April, RN

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  1. What's the name for this symptom?

    April, RN replied to johnnyDoGood's topic in General Nursing

    Your PCP should physically examine you and get more details of your symptoms. He or she can then give you the specific name of your proper

  2. Underwear and patients

    April, RN replied to twinkerrs's topic in General Nursing

    Not allowing him to have his own underwear unless he gets loud about it? It almost seems like patient advocate is provoking him. I'm thinking that if he did get loud about something as seemingly...

  3. Stroke Patients

    April, RN replied to my4helpers's topic in General Nursing

    It's wonderful that your uncle has such caring family members like you. You should ask his therapists what you can do to help while he isn't in therapy. They know his condition better than any of us...

  4. Centrum Jobs, did somebody heard about this?

    April, RN replied to erisirene's topic in General Nursing

    Don't do it! My friend fell for a scam that sounds similar and they ended up draining her savings account. She contacted the police but she couldn't get the money

  5. Jehovah's Witness nurses in the critical care unit?

    April, RN replied to asdf88's topic in Critical Care

    I give blood products almost on a daily basis on my unit. It's not uncommon for one patient to receive multiple units of blood products in one shift. It's time consuming. Another nurse might not...

  6. Flu shot 2010-2011

    April, RN replied to alibliss's topic in General Nursing

    To go along with what KaliRN and roser13 said, it is my understanding that last year's H1N1 strain was identified too late in the year to be included in last year's seasonal flu vaccine which is why a...

  7. Need urgent reply, please help. Regarding NCLEX acceptable identification.

    April, RN replied to regrebs's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    I don't have an answer for you but at this point all you can really do is show up with your expired license and new temporary license and hope for the best, right? Hopefully it works out for you and...

  8. New grad needs advice. PDN??

    April, RN replied to Ms_Bee's topic in General Nursing

    I second this. I read horror stories of new jobs on here and usually think to myself that those nurses lasted a lot longer than I would have before quitting! Jobs are hard to come by right now but...

  9. New grad needs advice. PDN??

    April, RN replied to Ms_Bee's topic in General Nursing

    What does PDN stand for? I would not recommend going into home care as a new grad. You only have 3 months under your belt which really isn't much. When you are caring for a sick patient in their...

  10. Please Review my Resume

    April, RN replied to RaziRN's topic in General Nursing

    Hi there! I have a couple of suggestions: - Make your objective more original like others already mentioned. - I would take out the Coral Community College. You really only need to list the...

  11. references...who do you pick?

    April, RN replied to Rnis's topic in General Nursing

    I always use previous and current nurse managers. If you are listing your current manager, my advice is to wait until you get a formal job offer and then ask the new job to wait to contact him/her...

  12. single mothers: best area of nursing to go into re: hours and salary?

    April, RN replied to rnintwo's topic in General Nursing

    If there's a will, there's a way. There are many single mothers in nursing that make it work. As others said, you will have to look into hiring childcare if you have no other options. You could...

  13. Are these holidays off the norm?

    April, RN replied to nursalicious's topic in General Nursing

    Well the rest of us will want you to leave it so we can jump on

  14. need to lump my travel nurse experience. plz look at my resume and gimme advice

    April, RN replied to raindrop's topic in General Nursing

    I'm not sure if this would be OK to do or not, but instead of listing each company, could you put something like "travel nurse - various companies" and then just list each hospital and date but not...

  15. Are these holidays off the norm?

    April, RN replied to nursalicious's topic in General Nursing

    Wow, I didn't know any company had Christmas Eve or Black Friday as a paid

  16. Are these holidays off the norm?

    April, RN replied to nursalicious's topic in General Nursing

    As a hospital nurse, I think your new schedule sounds pretty great! I'm a little surprised that you don't have Memorial Day off, but that wouldn't bother me a bit if I got paid for all those other...

  17. So what would you guys do?

    April, RN replied to samirish's topic in General Nursing

    Another vote for

  18. What is wrong with these people?

    April, RN replied to JB2007's topic in General Nursing

    Find a way to leave the LTC job. That nurse and her bad attitude will have to work short-staffed until they hire a replacement. Considering the mess in management that you described, that might take...

  19. I wish sombody would have told me......

    April, RN replied to Xcited 2B-N-RN's topic in General Nursing

    So true! It's so easy to question yourself when you lose a

  20. What's your favorite lip product for work?

    April, RN replied to Kitty Hawk's topic in General Nursing

    Sorry, but I'm cracking up trying to picture

  21. What's your favorite lip product for work?

    April, RN replied to Kitty Hawk's topic in General Nursing

    Funny, I was about to write the exact same thing and our names are so similar! Not a fan of Burt's Bees and love the Nivea stuff called A Kiss of Shine. I frequently lose or "contaminate" lip...

  22. Mucomyst

    April, RN replied to StephRN08's topic in General Nursing

    I usually mix it in cranberry juice or diet coke, but I have used an oral syringe to squirt it into patients' mouths and then they can chase it with whatever they want. Seems to work well for those...

  23. someone tell me it gets better after RN school???

    April, RN replied to rnintwo's topic in General Nursing

    I've read some of your previous posts as well. It seems like you don't have a realistic view of what a nurse's role and responsibilities are. Maybe you need to re-evaluate why you want to go into...

  24. someone tell me it gets better after RN school???

    April, RN replied to rnintwo's topic in General Nursing

    Based on your post, I don't think you will like nursing

  25. Anyone know if you need a BSN to work in a MA hospital or if an ASN will do?

    April, RN replied to miche22's topic in Massachusetts Nursing

    I'm surprised no one at the BON could answer your question since they must know that there are ADN nurses working in MA. It's not a rule that you have to have a BSN to work in MA, but it is...