JBudd MSN

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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

    contact 1199, the NM Healthcare workers union. Taos, UNM, CSVRMC are all unionized.
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    "I work in the medical field"

    JBudd replied to CardiacDork's topic in General Nursing

    I would prefer people say they are in health care, rather than the medical field. I don't practice medicine, but I do do health care. I just tell people I'm an ER nurse and leave it at that. Kinda...
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    I can't believe that I made such a stupid mistake and am kicking myself!!!

    JBudd replied to RN Chaos's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    Since they gave you reeducation, it means they just want you to do better next time. Otherwise you'ld have already been fired and reported. This is a really old thread, if you want more comments, I'd...
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    Recycled topics (vent)

    JBudd replied to Jedrnurse's topic in General Nursing

    when the trolls resent being called
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    Linguistic Pet Peeves

    JBudd replied to Jedrnurse's topic in General Nursing

    It been itching me. I can't stop itching it. stop. Just stop. Both the misuse AND the scratching! Oh, and I love 1776! When I upgraded my VHS to DVD, they had restored an entire song and dance...
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    Linguistic Pet Peeves

    JBudd replied to Jedrnurse's topic in General Nursing

    So, like, I already seen that, and I done it alot. I payed my dues, so when I can I get on
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    Does anyone still teach percussion in assessment?

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

    I taught percussion, it is a basic skill whether or not we use it often. We need to remember that not all nursing is done in hospital settings; LTC doesn't always have access to radiology with ease,...
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    How much money to expect as a new grad RN?

    JBudd replied to Grier's topic in General Nursing

    After taxes, I don't know. Depends on your state's tax rates and all. My hospital starts new grads in the low
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    Today

    JBudd replied to roser13's topic in General Nursing

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    Have you ever saved someone/medically assisted someone away from work?

    JBudd replied to briannaflavin's topic in General Nursing

    Cold morning, had to return to hospital after a 12 hour night shift, passed a utility worker flat on the ground. He'd gotten shocked on something or other, didn't need CPR but wasn't moving much;...
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    Working over 40 hours... still no overtime pay? Legal?

    JBudd replied to xtina15's topic in General Nursing

    At my hospital, only hours actually "worked" count towards overtime; so "workshop" hours are clocked differently. We lost our daily overtime (despite the union's objections in our last negotiations);...
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    Starting school at older age! :(

    JBudd replied to Lessh's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    You'll eventually be 28 anyway, so you may as well get a degree on the way there. I've had several students in their 60's, and one was 72. Yes, seventytwo, accepted in the program, and graduated....
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    Post-Orientation Doubts

    JBudd replied to Fancychicken's topic in General Students

    It isn't that nursing is so much harder than other majors, it is just that it has a different way of thinking, of approaching things, of looking at the world. That was my biggest adjustment. I had a...
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    Am I wrong from refusing to help a friend?

    JBudd replied to Neywel120's topic in General Students

    She expects you to tutor her during finals week, and thinks she can pass? can you spell delusional? Asking you to learn her material for a class you aren't/haven't taken is ridiculous, especially on...
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    University of New Mexico..Anyone, Anyone at all?!!!

    JBudd replied to Rimzy's topic in General Nursing

    5 year old thread.... might try opening a new topic if you want up to date responses. Finished my masters there in 09, liked UNM quite a lot. Did it online, but the times I did go to campus the...
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    How do I deal with this nurse?

    JBudd replied to John4134's topic in United Kingdom

    As an aide, bedpans and toileting are in your job description. Most of your complaints (really, you worry that she always stands to the side so you have to wipe?), are part of you being the aide and...
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    TNCC

    JBudd replied to floridaRN38's topic in Emergency

    Megacodes were part of the old ACLS, they don't do them in TNCC or in ACLS anymore. TNCC has several stations to get passed on; didn't do the helmet removal this time (except in practice, not...
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    Dashing a patient's hope or just being honest?

    JBudd replied to xanderfan's topic in General Nursing

    Overthinking and worrying is pretty normal in a new nursing career; just be sure to think about the things you did right, the times you felt competent and in control, in short, give yourself credit...
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    HELP!!! I am pretty sure I failed the NCLEX!

    JBudd replied to sadgirl93's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    Well, you did or didn't, nothing we say here is going to do much. If you failed, sorry.... but you can retake, so it isn't the end of absolutely everything. If you passed, yay & go forward....
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    Daisy Award on Badge for New Grad

    JBudd replied to rachmac11's topic in General Nursing

    If wearing awards and pins is part of the unit culture, go for it. If you aren't sure, wait and see what goes on on the unit; then
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    should I go to grad school at 49 yrs old, 26 yrs of nursing?

    JBudd replied to dalainey's topic in General Nursing

    Go for it! I did my MSN in my mid forties, and more than 20 years out of school. Did one class/semester, took 5 years but I did it. I studied up, took the GRE, (which my school no longer...
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    Reasons for not getting into a for profit school?

    JBudd replied to Tashbun's topic in General Nursing

    Usually just too many applicants and too few
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    What do you hate most about your job?

    JBudd replied to PancakeSaturdays's topic in General Nursing

    crappy software, so you have to go through 15 screens just to answer a few questions, for every single triage and initial
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    New Mexico Endorsement Fingerprint requirement

    JBudd replied to justmehappy's topic in General Nursing

    I believe all foreign nurses wishing to take the NCLEX (no matter which state) have to take the
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    A Loved One Is A Patient (It's Horrible Being On This Side of the Call Bell)

    JBudd replied to Kooky Korky's topic in General Nursing

    When my dearly missed husband was in hospital, there was no hiding it as I worked in the same place. It got to the point of when I would bring him in, my doc would just hand me the order page (before...