nurseprnRN

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  1. I'm in a Quandary

    nurseprnRN replied to Hooligan's topic in General Nursing

    If this is a required course for some students, or they need to have a minimum grade in it, then you have a whip hand. (Big smile for first day of class) "Who owns a cell phone? Hold them, up...

  2. Who establishes the rules

    nurseprnRN replied to quizzical's topic in General Nursing

    The back-of-the-hand lift also leaves those fingers free in the field. Still wondering about the troll thing. Sex shop thread? Where's

  3. I'm being investigated by the BON!

    nurseprnRN replied to daisy_duke's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    I'm a member of my state and county bar associations, even though I do not hold a law degree or license, because I work on litigated cases. They all have referral services for cases like yours, and...

  4. What counts as experience?

    nurseprnRN replied to hollyann89's topic in Nursing Career

    ...or fall in love with something else entirely. This happens all the time and is not to be feared. Life happens. Not everybody can be in those top choices, else who would take care of everybody...

  5. Who establishes the rules

    nurseprnRN replied to quizzical's topic in General Nursing

    I have this agreement with my GYN, bless him. If she sees him every year, she can remind him at the beginning of the visit that nothing is off limits and just to proceed. If she says this in the...

  6. I'm being investigated by the BON!

    nurseprnRN replied to daisy_duke's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    Yes. Send it return receipt requested, meaning you mail it at the post office and use those little green cards that come back to you with the date and signature from whoever gets it at the BoN. Save a...

  7. The Story of Jahi Continues

    nurseprnRN replied to EaglesWings21's topic in Nursing News

    I have on my desk a card I got from a nurse manager at Children's in Oakland when I wrote to say that I hoped her nurses were getting over this case and how hard it must have been for them. It was not...

  8. As a single nurse were you able to buy a home?

    nurseprnRN replied to pixiestudent2's topic in General Nursing

    My daughter bought a HUD property, three-story, for $50,000 in a city when she was a grad student on a $17,500/year stipend (this was in 2004). She rented out the first floor apartment and she and her...

  9. What do you do to protect yourself on floor?

    nurseprnRN replied to juana15's topic in General Nursing

    My buddy the ID doc says if you ride public transportation or go to movies you've probably got a positive skin test for

  10. Blue Pigtail on Nasogastric Tube

    nurseprnRN replied to mikeynizm's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    No, the sodium doesn't get pulled out by the water. Water travels from an area of lower solute concentration to an area of higher solute concentration, thus diluting the solute on the other side of...

  11. That nagging feeling...

    nurseprnRN replied to dudette10's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    I read it for "hackles," too, but of course you don't listen to hackles. Hackles risen are a visual expression of anger or alarm. Sounds like a few different things got kinda mashed up. You listen to...

  12. I'm being investigated by the BON!

    nurseprnRN replied to daisy_duke's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    NEVER do nothing. The common law rule has always been, "Silence gives assent," meaning that if you don't speak up it means you don't want to challenge anything. (Quoting this is not practicing law or...

  13. Is this actually a HIPAA violation?

    nurseprnRN replied to Anonymous6578's topic in HIPAA Challenges

    The way it works is that you contact NSO or any other nursing malpractice carrier (search AN for "malpractice insurance" and you'll find several reputable companies recommended by many members), you...

  14. Is this a HIPAA violation?

    nurseprnRN replied to TitusNoir's topic in HIPAA Challenges

    "Three can keep a secret if two are dead." ~ Benjamin Franklin. No HIPAA violation, just a violation of friendship and implied trust in it. But if A wanted to keep it a secret, he should have...

  15. Wrapping up my first semester

    nurseprnRN replied to aeris99's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Stick around, aeris99. I like your

  16. Bedpan? Why not a Poise pad?

    nurseprnRN replied to TryVeganToday's topic in General Nursing

    You know. when I first heard of these I thought it sounded like a great idea. Unfortunately, I have never, never, never seen one that actually works in a supine patient, i.e., that catches all the...

  17. Who establishes the rules

    nurseprnRN replied to quizzical's topic in General Nursing

    You may be quite surprised to know that the AMA is a membership organization that does not include all physicians any more than the ANA includes all nurses, that the AMA does not make practice rules,...

  18. As a new nurse, how to I gain the trust of others?

    nurseprnRN replied to smithswife12's topic in General Nursing

    Homework? What have you learned from other sources? What do you

  19. leadership question

    nurseprnRN replied to Badriah.KSA's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    I think this is partly a cultural issue. We have recently had many such questions from a nursing leadership class in Saudi, and I think this is another. Badriah, could you please, please tell all of...

  20. Help covering tattoos?

    nurseprnRN replied to Chickie77's topic in General Students

    If you use the AN search feature you will find lots and lots of very specific advice. Suggest skipping most of the I'm-so-special-my-tats-are-soooooo-meaningful dreck and go directly to the posts...

  21. is using an old nclex book a bad idea?

    nurseprnRN replied to direw0lf's topic in General Students

    Way, way, waaaay outdated. The art and science of nursing changes

  22. Nursing school too hard on purpose?

    nurseprnRN replied to fangirl's topic in General Students

    Anybody who thinks teaching students like this is easier than, presumably, bedside nursing is more clueless about more things than immediately apparent. It's not. And it doesn't pay as well, either....

  23. Med surg SSE

    nurseprnRN replied to smithRN16's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    What's SSE? South-southeast around

  24. Need help about to give up

    nurseprnRN replied to w9BGQ's topic in General Students

    Have you done the full formal academic appeals route through your nursing program dean and then the college/university dean? Offered to do make up work? Collected some recommendations from faculty?...

  25. 1 Hour and 25min drive to school to become an RN? It's it really worth it!

    nurseprnRN replied to MARI3LA's topic in General Students

    I took trains and subways at least 90 minutes each way, and longer for some of my clinicals. So I was gonna say not too bad for the ultimate reward ... until I saw that it's Kaplan. I agree, get into...