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    Anyone Just Interested in Being an LPN, and not an RN

    Crystal-Wings replied to UnbreakableOne's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    Good luck in your LPN program!
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    Head Padding

    Crystal-Wings replied to LikeTheDeadSea's topic in School

    Pillow Pets! I swear these work. Might be too expensive to buy several
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    Nurses with PTSD

    Crystal-Wings replied to Gypsy Moon's topic in Nurse Disabilities

    Have you considered changing to another area of nursing outside of med
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    Texas Children's investigates RN for social media HIPAA violation

    Crystal-Wings replied to JustBeachyNurse's topic in HIPAA Challenges

    I don't understand how you can be a nurse and anti-vax. Does not compute. Just
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    What do you hate about nursing and why?

    Crystal-Wings replied to ccorreces's topic in General Nursing

    Cleaning up the results of a suppository and realizing after the fact that you forgot to put extra chux
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    Does your agency still use paper charting?

    Crystal-Wings replied to Crystal-Wings's topic in Private Duty

    We are finally getting tablets next month! We have to do a mandatory online training session before we start so everyone will know how to use it. All I can say is, it's about
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    List the most frivolous complaints you've received

    Crystal-Wings replied to gardenpartyy's topic in Private Duty

    Do you still work on the
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    planning to move to California

    Crystal-Wings replied to r2d2's topic in General Nursing

    There's literally nothing affordable in California unless you live in the middle of nowhere, and even then its not exactly cheap. Renting a single room in a house in the bay area or LA usually starts...
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    Gloves? Is this acceptable?

    Crystal-Wings replied to medsurgRNCali's topic in General Nursing

    The PM shift nurse on my private duty case always puts on gloves when he takes my patient's vitals at the start of his shift. I really don't understand that, but I never say anything. He must use them...
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    New nurse staying way past 9:30 pm on day shift

    Crystal-Wings replied to connecticut23's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Having to grind up pills or dissolve them in water to put it through a PEG is a pain in the ass. I'm so glad the patient I have now only has her meds in liquid
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    Back to night shift...am I crazy?

    Crystal-Wings replied to cosmicmama's topic in General Nursing

    Ditto!
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    Catheter Came out. Should I reinsert it?

    Crystal-Wings replied to fergsu22's topic in General Nursing

    It sounds like you did the right thing. I've never worked in LTC or had a patient with an indwelling foley, but if I did and that situation happened to me and I had no one to ask, I would definitely...
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    I made a medication error. What will happen to me?

    Crystal-Wings replied to whyohwhy's topic in General Nursing

    No way
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    Teachers ??

    Crystal-Wings replied to Keepstanding's topic in School

    I don't work in a school, but my two best friends are teachers. I actually met one of them on the job (I work in private duty and she's my patient's tutor that comes to the house!). I love teachers :)...
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    5 things would have detered nurse from killing

    Crystal-Wings replied to Emergent's topic in Nursing News

    She was gross just to look at, aside from everything she did. I watched the video of the police interviewing her and she just ripped a fart in front of the investigating
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    How do you document an axillary temp

    Crystal-Wings replied to debtor11's topic in General Nursing

    Don't add a degree to the temp. Just take the temp and then put AX next to the
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    Unfair Scheduling

    Crystal-Wings replied to TimeforMe's topic in General Nursing

    I see what you did there
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    Best positions for nurse with anxiety/ ADHD

    Crystal-Wings replied to nursewellman's topic in Nurse Disabilities

    I feel your pain, and feel like I just read about myself (although I've never worked on the floor). I have ADHD and anxiety issues too. I found my niche to be in private duty with stable low acuity...
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    I graduated from a non-accredited Nursing school and now wish to get my BSN......

    Crystal-Wings replied to zatara74's topic in General Nursing

    That sounds like a head
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    Working in MedSurg with ONLY RNs...

    Crystal-Wings replied to newgradnurse2018's topic in General Nursing

    They've gotten rid of a lot of LVN/LPN positions in hospitals over the past few decades in the US. A lot of it had to do with saving money, as you don't have to pay a tech or a CNA as much an LPN. The...
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    What do you hate about nursing and why?

    Crystal-Wings replied to ccorreces's topic in General Nursing

    Charting and corporate non-nursing people making decisions about how our jobs "should be
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    Benefits of a BSN?

    Crystal-Wings replied to Sheika34's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I felt like my nursing program spent more time trying to get us to pass the NCLEX then they were about giving us actual hands on
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    RN & vet tech?

    Crystal-Wings replied to liskag's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    If you really want to become a vet, become a vet! Like Lemon said though, it can be very depressing and a lot of times there isn't jack s**t that can be done to help the
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    Break up during school

    Crystal-Wings replied to Nicoleashley's topic in General Students

    Your ex sounds like a total dillhole! I really think you should get all of your issues sorted out before attempting to go back to school. Can you put off classes for a semester? Nursing school is...
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    Parent/camera nearby...can u read?

    Crystal-Wings replied to tami2017's topic in Private Duty

    The case I have now the mom is home all day long, but for the most part USUALLY leaves me alone. She doesn't micromanage me. After all the care is done, they do not care if I read a