NurseSpeedy ADN, LPN, RN

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    I found a way to avoid HIPAA violation!

    NurseSpeedy replied to egglady's topic in HIPAA Challenges

    I remember those things! Horrible reception but at least it was practically impossible to lose the stupid thing. I remember mine from the 90s with prepaid minutes and was literally only for a real...
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    Ridiculous medical mistakes on TV

    NurseSpeedy replied to adventure_rn's topic in Nursing Humor

    Sadly in real life I think I may have followed behind a couple coworkers years ago that may have had this thought process. This was back in the day when we did report at the chart rack in front of the...
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    Ridiculous medical mistakes on TV

    NurseSpeedy replied to adventure_rn's topic in Nursing Humor

    Medical TV shows make me either laugh or roll my eyes, depending on what it is and the mood I’m in at the time. As for the doctor’s office IV bag, I’ve seen one in my own doctors office. I can...
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    I hate fake call outs.

    NurseSpeedy replied to KonichiwaRN's topic in General Nursing

    I get that there are fake call outs. I hate it and I can honestly say that I have never once called out when I wasn’t truly hacking up a lung or spewing scary stuff up out of my mouth or...
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    Stupid hurts.

    NurseSpeedy replied to emtb2rn's topic in General Nursing

    Now that’s just plain scary. Oral care doesn’t take a bottle of h20, and sugary Snapple would have rotted out his teeth if he hadn’t aspirated. Yeah, it’s the least severe of the...
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    Stupid hurts.

    NurseSpeedy replied to emtb2rn's topic in General Nursing

    Just another example of how pets are sometimes wiser than humans-they know when something doesn’t feel right and know exactly how to fix it without ever seeking professional
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    Senator Maureen Walsh: When Do Nurses Have Time to Play Cards?

    NurseSpeedy replied to jeastridge's topic in General Nursing

    May be the first time tap water enema bags end up on a back order list at the supply
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    Sen. Maureen Walsh Response to Backlash

    NurseSpeedy replied to falconersys's topic in General Nursing

    My grandmother used to play a bunch of card games that she used to remove the jokers from the deck to play the game with her friends (she was retired-not working). Too bad she didn’t keep them...
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    Playing Cards

    NurseSpeedy replied to Nurse Beth's topic in General Nursing

    I worked a 12 hour shift, no break or lunch (no food, don’t think I remembered to pee either), then got mandated to stay for a 16 due to an emergency evacuation. This was at a larger hospital during...
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    RN school while in High School?

    NurseSpeedy replied to AFJ32780's topic in General Nursing

    When I was going to school for my LPN, one of the requirements for registration was to be at least 17 years of age. I’m pretty sure my RN program more recently had the same require. Legal issues...
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    Nurse Practitioners: what SALARY were you offered as a NEW GRAD?

    NurseSpeedy replied to the VEGAN Professor's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    As you probably already know, this varies greatly by location and cost of living. A couple years ago I checked salary reviews on Glassdoor.com-in my experience they were pretty accurate and gave me a...
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    Alexa, I need to go to the bathroom???

    NurseSpeedy replied to drkshadez's topic in General Nursing

    Why do I see hospital admin eventually trying to factor Alexa into the staffing numbers somehow, justifying less help because now we have ‘Alexa’ to fill in the gaps? Or maybe some already have....
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    Alexa, I need to go to the bathroom???

    NurseSpeedy replied to drkshadez's topic in General Nursing

    My tech kept repeating my name to the dementia patients, by the end of the shift that’s all we heard being screamed down a quite hall! Nurse! Nurse! Nurse! Suddenly had a better appeal than my own...
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    Badge Tracking

    NurseSpeedy replied to SparklyBaby's topic in General Nursing

    Had one hospital that would charge the employee $20 to replace their lost tracker if they didn’t have the one issued initially with employment. It seemed like the trackers were always discovered as...
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    Galen College of Nursing

    NurseSpeedy replied to 111th's topic in School, College Programs

    Both are good schools. I think there’s more to choosing an employee than solely where they graduated from. As far as SPC vs. Galen, there is one large employer (not saying that this employer would...
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    Looking for advice: I don't like my salary

    NurseSpeedy replied to EternalFeather's topic in General Nursing

    Years ago I worked for a facility that at one point new grad, new hire employees were getting better starting rates than some of the nurses were currently getting paid who had worked there for several...
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    Are all for-profit hospitals soul-sucking despots that truly only care about the bottom line

    NurseSpeedy replied to klone's topic in General Nursing

    I’ve worked both profit and nonprofit also. They both also had that stupid in-service years ago for the script of “I have the time!”? service model. The idea has been rephrased many times over...
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    Fumbled During Interview and Lost the Job

    NurseSpeedy replied to Nurse Beth's topic in Career Advice Column

    I was lucky to have several job interviews lined up for the same week as a new grad RN/ experienced LPN. I did not get the situational questions in any of my interviews, but the...
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    What's the funniest nursing superstition you've ever heard? Do you believe it?

    NurseSpeedy replied to guest1048932's topic in Nursing Humor

    Well, I think we have all heard the full moon expression in relation to the crazziness it can bring. I had a day with just some of the craziest, off the wall, back to back, WTH phone calls that I...
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    Nurses Are So Bossy...

    NurseSpeedy replied to gehrig592's topic in General Nursing

    Well I’m sure presenting yourself as this bright ray of sunshine just had the nursing staff tripping over themselves to give you a warm reception while they are trying to take care of the patient as...
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    Any way you could stay over and work a few hours

    NurseSpeedy replied to guest974915's topic in General Nursing

    I turned her down because 1) The idea itself was crazy and 2) her idea of proper child supervision was probably much different than mine. She either had no idea what it was like to be locked in a room...
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    Working on weekends!

    NurseSpeedy replied to PubSub's topic in General Nursing

    I worked every weekend 12 hour shifts until my child was in 1st grade. I then worked every other weekend three 12s until 3rd grade. I had time with her during the week and she was raised by her...
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    Vaccination for clinical

    NurseSpeedy replied to Grad 2020's topic in General Students

    Maybe we need to find a better way to educate the public about vaccines. Years ago the media found it appropriate to show piece, after piece, after piece of people claiming vaccines caused autism and...
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    Any way you could stay over and work a few hours

    NurseSpeedy replied to guest974915's topic in General Nursing

    I had one nurse manager offer to babysit my three year old in her office if I’d come in to work. I said no at the time but looking back, I don’t know if she could of handled my hyperactive toddler...
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    Any way you could stay over and work a few hours

    NurseSpeedy replied to guest974915's topic in General Nursing

    Co worker of mine had a couple glasses of wine on her day off. Supervisor calls asking her if she can come in. She tells her, “Sorry, but it’s my day off and I’ve already had a couple of drinks...