needlesmcgeeRN ASN, RN

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    Options for parents and spouses with strict schedules

    needlesmcgeeRN replied to TexRN's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    You really need to sit back and consider ways in which to make your availability more flexible and appealing to employers, especially as a new grad. You're not the only person with schedule issues....
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    Sleeping on job?

    needlesmcgeeRN replied to Nursing617's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Um,
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    Another Brick in the Wall

    needlesmcgeeRN replied to lilwhit514's topic in Patient Education

    This is a large part of MY job (I also do follow up on ER visits and hospital discharges). Our practice group also has LPNs who do an absolutely fine job of educating the patients in their offices, as...
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    RN/MA role in ob/gyn clinic

    needlesmcgeeRN replied to donnab1's topic in Ambulatory Care, Clinic

    OP - are you a nurse? Telephone triage should be done by someone with a clinical
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    Bad pop up after using Kaplan but received Analysis Question

    needlesmcgeeRN replied to rainydaysoo's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    If you tested in Brooklyn...why is the Florida BON posting your license number? Anyway, no drug questions?! That's what about 85% of my NCLEX questions were...on medications I had never heard of. I...
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    Failed NCLEX 11 times.

    needlesmcgeeRN replied to Mtng's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    I think the fact that you've failed 10 times is a sign that nursing is not for
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    Clinical failure for something I couldn't help?

    needlesmcgeeRN replied to teachable's topic in General Students

    You were woozy? And you're in nursing school? I would have jumped at the chance to handle the organs. We never even had an OR rotation. I sure hope, IF you get to continue school, that you don't come...
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    Slow reader

    needlesmcgeeRN replied to Appletree1023's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    You might want to read this: Computerized Adaptive Testing (CAT) |
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    waiting for provider

    needlesmcgeeRN replied to Bo,RN's topic in Emergency

    Wondering what percentage of these patients are
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    What was the REAL reason you called off

    needlesmcgeeRN replied to Orion81RN's topic in General Nursing

    The last time I called off - I was on my way to work, pouring rain, and my windshield wiper messed up - it somehow caught and then flipped. My position is very flexible in regards to
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    Preventing call-ins

    needlesmcgeeRN replied to Brandi,RN's topic in General Nursing

    I took it to mean the call-ins were excessive, or a pattern. Obviously if an employee is ill, or an employee's child is ill, they should call-in. But, if it is happening repeatedly, over a relatively...
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    Not happy with bedside

    needlesmcgeeRN replied to mestiza90's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I started out at a SNF and I HATED HATED HATED it. Not the hands on patient care, but the unrealistic expectations of two med passes per shift with 25+ residents of varying acuity, not to mention...
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    Preventing call-ins

    needlesmcgeeRN replied to Brandi,RN's topic in General Nursing

    It may seem...trivial or whatever...but I would start by examining the workplace. I think when you have a positive and supportive work environment, your staff have more buy-in. When staff feel...
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    Crisis Pay

    needlesmcgeeRN replied to gemmi999's topic in Disaster Preparation

    I hope everyone is educating these ER patients on correct return precautions, and going to their PCPs. How many of these patients are actually
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    "You can't call off!"

    needlesmcgeeRN replied to snow22's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Yeah, as a nurse in LTC you are considered essential personnel. What would happen to the residents if ALL the employees didn't show up due to inclement weather??? Well, of course, the staff already at...
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    Feeling Forced to Stay Late?

    needlesmcgeeRN replied to Kooky Korky's topic in General Nursing

    I am SO glad I am not in the position where I must wait on relief to show up before I am able to leave. You can keep your higher paying, higher stress hospital jobs...or even your comparable pay,...
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    What's In A Name Badge?

    needlesmcgeeRN replied to TruvyNurse's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    You earned that BSN, so I say wear it proudly. MY issue with this that I know someone who has BSN on their name badge, and they do not have their
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    Do you press "1" for Doctor?

    needlesmcgeeRN replied to Glycerine82's topic in General Nursing

    Might as well chime in...I always "press 1". I am calling from the provider's office, after
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    Whatever happened to going to school to be a nurse?

    needlesmcgeeRN replied to indish's topic in General Nursing

    My Mom retired from bedside nursing, and I can assure you - she may not have had MSN, CNP or whatever after her name, but she absolutely was not "less than". In fact, anyone would be hard-pressed to...
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    CNAs give medications

    needlesmcgeeRN replied to Beaue's topic in General Nursing

    Exactly what I was saying. I mean, when I was a direct support staff, I was aware of the medications I was passing and knew things to watch for. But, a fair majority of my co-workers...well, I...
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    Giving meds you did not pour

    needlesmcgeeRN replied to mindymanders's topic in General Nursing

    I would NEVER administer medications that I didn't prepare myself. I don't care if it was prepared by my Mom, a critical care nurse with nearly 30 years experience.
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    CNAs give medications

    needlesmcgeeRN replied to Beaue's topic in General Nursing

    I do not think CNAs or STNAs should be passing medications. Even when I worked with people with disabilities, and was delegated for med administration under our Nurse trainer's license - there were...
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    Help! Is this nurse/patient ratio the norm?

    needlesmcgeeRN replied to nmaria0106's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    My first RN job was in a SNF, and that is very much like the ratios where I worked. The shift was 7P-7A. So we had two med passes, residents of various levels of acuity, treatments, etc. If the...
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    Dr. Brown Nipples....

    needlesmcgeeRN replied to adventure_rn's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    What about central processing or whatever the department is called at your facility? I mean, I am sure they would not be appreciative of more work on their department, but...they're already the...
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    Position morphing into more care managment, less triage

    needlesmcgeeRN replied to FLO4Life's topic in Ambulatory Care, Clinic

    This is exactly my position - Care Coordination/Care Management...a little bit of triage here and there, usually for the patients that I care manage, but sometimes for our other patients. I "feel your...