LovingLife123

LovingLife123

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  1. Help! Done with ASN program since July and still not able to take boards.....

    LovingLife123 replied to LPN_SLIM's topic in General Students

    You are so wrong and clearly don't understand accreditation. Every job posting in my area states that you need to have graduated from an ACEN accredited school. You also need regional accreditation...

  2. So over it!!

    LovingLife123 replied to adventure_rn's topic in General Nursing

    Worst thing ever was when we decided to change our clocks here in Indiana. It's been years and I'm still disgruntled over

  3. Struggling new grad in need of advice

    LovingLife123 replied to 1012ht's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Well, you've had a lot of adjustments this past year. I would stick it out and learn as much as you can. In my first year, I bought a house, had to find another to buy when the first fell through,...

  4. question about subpoena

    LovingLife123 replied to carmelojames123's topic in General Nursing

    Is it someone who is serving you? You have to sign when being served a

  5. Possible career ending injury

    LovingLife123 replied to LovingLife123's topic in Nurse Disabilities

    I'm getting nerve blocks hopefully Tuesday morning if I can push through the approval al from my insurance company. C6-T1 on the left. Doctor says they take 2days to 2 weeks to take effect so he...

  6. Case Study: Can You Prevent This Medical Error?

    LovingLife123 replied to SafetyNurse1968's topic in Critical Care

    I've never heard of heparin being used to flush an art line. But why were they having to draw up meds to push? There was not continuous NS going through the line to keep it patent? Then you would...

  7. What separates great nurses from decent nurses?

    LovingLife123 replied to TexasmedicRN's topic in Critical Care

    The ability to see what's going to happen before it happens. And yes, that comes with experience. Anyone can rattle off a bunch of info about medications. Anyone. But those that are great in the...

  8. Advice please

    LovingLife123 replied to ert01479's topic in General Nursing

    Nope. We draw all our own labs. And we are a teaching hospital/level one

  9. Possible career ending injury

    LovingLife123 replied to LovingLife123's topic in Nurse Disabilities

    I agree I'm letting my anxiety get the best of me. It sucks being at home. It ends up being all I think about. I'm in extreme pain and can't do a whole lot around the house. I have left sided...

  10. Possible career ending injury

    LovingLife123 replied to LovingLife123's topic in Nurse Disabilities

    My FMLA runs out in a couple of weeks. I only got like 7 weeks because I had a baby last year. 7 weeks was all I had accumulated. It's taken me a month to get this diagnosis. I've not been alllowed...

  11. Increase in Ehlers-Danlos (especially hypermobility type) patients?

    LovingLife123 replied to ArtClassRN's topic in General Nursing

    What!??? I can't

  12. Increase in Ehlers-Danlos (especially hypermobility type) patients?

    LovingLife123 replied to ArtClassRN's topic in General Nursing

    I can understand that, but wouldn't they still have active bowel sounds. Do bulinics not have active bowel sounds? Mine where literally absent. I had gone to the ER over the weekend prior for...

  13. Advice please

    LovingLife123 replied to ert01479's topic in General Nursing

    ACLS is not that big of a deal. They teach you absolutely everything in the class. It's not that hard to push 1mg of epi. You should know how to run a code whether or not you are on a "code" team....

  14. Forgot to restart my patients fluids

    LovingLife123 replied to daniela095's topic in General Nursing

    Not everything is compatible with LR. It's not like

  15. CRNA School? Is it too early?

    LovingLife123 replied to Kitkat222's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    Most CRNA schools want at least 2 years of critical care experience along with the

  16. Increase in Ehlers-Danlos (especially hypermobility type) patients?

    LovingLife123 replied to ArtClassRN's topic in General Nursing

    I'm very confused on how gastropariesis can be due to a mental issue. Your stomach becomes paralyzed. You vomit, have constant nausea. I'm curious as a idiopathic gastropariesis person. I had the...

  17. What Does A Graduate Nurse Do?

    LovingLife123 replied to Future-NurseRedHeart's topic in First Year After Licensure

    So, you understand it's not actually a job by itself? It's a job contingent that you pass nclex in a specific time period? I just read from your post that you would apply and work as a GN until you...

  18. No, you can't do that!

    LovingLife123 replied to LoveMyRNlife's topic in General Nursing

    I talk extensively with the patient. If they still refuse, I call the physician. They will usually come and discharge them. I had one septic guy who had awful wounds on his legs from his diabetes....

  19. Struggling, am I a crappy nurse?

    LovingLife123 replied to TexasmedicRN's topic in General Nursing

    Everybody goes through a black cloud period. I had one when I worked with a particular charge nurse. I absolutely adore this particular charge nurse, but every time I was with her, it was a crap...

  20. Sexual harrassment or just an old creep?

    LovingLife123 replied to CBlover's topic in General Nursing

    No, not at all. I'm just stating that saying you are happily married is not a husband excuse. Nor does it make you the "little woman". And no, a single woman is not supposed to want or endur the...

  21. Patient rights an privacy bathroom

    LovingLife123 replied to Mqnurse13's topic in General Nursing

    I don't leave them alone. They are a fall risk. If they were to fall and hit their head in the bathroom, that could have serious consequences for their health. I explain it's for their safety....

  22. What Does A Graduate Nurse Do?

    LovingLife123 replied to Future-NurseRedHeart's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I get the feeling you are misunderstanding the graduate nurse role. It's not actually a job you can be in for months on end. You are usually hired as a graduate nurse in a nurse residency program....

  23. Sexual harrassment or just an old creep?

    LovingLife123 replied to CBlover's topic in General Nursing

    I don't think it's using your husband as an excuse. It's telling the truth. By saying I'm happily married, you tell the other person that you are not interested and will not ever be interested...

  24. Sexual harrassment or just an old creep?

    LovingLife123 replied to CBlover's topic in General Nursing

    The problem is, people don't know how to be direct and communicate. People don't want to ever confront issues. You simply say, I'm a happily married woman who loves her husband. I've had to do it...

  25. Iv antibiotic running as primary?

    LovingLife123 replied to SquatsNScrubs's topic in General Nursing

    Absolutely not true. We don't even carry secondary tubing. We carry 25mL flush bags to flush behind so all antibiotic is