sarose611

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1. Nurse Charged With Homicide

   sarose611 replied to Nurse Beth's topic in General Nursing

   She should lose her license, yes. But any criminal charges should involuntary manslaughter. It not like she set out to kill someone, and this will forever haunt her as it is.

2. New Grad hired in the ER, question.

   sarose611 replied to Alexx_xox's topic in General Nursing

   Nursing school gives you a taste of what several kinds of nursing jobs are available. They cannot go into any real depth. New grads need a couple of years in Med-Surg to solidify their knowledge of general basic health problems. Not time managemen...

3. Dumbest thing a doctor has done/said to you

   sarose611 replied to WorriedNurse25's topic in Relations

   Are you in San Antonio, Texas? We also.had an arrogant paleontologist that fought constantly with nurses! One stood up to him and she became his favorite nurse!

4. Dumbest thing a doctor has done/said to you

   sarose611 replied to WorriedNurse25's topic in Relations

   To many to count or list here. One of the latest, a patient with an obviously infected belly wound. Smelled terrible (to her everlasting embarrassment) oozing frank pus. Doctor would not culture, order antibiotics, nothing because no nurse was goi...

5. 11 Things Your Nurse Thinks (But Will Never Tell You)

   sarose611 replied to VivaLasViejas's topic in General Nursing

   Work out on the floor, when they are no longer critical, have visitors all day, and think they are "well." Having worked both ICU and various med-surg floors, I promise its a very different atmosphere..

6. Terminated After Two Months!!

   sarose611 replied to Nurse Beth's topic in Nurse Beth

   Having worked in multiple acute care areas,as well as mental health, home health, and insurance, I have some concerns. You should have some solid skills from nursing school, and I hope you made your mentor aware you were drowning in yourexternship. ...

7. Age Discrimination in Nursing

   sarose611 replied to Nurse Beth's topic in Nurse Beth

   Well while I certainly agree that there is discrimination, this article.seems to reinforce, rather than reduce it. I am NOT 20 years old. Why should I act like I am? If I have some trouble with technology, assist me. I assist you when nursing iss...

8. Denying Death As A Society

   sarose611 replied to Kyrshamarks's topic in General Nursing

   The louder the screaming from the family, the more issues and dysfunction in the family.

9. Denying Death As A Society

   sarose611 replied to Kyrshamarks's topic in General Nursing

   This is all true. Back in the day (more than 30 years!) We had no DNR. EVERYONE was forced to try and stay alive! We transported bodies to the morgue in some specialized gurneys that hid the body, and even so, we had to use a back hallway, the frei...

10. Is bedside nursing still a lifelong career option?

    sarose611 replied to NicStrRN's topic in General Nursing

    Bedside nursing is fine, but generally it is too physical for aging nurses. Our bodies get destroyed by years of lifting, pulling, walking very fast(no running!) No breaks, starvation, abuse to kidneys and gut for inability to use the toilet until 1...

11. What was it like to be a nurse in the 1980s

    sarose611 replied to fatrabbit's topic in General Nursing

    We were taught to only use gloves when necessary, as it inferred alienation with the patient. Same with isolation: only as much as absolutely needed. But we WERE supposed to wear gloves for cleaning up excrement, urine, blood, etc.

12. What was it like to be a nurse in the 1980s

    sarose611 replied to fatrabbit's topic in General Nursing

    Things varied a lot in the 80s depending on where you were in the country, as well as where you worked. Private hospitals generally still had whites caps, nursing shoe's, white hosiery. Teaching hospitals were moving away from some of that. I work...

13. Don't go to co-workers' parties where drinking is occurring

    sarose611 replied to Emergent's topic in Relations

    I would hope no one would go out and getting blind drunk. After all, we know the long term consequences! When I worked nights, we had a couple of bars t hat opened at 7am for us to have happy hour. A couple of drinks, wide-ranging and venting, the...

14. BSN is a joke

    sarose611 replied to nurseguy22's topic in General Nursing

    My BSN program did clinical and theoretical work. We also did a research proposal, using APA formatting, as preparation if we ever were involved in research. If you work in home health you WILL have some overlap with social services, in teaching an...

15. Nursing is the Biggest Mistake of My Life

    sarose611 replied to almost_nurse's topic in General Nursing

    After you graduatevand pass the NCLEX, more places will consider you. Try a long term care facility, where the pace is slower than an acute care hospital. Do not apply to.home health. Those nurses operate with a high level of independence, and do r...