Bill E. Rubin

Bill E. Rubin

Neuro, Cardiology, ICU, Med/Surg

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  1. Nodding off...

    Bill E. Rubin replied to jodyangel's topic in General Nursing

    I agree with those who say to let it go. No winning those battles, unfair as the are. Who would want to work on such a unit anyway? As one poster said, it's one thing to sprawl out with a blanket and...

  2. More Things You'd Love to be Able to say to Patients

    Bill E. Rubin posted a topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I had a vent I was all excited to share.... and found the thread to be closed.

  3. More Things You'd Love to be Able to say to Patients

    Bill E. Rubin replied to Bill E. Rubin's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Thanks everyone! I've lost some of my steam since my last post, but here goes: "Yes, I know you'd like your Ambien, as is evidenced by your pressing the call light seventeen times since the last time...

  4. Need a new perspective here....

    Bill E. Rubin replied to ChinupBSNRN's topic in General Nursing

    I'm guessing the pt is on a heparin gtt (or argatroban or some such) and the night nurse was looking for a PTT? There is usually a therapeutic goal and an institutional policy about when to draw a PTT...

  5. Learn To Say It Correctly!!

    Bill E. Rubin replied to SheriLynnRN's topic in General Nursing

    A dear relative of mine is really struggling to provide care for her demented husband... a tough situation for her given her advanced age and mediocre health. However, I had to laugh when I received...

  6. Mandated Flu vaccine?

    Bill E. Rubin replied to mol42's topic in Disaster Preparation

    The hospitals really aren't that interested in protecting us healthy people from getting sick. They are concerned with us getting infected with the virus and by the time we show symptoms, have already...

  7. Mandated Flu vaccine?

    Bill E. Rubin replied to mol42's topic in Disaster Preparation

    Actually, my big Boston hospital doesn't require it, but strongly encourages it and does require opt-outers to wear a mask after the first case of flu hits the hospital. I think it's a reasonable...

  8. How to go about saying thank you to your nurse?

    Bill E. Rubin replied to magn1jes's topic in General Nursing

    I second all those who say sending praise to the supervisor (or hospital administration). Nothing beats a highly public "thank you" that gets seen by the nurses' peers and

  9. anyone leave high paying 1st career?

    Bill E. Rubin replied to onedayitllbeme's topic in General Nursing

    You are not alone (though it feels that way sometimes). I left a 20+ year as a software engineer/architect to be a nurse. I consulted part time while going to my accelerated BSN program, and now I...

  10. Male Nurses/female Patients

    Bill E. Rubin replied to ern91's topic in Men in Nursing

    Whoa, dude, why the hostility? Mike has a valid point. He witnessed what appeared to him controlling and jealous behavior and just said that in hindsight, he wondered whether getting the pt alone for...

  11. You're On Stage

    Bill E. Rubin replied to Blindsided's topic in General Nursing

    Seriously? Who comes up with this rubbish? I love how so many different institutions force the "I have the time" onto the scripts as if saying so makes it so. I'm sure that so many different...

  12. Your Favorite one liner used with patients

    Bill E. Rubin replied to scaredofshots's topic in Nursing Humor

    We had a pt with a long and complicated illness who was just the nicest guy and always appreciative of everything that was done for him. All the nurses loved him and couldn't do enough for him. He...

  13. If I can't sleep NOBODY CAN!

    Bill E. Rubin replied to TheMoonisMyLantern's topic in General Nursing

    Seriously?? Thank you for jumping to conclusions. In fact, you are incorrect. My wife works full-time, though my MIL is retired, from another country and is staying with us now to help take care ofthe...

  14. If I can't sleep NOBODY CAN!

    Bill E. Rubin replied to TheMoonisMyLantern's topic in General Nursing

    I'm a day-night flipper, sometimes more than once in the same week, much to the amazement of my colleagues. My secret is chronic sleep deprivation, secondary to the presence of 20 month and 6 month...

  15. How old were you when you finished nursing school?

    Bill E. Rubin replied to pgray1229's topic in General Nursing

    Started my ABSN at age 45 and finished it at

  16. A question for career changers.

    Bill E. Rubin replied to dudette10's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Most of the companies I worked for are still in business and have not "gone under." Laying large numbers of employees was just a part of doing business, and people who got laid off usually were due to...

  17. A question for career changers.

    Bill E. Rubin replied to dudette10's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I still maintain what I said. I have worked in the corporate world for over 20 years in all levels of hierarchy from entry level to senior management, in eight different jobs in seven different...

  18. A question for career changers.

    Bill E. Rubin replied to dudette10's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Interesting thread... I worked in corporate America for 20+ years before I became a nurse, and it is different, though I wouldn't call one better than the other. I've seen just as much gossip,...

  19. Why do some Medstudents love to belittle nurses?

    Bill E. Rubin replied to LPNweezy's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I meant medical education, not medical career, sorry, editing posts with my blackberry doesn't seem to

  20. Why do some Medstudents love to belittle nurses?

    Bill E. Rubin replied to LPNweezy's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I haven't read all the posts yet, but I'd guess that the poster must be very early in his medical career (I assumed the friend to be male, because that particular flavor of trash talk sounds male to...

  21. What's the longest you would commute for a job??

    Bill E. Rubin replied to max66's topic in General Nursing

    It would depend on how desperate I am. For a long-term job, it's important for me to have a job that requires no driving. All major hospitals in Boston are accessible by public transit from my house...

  22. Night Differential?

    Bill E. Rubin replied to mommo5's topic in General Nursing

    $8.00 nights, $4.00 weekends (so $12.00 for weekend

  23. If we are supposed to be promoting gender equality in nursing

    Bill E. Rubin replied to LPNweezy's topic in General Nursing

    I think they are useful to the newbies and male nurse wannabes because men in nursing is such a tiny minority, many men considering going into nursing don't have any role models to look to to ask the...

  24. What's the deal with ER?

    Bill E. Rubin replied to JenniferSews's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    The extent to which some physicians disrespect nurses can be an eye-opener at times. Combine this with the fact that many MD's may be spinelessly covering their own butts against litigation by blaming...

  25. Nurse-Patient Ratios on East Coast

    Bill E. Rubin replied to shhhh's topic in General Nursing

    Here in my Boston hospital, on my medical unit, we typically have 3 pts during the day and 4 at night. We don't have any PCAs/techs on my floor (though the medical unit down the hall does have PCAs...