JudyPRN

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1. Rude and crude RN

   JudyPRN replied to Thunderwolf's topic in General Nursing

   Thunderwolf, I think you've gotten the impression from all of the posters that this nurses' comments are unacceptable. He apparently thinks that as a guy you have the same feelings. (Maybe he thinks all men have the same thoughts and feelings and tha...

2. Nurses grossed out by spit/mucus

   JudyPRN replied to rnmi2004's topic in General Nursing

   I have never been able to handle vomit. If I hear/see someone vomiting, I have to move them over so I can join them. Cleaning up after one of my kids threw up was just as bad. I hate it so much I haven't vomited in years. But one of my jobs was on a ...

3. Should RNs do housekeeping job or is it our job?

   JudyPRN replied to Lenap's topic in General Nursing

   Once upon a time, a nurse's job description included scrubbing the floor of her ward, and in her spare time she was to knit socks for her patients who may not have any. She was to wear black skirts, shirtwaists and a white apron. Her hair was covered...

4. Survey: Would you go into the same field of nursing if you could do it all over again

   JudyPRN replied to Brian's topic in General Nursing

   Yes. I've never wanted to be anything but a nurse, and even in my darkest hours, I still don't want to be anything but a nurse. The only thing I would have done differently is to pursue my BSN immediately after graduating from my 3 year program. I ...

5. How desperate is your state for Nurses?

   JudyPRN replied to NRSKarenRN's topic in Activism

   Used and Abused,I spent 31 years working the floors, and gloved up and wiped as many butts as anyone. I don't think I could ever forget how it feels. I don't belong to the union, because there isn't enough nurses to make a large voting block. The uni...

6. How desperate is your state for Nurses?

   JudyPRN replied to NRSKarenRN's topic in Activism

   Wow, what a hot topic! There is a PHD here who tells me and any one else listening, that there is no real shortage of nurses. There are enough who have a license to fill the needs of my state, IN. She maintains that we have a bunch of nurses who have...

7. Welcome to our new pain management forum

   JudyPRN replied to Brian's topic in Pain

   To Angelbear and Fab4fan, We do medicate with non-addicting meds. We know that pain is what a patient says it is. As a facility, we tend to either give everything or nothing. We have experienced patients who get surgery to obtain pain meds, and who h...

8. Welcome to our new pain management forum

   JudyPRN replied to Brian's topic in Pain

   I am glad for the opportunity to read experiences with pain management. Angelbear, I also have chronic pain and have always kept my personal experience in mind when dealing with my clients. Now my question; We have been 'burned' on more than one occa...

9. Physician/Nurse relationship

   JudyPRN replied to Moho's topic in General Nursing

   Hooray for every nurse willing and able to stand up for themselves! My epiphany came when I worked a CCU step down unit. We had one attending who treated all nurses as silly nincompoops in awe of his magnificence. We all ran out of the nursing office...

10. negative comments/reality

    JudyPRN replied to undertaker's topic in Career Support

    Undertaker, I have been a nurse for 32 1/2 years. I have worked in hospitals, nursing homes, private duty and have been at this psych facility for 22 years, (as a nurse!) I graduated from a diploma school of nursing and went back to get my BS. Being ...

11. Drug seeking or real pain? How do you tell?

    JudyPRN posted a topic in Pain

    I'm a new nurse on the list so please pardon my ignorance. I was quite interested in the pain links and explored several and probably will use some for staff training. I did not see any mention of dealing with chemically dependant people who may or m...