TrudyRN

TrudyRN

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  1. Rules for the ER (long)

    TrudyRN replied to EDValerieRN's topic in Emergency

    have you ever had a dislocated joint or a fractured limb x-rayed? it is extremely painful. i hope you might keep that in mind next time you need someone to hold still. have they gotten any pain...

  2. Does anybody utilize admission nurses?

    TrudyRN replied to KatWright's topic in General Nursing

    We had an Admission Nurse in the skilled facility I used to work. She came in about 11, left about 7:30. She would receive the new admit, do the assessment, get the orders to the clerk for...

  3. Who will hire you at 5 months pregnant?

    TrudyRN replied to Jo Dirt's topic in General Nursing

    Yours is a confusing story, esp w/o the full details, which you should NOT post publicly. Only you can really figure out what to do and I do think you probably already know what your course of action...

  4. Why are paper towel dispensers locked?

    TrudyRN replied to GardenDove's topic in General Nursing

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  5. Does non-violent crisis intervention really work?

    TrudyRN replied to TazziRN's topic in General Nursing

    LOL, I think these techniques are thought up by people who never have to use them. I once interviewed for a job in Psych and the interviewer was telling me about how violence can occur and that staff...

  6. Is email acceptable for resignation?

    TrudyRN replied to RNOTODAY's topic in General Nursing

    I think they pretty much do whatever suits them at any given moment, LOL. It all depends on who you know and how good your relationship is with your boss, IMHO. A word of caution about FMLA - don't...

  7. When to tell boss I'm pregnant??

    TrudyRN replied to shortstuff31117's topic in General Nursing

    Keep it secret as long as possible. Your boss will have a good 5 months at least to plan all that she needs to plan. I can't imagine that she needs or deserves more notice than that. I think you...

  8. Are you in Nursing for the Caring or the Cash?? Be Honest

    TrudyRN replied to 1BlessedRN's topic in General Nursing

    :yeahthat:

  9. Are you in Nursing for the Caring or the Cash?? Be Honest

    TrudyRN replied to 1BlessedRN's topic in General Nursing

    It takes money to live. If we can enjoy our work and help others along the way, that's a real blessing. P.S. Nursing pays nowhere what others make - pharmacists, doctors, PT's, psychologists,...

  10. How do I tactfully say this on an interview?

    TrudyRN replied to RNOTODAY's topic in General Nursing

    Honestly, don't you wish you could just be honest in interviews? "I need the money and I haven't married Donald Trump yet." Or "My boss is driving my blood pressure up." Or some equally honest...

  11. Health Care Whistle Blowing: Caught between a rock and a hard place

    TrudyRN replied to Whistleblower's topic in General Nursing

    Contact the Federal

  12. help me

    TrudyRN replied to lcarey's topic in General Nursing

    Go to www.fastweb.com and learn what scholarships and grants are available for nursing school. Contact the financial aid office at your school and get info about the Federal Nurse Traineeship (or...

  13. my DON called today and told me i lost my job

    TrudyRN replied to rehab nurse's topic in General Nursing

    First, please accept a great big ((((((RehabNurse))))))) from me. Take a deep breath, as I am doing. This stuff just makes me wild. Man's inhumanity to man and all that. OK, here's what I would...

  14. Hourly Pay or Salary... What is best?

    TrudyRN replied to Cairo662's topic in General Nursing

    Wow, this is interesting. I had no idea that some salaried workers also get OT or piecework rates. I must look in to this. I think that what is best for you, OP, is to take the job you like. Just...

  15. pt husband keeps moving the toco!

    TrudyRN replied to lannisz's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I think I might take a moment and ask him why he is doing that. I would let him know that it makes me very uncomfortable, as I don't know what is happening with my patient if he is going to be...

  16. I Feel Like An Oddball

    TrudyRN posted a topic in General Nursing

    So often, I find myself upset that other people on the threads are expressing what I find to be judgmental, critical attitudes toward patients, especially the poor ones who generally use the ER's. I...

  17. Corrections Nurses: Have You Been Hit Like This?

    TrudyRN replied to Sheri257's topic in Correctional

    I did corrections for a very long time - about 15 years - and never was attacked. I was as nice to the inmates as possible, often when other nurses were just so mean. I attribute it not so much to...

  18. Would you ever be a doctor?

    TrudyRN replied to arizonanurse's topic in General Nursing

    He might be wrong about the salary. If you want to be a doc, by all means, go for

  19. Would you ever be a doctor?

    TrudyRN replied to arizonanurse's topic in General Nursing

    Yes! Seriously, yes, I regret not being in a line of work that pays better and is more prestigious and more

  20. What about this, inappropriate or teambuilding?

    TrudyRN replied to GardenDove's topic in General Nursing

    I think any "surgical" procedures are totally out of line at work and also dangerous, due to bugs everywhere. What if those brows get infected?

  21. What should I Have Done?

    TrudyRN replied to caring angel's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    hung up If this was your first offense that was of concern to me, I'd have given a warning, though, not fired you. Better luck next

  22. I Feel Like An Oddball

    TrudyRN replied to TrudyRN's topic in General Nursing

    On the one occasion that I took my child to the ER, he had severe abdominal pain. The clerk told us to sit down and wait. I said, "Oh, no, this child is sick. I think he has a strangulated hernia,...

  23. I Feel Like An Oddball

    TrudyRN replied to TrudyRN's topic in General Nursing

    BTW, age of the nurses is not necessarily the key factor in all of this. What disturbs me is that there are just so many bitter, angry people in the world. And a lot of them are nurses. In...

  24. I Feel Like An Oddball

    TrudyRN replied to TrudyRN's topic in General Nursing

    I don't think ER nurses who are mean and bitter necessarily got that way just from the one source (ER work). Maybe but not necessarily. As for the nincompoop mother you mention, just send her back to...

  25. I Feel Like An Oddball

    TrudyRN replied to TrudyRN's topic in General Nursing

    I worked a "junk" ER 30 years ago. Same social, societal, insurance problems back then. People with basically colds came in, along with those who needed stitches, had foreign objects up their...