DebblesRN ASN, BSN, RN

DebblesRN has 25 years experience as a ASN, BSN, RN and specializes in NICU.

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   Why can't I do everything a RN does as a LPN? We should be equal.

   DebblesRN replied to SweetPoo's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

   Am I in the twilight zone, or did Lil'mama just say the EXACT SAME THING that many of us have been saying throughout this whole thread?? No-one has said they do not respect LPNs or we did not need...
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   Why can't I do everything a RN does as a LPN? We should be equal.

   DebblesRN replied to SweetPoo's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

   Saying an LPN should make as much money as an RN is like saying an RN should make as much money as a NP. Doesn't make any sense. There are different skill sets and education for all involved. It...
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   Baby Friendly- getting a tad over the top

   DebblesRN replied to PeepnBiscuitsRN's topic in Ob/Gyn

   It is not the necessarily the RN's misinterpretation, in most cases, it's management's. They make the rules in each facility based on their interpretation of the baby friendly initiative. You should...
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   Male Nurses

   DebblesRN replied to OUxPhys's topic in Ob/Gyn

   I would encourage you to apply. I do not work with any male nurses at this time, but have in the past and they did just fine. I will also say--I had a hysterectomy a few years back and had a male...
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   Reprimanded for reporting medication errors and so much more

   DebblesRN replied to reprimanded's topic in LPN, LVN Students

   I was never in trouble in clinicals for something a fellow classmate did wrong. My grade and record reflected my own actions and no-one elses. When a mistake was made, and they were rare, the...
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   Reprimanded for reporting medication errors and so much more

   DebblesRN replied to reprimanded's topic in LPN, LVN Students

   Bottom line, the Instructor handles med errors, or any other error that occurs during clinicals. Not you. You seem to be pointing fingers, and at the same time forgetting YOU are ALSO a student....
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   Checking A Patient's Blood Glucose In His Earlobe?

   DebblesRN replied to Dazglue's topic in General Nursing

   She wasn't referring to you. Two other posters on page one mentioned sticking toes for blood glucose
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   Question? PA vs NP to work with healthy newborns in OB?

   DebblesRN replied to siroisco's topic in Ob/Gyn

   I think some of it depends on where you live. I'm in Florida, and they do not hire PAs to work with babies in the nursery, sick or well. We have a Neonatal Nurse Practitioner who sees sick and well...
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   2 EKG strip questions

   DebblesRN replied to LaceyRN12's topic in General Nursing

   That's a good question. I was also not sure it was a PAC since the P waves are absent and the T wave is mostly normal looking. That's why I was suggesting in a previous post that it could also be a...
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    2 EKG strip questions

    DebblesRN replied to LaceyRN12's topic in General Nursing

    In the 1st beat, the PRI is about .14 secs. kinda hard to measure on a computer screen. :) if you measure the PRI in the heartbeats that are not early, they are all about the same, .14 secs. You...
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    2 EKG strip questions

    DebblesRN replied to LaceyRN12's topic in General Nursing

    The R to R is irregular ONLY because of the early beats. if you look at the strip where there are no early beats, the rhythm is regular. sinus arrhythmia is a slight variance in rhythm where P, QRS,...
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    2 EKG strip questions

    DebblesRN replied to LaceyRN12's topic in General Nursing

    I agree with many other posters here, strip #1 looks like SR with either PACs or PJCs. Since the rate is about 80, I would lean more towards PACs, but I agree maybe with a 12 lead or switching lead...
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    Want to be a CNA & was arrested as a minor.

    DebblesRN replied to cstaleyy's topic in Licensure: Criminal History

    I always thought that things you did as a juvenile were sealed. I would think that if you had committed a crime at 16, it should be gone from your record/not searchable. I would contact an attorney...
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    Praying in the work place

    DebblesRN replied to RipeTomato's topic in Spirituality, Religion

    I'm not sure why this is such an issue for people (the praying thing), but if it is, maybe you should bring it up with your manager instead of brooding over it and being uncomfortable. You do not...
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    Peer Evaluations- Venting

    DebblesRN replied to Rose_Queen's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    We do peer evals where I work. They are supposed to affect your merit raise, but I can't say they have because since they started doing them, no-one housewide has gotten a merit raise. LOL Bad...