JBudd MSN

Trauma, Teaching

I prefer dangerous freedom over peaceful slavery.” Thomas Jefferson

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    Management: Not for me!

    JBudd replied to D4Ydream's topic in Nurse Management

    Ouch, much sympathy being sent your way. Did you have management experience before you became a nurse? seems early in a career to be offered a management position, although you are likely just that...
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    10 Questions for Nurses

    JBudd replied to Ariana0815's topic in General Nursing

    Anonymous internet users aren't usually acceptable as interviews.... are you sure your instructor is going to accept answers off of a
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    Bullied by a colleague

    JBudd replied to enc123's topic in General Nursing

    This post makes so much more sense than your first :) Glad to see you are not being a door mat. I honestly don't know what else to tell you, other than your managers who don't fire her for lack of...
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    Bullied by a colleague

    JBudd replied to enc123's topic in General Nursing

    Who owns and runs the clinic? If this is so toxic why do they put up with it? Make noise about it, use the term "hostile work place', push for something to be done on your behalf. I didn't say just...
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    Bullied by a colleague

    JBudd replied to enc123's topic in General Nursing

    How long have you gone without sleep before writing this? This is not graduate school writing. Why on earth would you let a single person so dwell in your head? Blaming her for not passing your...
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    Do You Use A Jackhammer?

    JBudd replied to Kooky Korky's topic in General Nursing

    forget the Leatherman, trauma sheers work
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    Why do hospitals promote Flu shots so bad?

    JBudd replied to Life22feb's topic in General Nursing

    Not to mention preventing pandemics where tens of thousands of people die. "The influenza or flu pandemic of 1918 to 1919, the deadlist in modern history, infected an estimated 500 million people...
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    Problem with co-worker - called racist?

    JBudd replied to Nurse071094's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    If she says you're both "fine", then just let it be. You've apologized, explained, defended yourself with the truth. If it comes up again, ask for a private chat, 'till then let it be a non-issue....
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    racist patients

    JBudd replied to Rn 1979's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    This was about 20 years ago, I live in an area with many cultures: we had a tourist from back east somewhere, who looked up at my coworker and asked "and how long have you been here, my dear?" with a...
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    Traveling to India

    JBudd replied to Catherine Stickles's topic in International Nursing

    There is a huge range of health care available, depends on if is a rich private hospital or a public one. Nursing duties have totally different expectations. In the public hospitals family is...
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    Unable to leave building for lunch...

    JBudd replied to Funkymiss187's topic in General Nursing

    If you're off the clock, you're off the clock. Sounds like they want you to be "on call"... which you should be paid for. Do you have a union? Can you call your state labor
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    Nursing Medical Symbol: What is it about?

    JBudd replied to nursewithskills's topic in General Nursing

    Hmm, the snake on a pole was first mentioned in Numbers 21:8-9, when Moses was instructed to make a bronze snake and mount it on a pole for healing: "8Then the LORD said to Moses, "Make a fiery...
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    Be Our Guest

    JBudd replied to BabyFood26's topic in General Nursing

    From the other side of the plate, as it were: my daughter and I foster kids. She automatically had tea and cookies ready for every social work (or whomever) visit. Very few accepted. To us it is...
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    exam

    JBudd replied to diana joseph's topic in General Students

    Wait for your results before you panic. People have passed at 75, you won't know until you get your results. Deep breaths, think about something else, watch an old movie that you love, do anything...
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    Why take microbiology?

    JBudd replied to nouviss's topic in General Students

    If she doesn't think she should know the ins and outs of pharmocology while administering drugs, I don't think I want her as my nurse. Anyone can push a pill, takes a good nurse to know what is going...
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    What to do next

    JBudd replied to wendy2016's topic in General Students

    "Fake it 'till you make it" applies here. Scared and green happens to most students. Can't hide your face? Practice smiling and smiling and smiling. Present yourself as confident in your skills,...
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    Haven't graduated yet, being asked to stay after I do. Need some advice

    JBudd replied to FLnurseprospect's topic in General Nursing

    Curious as to why they want you to sign a contract this far ahead. Are they saying they will keep this position open for you until 6 months into the new year? Seems a long time to wait for a...
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    Graduating w/ only 1 pair of scrubs

    JBudd replied to Beldar_the_Cenobite's topic in General Nursing

    Wallyworld has inexpensive scrubs. I sew my own tops, only a yard or so of cloth, and I get stuff on sale. My hospital doesn't color code, we wear pretty much what we want, as long as there are no...
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    "I'm a nurse!"

    JBudd replied to applesxoranges's topic in Emergency

    It is dated Sep 6. Just an old topic, with a new
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    Was I told wrong information?

    JBudd replied to LeahJess's topic in Emergency

    Paramedics are great, but nursing and EMS are different. Different focus, different scopes. Your RN is held to be a higher degree even though our Paramedics have at least Assoc. degrees, and you...
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    Any tips re: unions organizing RNs and MAs in New Mexico?

    JBudd replied to bugg's topic in Collective Bargaining, Union

    I answered you over in the New Mexico post; reposting here. You can contact 1199, the NM Healthcare workers union. Taos, UNM, CSVRMC are all union. Started off very small, is now affiliated with...
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    nurses who are bad patients

    JBudd replied to Mr. Murse's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Aw Farowyn, do it for me! I skipped a year and ended up with a stage 3 and other nasty stuff. Go for it! I'm the bad patient in also waiting, so that when I'm in I'm the "good patient" because by...
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    What's Rude?

    JBudd replied to Ruby Vee's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Oh Evastone, I can't do names for the life of me. I have a hard time recognizing people I've worked with for years outside of work. Been that way my whole life, I stuggle with faces and names. I...
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    What's Rude?

    JBudd replied to Ruby Vee's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    The admitting docs have an area walled off with 7, count them seven, computers just for their use. There a few who insist on sitting at the nurses' desk doing all the admission orders and charting on...
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    Teaching distance learning

    JBudd replied to ReinventingMyselfAgain's topic in Nursing Educators, Faculty

    I've only been doing it for 3 weeks, but my experience so far is exactly what LLG describes. I miss the face to face but this is definately easier choosing my own time to work on it. I'm getting the...