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    WILTW 1/1/17 New Onset Workflow

    NotAllWhoWandeRN replied to LadyFree28's topic in General Nursing

    I'm sorry you're feeling so unwell, but hopefully being inpatient will facilitate proper testing &
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    Get my adn or lpn? Newbie here

    NotAllWhoWandeRN replied to AutumnFutureNurse's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    WGU is an online university that offers an RN-BSN. You pay a flat rate per semester and self-pace your classes, so it works well for independent learners who have time to make the most of a semester....
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    2017 Nurse Salary

    NotAllWhoWandeRN replied to Darkstar1485's topic in General Nursing

    Location: Midwest Experience: 5 years ASN-RN Specialty: Clinic/Inpatient Facility: Hospital network Pay: $25/hr clinic, $28/hr inpatient with differentials averaged
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    Get my adn or lpn? Newbie here

    NotAllWhoWandeRN replied to AutumnFutureNurse's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    There is a "quote" button under each post that will make it clear who and what you are replying to. It sounds like you're VERY early in your planning, and everyone has offered solid advice. What you...
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    Be honest: do you feel valued by your employer?

    NotAllWhoWandeRN replied to sunnyskies9's topic in General Nursing

    Do I feel valued by my employer? Are there any companies out there that maintain their intergrity? *laughs
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    Undocumented Patients

    NotAllWhoWandeRN replied to srercg6's topic in General Nursing

    This is America. Speak Navajo or go home.
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    What's In A Name Badge?

    NotAllWhoWandeRN replied to TruvyNurse's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    I believe a patient has every right to hold staff accountable, and that means revealing last names in certain circumstances. But I suspect it's more common that patients look up nurses for kicks than...
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    Aged Care Duty of care question

    NotAllWhoWandeRN replied to Huwscor's topic in General Nursing

    Whistleblower protection means the employer cannot retaliate against her for reporting. Though as others have said, a report can be made without necessarily tipping them off to who made the report. If...
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    What's In A Name Badge?

    NotAllWhoWandeRN replied to TruvyNurse's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    I have a giant flaming red "RN" tag on my name badge (and position-color-coded scrubs but that's another story) and all it does is make it heavier. People don't care. Personally, I only take issue...
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    Undocumented Patients

    NotAllWhoWandeRN replied to srercg6's topic in General Nursing

    I don't generally inquire about citizenship in report
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    "Observed" urine drug screen

    NotAllWhoWandeRN replied to thisgirldrums's topic in General Nursing

    That certainly doesn't sound like fun, but if that had been discovered in a traffic stop you could be facing criminal charges related to possession. It may have been uncomfortable, but by all accounts...
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    What % of women don't know basics of female anatomy?

    NotAllWhoWandeRN replied to Emergent's topic in General Nursing

    I agree that there's body illiteracy for both sexes, but I think it's reasonable to say that the vast majority of both men and women can locate and identify a member and scrotum. Far fewer of either...
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    What % of women don't know basics of female anatomy?

    NotAllWhoWandeRN replied to Emergent's topic in General Nursing

    I consider myself well educated on the female body, but I didn't know we had the privy parts fully mapped until a few years
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    What % of women don't know basics of female anatomy?

    NotAllWhoWandeRN replied to Emergent's topic in General Nursing

    Calling the vulva "lady parts" is a pet peeve of mine, too. There is still so much taboo regarding basic female anatomy & physiology. Anatomy diagrams will have a carefully drawn foreskin on the...
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    Never chart this

    NotAllWhoWandeRN replied to Emergent's topic in General Nursing

    Direct quotes in documentation are the best. You can be factual while letting their own words do the more, ah, colorful,
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    prescription drug addiction

    NotAllWhoWandeRN replied to shedevilprincss's topic in General Nursing

    I'm sorry you have to deal with that. I have also been undertreated for severe pain. I was denied any pain control besides NSAIDS for the better part of 3 months after an acute injury that made even...
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    Coffee marketed to nurses. Would you buy it?

    NotAllWhoWandeRN replied to ResumeRN's topic in General Nursing

    If I came across a package of coffee labeled "Tachycardia" I'd laugh like a hyena and take a picture of it, but I wouldn't buy
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    Overweight Healthcare Workers

    NotAllWhoWandeRN replied to EmpoweRN's topic in General Nursing

    Weight =/= Health Weight =/= Health Weight =/= Health Weight =/= Health Weight =/=
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    HELP! Threats to call BON!

    NotAllWhoWandeRN replied to Nechic01's topic in General Nursing

    In my state it's legal to record conversation's you're a part of, and I've done it. You can delete or decide not to use recordings, but you can't go back and manufacture recordings that don't exist...
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    11/19: Handle the Harvest Moon with Care

    NotAllWhoWandeRN replied to LadyFree28's topic in General Nursing

    Alas, optical leakage is a common side effect of early nursing. With the right treatment and environment, you will make it through to the other side. I don't know if you're in a job that is truly a...
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    11/19: Handle the Harvest Moon with Care

    NotAllWhoWandeRN replied to LadyFree28's topic in General Nursing

    It's on the other side of the patient-caregiver relationship, but I learned that a provider billed my insurance no fewer than 5 billing codes, some of them timed codes, for 5 minutes of face-to-face...
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    Helping patients kill themselves

    NotAllWhoWandeRN replied to Cwoods's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    I consider it very much a false claim that all end of life pain can be managed. I had a patient who came in for pain control for breast cancer with bone mets. She ended up hospice, but in the meantime...
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    Is it appropriate to wear flats to an interview?

    NotAllWhoWandeRN replied to pearlbubbles's topic in Nursing Career

    I will fight anyone who says heels are more "professional" than shoes that don't cause pain and foot damage. Dressy black flats have always served me well for
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    Crossed the line with a flirty family member. How to deal with ethical issues?

    NotAllWhoWandeRN replied to Scuba_NurseBSN's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I respectfully but firmly disagree. I do not give people the benefit of the doubt when they are behaving inappropriately; creeps deliberately take advantage of the expectation for women to mollify and...
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    Crossed the line with a flirty family member. How to deal with ethical issues?

    NotAllWhoWandeRN replied to Scuba_NurseBSN's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Three cheers for