RetiredMSN

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1. The line between med error and crime?

   RetiredMSN replied to Lisa CCU RN's topic in General Nursing

   Zashagalka, That is very interesting that you should bring up Duke. I had a friend who went to work there soon after graduating from Nursing School with a BSN. She was working 12-hr. shifts and made more than one med. error. The staff there was an...

2. What exactly is parish nursing?

   RetiredMSN replied to LaVorneRN's topic in Parish

   hdnacres, as one of the previous posts points out, most of the time being a Parish Nurse is volunteer. However, some medical centers and hospitals have programs where they arrange with churches to provide Parish Nurses over a period of time, usually...

3. What exactly is parish nursing?

   RetiredMSN replied to LaVorneRN's topic in Parish

   Artis, Just keep in mind you probably will not be able to make a living for a while in this wonderful, fulfilling role. The best thing is to do a lot of reading and get all the information you can on the subject and the role of the nurse in the chur...

4. ANA rec BSN vs ASN

   RetiredMSN replied to TypicalFish's topic in General Nursing

   i'm going to have to disagree with the nonproductive sexist view "it's a typical female-dominated occupational problem: lots of complaining, little to no cooperation, too much back-biting and criticism....." sorry if i offended you tweety. but, as a...

5. ANA rec BSN vs ASN

   RetiredMSN replied to TypicalFish's topic in General Nursing

   goingCoastal, as an ANA member, I feel I need to respond to your statements about ANA not doing anything for the nurses. The reality is that the few nurses who do finally join simply do not take an active role in the organization, for whatever reason...

6. 1950s nursing

   RetiredMSN replied to colrainrn's topic in General Nursing

   Colrainrn, I was a student in a hospital program in the late 50's. The memories are far from all good. We had to live in the nurses' residence. You could not be married. However, I had one classmate whose husband was in the military stationed ove...

7. 38 too old for school?

   RetiredMSN replied to akanarn's topic in CRNA

   Hello AKANARN, Age has nothing to do with it. 1st, do you really want to be an RN more than anything? 2nd, do you have the ability to finish the education and do the work? And 3rd, do you understand that it is hard work, though rewarding? If all thos...

8. artifical nails off..angry nurse

   RetiredMSN replied to Lady Sapphire's topic in Safety

   Lady, It is a well-known, much written-about, fact that artificial nails and painted nails carry a lot of bacteria of all sorts. They have been implicated in many incidents of spreading of infection, especially in hospitals and facilities. This is th...

9. Disaster nursing/International volunteering

   RetiredMSN replied to LolaRN's topic in General Nursing

   LolaRN, the only experience I have is that I recently took the initial "Disaster Response Training" offered through my church for people in this part of the state. We were given information about what to expect on site of a disaster & procedures...

10. HELP! New to HHN and sinking....

    RetiredMSN replied to DallasRN's topic in Home Health

    lossforimagination, you definitely have a point. I have come to the place where I feel that until nurses see the need to organize and be empowered, instead of complaining helplessly, no progress can be made in any of these work situations. The begi...

11. HELP! New to HHN and sinking....

    RetiredMSN replied to DallasRN's topic in Home Health

    I find these stories to be very distressing. I was in home care for 30 years, so am fortunate enough to remember the "good old days," when there was less paper work, less required at a visit, fewer regulations, and we could really enjoy the work. H...

12. How old are you?

    RetiredMSN replied to Audreyfay's topic in General Nursing

    When I looked at these results, which is a very unscientific but interesting survey, it makes me wonder if the older nurses aren't responding because not that many are computer savvy. At my last job, it was a b-i-i-i-g problem with older nurses gett...

13. Parish first aid kit

    RetiredMSN replied to ivy's mom's topic in Parish

    ivy's mom, could I ask what the purpose of the kit is for? You are calling it a "parish first-aid kit." Is it for use just in your church? Or for several churches? Or for certain functions? That would determine what to include in the kit. We have...

14. Parish nursing

    RetiredMSN replied to beaton's topic in Parish

    Hello Beaston. I was also a home care nurse until retirement, and have developed a Congregational Health (or Parish Nurse) Program in my own church since retiring. I have done a lot of reading and talking with others on the topic, but am not really a...

15. Should I quit my job?

    RetiredMSN replied to jacesmom2's topic in Career Support

    Tiffany, you really need to hang in there. Nursing is not a piece of cake. You are now in the process of finding that out. There is no ideal job or shift, but there are those positions that at least have disadvantages you can live with. The suggestio...