shouldhavebeenanunRN

shouldhavebeenanunRN has 12 years experience and specializes in GERIATRICS/CHRONIC ILLNESS.

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1. Do Nurses Eat Their Young?

   shouldhavebeenanunRN replied to Brian's topic in Relations

   I'll agree with that as I have had the privilege of having worked with the creme de la creme of nursing professionalism during my clinical experiences..However, you have also crystalized for me what I have felt for some time.. that I work amongst unp...

2. Do Nurses Eat Their Young?

   shouldhavebeenanunRN replied to Brian's topic in Relations

   Prime example of eating young ltc nurse: new nurse po'd that experienced RN refused to assist with unplugging a blocked jtube after hours of trying & calling DON who said ask next shift to assist prior to calling MD & sending out to replace ...

3. Death work and talking to the dead

   shouldhavebeenanunRN replied to talaxandra's topic in General Nursing

   wow! very deep stuff... got my attention now! I'll have to read rather than skim next time. Thanks

4. Questions about Missing Narcs

   shouldhavebeenanunRN replied to medsurgrnco's topic in General Nursing

   Worked as charge in a LTC one night. A travel RN & Permanent RN counted and all was good @ end of shift. Travel RN comes on next day and says narcs missing since her last shift. Permanent RN said never counted particular narcs w/ travel nurse;...

5. Death work and talking to the dead

   shouldhavebeenanunRN replied to talaxandra's topic in General Nursing

   i have skimmed the key points of the book of the dead. it is very similar to the reverse of birth, except if i recall.. one of the first after death experiences which determine re-incarnation or purgatory begins with temptation vs. innocence and life...

6. Do Nurses Eat Their Young?

   shouldhavebeenanunRN replied to Brian's topic in Relations

   I agree.. as a new grad its a part of nursing culture where I work; I have worked with the creme d'la creme of nurses in clinicals; and I have worked with my worst nightmares in real world practice . I have already been chewed up and spit out a cou...

7. CVC's and # of Lumens

   shouldhavebeenanunRN replied to blondy2061h's topic in General Nursing

   okay.. i'm a rookie... what is a swan?

8. New graduate RN jobs outside the hospital?

   shouldhavebeenanunRN replied to cherubhipster's topic in General Nursing

   My only hospital setting experiences occurred during clinicals. I am in LTC now, worked in home health as a CNA for 12 yrs and although told case managers were generally MA prepared, I have found that you can work with a BSN in community/public healt...

9. Death work and talking to the dead

   shouldhavebeenanunRN replied to talaxandra's topic in General Nursing

   I totally connected with this thread as i skimmed sentences, such as: I sang to them, I talked to them, etc.. I work in LTC as a new grad; and its no picnic. I also lost my mother the day I graduated with my BSN; and skipped ceremonies to hold my mo...

10. General Chemistry vs. BioChemistry

    shouldhavebeenanunRN replied to nbrody's topic in General Students

    gen chemistry goes into the whole electron, structure of chemicals, elements, etc. If I recall, biochem elaborates on it with a focus directed more towards lipid molecules, permeability, nutrient absorption, how dna strings together, how molecular c...

11. New Rn Fired For Bgl Issues

    shouldhavebeenanunRN replied to shouldhavebeenanunRN's topic in Geriatric

    no reimbursement, but I hear they want me back. I'd have to pursue through legal means to get back pay. No legal fees as I have malpractice insurance but didn't need it; as the BON threw it out during screening process seeing it was bogus!! If I ev...

12. New Rn Fired For Bgl Issues

    shouldhavebeenanunRN replied to shouldhavebeenanunRN's topic in Geriatric

    Now that is info I am so glad you mentioned - THANK YOU! Its true too, even for me. I had to ask and clarify the difference between Novolin and Novolog myself. A nurse working there for 40 years didn't know the difference. We called a pharmacist ...

13. New Rn Fired For Bgl Issues

    shouldhavebeenanunRN replied to shouldhavebeenanunRN's topic in Geriatric

    Great news all...complaint filed with BON was found to be unsubstantiated and that I was not in violation of any standards or statutes...also, started another job (not my dream job), but I am beginning to believe that nursing home orientation and tra...

14. New Rn Fired For Bgl Issues

    shouldhavebeenanunRN replied to shouldhavebeenanunRN's topic in Geriatric

    documentation is a weak point for me as I learned on an electronic system, so when it came to hand documentation, I struggle. I am actually going to take a seminar soon on nursing documentation strategies as it has been a thorn in my side as a new R...

15. New Rn Fired For Bgl Issues

    shouldhavebeenanunRN replied to shouldhavebeenanunRN's topic in Geriatric

    I feel the exact same way.. I too am procrastinating... now I know how a ex-con or disabled person feels when they desperately want to work and will be judged on pass offenses/disabilities which may or may not impede work expectations.