Boognish

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   Cellphones at work

   Boognish replied to Rehabme's topic in Rehabilitation

   I think using your cellphone as a nursing tool is legit. It's only when people are using their phones in ways that it interferes with their work that it becomes a problem.
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   Curious female here! :)

   Boognish replied to ltmja's topic in Men

   I just became an RN, and while I earned a BA in mathematics almost ten years ago and have had many jobs since then, my current job is my first in a professional role. I never considered nursing before because it was always expected by my parents tha...
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   Cellphones at work

   Boognish replied to Rehabme's topic in Rehabilitation

   I keep mine on silent or turned off in my backpack in the nurse's station. If anybody needs to get a hold of me in an emergency, they can call my facility. Except for when I'm on break, I only ever take my phone out while I'm finishing up my paperw...
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   Your typical day at an in-patient dementia rehab ward

   Boognish replied to RNSunny's topic in Rehabilitation

   I've never worked in that setting, but I'm interested in what others who have done so have to say. Before attending nursing school I worked in memory care, and just started my first nursing job in a rehab facility. Working in a setting that combine...
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   Nursing Diagnosis...the sacred cow that needs to go.

   Boognish replied to Idaho4me's topic in General Nursing

   That sounds a lot like how my school is teaching us to use nursing diagnoses. They've had us use them as written in the diagnosis manual for assignments, but they've been pretty frank about the fact that we're not going to use the manual in practice...
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   Getting overpaid. Should I tell payroll?

   Boognish replied to HardworkeRN1234's topic in General Nursing

   Employers do not have the right to keep unclaimed employee wages. Under each state's escheat laws, employers have to turn over unclaimed wages (such as cases where employees have failed to cash paychecks) to the state after a specified period of tim...
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   Getting overpaid. Should I tell payroll?

   Boognish replied to HardworkeRN1234's topic in General Nursing

   Considering that most if not all major world religions promote honesty as a core value, I doubt that God wants you to hide this from your employer. Be honest and upfront about it. Integrity is one of the many things in life we gain by mL and lose b...
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   The "dirty" side of nursing...

   Boognish replied to jordanl's topic in General Nursing

   I'm still in nursing school, but I got my start dealing with gross stuff years ago when I worked in a couple different group homes with developmentally disabled kids, and more recently when I worked in assisted living and memory care, and I can defin...
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   Nursing Diagnosis...the sacred cow that needs to go.

   Boognish replied to Idaho4me's topic in General Nursing

   I can see why you're frustrated! Thankfully that's not at all the rationale they give for nursing diagnoses in the program I'm in right now. They've told us pretty much from the beginning that we won't ever actually use nursing diagnoses in clinica...
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    OB Rotations

    Boognish replied to ImThatGuy's topic in General Students

    So, since I have a cold and I didn't want to give it to any pregnant women, new moms, or infants, I spent my first two OB clinical shifts following Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetists. Based on what you've said, ImThatGuy, I recommend that you ...
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    OB Rotations

    Boognish replied to ImThatGuy's topic in General Students

    If you're not interested in OB, then you shouldn't pick that as your career. But I get the impression from comments you've made in this thread that you don't think it's important that you put any effort into learning from your OB clinical. If that'...
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    OB Rotations

    Boognish replied to ImThatGuy's topic in General Students

    You obviously weren't trying to say that monkeypox and pregnancy are the same thing, but you were clearly trying to compare the importance of understanding one to the importance of understanding the other- which is still ridiculous. I'm sorry that m...
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    OB Rotations

    Boognish replied to ImThatGuy's topic in General Students

    "Suck it up and get your hands dirty" reminds me of helping one of my classmates clean up a patient with liver failure taking lactulose on my last med surg rotation
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    OB Rotations

    Boognish replied to ImThatGuy's topic in General Students

    This is either a successful attempt at trolling, or a failed attempt at a sound, logical argument. Are you honestly comparing the normal biological processes of pregnancy and childbirth to an obscure infectious tropical disease that few nurses are e...
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    OB Rotations

    Boognish replied to ImThatGuy's topic in General Students

    That's good to know!