azureblue

azureblue

Trauma, Cardiac

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About azureblue

azureblue has 40 years experience and specializes in Trauma, Cardiac.


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  1. My professor told us NPs have no future...

    Your professor has spent too much time behind the walls of research, and very little time in the clinical world, my dear. He doesn't know what an NP is or does. Why would there be a job market for PAs and not NPs? Either he is ignorant or this ridicu...
  2. Being called an idiot

    The only reason some folks get nasty when they're having a bad day is because people have usually tolerated it. As subservient nurses, we used to make good punching bags. Now, we know that we can stop this unprofessional behavior, with assertiveness...
  3. When our older nurses die :(

    To AAC.271, BSN, RN, EMT-B: Gee, back when I graduated in '74 we were "highly trained, well educated advanced professionals many of whom [were] in hospital leadership positions or running independent practices." And you think your generation is the ...
  4. Thank you VA!

    I just saw this news - and as an A/GNP student, I think this is excellent news for the profession, and it's about time!
  5. Easiest NP specialty to get accepted into?

    Your poll leaves out adult/geriatric NP. There's a big need for those who will work with older folks.
  6. Calling all student NPs...how are you doing?

    Hi folks! I start in May for the summer semester, with Gonzaga U. in Washington. This is a second masters program, so I start right in with a bang, with Advanced Pathophysiology. I've got the textbook already, and it's really intimidating. A challeng...
  7. My biggest nursing challenge has been the unwillingness of hospital administrators to see nurses as their most important asset. Instead of spending more money on PR, spend it on the things the nurses ask for to be able to do their jobs better. Increa...
  8. I'd want to know her temp first (is she septic from pneumonia or ??) as well as her BP (will I bottom her out with the Lasix if she's in cardiogenic shock?) and while we're at it, what's her cardiac rhythm? But out of these choices, I'd go with givin...
  9. A VERY frustrated nurse

    Dear Newbie, you will "get it." You had a really rough shift, and you're new. You probably have a paper "brain" of your notes from report, right? Re-design it, at home, and for yourself. I had to re-design mine many times over 40 years of nursing. ...
  10. Mispronunciations That Drive You Nuts

    On TV or radio, I frequently hear that someone's heart was restarted by a de-fib-U-lator, not a de-fib-RILL-a-tor. This makes me so crazy I usually have to call the station to correct them!
  11. Changing to a non-nursing career?

    To passionflower - An apology is due from me for being so slow in responding to your helpful and interesting post. I posted elsewhere about me being occupied for the past few months in being nurse to my older cat. Made me feel needed again. I've tho...
  12. Changing to a non-nursing career?

    To Havin' A Party! My apologies for taking four months to respond to your kind suggestions. It has been a rough year. I'm still looking, but I think you are right to say "stay healthy." That's a priority now, since it hasn't been for the past 40 yea...
  13. Changing to a non-nursing career?

    To mtngrl and all of you who have reached your limit: Count me as one of you, please. I am 64, with 40 years RN experience this month. For about the past 20 years, I have enjoyed nursing less and less, but it took me until now to admit it! It was a g...
  14. Fired After 50, Part I: What It's Like To Be A Statistic

    I agree with "lamazeteacher" who said that no one likes to be confronted in a superior way. However, most people who do this do not even realize that's how they come across. I also think that there are unethical people in both younger and older group...
  15. Fired After 50, Part I: What It's Like To Be A Statistic

    In reply to BabyLady, who has less than one year of experience, we older nurses know quite well what happens when you quit a job. Oh, you thought we were stupid and didn't know that? I had my first nursing job probably long before you were born. I w...