RedSoxRN

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1. Agency Nurse doesn't know how to start IVs?

   RedSoxRN replied to GardenDove's topic in General Nursing

   Are you guys kidding me? Why is this an issue posted to this message board? I work with LOTS of seasoned ICU nurses that can't put in lines. It's not required. Doesn't anything more important happen in your life than coming home to complain about thi...

2. Neurosurgical Floor or Epilepsy?

   RedSoxRN replied to sowie's topic in Neuro

   I worked on a floor that did both. I would STRONGLY recommend neurosurgery over epilepsy. Epileptic patients have a complex psychosocial aspect to their care, and often times make for extremely difficult patients to manage. I hate to stereotype, but ...

3. Level 1 too much for new grad?

   RedSoxRN replied to cardiac.cure03's topic in MICU

   I came to our level 1 trauma ICU with a year and a half floor experience and 4 years of pre-hospital experience. I barely made it off orientation. They have also hired 5 other nurses since I've been there (3 with prior experience) and only 2 have mad...

4. kicked out of school- failed professionalism!

   RedSoxRN replied to m_lanham's topic in General Nursing

   I've had the same problem in the past where people thought I was being critical when truly I was trying to learn by engaging them in the debate. You need to remember that everything is about perception. Nurses are very terretorial and defensive when ...

5. documentation opinion question

   RedSoxRN replied to RedSoxRN's topic in MICU

   It can be so frustrating that we have such a limited scope of practice in some ways. We are expected to intervene on all sorts of advanced data, but when it comes down to it, we're not allowed to say what the data is indicative of. And the more frust...

6. documentation opinion question

   RedSoxRN posted a topic in MICU

   Hi all, just an opinion question, trying to keep it simple here.... When writing an admission note on a patient, is it acceptable to write specific things that were reported to you as it relates to admission reasons? I had a patient who came in with ...

7. does working in ER make you want motorcylehelmets mandatory

   RedSoxRN replied to chicagrl72's topic in Emergency

   Our trauma chief said at a conference earlier this year... 'I've done a lot of stupid things; I've jumped out of airplanes, gone deep sea diving, worked with live electrical lines, even ran with the bulls in Spain, but I'll never, ever get on a motor...

8. Nobody's ever given me a clear answer on this...

   RedSoxRN replied to RedSoxRN's topic in Government

   That sounds exactly like what people always tell me about military nursing - a lot of vague quotes about patriotism and excessive use of miltary jargon. I have "collateral duties" at the civilian hospital where I work now, and I follow a similar "cha...

9. Nobody's ever given me a clear answer on this...

   RedSoxRN posted a topic in Government

   What exactly do military nurses do??? Of course, like all nurses, I've been heavily recruited all through nursing school and ever since I've graduated, but nobody's ever given me a clear answer on how military nursing works. It's not something that I...

10. the discrimination question

    RedSoxRN replied to wsmbarn03's topic in Men

    I think this sort of thing can happen to anybody, in any profession, and unfortunately that's the society we live in. I wish you the best in your case. In a previous job, I once was falsely accused of sexual harassment and it was a horrible experienc...

11. How many of you are LPNs vs. RN/BSNs???

    RedSoxRN replied to Notanurse's topic in Men

    RN, BSN at 22 years old, smartest thing I've ever done. In my opinion, and no offense to any LPNs or ADNs out there, the BSN is so much more focused on the wholistic aspects of care and the greater picture of advancing the nursing profession. If you'...