DebblesRN ASN, BSN, RN

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 LPNs or that they are not professionals. It has been...

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 doesn't mean that they are not EQUALLY valued for the...

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 feel blessed to work in a facility where you are g...

I have a beloved niece who is mentally retarded. It is a crappy way to describe her. I prefer developmentally and cognitively delayed. I guess I dislike it so much because I grew up (a kid in the 80's) using that word as a hurled insult if I though...

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 nurse take care of me post-op. He was great and very ...

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 instructor would talk to us about it and make it a learn...

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. NO-ONE needs to be schooled by you. If a fellow st...

She wasn't referring to you. Two other posters on page one mentioned sticking toes for blood glucose checks.

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 babies in the hospital setting. She works with th...

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 PJC. Keep in mind also, it could be difficult to ...

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 cannot measure a PRI in the 2nd beat because there ...

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, and T are consistent. You barely notice a sinus a...

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 placement, you will be able to tell better whether ...

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 and see what they say. Most will give free phone ...

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 have to practice any religion to sit and be respectf...

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 economy you know, so only administration gets raises a...

Oh thanks!! My son has a severe fireant allergy and our pens will expire at the end of the year, so we will be able to use this. :)

he he--yeah--if you have jiffy store feet--you need a shower. With soap. LOL

I think my favorite was the girl who came by ambulance (no lie) because she was 18 weeks pregnant and her breasts were leaking. The best part was that she had an entourage FOLLOW the ambulance to the hospital. You mean that one of them could not ha...

My grandmother is in LTC and had to have a straight cath done. It was done clean instead of sterile (per documentation) and that sample grew nothing. 4 days later after the straight cath, she became confused, febrile, and she had a raging UTI th...

Florida = yes to both. Here is what I found on the application for endorsement. *In the last five years, have you been enrolled in, required to enter into, or participated in any drug or alcohol recovery program or impaired practitioner program for ...

RN.com is pretty cheap and has a lot of maternal child health CBLs. You can pay per course, or get an unlimited membership for like 30 bucks for one year.

Maybe you are allergic to the betadine (iodine allergy) since even smelling it makes you start to sneeze and sniffle, or it could be the latex gloves. A nurse where I work also had trouble with the latex gloves. she was getting hives and bad skin ...

I had a dad tell me recently that his wife was making so much milk because he had "primed the pump" (and yes, that is how he described it) by sucking her boobs the whole pregnancy. It confused me because I couldn't understand why he thought I might l...

Well goodness, is it the full moon yet where you live, because your attitude is STELLAR!! ? Get a sense of humor. We are only half serious. My comment wasn't meant to rile anyone up or get the evidence based practice police on high alert. O...