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  1. School still not regionally accredited-Fortis College

    nurseprnRN replied to Nightlife's topic in General Students

    If this guy was really head of nursing at UTEP and is being accurately quoted, he should know better. Yeah. Those "occasions" include applying for work at most hospitals (as the OP has...

  2. Because that's the way we've always done it around here

    nurseprnRN posted a topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    This little parable may be familiar to some of you. It came around to me again recently and got me thinking about the nursing rituals we see in practice, the assumptions we see made so often about the...

  3. Frustrated ...Thinking what am I doing.

    nurseprnRN replied to Cruz.Cookie's topic in General Students

    Your faculty and that nurse have done you a great favor. In the morning, tell the nurse you're with what your plan of the day is, what your assessment and treatment priorities are, and ask for...

  4. Opinions? personal experience?

    nurseprnRN replied to mrskrobbins's topic in General Students

    I was a PACU and hotshot ICU nurse for the first decades of my career. I can count on the fingers of one hand the number of times I had to actually start an IV, because all my patients came with big...

  5. School still not regionally accredited-Fortis College

    nurseprnRN replied to Nightlife's topic in General Students

    Perhaps a better question to ask is: Can you afford NOT

  6. Have you ever been subpoenaed?

    nurseprnRN replied to klone's topic in General Nursing

    You can ALWAYS have your own atty there. They can't say no to that. Call your malpractice insurance TODAY and tell them. If you are going to be testifying under oath, you should have your own (not the...

  7. Have you ever been subpoenaed?

    nurseprnRN replied to klone's topic in General Nursing

    Yep. I have been subpoenaed to testify in deposition regarding opinions I offered in cases. I'd have gone to trial except they've all settled. Depositions are usually taken in an atty office...

  8. Medication orders

    nurseprnRN replied to trlawson's topic in General Nursing

    ... and will make you liable for penalty or decreased reimbursement from Medicare. And.. IT'S NOT ORDERS. We are not in the military, we are not subservient, and prescribing providers are our...

  9. how to be your inxharges favourite during clinicals

    nurseprnRN replied to AyutoliaDavid's topic in General Students

    You want somebody to tell you how to be popular with your manager? Really? Be on time, help your colleagues, work hard, know what you're doing.. sounds like you could start there. Sort of like for any...

  10. Hypertension nursing care plan- HELP!

    nurseprnRN replied to almost.rn's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    You wouldn't think much of a doc who came into the exam room on your first visit ever and announced, "You've got leukemia. We'll start you on chemo. Now, let's draw some blood." Facts first, diagnosis...

  11. Should I go into nursing of injured?

    nurseprnRN replied to Careerchange88's topic in General Students

    Is your fiance discouraging you in any other way? Limiting your choices or causing you to doubt them? I dunno, this raises a red flag for me. Putting you down, like, "You'll never be able to do that,...

  12. No Good Very Bad Nursing Instructor

    nurseprnRN replied to misskitty22's topic in General Students

    Just sayin' ... As an instructor once I failed a woman with a different skin color from mine, and she told everybody I hated her because of that. No, I failed her because -she was always late for...

  13. Because that's the way we've always done it around here

    nurseprnRN replied to nurseprnRN's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Daliadreamer, what ever happened with that contest? Who "won"? (or lost, depending on how you think about these

  14. Do You Ever Ignore Your Employer's VM When They Try to Call You In?

    nurseprnRN replied to westieluv's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I can do that on my stock iPhone 5s, too. You go into "recent calls," scroll to the number, and choose "Block this caller." You can unblock it anytime you like... or

  15. Do You Ever Ignore Your Employer's VM When They Try to Call You In?

    nurseprnRN replied to westieluv's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I've just been reading research that shows the average woman says, "Sorry" something like 15 times a day, and the average man .... not so much. And the previous poster that said not to ever say "I...

  16. Truth about Breckinridge school of nursing

    nurseprnRN replied to bluedragonfly13's topic in General Students

    Right out of this school at a reputable facility? Yep, I'm having a hard time c it. (And FWIW, I went to a real university college of nursing and had 3 job offers three weeks before I graduated, and...

  17. How Do I Apologize to Professor?

    nurseprnRN replied to Valr's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    I take it your faculty accepted your apology and is also looking forward to seeing you move on constructively. Well

  18. I need to interview two or more RNs.

    nurseprnRN replied to ydama0002's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    There are nurses in many places where you live, unless you are 150 miles out in the boonies of Alaska. Talk to them. Your instructor will actually be impressed, and you may enlighten a lot of your...

  19. Assess and Monitor.....

    nurseprnRN replied to my4helpers's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    If I am a tech at a big dam and I am monitoring it, I might log every hour that the water level behind it is dropping. Yep, I'm monitoring, see? Here's my log with all the hourly numbers, I haven't...

  20. ACLS or PALS

    nurseprnRN replied to nancynvu1407's topic in General Students

    Just as a heads-up, he may have been a physician or nurse in the Middle East before he got here. Happens all the time. ACLS is not a total walk in the park that most people in envi services can walk...

  21. Anemia NANDA

    nurseprnRN replied to lmsullivan's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    STOP CALLING IT "A NANDA." I have been shoveling snow and chipping ice for a week, no, more than a week, haven't been able to get out of the house for 8 days, and I am at the end of my tether. :) A...

  22. What is best private or state university for nursing?

    nurseprnRN replied to Shrestha87's topic in General Students

    The admissions department at your target school will be happy to give you information on the loan/scholarship/grant/work study programs they have available to you. They would be a more reliable source...

  23. Truth about Breckinridge school of nursing

    nurseprnRN replied to bluedragonfly13's topic in General Students

    My thoughts

  24. What is best private or state university for nursing?

    nurseprnRN replied to Shrestha87's topic in General Students

    Assuming you have taken into account the expense of moving, living in the new place, and your target school is properly accredited, it sounds

  25. Is there any up from rock bottom?

    nurseprnRN replied to clover89's topic in General Students

    By definition: If you're at rock bottom, everything is "up." :) You can do it. Hard, long, but doable. Small hint: Do not ever say you failed a class because the teacher was bad. While it may be true,...