rubynrse ADN, RN

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    Has anybody else switched from an RN job to a CNA job?

    rubynrse replied to hazyblue's topic in General Nursing

    I understand that. Not sure what accountability would be held against me while working behind the desk. I guess the ground rules would have to be set ahead of time assuming they would hire an RN for...
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    Has anybody else switched from an RN job to a CNA job?

    rubynrse replied to hazyblue's topic in General Nursing

    I have thought about this also. There were times when I was just so tired of being responsible. Tired of being given jobs without the right tools and then chastised for not getting it done. I don't...
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    Would you report this error?

    rubynrse replied to caffeinatednurse's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    Unfortunately throughout my long career as a nurse in many different venues and through many decades I've found that management, especially middle management, want things to run smoothly. This...
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    Breakroom refrigerator theft

    rubynrse replied to Emergent's topic in General Nursing

    Forget the food and items stolen. These are the people we work with. What does that say about those people? If they steal food and items, or if they let food rot in the fridge, what in heaven's...
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    Burned Out & Bummed Out - Can't find my nursing "niche"

    rubynrse replied to Nurse Beth's topic in Career Advice Column

    I had 3 jobs my first 3 years after school. I found what I was good at and learned to love it as I had success after success and took lots of classes, seminars, in-services to hone my skills. Then,...
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    If you could speak your mind...

    rubynrse replied to GSDlvrRN's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I got it right awaySororAKS, ADN, RN. That word sums it up. Says it all. It IS a complete sentence within
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    I Don't Want to Stick a Patient

    rubynrse replied to Nurse Beth's topic in Career Advice Column

    I didn't either. When I was a brand new nurse I even hit the iliac crest giving IM PCN. I wanted to crawl under the linoleum. I got better. But even now, after some 40 odd years of nursing I still...
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    If you could speak your mind...

    rubynrse replied to GSDlvrRN's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Doesn't matter who said what when, but I would love my answers to be: "Shut up" "No" "Go away, let me do my job" "You do it" "Are you stupid?" "I give up" "What's the matter with you?" "Speak English"...
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    Seeking advice from all you Introverted nurses out there...

    rubynrse replied to jk2185's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    What a relief to finally hear someone describe out loud how I feel and who I am. I smiled reading this.
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    Help! Scared. Is this really happening?!

    rubynrse replied to Remy Ox's topic in General Nursing

    I would absolutely not take the shift. It is unsafe for patients and for you and your license. This is a disaster waiting to happen and you will feel the wheels of the bus in no time flat. As they...
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    What was your first Nursing job?

    rubynrse replied to kassiahgp's topic in General Nursing

    I love Geriatrics, especially working with memory impaired. They are not predictable and there are always seminars, CEUs, in-services that are teaching new and updated information. Neuro will always...
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    What was your first Nursing job?

    rubynrse replied to kassiahgp's topic in General Nursing

    Yay for Diploma graduates!!!!! Spent my first year in psych, then went to Med-Surg Charge Nurse second year. Had 4 year grads working for
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    Leaving Bedside Nursing

    rubynrse replied to Deebuzz's topic in Nursing Career

    I'm glad you're away from the bedside, DeeBuzz. Maybe you should find a different career altogether. You are really jaded and cynical. I'm hoping it's just a response to incidents and you will be...
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    Work declining vacation request?

    rubynrse replied to bunnynurse's topic in General Nursing

    I think from what I've read is that it's legal to record someone as long as there is at least one person in the room who knows that a recording is happening.
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    Work declining vacation request?

    rubynrse replied to bunnynurse's topic in General Nursing

    I am not submitting a quote from your post as I would have to quote all of it. It has been my experience (nursing 40+ years) that every where I've worked the atmosphere is the same. The "good"...
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    What was it like to be a nurse in the 1980s

    rubynrse replied to fatrabbit's topic in General Nursing

    I work white, pantsuits and dresses, white hose, my pin, my cap. I was so proud. 8 hour shifts. Cardex - we wrote in pencil the info on patients and when a symptom/treatment/medication was D/C'd...
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    Words You Hate

    rubynrse replied to OyWithThePoodles's topic in General Nursing

    "I'm ON my period". How can a woman be ON a period. You can be having one, beginning one, ending one, suffering from, (maybe more), but you can't be ON
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    Words You Hate

    rubynrse replied to OyWithThePoodles's topic in General Nursing

    Expired. No, milk expires, patients do not! Mixing and mispronouncing dysphasia & dysphagia. Not using the words: SOB & dyspnea, correctly. Mucus! Not only do I dislike the...
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    How long is your commute?

    rubynrse replied to the nurse who lived's topic in General Nursing

    That's a very personal thing. How desperate is one for a job? It's also not how far as in how many miles, but it's how long as in how many minutes does it take to get there. Do you travel once...
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    Chpn

    rubynrse posted a topic in Hospice, Palliative

    I have been trying to review the threads and answer my own questions. But, I am confused about a couple of things. In order to get my CHPN do I actually need to take classes, or is it more of a...