Susan9608

Susan9608

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  1. Descrimination: A full hot meal or soup and a sandwich

    Susan9608 replied to Truth66's topic in General Nursing

    Does your contract specifically state that everyone is entitled to buy a full hot meal or just that everyone is entitled to purchase food? If the wording is more towards the latter, I think you'll...

  2. New grads on the Floor.

    Susan9608 replied to LVN2010M's topic in General Nursing

    I like having nursing students. It's fun for me to have someone to talk to (the way my ICU is set up makes us all rather isolated), and I generally love to talk about nursing, so it's great to have a...

  3. Nurses and Autoimmune Disorders-Psoriatic Arthritis

    Susan9608 replied to Fancy Face's topic in General Nursing

    I have psoriatic arthritis. I do notice that I get sick more frequently than my co-workers, and that I tend to stay sick longer. But I just take the time off of work - and don't feel guilty about it...

  4. You Know the patient is going bad when...

    Susan9608 replied to Nurseboy1's topic in General Nursing

    How about assessing equal and reactive pupils at 0730, but at 0800 finding pupils that are unequal and unresponsive? (child later declared brain dead that day and organs donated.) MD calling for your...

  5. Overtime I didn't sign up for

    Susan9608 posted a topic in General Nursing

    Today, as I was snoozing away, my work called at 7:02 to ask, "Where are you?" And I was puzzled, because today is my day off, and I was up until 3 am last night, celebrating that fact. It turns out...

  6. Overtime I didn't sign up for

    Susan9608 replied to Susan9608's topic in General Nursing

    They found someone to cover my patient assignment, so that's good. But everyone is really mad. I guess I'm going to have to speak with my manager when I go in next time. This

  7. Overtime I didn't sign up for

    Susan9608 replied to Susan9608's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks. I still feel bad, though. I guess this is going to tarnish my ... well ... whatever with the management,

  8. Is it true that a BSN will be mandatory soon?

    Susan9608 replied to szccdw's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    Linda - I agree with you. I just thought that was a very sexist point of view made in a previous post that the way nursing is thought of will change once the profession is 1/3 to 1/2 men. Why should...

  9. Is it true that a BSN will be mandatory soon?

    Susan9608 replied to szccdw's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    Why? Why should the gender make up of a profession change the way a profession is thought of, especially if nothing else about that profession changes? Perhaps if nurses could get behind the idea of...

  10. Substance abusers disillusion me...

    Susan9608 replied to FireStarterRN's topic in General Nursing

    In regards to the original post ... I wonder how much control someone has over their behavior towards others when they are in the middle of being detox'd. Perhaps it's unreasonable to expect people...

  11. Is it true that a BSN will be mandatory soon?

    Susan9608 replied to szccdw's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    That's the licensing portion - not the educational portion. And even that is not totally standardized, because there is the NCLEX-RN and the NCLEX-LVN. So, while you might not have patients asking...

  12. Is it true that a BSN will be mandatory soon?

    Susan9608 replied to szccdw's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    I don't think anyone - or hardly anyone, because perhaps there have been a few - is arguing that ADN nurses are not qualified bedside nurses. I think the idea of having a BSN as the entry point into...

  13. HIPPAA Dilemma: Pt Privacy vs. Suffering Animal

    Susan9608 replied to HapkidoMedicine's topic in General Nursing

    As an animal rights activist, I find this situation disturbing in many ways. In homes where there is violence, non human animals are usually the first to suffer because the abuser generally abuses the...

  14. I yelled at another nurse.

    Susan9608 replied to Jo Dirt's topic in General Nursing

    It's not about taking the high road. It's not even about not being empathetic to your situation. I think everyone who is a nurse, or works in the health field, has worked with unprofessional...

  15. Is it true that a BSN will be mandatory soon?

    Susan9608 replied to szccdw's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    Probably your patients.I'm sure you didn't mean that statement the way it came across, but you should re-read it. If people didn't care what nurses knew, then I doubt nursing schools would exist in...

  16. I yelled at another nurse.

    Susan9608 replied to Jo Dirt's topic in General Nursing

    I have to agree with the above post. In fact, I'm kind of surprised that so many people seem to think that you did the right thing. I think you created this situation for yourself; you allowed her to...

  17. how much does your hospital pay to precept a new nurse?

    Susan9608 replied to rninnv's topic in General Nursing

    We get nothing to precept/orient. RTs, however, get an extra $2.50/hour for orienting anyone, even high school students who come in to shadow them for a single shift. Doesn't seem

  18. Is it true that a BSN will be mandatory soon?

    Susan9608 replied to szccdw's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    I didn't say RTs were techs. I said "RTs also only manage RT stuff." Totally separate from the "techs" I was discussing earlier in the

  19. Is it true that a BSN will be mandatory soon?

    Susan9608 replied to szccdw's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    All those "tech" that you mentioned that are only required to have an associates degree are just that - "techs". They generally have a limited job description and limited responsibility. And I don't...

  20. Is it true that a BSN will be mandatory soon?

    Susan9608 replied to szccdw's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    I don't really know enough about accelerated BSN programs to have an educated opinion on them. I suppose, like anything else, it would depend on the quality of the program being offered. I think one...

  21. Is it true that a BSN will be mandatory soon?

    Susan9608 replied to szccdw's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    I think that if other fields can manage, with the same sorts of issues, than so can nursing. We will need more BSN programs, if we mandate that the entry point into nursing is a BSN. But, I imagine...

  22. Is it true that a BSN will be mandatory soon?

    Susan9608 replied to szccdw's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    I would not go so far as to say that a nurse with an ADN should be a nursing assistant. That, in my opinion, is ridiculous. Nor do I think LVNs should be shoved into a nursing assistant role. What...

  23. Is it true that a BSN will be mandatory soon?

    Susan9608 replied to szccdw's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    Perhaps in some ways this is an excellent idea - if the ADN's bachelor's degree is in something that would correspond or be useful in nursing. But if the ADN's bachelor's degree was in ... quantum...

  24. Is it true that a BSN will be mandatory soon?

    Susan9608 replied to szccdw's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    I don't think this is a powerful argument against requiring a BSN as the entry point for nursing. In my area, at least, to get hired on as nursing faculty, you have to have a Masters, even for the...

  25. Work Schedule Favoritism

    Susan9608 replied to pinoy_guy's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    What does this mean? It seems to me that if the original poster has some kind of contract keeping him in the employ of this facility, that they giving him sufficient grounds to break it by not...