Bruce RN

Bruce RN

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  1. Hurricane season begins- how is your hospital handling it this year?

    Bruce RN posted a topic in General Nursing

    Hurricane season has officially started and although I'm currently far away from hurricane country, I'd like to find out how Gulf and Atlantic coastal hospitals are handling the possible threat this...

  2. LPN's Are they really being phased out?

    Bruce RN replied to amber_n_schultz's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    Although I haven't worked in an area that employs LPN/LVN's in a long time, I have to say that for someone to speak for all RN's and to say that we feel that LPN/LVN's are "useless" from our "point of...

  3. I just got a DUI...

    Bruce RN replied to McArdle's topic in Illinois Nursing

    I have lived around alcoholics and fully agree about the selfish behavior and only thinking of "I". It irks me to no end! I also noticed a couple of posts commenting about how they had relatives that...

  4. I just got a DUI...

    Bruce RN replied to McArdle's topic in Illinois Nursing

    I'd like to add that the OP doesn't need to be judged or shamed any further than what has already happened. Telling her that she could have gotten into an accident with a car with a baby in it isn't...

  5. What Does a BSN have to do with CRNA?

    Bruce RN replied to JustAWannaBe's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    I can't speak to your comments about your friend in medical school because I'm not familiar with the requirements, but even if that is the case........ Does that make it ok to lighten requirements...

  6. What Does a BSN have to do with CRNA?

    Bruce RN replied to JustAWannaBe's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    Although I would consider this to be excellent advice to the OP from an actual CRNA, I can't help but feel the need to remind all of you who are critical of the original inquiry that this is coming...

  7. Dear Abbey, about a nurse

    Bruce RN replied to Faeriewand's topic in General Nursing

    In addition, this whole thread is just another example of why visitors shoudn't be allowed into the PACU in the first place. The fact that there were two visitors, visiting adult patients recovering...

  8. Dear Abbey, about a nurse

    Bruce RN replied to Faeriewand's topic in General Nursing

    I agree. The breakup was most definitely not her fault. However, giving out opinions and unproven theories disguised as fact, when the employee was dressed in scrubs and employed in the PACU, put the...

  9. Dear Abbey, about a nurse

    Bruce RN replied to Faeriewand's topic in General Nursing

    I respectfully disagree. She most certainly did plenty wrong. You don't have to watch everything you say just because someone will report you. You must watch everything you say in front of patients...

  10. Dear Abbey, about a nurse

    Bruce RN replied to Faeriewand's topic in General Nursing

    I totally disagree. She most certainly made inappropriate comments and did plenty wrong. As much as we've all encountered patients and family members who think that they know more than we do about...

  11. Dear Abbey, about a nurse

    Bruce RN replied to Faeriewand's topic in General Nursing

    I agree that whether or not he was cheating is not the issue either. I also agree that the wife was sneaky and inappropriate in her methods of probing her husband while he was coming out of...

  12. San Antonio vs. Houston

    Bruce RN replied to chioma829's topic in Texas Nursing

    That's a matter of opinion and you will get a lot of varied answers here as Texas cities often rival one another. My answer as a traveler and a TX resident: San Antonio has cheaper housing, but the...

  13. Dear Abbey, about a nurse

    Bruce RN replied to Faeriewand's topic in General Nursing

    But is it really a fact that he WAS cheating? Simply because he made those statements while coming out of anesthesia? I think that a point is getting missed here and that is that the theory about...

  14. doing stuff differently

    Bruce RN replied to cvryder's topic in MICU, SICU

  15. The patient's family members

    Bruce RN replied to Foxfour's topic in General Nursing

    Your solution is not a bad idea at all so please don't think that I'm cutting it down. I do not, however, believe that nurses should be resorting to such tactics as dating diapers just to prove to a...

  16. Family: The Monitor Monsters

    Bruce RN replied to Nurse-o-Matic's topic in MICU, SICU

    I have to disagree with at least some of this. There most definitely is such a thing as telling too much info to visitors and I must admit that I've been accused of doing it by my co-workers on...

  17. moving to Texas?? new grad intern position??

    Bruce RN replied to sunshine9's topic in Texas Nursing

    Every hospital I've worked at in TX hires their new grad interns as graduate nurses (graduated from their RN program but not yet taken the NCLEX). Most of the time you will sign an acknowledgement...

  18. Kindred Health?

    Bruce RN replied to nickysdestiny's topic in Massachusetts Nursing

    I can tell you first hand that this hospital chain most definitely varies by location and buyer beware. I worked at one years ago on the east coast. I liked my co-workers and managers so much that I...

  19. Relocating to Texas

    Bruce RN replied to nursebear168's topic in Texas Nursing

    Although they are two completely different states in many respects, they also share some similarities which as a Californian you could appreciate, which therefore, makes your questions not quite so...

  20. Nurse drawn ABGs vs RT drawn

    Bruce RN replied to Puff RN's topic in CCU, Coronary, Cardiac

    Don't sweat all of that. When you start traveling, you will find that many things are done differently than your comfort zone hospital experience you have right now. It always amazes me to start a...

  21. Is age a factor for travel?

    Bruce RN replied to Puff RN's topic in Travel

    Plenty of fellow travel nurses are well over your age and doing great. I'm 36 and some nurses my age or even younger are so out of shape they can't walk up one end of the hall without getting out of...

  22. claiming to be what she isn't

    Bruce RN replied to traumamomtx's topic in General Nursing

    She's probably not confused. I can't speak for Canada, as I'm not familiar with their history and evolvement of nursing education, but I do know that the evolvement of practical nursing started with...

  23. Okay Homo-phobic thread..LOL!

    Bruce RN replied to Antikigirl's topic in General Nursing

    Tweety, I completely understand what you meant. I just didn't want it to get interpreted by others as "Well gay people can just as easily have legal papers drawn up so they don't need to have...

  24. Okay Homo-phobic thread..LOL!

    Bruce RN replied to Antikigirl's topic in General Nursing

    I respectfully disagree. If the option were available to me, I would have much rather had a quick drive through wedding in Vegas in a heartbeat. (Not to mention, much more fun LOL!) It's a lot of...

  25. 9 months exp.?

    Bruce RN replied to Billy5949's topic in Travel

    I guess it is an individual thing and we're all giving advice based on our own experiences. I really couldn't say either way as to which approach is right. I started traveling with barely a year of...