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    Fountain Pens for Charting

    quiltynurse56 replied to wernicke's topic in General Nursing

    I find that with some paper, I can not turn the page over and write due to the thinness of the paper. I don't use mine for work, but love to use them for other things. I use the converters on mine....
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    Hurricane Irma: Are per diem nurses USUALLY required to work during a hurricane/disaster?

    quiltynurse56 replied to justSara's topic in General Nursing

    Wonder if natural disasters are in the handbook? No, per diem employees are usually available to work when called to work. Nor did the OP say anything about another job, which would close down...
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    Hurricane Irma: Are per diem nurses USUALLY required to work during a hurricane/disaster?

    quiltynurse56 replied to justSara's topic in General Nursing

    We are talking about a hurricane here, not normal day to day stuff. The OP's family is evacuating to another state. She has learned she is going to have to stay and work. Preparing for such a storm...
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    How did you know you were in the right specialty for you?

    quiltynurse56 replied to sergel02's topic in General Nursing

    I love what I am doing and seemed to be good at it. My residents in LTC liked me. I never thought I would do well in LTC, but found I really enjoy working in that
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    How do you deal with the conflict in nursing school?

    quiltynurse56 replied to mzsuccess's topic in General Students

    Whether you ignore her or not, she is going to keep on with this behavior. I found the best thing to do with such people in school was ignoring that person. While hard to do, you have to. You need...
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    Moving to McKinney TX

    quiltynurse56 replied to Jev1327's topic in General Nursing

    Not sure if you have your Texas license yet, but it is an fairly easy process and it took only 4 weeks for me to get mine. This is their page for doing such: Texas Board of Nursing -
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    Why in 2017 do people still believe that if you are at a computer you are goofing off

    quiltynurse56 replied to DesiDani's topic in General Nursing

    I have worked in LTC. One night I had a resident tell me to get off the computer and do such and such. Having known this resident before working there, I know she thought I was goofing off on the...
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    Video RN screaming, dragged into police car d/t refused blood draw on unconscious patient!

    quiltynurse56 replied to SummitRN's topic in General Nursing

    Detective in nurse arrest video fired from job at Gold Cross | KSL.com He was fired from his Gold Cross job
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    Charge Capture at Discharge

    quiltynurse56 replied to Kenmore1009's topic in General Nursing

    How would anyone know what was used if the nurse doesn't record it? Nurse would have to record it somewhere for that other person to do it. Why not just input it as is currently being
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    Police Barred from Contact with Utah Hospital Nurses after Appalling Arrest

    quiltynurse56 replied to tnbutterfly - Mary's topic in Nursing News

    I think this is a good move. Let the nurses give care while someone else deals with law
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    Video RN screaming, dragged into police car d/t refused blood draw on unconscious patient!

    quiltynurse56 replied to SummitRN's topic in General Nursing

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    Mandatory flu shots????

    quiltynurse56 replied to 45whenimdone's topic in Disaster Preparation

    One must remember that each year's creation of the influenza vaccine is based on what influenza strains have been out there as well as what strains seem to be increasing. The vaccine is made,...
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    Clinic jobs

    quiltynurse56 replied to caroldlrima2002's topic in General Nursing

    There are many such positions. Since Texas is a very large state, you are going to need to narrow your search to the area you are wanting to be in. As said above, Google for more information for a...
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    Nurses! Let's stand up and help the victims of Hurricane Harvey!

    quiltynurse56 replied to guest042302019's topic in Disaster Preparation

    Go to this website to sign up to volunteer: TDVR The TxBON will also expedite licenses if the application is clearly marked for disaster relief. Now those who have multi-state licenses are good to...
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    Make It STOP!

    quiltynurse56 replied to meanmaryjean's topic in General Nursing

    Well, it only took me one try. Want to hear my expert advice how I did it? No? Well, then spend all that money on all those NCLEX classes and books that you are going to try to memorize which won't...
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    Make It STOP!

    quiltynurse56 replied to meanmaryjean's topic in General Nursing

    What? No eye patches? Oops guess I broke that rule my last couple of days of clinical experience. Oh, wait, I had an eye injury and if I was going to do my job, I had to wear
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    forced to work when sick?

    quiltynurse56 replied to Skylar86's topic in General Nursing

    You leave it alone and move on. Since you ended up being a patient in said unit, she now knows how sick you really were. She will surely listen to you after this when you say you are
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    Desperate for advice how to complete my nursing career by getting a LVN/RN License

    quiltynurse56 replied to whitla242's topic in General Nursing

    Well, go for the LVN now and work part time while getting your ADN. Take is one step at a time. Will take a bit longer, but it will spread out the cost as well as gain experience before moving to...
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    Make It STOP!

    quiltynurse56 replied to meanmaryjean's topic in General Nursing

    Then there are the "I know I am going to lose my license, I just made a med error." Also, the 'are LPN/LVNs real nurses?" 'LTC is the place nurses go who aren't smart enough to work anywhere
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    Need advice and opinions quick

    quiltynurse56 replied to Juju314's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    I have had the issue where the computer was "down" due to maintenance. Went ahead and administered the scheduled meds, writing these down on paper. Was able to give PRN meds as we still ran paper...
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    Tell me why an LVN/LPN is a "real nurse"

    quiltynurse56 replied to PrettyNerd's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    LPN/LVN's are REAL nurses. Period, end of
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    Nursing Student needing advice!!

    quiltynurse56 replied to tmada35's topic in General Students

    Your instructor might have specific requirements to put on your drug cards. I also found that if I wrote my own cards, I was more likely to remember the data
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    Blood pressure medications

    quiltynurse56 replied to Joy101's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    Nevermind
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    I just learned of this today....

    quiltynurse56 replied to Ben_Dover's topic in General Nursing

    Man Convicted in Attack on Military Nurse Don't know why the Army did not follow up on her complaints as they are the only ones who can answer that and being the Army, we won't be getting those...
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    I Graduated from LVN School!!!

    quiltynurse56 replied to esmy2005's topic in General Nursing

    Congrats and good luck. I used an app called NCLEX Mastery PN Handy to take