Flare ASN, BSN

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    Nurses with Multiple Antibiotic Allergies

    Flare replied to Shortigirl's topic in Nurse Disabilities

    If you are administering an antibiotic, it's rare that you'll come into much contact with it that would induce a reaction. If you are concerned as far as a contact reaction, then you can get yourself...
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    What would your first priority have been?

    Flare replied to DA314's topic in General Nursing

    The linen change would have been my priority. It only takes about 2 minutes, as you noted and there is a high liklihood that the patient would need to be returned to the bed quickly either to finish...
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    help! Harriet Houdini lives

    Flare replied to CapeCodMermaid's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    since the other posters have noted that it must not be hurting her so badly, you might want to consider cutting back pain meds if she is still getting any. If it hurts her to mess with it, she's less...
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    Hearing/Vision Screens- what do you use?

    Flare replied to pugmomrn's topic in School

    i have a maico ma27. it gets the job done - i would like something different but will NEVER have enough money in my budget for that. oh well... for vision i use snellen charts. I have a titmus, but...
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    Nurses & Emergency Scenes

    Flare replied to rnffemtguy's topic in General Nursing

    I think that all of us on emergency scenes can appreciate people's desire and drive to want to help. Heck, it's why we all became nurses in the first place. It's more so the gung-ho take charge...
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    Do you sill do clinical????

    Flare replied to able2009's topic in General Nursing

    I had assignments that were more so on a public health type spectrum. Because of my work schedule at the time i had to take the assessment class with the non-rn transfer students which was like...
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    What nursing preprequisite(s) did you struggle in the most?

    Flare replied to emily_ganshert's topic in General Nursing

    chemisrty was the worst pre-req - after I had my ASN and went of for my bachelors Statistics - though my professor was superb for the stats class and i went from flunking to passing with an A because...
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    Is this odd to you too?

    Flare replied to mom4josh's topic in General Nursing

    Some people view that things that need to be done to a body afterard will still cause pain or take a toll on a persons soul. If death is imminent, then this family ought to get on the horn to their...
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    Help! Documentation question

    Flare replied to WhoaNelly's topic in General Nursing

    i agree with pepper - that sounds pretty factual to me. Remember that we are told to document everything. This can include happenings with family members and their reactions. Documenting that a...
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    what to do in an emergency?

    Flare replied to Lanessa Bah's topic in General Nursing

    If you are in nursing school then i can probably assume that you have taken a CPR course. Just remember the basics. Check the scene for safety check the victim call for help. beyond that is...
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    Too old to stay in dorms

    Flare replied to dari98's topic in General Nursing

    i think that's a personal preference thing. If you are looking to go to college and are willing to stay in the dorm, then go for it. An older, make that more mature :) person may even be offered...
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    Help! Documentation question

    Flare replied to WhoaNelly's topic in General Nursing

    i think it would be highly dependent on what exactly was written and how it was
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    How do you keep from catching everything?

    Flare replied to Purple_Scrubs's topic in General Nursing

    you definitely build an immunity to all the icky little kid germs over time. but some times getting the cold or the bug going around in inevtable. just follow your own advice that you probably dish...
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    Nurses & Emergency Scenes

    Flare replied to rnffemtguy's topic in General Nursing

    I have been a firefighter as long as I have been a nurse. It wasn't until i got into a conversation with a lady i know who is an emt instructor that i decided to get emt certification (she said, it's...
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    Do Nurses eat their....lunch?

    Flare replied to massrn116's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    For the most part (when i was working on a unit) i got my breaks in. The bottom line is time management. This is not to say that i didn't have my shifts where everything is quickly going to pieces...
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    Working as a stripper AND a nurse

    Flare replied to inland18mempire's topic in General Nursing

    The bottom line is that you are not asking to do something illegal, and you are certainly free to make your own choices, but... since you asked...I would advise against getting into the world of adult...
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    How do you manage to get to work in snow storms ?

    Flare replied to NurseLoveJoy88's topic in General Nursing

    I'm a school nurse now - so I am lucky enough to have snow days (like yesterday ) but when i was on a unit, I would just leave early, take my time and try to stick to main streets. I had a few...
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    Medical school vs Nursing School

    Flare replied to faraday68's topic in General Students

    actually, the notion that all nurses are disgruntled wanna-be doctors is false. Most nurses I know - myself included - would not want all the headaches that go along with becoming a
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    teddy bear blood bag for pediatric patients

    Flare replied to Anxious Patient's topic in Nursing Humor

    I was thinking that too, truern -the blood has got to pool in the bears extremities, making in necessary to drain and reposition. Now the idea of sterile plastic fish in the iv bag - that's a...
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    Nurses who are also ACUPUNCTURISTS?

    Flare replied to TCM1's topic in General Nursing

    I have been interested in going to school to become an acupuncturist - but the schooling is more that I can afford (and i would have to leave my school nursing job to complete it). It seems that if i...
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    Managing Headlice

    Flare replied to topsyturvy's topic in School

    We could begin a national franchise! Nit pickers make in upwards on
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    Nursing School/Vaccines... Not sure what to do...

    Flare replied to cookiesandcream22's topic in General Nursing

    Purple scrubs hit it ight on the head. As far as a career in nursing, you won't be required to take any spacial vaccines to get a job - i mean if you were travel nursing and going on missionary jobs...
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    "Tell Him Not To Go Into Nursing"

    Flare replied to californiadreaming's topic in General Nursing

    don't let someone who is unhappy with their own career choices make decisions for you or your son. If he wants to go to nursing school, then so be it. If he is unhappy, then he can make that...
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    What's the saddest thing you've seen in your career??

    Flare replied to Misslady113's topic in General Nursing

    Saddest thing as a nurse was having a 17 yo boy on my unit who had fried his brain after a weekend of binging on drugs. Mom brought in pictures of a vibrant young man with the world as his oyster...
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    New Grad wants to be school nurse

    Flare replied to crimson and clover's topic in School

    I teach CPR only because i chose to go out and get certified as an AHA instructor. My school takes advantage of this and i get a little extra pocket money teaching CPR to the staff that wants to take...