals so...
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    How did your employer recognize Nurse's Day?

    elixRN replied to allevi's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    The managers put together a nice breakfast for
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    Failure is an Option: A New Grad Story

    elixRN replied to elixRN's topic in General Students

    Well my preceptor (let's call her Pam) got the bag from the pharmacy in-box. It was the only thing the pharmacy had sent up for this patient. The bag that they had sent up looks exactly like any other...
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    Failure is an Option: A New Grad Story

    elixRN replied to elixRN's topic in General Students

    As you can see in my previous post I have admited that there was harm done. What I probably should have said in the original article is that there was a c-section done, and this was a major surgery...
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    Failure is an Option: A New Grad Story

    elixRN replied to elixRN's topic in General Students

    I was 24 years
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    Failure is an Option: A New Grad Story

    elixRN replied to elixRN's topic in General Students

    Thank you for bringing this up, and yes you are right, there was an enormous amout of harm done, and i do recognize that is was my fault. please excuse my venacular; i did not mean to offend. And the...
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    When All Else Fails... Assess Your Patient!

    elixRN replied to Episteme's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    And I also use the nursing process, its just happens to be rapid fire nursing
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    When All Else Fails... Assess Your Patient!

    elixRN replied to Episteme's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Epistme: thanks the response. How do i make my plan? Well thats a loaded question because things NEVER go as planned, but how my day goes is as follows: usually during report I find out the most...
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    When All Else Fails... Assess Your Patient!

    elixRN replied to Episteme's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    It's not to say I don't think the NANDA DX isn't important, I do think it is important. But its just difficult to think about, when you have a limited amount of time to do a lot of tasks for a lot of...
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    When All Else Fails... Assess Your Patient!

    elixRN replied to Episteme's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    I am a fairly new nurse (1.5 years) I work on a very busy acute medical unit, with sometimes poor staffing. I always assess my patients first thing, read the h&p get lab values and plan out my...