AliNajaCat

AliNajaCat

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  1. What do you do with extremely mean/disrespectful patients?

    AliNajaCat replied to auson16's topic in General Nursing

    I knew a very wise therapist once who used to say,"Don't ever say 'Can't,' say 'Won't.' " Puts a whole 'nother perspective out there, doesn't

  2. Can someone help with this problem?

    AliNajaCat replied to Sharnise's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    I'm not sure what it is you need to figure out. Tell us what you think first and then well have a better idea of how to help you

  3. Interviewing Registered Nurses Online

    AliNajaCat replied to dest1ny99's topic in General Nursing

    Getting out of your comfort zone and speaking with a stranger is something you will do every day of your working life as a nurse. This is your first exposure to that, that's one big reason why you got...

  4. RT says her scope is wider than mine. Ok?

    AliNajaCat replied to CardiacDork's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Old joke, credit George Burns ( you young'uns can go look him up). "Doctor, doctor, I'm so depressed!" "What's the matter, George?" "It's my neighbor. He's 87 years old, and he says he has a different...

  5. Do Female Docs Provide Better Care to Their Hospitalized Patients Than Male Counterparts?

    AliNajaCat replied to tnbutterfly - Mary's topic in General Nursing

    While driving home from a patient intake I listened to the interview on NPR of two of the physicians involved in this paper, a male and a female, married (to each other). It was their feeling that the...

  6. Where are all the "older" nurses?

    AliNajaCat replied to tjcnurse2b's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I'm old enough for Medicare now and still working as close to full time as I want to ... as a consultant earning a damn good hourly rate in my own business. Fortunately, in my line of work, a bit of...

  7. Nursing theorists

    AliNajaCat replied to Luvnursing4life85's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Ummmm.... don't do this again. Guessing is not a functional approach to college

  8. Need guidance

    AliNajaCat replied to gaben7's topic in General Students

    Go for it. Northeastern is good about nontraditional students and the coop program makes it easier to work while in between sessions AND network for jobs while you're still in

  9. LPN to RN bridge or just straight to RN?

    AliNajaCat replied to Love1234's topic in General Students

    You THINK you'll be able to take classes while working your first year as a nurse. If I had a dime for everybody who told me they were gonna do that and found out how hard it was, I'd go to Paris for...

  10. Clinical site in a dangerous area?

    AliNajaCat replied to uknurse2b03's topic in General Students

    Boston City and Harborzoo in Seattle

  11. Clinical site in a dangerous area?

    AliNajaCat replied to uknurse2b03's topic in General Students

    Hell, half of us be out of jobs if we avoided dangerous

  12. Husband v. Wannabe Travel Nurse

    AliNajaCat replied to apalms76's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Cart WAAAAY before horse, here. You haven't even started nursing school, much less graduated, found a job, and worked for the two years minimum that most travel companies require. This is because as a...

  13. 90 minutes for a 100 question exam!

    AliNajaCat replied to Phantasys's topic in General Students

    Hey, OP, newsflash: This is college. And as a corollary: Did your grandmother ever tell you not to borrow trouble? Enough with the "freaking out." Yours is not the first set of fundies students in the...

  14. Med-surg or OR? Need advice ASAP.

    AliNajaCat replied to Axmann, RN, BSN, NREMT-B's topic in General Nursing

    Oh, yeah. Extremely. There are multiple threads on AN about doing that, and the likely consequences. Breaking a contract for anything is a verrrry bad idea, and a 2-year commitment, once signed, is a...

  15. Registered Nurse's role in physician's office

    AliNajaCat replied to Shortcake_BSn's topic in General Nursing

    She is not a phone "nurse," and she'd better not be describing herself as one or letting anyone else in the office (including docs and YOU) refer to her as one. It's illegal in just about every state....

  16. I really do feel depressed about the situation

    AliNajaCat replied to NurseEnvision's topic in General Nursing

    ^^^^THIS If you're old enough to have been at work as an LPN. you are DEFINITELY old enough to live as an adult. We love our parents, but they don't have us to keep at home c them as dependents for...

  17. Registered Nurse's role in physician's office

    AliNajaCat replied to Shortcake_BSn's topic in General Nursing

    You don't say how long you've been there. If it's only been a few weeks or months, how about you keep your eyes and ears open for opportunities to add value to the practice by doing things only an RN...

  18. Nursing Boards control of Nurses

    AliNajaCat replied to Cougar1113's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    Sorry to be late to this meeting, but this is the complete text of the news coverage earlier referred to: Carolyn Strom's grandfather died in January 2015. The following month she posted a comment to...

  19. Mayo Clinic interview

    AliNajaCat replied to sj94's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    Also the average time to get a job after graduation from nursing school in CA is more than a year, when last I looked. If you have had enough gumption to land an interview at Mayo, pack your warm...

  20. CVAD and chest tubes

    AliNajaCat replied to nfeese's topic in General Nursing

    I saved this from an old post: confused and pulls the chest tube out. The nurse's immediate action should be to: 1. Place the client in Trendelenburg position. 2. Hold the insertion site open with a...

  21. CVAD and chest tubes

    AliNajaCat replied to nfeese's topic in General Nursing

    Re Chest tubes: This appeared in AN some yrs back and I saved it. >>> confused and pulls the chest tube out. The nurse's immediate action should be to: 1. Place the client in Trendelenburg...

  22. OR nursing--- career killer???

    AliNajaCat replied to Baileyhoffman's topic in General Nursing

    Well, a nurse isn't a nurse isn't a nurse, in terms of being interchangeable in all settings (the now-discredited "warm body theory of staffing"), LOL. OR nursing IS nursing, and I dare anybody to...

  23. Rejected Because of my Degree Program :/

    AliNajaCat replied to NV_RN's topic in General Nursing

    Short answer: Because somebody misunderstood the requirements for the position and gave you erroneous information-- one way or the other. See what they give you for a clarification. Bachelor's or...

  24. Survey for a school project

    AliNajaCat replied to innovative.nurse's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Well, that's up to you. As for me, I believe that if you don't know where you're coming from, you don't know where you're going. Personally, I'm coming from Orem's Theory of Self-care Deficit....

  25. Survey for a school project

    AliNajaCat replied to innovative.nurse's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    If you don't know where you're coming from, you don't know where you're going. Personally, I'm coming from Orem's Theory of Self-care Deficit. Briefly, it says that nursing provides for people what...