JBudd MSN

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I prefer dangerous freedom over peaceful slavery.” Thomas Jefferson

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    I do not want to give up.

    JBudd replied to Tesfanurse's topic in General Nursing

    Sent you a PM. No, I am not a recruiter! Our BON asks if we have worked a certain number of hours in the past 2 years, but don't know how that works for a new
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    Going from Adult ER to all populations ER

    JBudd replied to NickiLaughs's topic in Emergency

    Great advice so far. Also, remember to talk to the kid directly. Kids hate being talked over as though they can't hear you. Even toddlers can point to where it hurts. If they are shy I ask a series...
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    I only held his hand

    JBudd replied to motay68's topic in General Students

    ya did
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    Does anybody else feel guilty about calling off?

    JBudd replied to Codeblue1982's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Early years in my career, yeah, I felt guilty. Would never have dreamed of using sick leave for anything but being really sick. "Mental health days" were unheard of. I've dragged myself in with sxs...
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    "Two-yearitis"

    JBudd replied to Ruby Vee's topic in General Nursing

    Why am I still here? ahh, because I want to be? I enjoy and am fulfilled by what I do? Because admin holds zero/none/nada/zip interest for
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    Nursing Student needing advice... What am I doing wrong?

    JBudd replied to TheNoviceNurse16's topic in General Students

    If you search it, I posted in a thread called "test anxiety" some more techniques about destressing during an exam. Soprano gave you some really good
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    Proud to be in scrubs??

    JBudd replied to Brian's topic in General Students

    OR, ICU, CCU and ED are provided with scrubs at my hospital. But in the ED, very few of us wear the hospital ones, they don't fit well and rarely have the right sizes on the cart. We have people in...
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    Rules for Triage

    JBudd replied to Anna Flaxis's topic in Emergency

    I did have a twofer that counted, the toddler was okay but the infant was admitted with severe RSV. Don't complain and put down the daughter/son that has been catering to your multiple needs, and...
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    Newbies Who Want to Pay ZERO Dues Schedule-Wise

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

    After all, you are supposed to be overjoyed he is working there, and covering all those empty
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    Miss Manners for Nurses

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

    I would never have dreamed of calling my professors anything other than Dr. or Mrs., depending on their status. Yet in my school, everyone is on a first name basis. I don't maintain a huge formal...
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    My PT called 911

    JBudd replied to joyful_wanderer's topic in Emergency

    Long wait in the front, mom left with her daughter and called for an ambulance, then went out front and told the triage nurse "I told you I'd get her
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    New Educator

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

    Don't take it personally when you tell people over and over how to write a paper, your expectations, what to do.... and have at least 3 get it wrong and want to know why you didn't tell them that...
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    Scared to start nursing school

    JBudd replied to dannygurl84's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    It isn't that nursing school is so "bad", it's just a different paradigm, a way of thinking, and answering questions. The toughest thing for me was wrapping my mind around a different method of...
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    "Two-yearitis"

    JBudd replied to Ruby Vee's topic in General Nursing

    Benner is my favorite theorist. I often feel behind the curve, there is always so much new stuff to keep up on and with. I sometimes think my newer nurses are more up to date, my CEUs don't always...
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    "She'll put your butt in a nursing home."

    JBudd replied to nurse42long's topic in General Nursing

    I looked a mom in the face and told her "please don't use me to threaten your child with! I am not going to do that and all you are doing is setting the kid up to be afraid of doctors and nurses,...
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    Cyclic vomiters (drive me up the wall)

    JBudd replied to Emergent's topic in Emergency

    We had one CVer that was so non-compliant, along with many other needy behaviors, that we would actually turn off the water in the sink in her room. She died, likely of hyponatremia, but they didn't...
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    Do Med Surg / Tele RNs still get hired into ER?

    JBudd replied to PacoUSA's topic in Emergency

    shoot, we're so short we're hiring new grads.... be glad to get some medsurg
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    Proud to be in scrubs??

    JBudd replied to Brian's topic in General Students

    Good heavens, NewYorker! I'm 6 foot and have to search and pay extra to get pants long enough! I like my scrub pants, lightweight and easy care when I travel out of the country; with a regular top...
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    Ever Been Recognized?

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

    I over heard a student saying to another, "she doesn't use her name but you can tell it's her". Fortunately, I don't post anything I wouldn't own up to in public. Not for lacking of wanting to on...
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    Charge nurse unnecessary comments

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

    Stay professional, look her calmly in the eye, and say "you are going to keep orienting me to this floor", and "there is no quota on questions when you are still adapting to a place." If it continues,...
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    Some of Us Are Trying to Help You...

    JBudd replied to Music in My Heart's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Mrs. Boots, I think your spell checker is jinxing you! Aloud means out loud, sound; you want allowed as in permitted. I wouldn't ordinarily say anything, but if your checker lets that go through on...
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    Silly random nursing thoughts, one sentence, NO JUDGMENTAL FOLKS ALLOWED

    JBudd replied to wooh's topic in Nursing Humor

    You don't like needles? They have to pay me to play with
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    I need advice.

    JBudd replied to BriarHuenefeld's topic in General Nursing

    My high school had chemistry, biology, physics. Also algebra, statistics, calculus, elementary functions. They all made my college pre-reqs easier, college stats was a breeze. Also take Advanced...
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    Things you tell newbies

    JBudd posted a topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    A fairly new nurse asked for help bagging a body, as she had never had to do that before. On the way in I stopped, grabbed her arm and said "dead bodies make noises!". She just looked at me with a...
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    WHY OH WHY? Every year-------competencies!!!!!

    JBudd replied to Emergent's topic in General Nursing

    Same old, same old, we do them over and over. So, then why do some of my colleagues continue to do the little stuff wrong? I am so tired of hearing "no one ever said that was a