heathIam RN

heathIam has 36 years experience as a RN.

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1. Needing an honest answer

   heathIam replied to EbonyBorn2Succeed's topic in General Nursing

   SHHHHHHhhhhhh! Now the secret is out and you've given it away. If we cure diseases we will all be out of a job. Sure we all know how to cure cancer, diabetes, HIV, trauma injuries, athletes foot fungus, seizures, the common cold, migraines, congenita...

2. Things I've Learned This Year

   heathIam replied to Ruby Vee's topic in General Nursing

   Ooooo, you're not a very compassionate nurse, you probably eat your young and lateral hostility blah, blah, blah. I loved it. I am really looking forward to a conversation I have to have with a nurse who I am pretty sure is one of those who thinks sh...

3. How long should it take a nurse to be competent in a new area?

   heathIam replied to heathIam's topic in Safety

   Thanks for your responses. We have already implemented actions along the lines of what has been suggested. The emerging concern is the apparent inability to transfer learning from one situation to another. As a previous RR nurse I would expect an und...

4. Ever Refuse a MD order?

   heathIam replied to Leelee2's topic in General Nursing

   I am astounded at this AND that it was allowed to continue over years! Where the hell was this resident's supervisor? Succinycholine isn't even pain medication, it's paralysis! Why was this not brought forward the very first time she uttered this? Th...

5. How long should it take a nurse to be competent in a new area?

   heathIam posted a topic in Safety

   Looking for some suggestions and ideas of what is a reasonable expectation here...in the past the picu I work in had a fairly unforgiving attitude that if you didn't get it within a short period of time you were out. Now, we have made attempts to rec...

6. Is it to late for me to become a Nurse?

   heathIam replied to louis345's topic in Pre-Nursing

   No, not too old, but I would be concerned about your willingness to be swayed by the opinions of others so easily. You also need to realize there are hundreds of different kinds of nursing, so just because you don't like cleaning up vomit doesn't mea...

7. Another nurse bites the dust due to facebook

   heathIam replied to siringe's topic in Headlines

   There's an old adage in nursing - you can't fix stupid. Facebook, twitter and all the other social networking sites prove the adage true. People are willfully stupid about what they post online and who they share information with. Just because someo...

8. I am an American.

   heathIam replied to UnionRN2's topic in Relations

   Cultural sensitivity gone amuck. I find it hard to understand how a manager would even suggest such a thing to the staff. I like the idea of asking for a behavioural policy for this. Dare them to make it policy. In my country (Canada) when we run up ...

9. Nurse Campy Fancy Pants!

   heathIam replied to Doc Lori, R.N.'s topic in General Nursing

   Now why does this refer to only female nurses? I'm sure we all know plenty of male nurses who view their scrub wearing with a very similar perspective. I've even sighted one or two residents wearing hospital provided scrubs out on the street shopping...

10. Coworker quit/fired! Should we know what happened or not?

    heathIam replied to UM Review RN's topic in General Nursing

    Absolutely no right to know this extermely private information. Our culture has gone way too far in thinking exveryone's private life is within thier shere of 'right to know'. Just because we can know what Lindsey Lohan's favourite sexual perversion ...

11. 6th attempt on Nclex ---> PASS!!!!!

    heathIam replied to jadu1106's topic in NCLEX

    Oh yes please, close it down so that words that might disturb the so called positive encouragement won't have to be viewed. Or thought about, or considered. Very sad and disturbing that raising questions is seen as negative and discouraging. When did...

12. 6th attempt on Nclex ---> PASS!!!!!

    heathIam replied to jadu1106's topic in NCLEX

    Thanks to kty1, at the very least I know that there are others out there who see the problems and are concerned enough to speak up.

13. 6th attempt on Nclex ---> PASS!!!!!

    heathIam replied to jadu1106's topic in NCLEX

    See, all those who posted at what a mean, negative person I was to attack those poor, dedicated people who keep writing their exams are perhaps a good part of what is wrong with nursing. I didn't attack the first poster, nor did I suggest anything ab...

14. 6th attempt on Nclex ---> PASS!!!!!

    heathIam replied to jadu1106's topic in NCLEX

    My kind of judgement? Wow! talk about judgement. You know nothing about me other than that I have posted I fear for the profession, the patients and the staff due to the dumbing down of nursing. Let me tell you of how far I have come in nursing. I st...

15. 6th attempt on Nclex ---> PASS!!!!!

    heathIam replied to jadu1106's topic in NCLEX

    Ok, first off I want to say here that I am in no way casting aspersions on teh author of this thread, but I just need to ask...Is anyone else but me concerned that nurses are practicing who had difficulty passing the licencing exam? I'm not at all co...