JBudd MSN

Trauma, Teaching

I prefer dangerous freedom over peaceful slavery.” Thomas Jefferson

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    Why can't we have 12 hour shifts and 8 hours shifts?

    JBudd replied to ziplag's topic in General Nursing

    I'm 55 and prefer
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    Just received a letter

    JBudd replied to bigjsnake's topic in General Students

    Get the TEAS done, asap. Schools often have waiting lists, it means you missed out on being accepted by only a few slots. And people who do get accepted sometimes have life events happen that stops...
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    Telling the truth on a peer evaluation for a group project?

    JBudd replied to JESSICAAA159's topic in General Students

    Tell the truth and shame the devil. Be prepared to back up your statement; since your original 5 people split it up further, you definitely need to let them know how much you did, and how little she...
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    help

    JBudd replied to rundelk20's topic in General Nursing

    I have had several students with ADHD. Yes you can get past that. Try rereading things you want to post, then cutting up the thoughts into individual sentences. Take all the science and math...
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    FLAME ON!

    JBudd replied to trinitymaster's topic in General Nursing

    What gets my goat: The responses to threads in a specialty forum, where the respondee hates the specialty (ah, why are you reading this section then?). Case in point, the Nursing and Spirituality...
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    4 Point Restraints in the ER. Is that Abuse?

    JBudd replied to Vickymay's topic in Emergency

    4 points are used when a (usually intoxicated or high) person is out of control, usually demonstrated by trying to hit/bite/kick/grab/spit on staff, or being unable to be safe when left alone (getting...
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    VENT WARNING Nights: Just Need encouragement I guess

    JBudd replied to WalkingDead1's topic in General Nursing

    What llg said. I sleep in late, watch old movies for half the night, shop the 24/7 stores sometimes. You can get up early afternoon and shop in the evenings for food, clothes, etc. Lots of theaters...
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    Rent vs. Buy

    JBudd replied to MntEMStoBSN's topic in General Students

    If you will need them in other semesters, buy them. If they are only for the one, go ahead and rent. I kept all my books for years but never used them. My daughter used e books for her masters (not...
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    Not so sure about my first job offer

    JBudd replied to Funsize RN's topic in General Nursing

    Your instincts that you want time and training as a new grad are spot on. As far as them saying they have your best interests at heart is all very well, but when push comes to shove, you will lose...
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    How did the 12 hour shift begin?

    JBudd replied to anon456's topic in General Nursing

    I love my 12s, (although at the moment I have to do 8s as I am on light duty). Even on the floors, it just seemed to give me enough time to do more for my pts than I could on 2 8-hour days. I had...
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    Want to be a nurse, just no butt wiping or other yucky stuff please

    JBudd replied to Emergent's topic in General Nursing

    Yes, but have you been eaten
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    Do comfort care patients get oxygen?

    JBudd replied to quirkystar's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    I had a pt we were admitting for comfort care, mostly nonresponsive. I left his 02 on just because.... no real reason other than he seemed comfortable and I didn't want to change anything. RT was...
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    do you drink coffee during your shift?

    JBudd replied to aname's topic in General Nursing

    30 plus years of night shifts, never learned to appreciate the taste. Which is a pity because I'm always cold (and coffee is not only hot but free), my drink of choice is Coke, although in the last...
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    After over coming tough obstacles.. I am finally on the right path

    JBudd replied to Snowangel7390's topic in General Students

    Snowangel hasn't posted since Oct. of 13; hope all went
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    Easter??

    JBudd replied to breane3's topic in General Nursing

    No, but all the clinics and off campus places close on Good
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    Winter Nurse positions

    JBudd replied to SOD1988's topic in General Nursing

    Might try applying to a traveling nurse group, see if they do perdiem home health or LTC placements. They are the only ones I can think of that might take a short termer. It costs a lot to orient...
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    Told a salary is non negotiable. True? or room to wiggle

    JBudd replied to graft's topic in General Nursing

    Our pay schedule is spelled out, experience & degrees, and set with a minimum and maximum amount, per the union contract. i No negotiating needed, it's all there. So if you are a big place,...
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    patient/family challenges

    JBudd replied to vetnrse's topic in General Nursing

    I'm impressed at how well you kept it together and actually finished!
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    Most surprising/shocking/interesting thing you've seen

    JBudd replied to TexMex22's topic in General Nursing

    We had an older teen stabbed in the heart; open chest in the ER, cardiac surgeon happened to be in the building late; pumped 17 liters of fluids (saline and blood) through the rapid infuser, most of...
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    Most surprising/shocking/interesting thing you've seen

    JBudd replied to TexMex22's topic in General Nursing

    Had a lady with a severe sinus infection, lot of pain from the pressure. ENT came in, poked an 18 gauge regular needle up through her nose into the maxillary sinus (I can still hear the crunch as he...
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    Please stop! Little things that are just bad practice.

    JBudd posted a topic in Nursing Professionalism

    Little things that are just bad practice. Like looping IV tubing back into itself (against our policy, and they went to great lengths to hand out caps to carry in pockets). And not even cleaning...
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    To tell or not to tell!

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

    No, not fired, but since you are still on orientation you can be let go for anything at all, including "not being a team player" or "not a good fit for this unit". Or no stated reason at all. That...
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    Nursing Educator Salary

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

    The pay is lousy; sometimes looks good on paper but when you figure in all the hours you put in preparing lectures and grading papers, it isn't much. I make more at the bedside with my BSN than in...
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    To tell or not to tell!

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

    These things are all poor practice, but you as an orientee are not likely to effect much change at this point. Are you willing to either be part of that culture at the beginning, or to be seen as a...
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    I feel uncomfortable doing this

    JBudd replied to BSNbeauty's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    I once recommended a coworker that I had no reason to doubt could do a good job, filling in for me while I was gone for part of a semester (2nd job). Despite everything he had said to me, and our...