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  1. BMI Screenings totally depress me

    guest940422 replied to MHDNURSE's topic in School

    I worked in a pediatric bariatric unit in houston... I feel your pain. We've started charging parent's with neglect and having CPS follow them to monitor their home diet when we get patients under 12....

  2. Peg Tubes

    guest940422 replied to FloweryMound's topic in General Specialties

    You have to have the right kind of pump and bags, I've seen pumps that don't have the settings to program the flush. But yes, You pour the Jevity in the bag marked "Nutrition" and the flush (usually...

  3. Dexcom

    guest940422 replied to Supernrse01's topic in School

    It should work the same way getting your work email on your personal phone does. Most managers choose to install the hospital secure email to their personal phones (they can also deduct their phone...

  4. Mono

    guest940422 replied to Amethya's topic in School

    My whole soccer team got it except about 3 girls... we threw away our water

  5. Mono

    guest940422 replied to Amethya's topic in School

    I had a fever for 2 weeks with Mono, kissing tonsils for a month, and didn't get over the fatigue for two months.... I came back to school after a month when my tonsils cleared up, only to spike...

  6. Inappropriate to ask teachers to stop sending kids after a certain time?

    guest940422 replied to Scorchednurse's topic in School

    LMAO In nursing school I did a school nurse rotation for a week in my Pedi clinical. When I got to the school, the first thing she did was have me make 30 ice packs because it was "kick ball day" in...

  7. What do you do when a patient threatens harm?

    guest940422 replied to OrganizedChaos's topic in General Nursing

    The ANA has an Advacacy Panal specifically adressing the issue of violence towards nurses in the workplace. They also have been doing research on unit bullying prevention, and changing the acceptance...

  8. Ambulating post op day zero

    guest940422 replied to oceangirl1234's topic in General Nursing

    To be fair, this was a pediatric bariatric unit.... I probably should have included that. I'm sure you still worked your a$$ off! That surgery takes

  9. Working below your license

    guest940422 replied to happ09's topic in General Nursing

    I'm an RN and I've worked as a secretary, a tech, a phlebotomist, and a sitter when they were desperate before. It helps that I spent most of my career on nights where we didn't have those resources...

  10. Got a nurse aide fired... did I do the right thing?

    guest940422 replied to Live.Love.Nurse.♡'s topic in General Nursing

    I had a similar situation in the hospital. I delegated a glucose check to my CNA. On my unit for some strange reason, RN's don't have access to the glucometers. He asked if he could do it after vitals...

  11. Fairness

    guest940422 replied to Hink12's topic in General Nursing

    I don't understand why everyone thinks nursing isn't flexible, you can work overtime and still have 3 days a week off! yes the hours are long, but we work 3 days a week... maybe since I was a...

  12. Fairness

    guest940422 replied to Hink12's topic in General Nursing

    If you keep talking to DNPs like that, you'll be crying on your way to HR for your last check while you consider returning to community college to be a court reporter. Someone gets to that level in...

  13. Fairness

    guest940422 replied to Hink12's topic in General Nursing

    Ok so I'll admit I didn't read all 50 comments, so I'm not really sure where we are in the debate. But consider a few points. 1) Empathise with your manager: you are one of dozens of nurses they...

  14. Will I get fired?

    guest940422 replied to Chloe86's topic in General Nursing

    Depends on your institution, typically there is a policy on severity of action vs offense. I doubt if you have never been in trouble before and made an honest mistake you'd actually get fired... if so...

  15. Is college of the mainland any good?

    guest940422 replied to daisybird27's topic in General Students

    They all say they aren't going to hire ADN's. They are all so understaffed they do anyway. This is mostly just the main medical center hospitals. The only hospital that won't let you apply without a...

  16. Ambulating post op day zero

    guest940422 replied to oceangirl1234's topic in General Nursing

    We wouldn't let our bariatric patients back in bed until they had walked enough times and they had to be sitting at bedside until

  17. Ambulating post op day zero

    guest940422 replied to oceangirl1234's topic in General Nursing

    I used to do work on an ortho surg unit and we did about 200 spinal instrumentations a summer. Every developmentally appropriate patient was expected to stand at the side of the bed on POD 0 and we...

  18. How far to push a high profile reference.

    guest940422 replied to guest940422's topic in Nursing Career

    Resunate: The Only Smart Online Resume Builder Works great you can even edit each line of the resume and it will rate how strong that line is based on the amount of trigger words it has, totally idiot...

  19. How far to push a high profile reference.

    guest940422 posted a topic in Nursing Career

    I just moved to a new city to be close to my family. There are two peds hospitals here and i have had a lot of trouble getting past HR despite my experience while job searching. I actually know a...

  20. Inappropriate to ask teachers to stop sending kids after a certain time?

    guest940422 replied to Scorchednurse's topic in School

    Nurse to Nurse, what the hell are those teachers thinking? For Christ's sakes have some professional courtesy! Taking a step back I'm sure it's more complicated, you've got latchkey kids and kids...

  21. Male Nurse Disgusted by Female Nurses

    guest940422 replied to Nurse Beth's topic in General Nursing

    I've been frustrated by this more than once... or twice.... or fifty times. I've learned the whole "Power to the People" "If we all take a stance they have to listen" thing just doesn't work. Too many...

  22. Which MSN track should I take?

    guest940422 posted a topic in Nursing Career

    I want to go to grad school asap, but I can't seem to get a straight answer from anyone about which tract to take. I don't want to teach, don't want to be a practitioner, and don't want to be anyone's...

  23. Is nursing for me

    guest940422 replied to Big_Mike's topic in General Students

    Don't go 60k in debt for a BSN. You'll make a dollar an hour more at most. You need your BSN for large teaching hospitals, but they will usually hire you with an ADN as long as you are enrolled in a...

  24. Lippincott NCLEX-RN Passpoint? U-World? Am I even ready?

    guest940422 replied to LinBel's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    I cryed the whole way home from NCLEX, I only took Kaplan, I didn't study content. I got cut off at 98 questions I'll never forget that number. If you aren't worried after, you probably did

  25. Which MSN track should I take?

    guest940422 replied to guest940422's topic in Nursing Career

    I've been picking co-workers brains for over a year, yours is the first answer that was helpful. I just graduated from UT Arlington. I thought the application process would be easier if i stayed...