elixRN BSN, RN

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    The Boy Who Loved Justin Bieber

    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 story.
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    To Say or Not to Say Hospice?

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

    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 should too. Advocate for yourself so you can have t...
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    Things you tell newbies

    - 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 proceed to the next task, its better to be late t...
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    A Phone Call

    Every day with every interaction I have to remind myself of this... that the little things are the most important things. Even though I am busy and have one million things on my mind, I have to stop and be present with the person in front of me, for ...
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    Common nicknames for hospital items.

    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 now
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    Hard Time Dealing With Patient Rights

    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 am going to put my stethoscope on your back so I ...
  8. 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, especially if I had an exam that week. I got good...
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    Failure is an Option: A New Grad Story

    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 the clinical instructor only had to show up for a...
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    How did your employer recognize Nurse's Day?

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

    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 pre-mixed antibiotic bag from the pharmacy. Pam (...
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    Failure is an Option: A New Grad Story

    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 that should not have happened, and it is my fault. A...
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    Failure is an Option: A New Grad Story

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

    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 story still haunts me today, that's why I want to ...
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    When All Else Fails... Assess Your Patient!

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

    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 important info about each pt, then I write down what ti...
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    When All Else Fails... Assess Your Patient!

    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 patients. How do I fit it in with all the other th...
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    When All Else Fails... Assess Your Patient!

    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 day. I am pretty good at seeing the full picture, lik...