TrudyRN

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  1. Help !!!!

    TrudyRN replied to longtime nrs's topic in General Nursing

    Get the credits and get them now. Don't try to fake out the Board. You'll be in more trouble. You have sufficient time to do this because you are going to make keeping your license, your...

  2. Legal Blood drawing in KS -- new D.A. legislation possibility

    TrudyRN replied to BarbieBAN's topic in Emergency

    It means that the DA is trying to do his job but his approach is short-sighted and arrogant. What if he does arrest someone? Maybe the next worker won't draw the blood either. He can arrest every...

  3. Medical Terminology & Abbrevations Game :)

    TrudyRN replied to Florence NightinFAIL's topic in General Nursing

    bright red blood per

  4. Will Nursing's Reputation Suffer?

    TrudyRN replied to TraumaICURN's topic in General Nursing

  5. Do I let her know about my brother??

    TrudyRN replied to zumalong's topic in General Nursing

    Yes, do speak up. Nicely, privately, and individually, in an educational way. Say whatever you think will help them each personally understand. If they are not responsive and repentant, time to...

  6. Real People Denied Healthcare

    TrudyRN replied to pickledpepperRN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    It's a couch, my friend. The only trouble is that this little boy is basically getting a death sentence, or at least a sentence of disability, if he can't get treatment. It is easy to talk...

  7. Things you wish you could say to your co-workers...

    TrudyRN replied to nurse4theplanet's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Actually, they'll probably become her boss. :uhoh21: Just kidding. Sort of. Somehow, jerks seem to rise to the top. They sleep around, they bully everyone, etc. They seem to always smell like...

  8. How did you pay for college?

    TrudyRN replied to nurse2btracy's topic in General Nursing

    I was fortunate in that my parents got loans and a couple of grants. It cost me $2000 to become a diploma RN. I paid off the loans with my first job. I worked 2 shifts per week as a unit clerk then as...

  9. Real People Denied Healthcare

    TrudyRN replied to pickledpepperRN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    i just read about the father in colorado whose son has hemophilia and whose medical insurance, as a result, is going to expire (reach its lifetime cap of a million dollars) in a month. that will be a...

  10. Medication Charges

    TrudyRN replied to asilmk's topic in General Nursing

    I think meds should be signed off on the MAR anyway. Forgetting is understandable to a point - like if a true emergency arises. But why are the meds not being signed off on the MARS? That's what...

  11. New here and in position...Need advice!!!

    TrudyRN replied to NelliRN06's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I think you need to get help from the hospital's legal

  12. What else is there?

    TrudyRN replied to Can't Wait's topic in General Nursing

    I think you should talk to your boss and say you need to take less than a full load for another short while. Be prepared to tell her why. Tell her EXACTLY what will help you. One patient less?...

  13. Is doing a little private duty on the side "okay"?

    TrudyRN replied to Trying2BLPN's topic in General Nursing

    I think you need to speak with a couple of employment attorneys to find out the true, legal answers to your questions. I'd also agree that you need malpractice insurance and be sure it covers you in...

  14. Is doing a little private duty on the side "okay"?

    TrudyRN replied to Trying2BLPN's topic in General Nursing

    She didn't give her home phone # or contact them outside the

  15. the vultures are circling

    TrudyRN replied to CRNI-ICU20's topic in General Nursing

    I'm wondering if maybe your supervisor isn't aware of how unethical and illegal this behavior is. The one who said she was a nurse - is she? Did she impersonate a nurse? That's illegal. Using the...

  16. the vultures are circling

    TrudyRN replied to CRNI-ICU20's topic in General Nursing

  17. Maybe Nursing isn't for me???

    TrudyRN replied to jadedgreeneyes's topic in General Nursing

    Keep a'goin'. And there are A students who are great nurses with great personalities. As for getting it all down before clinicals - sure, that would be nice but you will have to review anyway before...

  18. One month Notice?????

    TrudyRN replied to mim-o's topic in General Nursing

    How would you have known to ask? Don't be so quick to accept the blame. Read your policy manual and see what it actually says. Ours says 15 days. I always thought it was 2 weeks - 14 days but, lo and...

  19. Obtaining circ permits (long...)

    TrudyRN replied to Elvish's topic in Ob/Gyn

    It is the doctor's responsibility to obtain informed consent. Get some help from your Risk Management people. Involve Management and Admin. Be prepared to lose your job if you meet with too much...

  20. witness statement?

    TrudyRN replied to heartofgold's topic in General Nursing

    It sounds like you did the right thing. Perhaps the night nurse did not. I can't really say without reading the chart. How is the patient now? I guess you could just ask your DON what's going on....

  21. HELP PLEASE.....anyone !!!

    TrudyRN replied to TexasER_RN's topic in General Nursing

    Actually, I just googled Dupuytren's contracture. Try doing that and see if that helps. Good

  22. HELP PLEASE.....anyone !!!

    TrudyRN replied to TexasER_RN's topic in General Nursing

    I'm old fashioned, I guess. I use the computer a lot but still think that actually physically going to a library is often the better way. You can enlist the help of a live reference librarian. I...

  23. VA hospital........WOW! I was impressed!!

    TrudyRN replied to TazziRN's topic in General Nursing

    And at least 50% of them need to be gotten rid of, in my

  24. "Customer service" and nursing

    TrudyRN replied to LilPeanut's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Some people don't want to impose. Or maybe she was already told she couldn't. And I think that at least SOME of what nurses perceive as anger might not really be. It is fear

  25. "Customer service" and nursing

    TrudyRN replied to LilPeanut's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I would have said to her, "You're very worried about your Mom, aren't you?" I personally have acted like a horse's hiney and said the same thing about not caring about anyone else's needs when my...