yourshoesareuntied

yourshoesareuntied has 14 years experience.

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1. Fountain Pens for Charting

   yourshoesareuntied replied to wernicke's topic in General Nursing

   I would suggest using homemade ink from crushed minerals and charting on vellum using a quill or reed pen.

2. Graceful way to NOT answer all the personal questions my patients ask me.

   yourshoesareuntied replied to CoffeeYogaNurse's topic in Relations

   Just watch your favorite politician...they will teach all you need to know about diverting and dodging questions. Until you're a master just answer their question with a question of your own. Patient: Who did you vote for..? Nurse: Interesting questi...

3. Refusing to change/toilet pts

   yourshoesareuntied replied to ShockMe's topic in General Nursing

   Don't worry about it, soon robots will take care of all this poopy business...

4. I am finally able to leave nursing by January 2018

   yourshoesareuntied replied to NursingBro's topic in General Nursing

   Sup Bro, I believe there are some ways to connect your experience in nursing with your passion for technology. There are nurse specialties that are geared directly for people with your vast skill set, from IT, to managing the ever evolving electroni...

5. Video RN screaming, dragged into police car d/t refused blood draw on unconscious patient!

   yourshoesareuntied replied to SummitRN's topic in General Nursing

   I wonder if this is why his peers stood by and let him drive to crazy town..maybe they were like "let this play out (making sure the victim did not get roughed up too much)" and we can be rid of this liability. I've baited a few traps in my day...or ...

6. Video RN screaming, dragged into police car d/t refused blood draw on unconscious patient!

   yourshoesareuntied replied to SummitRN's topic in General Nursing

   I'm new to this, so real question here... when you say "Any results of the ER work up would be easily available to law enforcement" does that mean every ER admission includes a blood alcohol/drug screening?

7. Video RN screaming, dragged into police car d/t refused blood draw on unconscious patient!

   yourshoesareuntied replied to SummitRN's topic in General Nursing

   Freaking A..this boils my blood.. with my training in Israeli Combatives this POS would have been in that hospital's ICU in short order. I'm like a fat Jason Bourne..he would never see it coming...maybe I should insert a LOL...or ..yes that should do...

8. Client vs Patient

   yourshoesareuntied replied to srercg's topic in General Nursing

   Just finished my first week of nursing school, The term "client" is used exclusively at my state university, as well as the ATI learning modules. My guess is it's the new PC thing to say.

9. Having issues with being a "babyfaced" nurse.

   yourshoesareuntied replied to Ash2016's topic in General Nursing

   Enjoy this time..it's not a bad deal. My first gig in the medical field was in Orthotics and Prosthetics, I loved my job and I was very good at it..but still, I remember at times my baby face sorta getting in the way of my ability to establish a soli...

10. 10 year old misdeamenor - keying a car

    yourshoesareuntied replied to jasminehoneybee's topic in Criminal

    I don't know a lot on how all the declaratory business process goes, but I can say after reading your post I have one suggestion. Don't offer more details then you need to, if I were interviewing you or reviewing your CV / resume / work application a...

11. Are For Profit Schools really BAD?

    yourshoesareuntied replied to Schneid1's topic in General Nursing

    Also find out what schools will accept the for-profit schools credits, there are many stories about folks who have decided to enhance their CV only to find the for profit schools credits were not aceptect at say a state university and they had to re-...

12. Are For Profit Schools really BAD?

    yourshoesareuntied replied to Schneid1's topic in General Nursing

    My mother is a college professor that has taught in various universities in their nursing program, normally BSN to MSN. She is also a hospital administrator that has many years of recruiting experience. She advised me the same way she advises many of...

13. "I Narcanned Your Honor Student"

    yourshoesareuntied replied to EAGirl's topic in General Nursing

    I AM SO OFFENDED I AM USING ALL CAPS TO TELL YOU HOW OFFENDED I AM.... just kidding.. But seriously so many post on this website are about people getting their feelers hurt.. quit giving people the keys to your castle...quit letting them in. If you ...

14. Responding to annoying co-worker who asks you to work for them every week?

    yourshoesareuntied replied to NurseUnforgetable's topic in General Nursing

    Yes..! In many many parts of our lives we feel the need to "explain our no's" as though we have to sell it to them. Many of us also offer personal information way to freely sometimes this information isn't even ours to give, we need to stop this. ( I...

15. Need help..hate my job :(

    yourshoesareuntied replied to butters9812's topic in General Nursing

    Being a practitioner of Krav Maga... psych is sounding like fun to me..