JBudd MSN

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I prefer dangerous freedom over peaceful slavery.” Thomas Jefferson

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    Too much time on her hands? I think so.

    JBudd replied to jrsRN07's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I on the other hand have a terrible time knowing names and faces. I recognize people I work with, but out of context have a severe problem with names. No disrespect, no refusing to be social, just...
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    Stop complaining in class!

    JBudd replied to JoseQuinones's topic in General Students

    The bother comes from not being able to finish a class without the instructor being able to finish a section in logical order; without being stopped and asked irrelevant questions. Wasting class time....
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    Can they force me to work weekends during jury duty???

    JBudd replied to luv2dive's topic in General Nursing

    When I had federal duty the court clerk was up in arms over my not getting accommodated as needed. I didn't realize you were talking about night shift! In all seriousness, tell the court clerk (not...
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    Too much time on her hands? I think so.

    JBudd replied to jrsRN07's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Doesn't sound like much to me.... she's just making conversation. So, she has a friend that works there and asked if there was a connection. What's the big
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    ya just gotta sigh......

    JBudd posted a topic in Emergency

    sigh, mentally shake your head, and start explaining. No, I really don't have to take your tampon out to put your foley in. There are separate "holes" for each. Honey, a C6 fracture, really is a...
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    Tested + for Hep B core ab igm despite vaccine, need advice

    JBudd replied to laortiz1's topic in General Nursing

    I contracted Hep B while volunteering overseas over 30 years ago. Threw up for months, jaundice, dark urine, the whole bit. Recovered, now have an antibody titer consistent with immunity, totally...
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    ya just gotta sigh......

    JBudd replied to JBudd's topic in Emergency

    There was much more to the conversation than just the word foley. She knew what a catheter was... as for the fracture, I asked very gently and in private what "fracture" meant to her, and we went on...
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    Something my clinical instructor said...

    JBudd replied to Dnap22's topic in General Students

    Dnap, it wasn't meant to be a shot at you...... sorry about that. It was the nurse who wasn't thinking it through, as your instructor did do. The legality in MHO is that you are expected to give meds...
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    Something my clinical instructor said...

    JBudd replied to Dnap22's topic in General Students

    I always prime my tubing with saline, then run the antibiotic, then enough saline to make sure no med is left in the tubing; my manager totally agrees with this. Think about it: our pump tubing...
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    Stinkin', Rotten attitude!

    JBudd replied to MomaNurse's topic in General Nursing

    I'm going to put on the red panties and find my sewing machine, dammit snake in my
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    My parents want me to be a doctor instead

    JBudd replied to inspiredbynavy's topic in General Nursing

    I'm also smart enough to be a nurse. That takes just as many brains, and fewer years of
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    Stinkin', Rotten attitude!

    JBudd replied to MomaNurse's topic in General Nursing

    Paint exactly what you want to say to those whomadingles at work on your belly, backwards so they "could" read them, and then cover it up with your scrubs. All the time they're looking at you, you'll...
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    Holding a grudge?

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

    All of our individual scores have been decreased by 10% based on unit satisfaction scores. So although I scored personally well enough to make the grade for my Clinical Ladder, my score dropped below...
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    What jobs did you do before nursing?

    JBudd replied to nursefrances's topic in General Nursing

    at age 14, candy striper for 2 years nanny/housekeeper while in high school nurse's aide USGSA clerk hostess, line prep at Red Lobster counter clerk at JCPenney Catalogue (back in the days we had to...
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    ENA Conference

    JBudd replied to oscar0183's topic in Emergency

    I had a lot of fun, take along something to go out with in the evening with your friends. Dress was casual, everything from jeans to dresses; some were happy to have a chance to wear something nice...
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    Sigma Theta Tau International membership

    JBudd replied to Saab93's topic in General Students

    I list it under "Professional Organizations Membership". It is an honor, and online you have access to several journals, scholarships, and some networking. I live too far aw ay to attend meetings,...
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    "If I could do nursing school over again" advice thread

    JBudd replied to ravenpuff's topic in General Students

    I would have made more careful notes about what was expected, because I would get toward the end of something and realize I didn't have all the data I would need, or the correct write-ups. Don't...
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    How to surprise someone telling them you passed boards!

    JBudd replied to FaithfulAlways's topic in General Nursing

    Send them Tshirts with "My daughter's an RN!" printed on
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    Most Challenging Aspect in Your Nursing Career?

    JBudd replied to rednotebook's topic in General Nursing

    Not sure of the details, as I wasn't there that day. We got told off in a staff meeting about not giving drugs we weren't familiar with. Not given a lot of details other than this newer drug was not...
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    Being a patient where you work

    JBudd replied to NelleG's topic in General Nursing

    Been there, done that, got the scars. Its no big deal. I wasn't on the unit where I work, which you should just ask your doctor to make sure happens for you. The times I was seen in my own ER,...
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    ACLS help please my work just sprung this on me

    JBudd replied to abells's topic in General Nursing

    Relax. During your mega code, which is just one scenario they pick at random from the instructor guide, you direct your "team". Start with the ABCs and go from there. The class is two days, and...
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    Most Challenging Aspect in Your Nursing Career?

    JBudd replied to rednotebook's topic in General Nursing

    In a different direction: I find it challenging to keep up with all the new technology and cardiac (for instance) treatment changes. Seems like every time I turn around, we have a new set of cardiac...
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    Well there goes the neighborhood...

    JBudd replied to Guttercat's topic in General Nursing

    As long as the CC requires all the pre-reqs (broad education, not just nursing, but the English, writing, history, chemistries, political/social, arts classes that the rest of us did for a BSN) and...
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    PT's that require a private room

    JBudd replied to RhodyLPNstudent's topic in General Students

    It depends on your hospital's policies. In the past, pneumonia pts all got private rooms, and stayed in the ER until one was available. That has changed a few years ago. Immunosuppressed pts,...
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    Anyone else frustrated by the pain scale??

    JBudd replied to gomerblog's topic in General Students

    I describe it as pain of 10 can't possibly get worse, 5 hurts pretty darn bad and 0 is none. Don't get a lot of 10's anymore, when someone says 10 I ask, so this can't get worse? Sometimes they say...