Wuzzie

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    Negative Nancy?

    Wuzzie replied to NurCe-45's topic in General Nursing

    Really hard for us to determine this since we don't know you but man she sounds toxic. I will tell you, though, that many of us do not recommend choosing a specialty that hits close to home (in your...
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    refusing patients due to medical reasons.

    Wuzzie replied to reallyagain7's topic in General Nursing

    After repeatedly being exposed to Covid + people (who did not know it but later became sick) while wearing a paper mask and goggles from Amazon I'm beginning to think that those actually working with...
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    Old patients unsuccessfully clinging to independent living

    Wuzzie replied to Emergent's topic in General Nursing

    I believe many states have programs like this which is great but once again leaves out the average elderly person who is neither rich enough or poor enough to afford help when they get older. My...
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    The Many Ways Opening Schools Could Go Wrong

    Wuzzie replied to NRSKarenRN's topic in School

    https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/04/world/middleeast/coronavirus-israel-schools-reopen.html This article initially implied that the surge was related to school opening but if you read the comments from...
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    Prepare Nurses to Pass NCLEX, or Prepare Nurses for Real World?

    Wuzzie replied to Hoosier_RN's topic in General Nursing

    Me too!
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    Prepare Nurses to Pass NCLEX, or Prepare Nurses for Real World?

    Wuzzie replied to Hoosier_RN's topic in General Nursing

    I think Bruse may have been expecting this because the licensing test for paramedic is exactly this! FTR: yes, I've taken the paramedic exam so I'm not just blowing
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    Prepare Nurses to Pass NCLEX, or Prepare Nurses for Real World?

    Wuzzie replied to Hoosier_RN's topic in General Nursing

    Rabbit and Chicken barn at the state fairgrounds. February. Propane heaters. Girl next to me barfed on the table. The whole experience was
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    Prepare Nurses to Pass NCLEX, or Prepare Nurses for Real World?

    Wuzzie replied to Hoosier_RN's topic in General Nursing

    Bruse, your pain is so very evident and we all really do feel badly for you. Not only that but we all get it. The test is hard. When I took it it was 2 days long ( 8 hr/day 2000 questions) so no...
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    Prepare Nurses to Pass NCLEX, or Prepare Nurses for Real World?

    Wuzzie replied to Hoosier_RN's topic in General Nursing

    Asking you to quit shouting at us is advocating for the membership here. Letting you know that if you threaten to sue people for modifying your posts will likely get you shut down is advocating for...
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    Prepare Nurses to Pass NCLEX, or Prepare Nurses for Real World?

    Wuzzie replied to Hoosier_RN's topic in General Nursing

    Threatening to sue the owners of All Nurses if they modify your comments is not going to win you much support here much less for any of your causes. This is a privately owned site. I can see that you...
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    Outpatient/inpatient Staff Mandated Wear Faceshield/Goggles

    Wuzzie replied to askater112's topic in Disaster Preparation

    Yep, mask and face-shield or goggles. We also have a mask/shield combo which is more comfortable for the folks with claustrophobia. Our manager, out of her own pocket, bought us slim-fit goggles which...
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    Critical Access Hospitals

    Wuzzie replied to Emergent's topic in General Nursing

    One of my friends works at a critical access hospital in Texas. They keep a baseball bat at the nurses station to kill rattlers that get in through the squad door. That is one skill you don't learn in...
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    Start as nurse or new career opportunity?

    Wuzzie replied to xlightx's topic in General Nursing

    You need to take the NCLEX and work as a nurse (perhaps doing the mortgage thing on the side) for at least a year but a better plan would be for a couple of years. You could then switch to a per diem...
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    Mandatory

    Wuzzie replied to runner502's topic in Disaster Preparation

    Really reasonable thing to do. I've learned along the way that this is almost always the best course of action. I still have my initial freak out but then I get it together and see what really...
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    HELP! Don't know what to do.

    Wuzzie replied to lucyrdgz's topic in General Nursing

    1. Contact the BON in your state and ask them what you need to do to take the NCLEX. 2. Contact the school you graduated from to see what you need to do to get your ATT (authorization to test). They...
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    Reusing IV Flushes on Same Patient

    Wuzzie replied to LRNSTUDENT's topic in General Nursing

    Gross. You can't really keep the tip of the syringe sterile doing
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    Elementary nurses - mask question

    Wuzzie replied to SaltineQueen's topic in School

    These kind of look
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    Ways to cover a hand tattoo for nursing school and clinicals

    Wuzzie replied to AshleysNursingJourney's topic in General Students

    Dermablend.
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    Why do nurses cringe when I say I want to be a OR nurse?

    Wuzzie replied to mariawong's topic in General Nursing

    You do you. Everyone else's opinions matters not. That being said I would talk to some OR nurses regarding that clinic position. It might hamstring you in getting into the OR. Or it might
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    Mandatory

    Wuzzie replied to runner502's topic in Disaster Preparation

    You are correct. A doctor needs to fill out a form outlining the reason you need it and it has to be approved by HR. Also, people seem to be confused about FMLA. There is no pay that comes along with...
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    What rhythm is this?

    Wuzzie replied to j0yegan's topic in General Nursing

    Don’t think the OP is a student anymore but the reasoning stands. Straight up giving the answer does nothing to help the person actually learn. This holds particularly true for medication math and...
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    Mandatory

    Wuzzie replied to runner502's topic in Disaster Preparation

    Every. Damn.
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    People with asthma in England fear being harassed and denied services for not being able to wear a mask

    Wuzzie replied to A Hit With The Ladies's topic in Disaster Preparation

    I think the poster meant they can't hear others well because of their masks. We are running into that on phone
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    What rhythm is this?

    Wuzzie replied to j0yegan's topic in General Nursing

    https://nursing.com/blog/interpret-ekgs-heart-rhythms/ Not being a snot but to really get this to sink in try doing the steps listed to interpret what the rhythm
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    Site Changes

    Wuzzie replied to Joe V's topic in News, Announcements

    Pardon my stupidity but where is the sign on button? The only way I could get on today was by opening a random post and scrolling to the