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    Temperature checks for Employees

    adventure_rn replied to travelingrn2001's topic in Disaster Preparation

    Same (except we get stickers for our badges--wristbands seem like an infection control risk...) Our 'touchless' infared temp screening is kind of a joke--my temp usually reads about 93-95 degrees (so,...
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    I put the blinders on and am regretting it

    adventure_rn replied to Arafelle's topic in General Students

    They try, they're just not very good at it. 4-year-olds, on the other hand, will kick the absolute crap out of you if you have to hold them down for shots or IV sticks. In all seriousness, when people...
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    PICU RN TO crna? anyone?

    adventure_rn replied to TRVL.RN's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    I do know a nurse who got into a top program with only a few years of NICU and 7 months of Pediatric Cardiac ICU at the time of application (which seems a little concerning...) Granted, the CRNA...
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    Knicked et tube balloon tube while shaving

    adventure_rn replied to KellyMPH's topic in Critical Care

    We had something really similar happen in my unit. A pretty sick baby had just rolled back from an interventional cath, and while the entire team in the room, our very experienced RT straight up cut...
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    Married/Engaged Travel Nurses! I need your advice

    adventure_rn replied to TheSiriP's topic in Travel

    I'm sorry, I know that sounds really hard. There are couples who make it work, but only if they're both 110% on board, and it sounds like you have a lot of reservations. It's much easier to do as a...
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    Coronavirus Second Wave?

    adventure_rn replied to sirI's topic in Disaster Preparation

    In the upper right hand corner, click on account, choose account settings (drop down menu), choose account options (button at top of screen), then choose ignore users (drop down menu). It is so...
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    Coronavirus Second Wave?

    adventure_rn replied to sirI's topic in Disaster Preparation

    The hilarious irony is that there is a very straightforward compromise--mandated universal masking. If everybody had to wear a mask in shared public spaces (minus a few exceptions), it would protect...
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    allnurses has Become so Politicized

    adventure_rn posted a topic in U.S. Politics's Talk Politics

    Has anybody else been pretty shocked by how polarized many of the forums have gotten lately? 'Back in the good ole' days,' people would occasionally have differing view points and get into little...
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    Coronavirus Second Wave?

    adventure_rn replied to sirI's topic in Disaster Preparation

    I don't think it's strictly a 'vulnerable population' problem, but also a high-population-density problem (hence super-spreading events in food markets, and the resurgence in Tokyo and Beijing). The...
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    Essential Employee Letters

    adventure_rn replied to Tait's topic in Disaster Preparation

    The challenge is that it wouldn't help you at all on your way to work (especially for third shift). Plus I'd imagine the logistics of getting an entire region on the same page would be a nightmare,...
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    Essential Employee Letters

    adventure_rn replied to Tait's topic in Disaster Preparation

    We haven't had to carry anything beyond a badge, but I did notice a few people (who were minorities) that had made giant signs in their rear windshield that said "Essential Employee--Hospital Worker."...
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    Rapid Sequence Intubation/Nasal intubation

    adventure_rn replied to vintage_RN's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    That's fascinating. I'm guessing you'd have to do it with a laryngoscope so it would enter the lungs instead of the stomach, right? Seems like it would decrease the chance of blowing a pneumo, too...
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    Vanity Plates?

    adventure_rn replied to mrcleanscrubs's topic in General Nursing

    But there are some that are SO FUNNY! I seriously love this page on Etsy, run by a PICU nurse--there are so many t-shirts that I'd love to have, but only my nurse friends would get. I wish that my...
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    allnurses has Become so Politicized

    adventure_rn replied to adventure_rn's topic in U.S. Politics's Talk Politics

    I figure that conversations like these are appropriate because they pertain to our site, our members, and the AN community at
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    allnurses has Become so Politicized

    adventure_rn replied to adventure_rn's topic in U.S. Politics's Talk Politics

    I know that I may be in the minority here, but I do think that what you went through was kind of similar to a micro-agression (though they aren't the same, since there are a bunch of power...
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    allnurses has Become so Politicized

    adventure_rn replied to adventure_rn's topic in U.S. Politics's Talk Politics

    I'm really sorry to hear that. I can't pretend to understand it, but it really, truly sucks. As I've said before, I really am glad that it's coming to the forefront now. I'm sure there are plenty of...
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    New Grad Pediatric Home Health Care Help?

    adventure_rn replied to mandalynn.mandolin's topic in PICU, Pediatric

    I don't mean to discourage you, but if you check out the Home Health or Private Duty forums, you'll probably find a bunch of posts discouraging new grads from starting in these fields. When you're in...
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    allnurses has Become so Politicized

    adventure_rn replied to adventure_rn's topic in U.S. Politics's Talk Politics

    I hear you, and I do understand that (or I'm trying to, to the best of my ability coming from a place of privilege). It totally makes sense to me that POC would be fed up and angry, and that they have...
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    allnurses has Become so Politicized

    adventure_rn replied to adventure_rn's topic in U.S. Politics's Talk Politics

    To clarify, when I say "go back to the way things were," I mean back to AN posters generally treating one another with respect, and forums that tended to be a bit more productive for a longer period...
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    allnurses has Become so Politicized

    adventure_rn replied to adventure_rn's topic in U.S. Politics's Talk Politics

    I absolutely agree with you. It is important for us to get into those meaningful, impassioned debates, even if they can be hard to discuss. The problem that I've seen lately is that so many...
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    Hired as new grad PNP before my certification

    adventure_rn replied to tr0picalnurse's topic in General Nursing

    Can you reach out to HR and ask them what to do? I'd imagine that they don't want you signing the contract incorrectly, either. You could also ask an attorney, or even as the AN
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    allnurses has Become so Politicized

    adventure_rn replied to adventure_rn's topic in U.S. Politics's Talk Politics

    I agree with so many of your points. I think the hardest part is that the current political topics are inherently related to nursing (covid, and black lives matter, with protests that can lead to more...
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    FNP no longer allowed to practice inpatient

    adventure_rn replied to Heather7's topic in Advanced Practice

    That’s kind of true of PAs, too, though. They may get a few more peds clinical hours, but most still can’t get hired into peds specialties without an additional
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    COVID in the Break Room?

    adventure_rn replied to adventure_rn's topic in Disaster Preparation

    @Rose_Queen, those are all great
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    could the covid-19 have made it harder for new grad nurses with no previous medical experience to find a job?

    adventure_rn replied to short cake's topic in Disaster Preparation

    Yeah, I'd imagine it will be hard in most parts of the US. Hospitals have lost a ton of revenue in the last few months by stopping non-emergent surgeries and procedures. New grads are notoriously...