Sour Lemon

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    Nursing agency

    Sour Lemon replied to Nuggus's topic in General Nursing

    That does sound like a huge endeavor without any knowledge of the business/legal side of
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    Shift work PROBLEMS??

    Sour Lemon replied to lparadise's topic in General Nursing

    That's exactly what I did after I had my baby and I actually feel alive. I still work overnight and take care of the baby during the day, but since I get to control the days I work, my schedule is...
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    Shift work PROBLEMS??

    Sour Lemon replied to lparadise's topic in General Nursing

    By shift work, do you mean switching back and forth from days to nights? Or something
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    Administering opiates

    Sour Lemon replied to Emergent's topic in General Nursing

    That's a minor pet peeve of mine. I'm constantly having to explain to patients that they are not supposed to feel a rush ....and that if they have been feeling one, that means their medication has...
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    The secret of a fulfilling nursing career

    Sour Lemon replied to Major Nurse 1's topic in General Nursing

    Well, Ruby ....you are a good defender of wine in a box. Perhaps I should turn my attention to wine in a
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    The secret of a fulfilling nursing career

    Sour Lemon replied to Major Nurse 1's topic in General Nursing

    Yes! People drink the whole box and then they share their "deep thoughts" that don't make a whole lot of
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    The secret of a fulfilling nursing career

    Sour Lemon replied to Major Nurse 1's topic in General Nursing

    Posts like this one are why I'm against that wine that comes in a
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    Scheduling that isn't self-scheduling

    Sour Lemon replied to haunani's topic in General Nursing

    You let them know what days you can work and they say OK ...then they schedule you for the exact opposite. If you complain, they tell you they will "try to fix it and get back to you". Then, you never...
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    Narcan pens for kids to use on parents?

    Sour Lemon replied to Emergent's topic in General Nursing

    Ridiculous. That's putting way too much responsibility on a child ...and possibly lifelong guilt when they fail to save the parent that they've been trained to monitor and intervene
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    Venofer

    Sour Lemon replied to martymoose's topic in General Nursing

    I gave IV iron quite frequently in ortho, but I don't recall the name "Venofer", so I'm not sure if it was the exact same thing you're talking about. Ours came from pharmacy in a 100ml (or possibly...
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    Hard Truth of Nursing

    Sour Lemon replied to Mr.Bill RN, BSN's topic in General Nursing

    I've only worked at two hospitals in California, but they were both staffed well as far as CNAs, unit clerks and free charge nurses go. When I had eight patients in my home state, ancillary staffing...
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    Unfair Shift Rotation

    Sour Lemon replied to KHVILLE's topic in General Nursing

    Yikes! I hope your account got hacked and these last few responses are not you. You were sounding like a reasonable person for a while, but now I wonder if the "wants to get rid of you" theory could...
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    Career Change to Nursing...

    Sour Lemon replied to AustinTJC's topic in General Nursing

    That's a pretty hotly debated topic. Some things to consider: What do you hope to do with your degree? Do you want to move "up" in nursing or are you content working the floor? Are you feeling very...
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    Anecdotally, the world conspires against days off.

    Sour Lemon replied to Guttercat's topic in General Nursing

    Once upon a time, a car pulled over on the street right outside of my bedroom window. Two females got out and proceeded to kick, slap and punch each other while screaming, squealing and chasing each...
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    UPS Drivers make HOW much????

    Sour Lemon replied to Purple_Scrubs's topic in General Nursing

    The OP created this thread over six years ago and hasn't been active on this site for about a
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    Career Change to Nursing...

    Sour Lemon replied to AustinTJC's topic in General Nursing

    Community college is fine. In fact, it's preferable to for profit schools and I'm not sure there are university degrees for LVN ...never heard of that, at least. There are many bridge programs from...
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    Career Change to Nursing...

    Sour Lemon replied to AustinTJC's topic in General Nursing

    There are no online LVN programs. You will have to attend class and there is a clinical component that must be completed at various clinical sites. LVN is still pretty marketable in many parts of...
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    New Grad 2016!

    Sour Lemon replied to newgradrn2016's topic in General Nursing

    You will still get orientation, but typically a much shorter one. There's often some wiggle room, though. I've been part of a group of new hires a few times and we all came off orientation at...
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    WGU will not accept me

    Sour Lemon replied to jenam2you's topic in Western Governors University

    Your efforts would be better spent finding a nursing job. Move temporarily if you have
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    How to deal with energy parasites?

    Sour Lemon replied to CaffeinePOQ4HPRN's topic in General Nursing

    When a relationship is not mutually beneficial, I have no problem walking away from it. That includes family for me, as
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    Always failing skills!

    Sour Lemon replied to mdiada's topic in General Students

    I think it's fairly unusual to fail skills, especially so many of them. Do you have the opportunity to practice in some sort of skills lab? Maybe getting familiar with the setting along with the skill...
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    Working Without UAPs

    Sour Lemon replied to JohnJoeJ's topic in General Nursing

    If you hit the quote button in the lower right corner before responding, people will know what you are responding to. If this is in response to my staffing comments, I understand why you're
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    Working Without UAPs

    Sour Lemon replied to JohnJoeJ's topic in General Nursing

    Again, it all depends on staffing levels and whether or not they're adjusted accordingly. I love having all RNs in med/surg when we have three patients each. I'm still busy, I just spend more time...
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    Sitter Roles Defined

    Sour Lemon replied to chanprit's topic in General Nursing

    Observation Assistants? OK. Our sitters are CNAs or nurses ....just CNAs or nurses assigned to one patient instead of a group of them. They are extremely helpful. The are covered by other nurses or...
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    Working Without UAPs

    Sour Lemon replied to JohnJoeJ's topic in General Nursing

    It's GREAT if RN staffing is adjusted