Woodenpug

Woodenpug BSN

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  1. Need advice..LPN to RN transition

    Woodenpug replied to kkluczynski's topic in General Nursing

    Your skills as an LPN are something more than most of your classmates can claim. Even stale. Just a reminder, hiring authorities consider those skills equal to nothing. Your future manager doesn't....

  2. sample rn resume needed

    Woodenpug replied to lsilva7's topic in General Nursing

    Right now, you need something fancy. Try one of those resume services. Otherwise, wait a couple years and your resume could be exactly what you wrote. You know that, having such a long career....

  3. Need help re: research for my BSN class

    Woodenpug replied to liser79's topic in General Nursing

    1. "How important is nursing research to your practice? " Begging the question, but research, not necessarily nursing research is paramount to my practice. 2. "Have you participated in carrying...

  4. Hello nurses !

    Woodenpug replied to Respiratoryguy's topic in General Nursing

    national mean wage is 26.06. the lowest 10% make 18.77. Those are the national figures and will vary greatly by location. Here is my source http://www.bls.gov/oes/current/oes291126.htm. You can...

  5. School secretary administring meds???

    Woodenpug replied to Simply Complicated's topic in General Nursing

  6. RN vs. LPN scope conflict: what would you do?

    Woodenpug replied to LuxCalidaNP's topic in General Nursing

    You do not need to risk anyone's license or ruffle any feathers. The BVNPT allows LVN's to collect data, just not interpret that data. The LVN's can collect all of the admit information, then an RN...

  7. Any ideas how to document teachings given to a pt with early stage of dementia?

    Woodenpug replied to Blackheartednurse's topic in General Nursing

    Also, in the evaluation section: Patient needs

  8. Does anyone subscribe to CEUs on the nurse.com and if it is worth it

    Woodenpug replied to Blackheartednurse's topic in General Nursing

    The last time I renewed, I had all my ceu's for free. It isn't so hard, a few a month and it's done. That is the first time I did it all for free. Usually, I would buy them all at once, just before...

  9. For those a BSN or MSN acquired online, did you face discrimination when job hunting

    Woodenpug replied to Bruce_Wayne's topic in General Nursing

    Because traffic reports are never accurate or timely. Again, those were just examples. You should not trust reputable news media for information upon which you had to rely. I only mentioned this as...

  10. For those a BSN or MSN acquired online, did you face discrimination when job hunting

    Woodenpug replied to Bruce_Wayne's topic in General Nursing

    Yes, they can be factual. Just you have no way of knowing that. I used the patient care analogy to show that if you thought it was important, you would not use those sources. Sorry for the hijack....

  11. For those a BSN or MSN acquired online, did you face discrimination when job hunting

    Woodenpug replied to Bruce_Wayne's topic in General Nursing

    Not my trump card. Just something, I thought, all could relate. How about your commute. Do you, honestly, believe the traffic reports? What about the weather? Movie or restaurant reviews? Those...

  12. For those a BSN or MSN acquired online, did you face discrimination when job hunting

    Woodenpug replied to Bruce_Wayne's topic in General Nursing

    One poster says lot's of proof out there, you just have to look it up. You find many sources, but if it was really important, you would not make any decision based on the information from those...

  13. For those a BSN or MSN acquired online, did you face discrimination when job hunting

    Woodenpug replied to Bruce_Wayne's topic in General Nursing

    Reputable, in the sense that people pay attention. But, would you seriously base patient care on something you read in the news media? (As the only

  14. Low diastolic = 911?

    Woodenpug replied to JLForever's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Got so excited by the method of reading a b/p, that I missed the essential fact: No one should "fix" the chart. Mea

  15. Help me with time management

    Woodenpug replied to mihualalei's topic in General Nursing

    Do exactly what you are doing. Please, do not take shortcuts. After a while, you will be getting the job done and correctly. It takes time to develop those skills and in-spite of what some will tell...

  16. home remedies you would NEVER try

    Woodenpug replied to ktwlpn's topic in General Nursing

    O.K., missed that, but when I did a postpartum clinical, we were to recommend soap and water. The company does not feel free to list ingredients not usually associated with simple soap. But it has...

  17. Port-a-cath sterile access technique question

    Woodenpug replied to S.N. Visit's topic in General Nursing

    It's about evidence based practice. I was taught the circular method. Sufficient studies convinced me that that was less effective than back and fourth scrubbing. I'm a hard sell but the evidence...

  18. Low diastolic = 911?

    Woodenpug replied to JLForever's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    A couple thoughts here. The Korotkoff sounds, change at the diastolic point. They may not, always, become inaudible. A systolic of X over palpation, means exactly that, you could not hear proper...

  19. home remedies you would NEVER try

    Woodenpug replied to ktwlpn's topic in General Nursing

    Awww, it was lot's o' fun as "home remedies I would never try. " Now, it seems to be home remedies that really work. Oh well, I

  20. Outraged by no more privacy

    Woodenpug replied to inquiringaide's topic in General Nursing

    And, it does not really work. As to pre-screening drug test: many ways out, for one most etoh abusers can stay clean for 24 hours. Long enough to pass a urine test. The fingerprinting is also...

  21. Incompetent or disabled is there a differnce

    Woodenpug replied to kahlua66's topic in General Nursing

    I do get the point. I often consider," Am I enabling", would our patients be better, if I just made the changes necessary to eliminate that individual. (though, I have never done this, I am fully...

  22. Incompetent or disabled is there a differnce

    Woodenpug replied to kahlua66's topic in General Nursing

    Sometimes, I wish we would be as kind to our co-workers as we we are to our

  23. Name Tags

    Woodenpug replied to WSU_Ally_RN's topic in General Nursing

    Yes, I hate the word "cute" mea culpa, I was, sincerely, wrong. I am most sorry. You may not know this, but I actually realise that I make mistakes. I was silly and wrong. Still, Please, avoid the...

  24. CPR online?

    Woodenpug replied to epijunky's topic in General Nursing

    Well said, and thank you for a sincere, well though-out reply! The value in exchanging ideas here is that we get to check ourselves. The official reasons for the disuse of the term "Heimlich...

  25. Outraged by no more privacy

    Woodenpug replied to inquiringaide's topic in General Nursing

    "Really? What factual arguement has been presented to show that your freedoms are being stripped by fingerprinting? What real evidence have you shown me and the other posters here? (and, no, your...