DRNurse1

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1. Did you know? "Code Brown" means tornado. . .LMAO!

   DRNurse1 replied to delphine22's topic in General Nursing

   Code Brown was a weather emergency down South, and it is 'officially' absent at my current hospital. New Jersey mandated a common color code system for all the acute care facilities in the state, and FMEA has a lot of influence on pre-hospital proces...

2. Does your hospital or facility badge include your credentials?

   DRNurse1 replied to icuRNmaggie's topic in Professionalism

   No rule of which I am aware. I consider that anyone can earn an AAS in Nursing, a BSN, an MSN, and even an ND, PhD in Nursing, or a D. Nursing Science without taking the Boards and becoming an RN. (I only know of one person who fits this criteria, bu...

3. Does your hospital or facility badge include your credentials?

   DRNurse1 replied to icuRNmaggie's topic in Professionalism

   LOL: I have my initials and my original credential, and my certification embroidered on my scrubs. Causes some insecure professional colleagues angst but I just have to laugh: "D.R. RN, CCRN."

4. Does your hospital or facility badge include your credentials?

   DRNurse1 replied to icuRNmaggie's topic in Professionalism

   Currently, first name center and bold, RN in larger block red letters in upper left, full name and credentials in smaller letters below larger first name. Only 'RN' has the Red Letter designation, ostensibly to allow all patients to identify the RN c...

5. Health Care and Contraception: Did the Supreme Court Get It Right?

   DRNurse1 replied to Brian's topic in General Nursing

   Excellent discussion and most of the facts are accurate. I think the discussion has several dissimilar threads that we are trying to combine...like salad dressing that separates if it sits for a bit. 1-Should Privately Held corporations be able to ...

6. Feminism, Nursing, and Gender

   DRNurse1 replied to fakenurse's topic in Professionalism

   This topic is important within the nursing community, and separating gender/ transgender from the 'helping professional' is a mistake, IMHO. However, to take a societal issue like gender identity or the LGBT community issues, or even feminism and try...

7. Hey Murses.....Murse?

   DRNurse1 replied to blackvans1234's topic in Men

   Interesting post. I particularly like the idea of not sounding different (RN is RN regardless of Grad, AAS or BSN education....not really). Around here, a 'murse' is a 'man-purse' and a 'nurse' is someone who keeps their patients from being hurt by t...

8. Do you think this is a good idea? ...

   DRNurse1 replied to J87513's topic in Florida

   The replies to this thread are excellent. finding a mentor or a study partner/group and taking the class once seems the better option. If you have the time to audit/ attend the class, you should earn the credit. Another excellent point is the type o...

9. I believe we need a male nurses week

   DRNurse1 replied to Gr8Dane's topic in General Nursing

   Intersting Thread... Some observations from the Y side: SmilingBluEyes is on the right track. Nursing needs more unity and less divisiveness. That being said, recognizing and welcoming the individual contributions of our colleagues to the team effort...

10. Any males out there tired of the drama?

    DRNurse1 replied to HumptyDumpty's topic in Male Students

    Humpty: After 20 years of the nursing stuff, two other careers and many other jobs I can say without reservation the drama continues. Nursing is among the caring professions and it entices caring individuals to its ranks. So when we need practice ca...

11. ekg strips...need help!!!!

    DRNurse1 replied to KellieNurse06's topic in CCU

    Are you learning 12 lead or EKG interpretation?