RURN2O11

RURN2O11

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About RURN2O11

RURN2O11 specializes in PCU/Telemetry.


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  1. How do women feel about pts that only want female RN's?

    I am an atheist & I find this comment very offensive. I am not easily offended but I resent the implication that just b/c I do not believe in God, or at least the traditional ideas of God, that I am not caring or competent or whatever else a nurs...
  2. My Reasons For Avoiding The Acute Care Hospital

    I've only been a nurse for 1.5 years & have only worked in acute care hospitals. However, I know for a fact I do NOT want to stay in this environment forever. While I am young & energetic I enjoy this type of work (telemetry/PCU), but it is...
  3. The most outrageous excuses from patients.

    Psychotic patient (who happens to be a practicing MD) has been drinking water & juice all night long. At 0615, pt states "I can't take my morning pills. I have dry mouth syndrome so I can't talk right now or take any pills."
  4. I agree that if you are an atheist/agnostic it is probably best to be somewhat ambiguous about your beliefs w/ your coworkers & patients alike. That is what I do & it has always worked out very well for me. And although I do inpatient telem...
  5. You don't need to be religious to be a great nurse, not at all! I grew up in a very religious family but I have left that behind since going to nursing school. I have dealt w/ lots of life & death issues as a nurse & not being religious has...
  6. The Wise Nurse Speaks

    You must have been reading my mind!!! I've only been a nurse for 1.5 years but I couldn't agree more w/ everything you've said here. These are all things I have been learning in my relatively new career as a nurse. I too have found that the more I ...
  7. Would you do this?

    Nursing judgment is a wonderful thing but it does not include writing orders. Do I like to get yelled at by doctors? Of course not. But it is my job to call them for orders when they're needed & that's what I'm going to do regardless of how th...
  8. What area of nursing works well for a mom?

    I am not a mom but I don't have any trouble flipping b/t day & night schedules on my days off. I usually go into my first night shift having been up all day (usually with a short afternoon nap). That night is pretty hard but once I get home tha...
  9. Being an ugly nurse

    Real life isn't Grey's Anatomy, thank God. Patients do not care what you look like as long as you're clean & presentable. Sure, there are probably some pts who enjoy having a "hot nurse" but it's no one's main concern. What pts, families, &...
  10. Primary Nursing is for the BIRDS

    BrandonLPN, I think you have a very good point. I never really considered team nursing in that way, I guess b/c I am too young to have ever experienced what you're talking about. I think you have made several very good points though. I know I woul...
  11. That nagging "Did I miss something?" feeling

    Though your description was brief, it sounds like this pt was well on his way out of this world anyway. I doubt there was anything much that could have been done differently to change that outcome. One way to look at it is that anything "extra" you...
  12. Nursing positions deeply embedded in science

    I don't think there's anything wrong w/ seeing bedside nursing as a stepping stone to something else. I have always viewed it that way myself. During nursing school I sometimes worried that I wouldn't actually like bedside nursing & that all my...
  13. Drug screen for new job

    I never questioned the policy b/c I understood the purpose of it. I just found it very hard to do w/o calling in to my original job. It all worked out b/c I got another nurse to switch shifts w/ me so I wouldn't have to miss a day or miss the drug ...
  14. Nursing positions deeply embedded in science

    P.S. Look for a BSN program w/ a good scientific background. I don't know if you're in the US or what part of the US if you are, but I would highly recommend Radford University in VA. That is where I went to school & we were required to know a ...
  15. Nursing positions deeply embedded in science

    I've only been a nurse for a little over a year but I really feel like I know what the OP means. I too love the intellectual part of nursing. In fact my passion for the pathophysiology part of the medical field coupled w/ my desire to help others &...