JBudd MSN

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    Nursing students and immaturity

    JBudd replied to Melanin's topic in General Students

    Since you said it is beyond the nipping in the bud stage, it is time to let your advisor know. They may well be doing this to others, unbeknownst to you, and your advisor may need just a bit more...
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    I am scared to do CPR

    JBudd replied to Luna1326's topic in General Nursing

    Mostly they remain dead anyway, even when we get them back fewer than half leave the hospital. Upright that is. The adrenaline tends to cut in, but now is not the time to "teach" in the middle of a...
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    Student issue, English as second language

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

    I did a paper on ESL nursing students. There just isn't a whole lot out there for them, but some of the tips are: -providing lecture notes ahead of time so they have time to look up vocabulary...
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    What do you like most about being a nurse educator?

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

    I am adjunct, part time. I love seeing them grow from the beginning when they don't know how to hold the stethoscope properly, to doing a head to toe with
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    Why??? Sleep interrupted nocturia post 12hr shift...

    JBudd replied to julz68's topic in General Nursing

    Thought I was the only one...... although sometimes I just say "I need to go demonstrate one of the cardinal signs of
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    Need a hug

    JBudd replied to beeker's topic in General Nursing

    {{{{{{{{BEEKER}}}}}}}}}}}} I've had families say to me, "gee you guys are really running around hard today" with a lot of sympathy. Wish yours could see the same. They keep cutting us down and down...
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    Is it just me?

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

    We were told that pts that responded with "good" on their care questions didn't count; it only counted if they said "excellent". And as we all remember from statistics, most people don't like to...
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    ER in my area requiring ACLS and PALS

    JBudd replied to Gamecock73's topic in General Nursing

    High standards isn't all that new, sounds like they just finally got someone in management who actually cares. ACLS and PALS were required for me back in the 90's, as well as several others. Not to...
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    Nursing degree

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

    So, you have a couple of options, either a Labor and Delivery Nurse, caring for moms and babies; a NICU nurse, which is intensive care for very small babies, usually premies; or a pediatric nurse, on...
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    MSN (not CNL) as a bedside nurse- thoughts?

    JBudd replied to meanmaryjean's topic in Nursing Career

    I make more working at the bedside with my BSN, than I do teaching with my MSN. I put it like that because I don't get any extra pay for having a masters in my staff position. I did my master's for...
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    Nursing degree

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

    My opinion is, if you want to be a pediatrician, go to med school. If you want to be a nurse, go to nursing school. There are nurse practitioners who special in pediatrics, but they aren't...
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    Incredibly rude and disrespectful patients and/or their family members

    JBudd replied to lalexa15's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Ditto to Greentea and NICU; don't put up with that "excrement". What I would have done with that comment though, is smile, turn around while saying "the key word here is please" and turn off the light...
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    If you could have one nursing superpower, what would it be?

    JBudd replied to Blue Roses's topic in General Nursing

    I would magically be able to lift, turn, and move pts from one place to another; holding them up in the air so we can get the clothes off, change the sheets, inspect the spine, move onto the CT...
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    Potentially dumb question about assessments...

    JBudd replied to SubSippi's topic in General Nursing

    It's a good defense mechanism, but I really just want to do them so I know a baseline for the shift. Working in the ER, I don't usually have a recent previous assessment to look at, but for a bounce...
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    Writing multiple times?

    JBudd replied to loriangel14's topic in General Nursing

    Considering that to get into the "2 year" program that I teach in, students have quite a few prereqs, and could actually be in their 4th or more year of study. Enough credits to graduate? yeah, you...
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    My scrub pants are killing me!

    JBudd replied to Elizabeth Renee's topic in General Students

    My scrubs only did that when the seat of the pants was too long, so could be the fit? where the crotch seams are actually the culprit. If you know someone who sews or does tailoring, see if they can...
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    What was the MOST ridiculous thing a patient came to the ER for?

    JBudd replied to JUSTYSMOM's topic in Emergency

    Nope. You'd think so, but (ours anyway) is required to transport anyone who calls 911. Did a paper on it one time, there have been trials in the UK and in the US. In the UK, the time it took to...
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    Writing multiple times?

    JBudd replied to loriangel14's topic in General Nursing

    Guy, they should have been tested on all the practical hands on real life stuff to get out of nursing school; supposedly that is what the degree means. NCLEX is to set a standard that can be trusted...
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    It's about time!

    JBudd replied to Esme12's topic in General Nursing

    Its been a felony in NM for a long time. I was bitten (still have the scar), and the perp was convicted on 2 felony counts of battery on a health care
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    Completely enraged!!!

    JBudd replied to Elizabeth Renee's topic in General Students

    Good for you! You're well on your way to be a good advocate
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    Completely enraged!!!

    JBudd replied to Elizabeth Renee's topic in General Students

    Geez, people! lighten up! I'd've been totally annoyed too, and I am the nurse who has dealt with "stuff" for more than 30 years. OP: they were totally out of line, and should be reported to the...
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    You know what is awesome?

    JBudd replied to Do-over's topic in General Nursing

    Or when a caretaker daughter says "we've never had a good experience in this ER before, I wish you had been our nurse the other times". Then writes a pt feedback card that goes to your boss and gets...
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    Help! Need advice with tough situation.

    JBudd replied to Nurse7970's topic in General Nursing

    You have a sure thing in a tough market with people who gave you a chance even before you graduated, with people you "adore". And you would leave this
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    Reported to state board

    JBudd replied to mrs.stevens08's topic in General Nursing

    Did you chart the incidents or fill out an incident report? That would be CYAing. But, we can't offer legal advice. If the facility has no witnesses, sounds like the CNAs are throwing you under the...
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    Nursing student giving me the creeps.

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

    This student was being described in 2009, and has either graduated or flunked out by now, lol! The OP's last post was in 2010, so I doubt we'll ever know how it turned