NotAllWhoWandeRN ASN, RN

NotAllWhoWandeRN has 12 years experience as a ASN, RN.

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   Influenza and COVID-19: The Twindemic

   NotAllWhoWandeRN replied to sirI's topic in COVID

   You say that as though there's no way to tell how COVID prevention measures have worked on actual COVID, based on data from regions and countries that have adopted various strategies. I've never had the flu in my life, but I got COVID 4 months into c...
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   Fear and Anxiety

   NotAllWhoWandeRN replied to spark plug's topic in COVID

   In the U.S., drunk driving kills about 10,000 people a year. COVID-19 has killed 75,000 in roughly 3 months. Try again. The right to swing your fist ends where another man's nose begins; freedom doesn't include the right to harm other people.
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   "The Calm Before The Storm" Laying Nurses Off To Prepare For A Pandemic Surge

   NotAllWhoWandeRN replied to NurseB.MN's topic in COVID

   My state has had more COVID deaths in the first month of the infection than the flu has had this entire season. How is reporting that sensational or irresponsible? Have you looked at graphs of the increase happening in the U.S.? The world? Pandemic ...
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   RN, ADN being obsolete

   NotAllWhoWandeRN replied to lovewaves's topic in General Students

   My BSN coursework so far has been absolutely useless to my bedside nursing. An ASN is not going to be preferred, but it's perfectly reasonable for an employer to be indifferent to ASN vs BSN to consider other factors in who is most suited to a job.
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   RN, ADN being obsolete

   NotAllWhoWandeRN replied to lovewaves's topic in General Students

   That is terrifying! I only make a few dollars more an hour in the hospital now than I did in LTC/SAR during my first year of nursing, but I never felt like I was getting ripped off until the rent hikes that have happened here in the last few years. I...
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   RN, ADN being obsolete

   NotAllWhoWandeRN replied to lovewaves's topic in General Students

   I'm one of them. I'm a midwest city girl and have not had a problem finding employment in my 7 years with an ASN. I'm still working on my BSN though because of tuition reimbursement for a 12 month work commitment, and the desire to get the heck out o...
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   Forced to do 12 hr shifts

   NotAllWhoWandeRN replied to pensivern's topic in General Nursing

   Guided meditation, ASMR, melatonin, calming activities before bed... Also coffee, tea, Diet Coke, and "Only 12 hours til I can sleep again."
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   Are you discerning with your "likes"?

   NotAllWhoWandeRN replied to klone's topic in General Nursing

   Same here. I have an unfortunate level of interest in my post-to-like ratio. I also get stupid happy when one of my AN crushes likes a post of mine.
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   Is it legal for your boss to dictate where you poop?

   NotAllWhoWandeRN replied to klone's topic in General Nursing

   Sugar alcohols can indeed be a real bear.
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    Is it legal for your boss to dictate where you poop?

    NotAllWhoWandeRN replied to klone's topic in General Nursing

    Klone, you're putting a damper on my fantasy of moving to Oregon!
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    Birds of a feather

    NotAllWhoWandeRN replied to AutumnApple's topic in General Nursing

    Don't worry, bipolar isn't contagious. Hats off to the nurse who has her mental illness well controlled enough that she can successfully handle multiple jobs. My psych nursing instructor was a little nutty herself. Couldn't concentrate to save her li...
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    Why are they called, "Chucks?"

    NotAllWhoWandeRN replied to NPbyDay's topic in General Nursing

    No, that's the sound wind chimes make. And if your patient chucks, you need a basin, not an absorbent underpad.
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    Why are they called, "Chucks?"

    NotAllWhoWandeRN replied to NPbyDay's topic in General Nursing

    Velcro has been filing of Etsy crafters who use the word to desribe hook and loop closures. First world problems.
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    Nursing pay..Check this out!

    NotAllWhoWandeRN replied to FrankRN2017's topic in General Nursing

    That I'll agree with; it's a completely separate issue from whether nurses should be paid a flat rate across the country, regardless of the actual value of the dollar paid. Does a gallon of milk cost more in Alaska than Indiana? Yes. So why should an...
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    Loosing hope

    NotAllWhoWandeRN replied to Mtac32's topic in New Nurse

    Your job (or lack thereof) history is always relevant to your current job-seeking experience. So is your attitude.