KeyMaster

KeyMaster

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  1. So is there really a nursing shortage?

    KeyMaster replied to VegGal's topic in General Nursing

    Our system leadership mandated a minimum BSN requirement and won't accept applications from nurses with an Associate degree. Yet they are willing to moan, groan and complain about the severe nursing...

  2. The HARD Truth for most nurses

    KeyMaster replied to Humaneclowninscrubs's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    OP: "Definitely thinking about different degree, since experience is the only way to open up other nursing positions, but I am not about to work bedside for 10 years. I would rather go back to...

  3. Things You Didn't Learn in Nursing School

    KeyMaster replied to Joe V's topic in General Nursing

    Don't Panic! Words of wisdom

  4. Putting in orders

    KeyMaster replied to C-lion's topic in General Nursing

    The downside in my hospital is that a lot of the MDs simply don't want to put in electronic orders. Many are older and although they may be comfortable with a computer they are not proficient with a...

  5. Older nurse lacking computer skills

    KeyMaster replied to Nrsasrus's topic in General Nursing

    I teach electronic perioperative documentation to our newly hired associates. It is obvious that many of the more mature nurses simply don't use the computer in any ongoing capacity. I always...

  6. Patient Picking At Clothing/Bed Linens

    KeyMaster replied to 84RN's topic in Home Health

    Saw it lots when I worked on a geriatric med-surg floor. Sometimes with dementia (back when we called it organic brain syndrome), sometimes with tardive dyskensia, sometimes just because. To prevent...

  7. National Nursing Licensure v. State Licensure for Healthcare Professionals

    KeyMaster replied to fraziea2's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Any credibility to this argument was lost with the opening

  8. Sex in the workplace.....what do YOU think should be done?

    KeyMaster replied to pawsomepooch47's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    The entire staff of the hospital should obviously have mandatory education provided on how to knock on a door. Of course someone will have to develop a policy on how loud the knock should be and the...

  9. Student loan taking forever to pay off...

    KeyMaster replied to Brian's topic in Nursing Humor

    Wow. I couldn't even begin to imagine. Makes me even more thankful for the good old Diploma program days. I received a stellar education with tons of hands-on clinical time, passed "boards" with ease...

  10. Sorry Nurse Recruiters/Nurse Managers!

    KeyMaster replied to Isitpossible's topic in Nurse Management

    :yeah:well said!! the total truth in a nutshell. there is no nursing shortage. there never has been and with the number of new grads cranked out every year there will not be a nursing shortage in any...

  11. Sorry Nurse Recruiters/Nurse Managers!

    KeyMaster replied to Isitpossible's topic in Nurse Management

    Sadly a lot of places are interviewing, but still not filling positions. If you have a stong education with a string of degrees behind your name, recruiters want more experience. If you are...

  12. RN labor supply: Are we in a bubble?

    KeyMaster replied to nurseprnRN's topic in General Nursing

    This article only PROVES that THERE IS NO NURSING SHORTAGE - and that there never has been. There is simply a shortage of nurses who are willing to work in understaffed, underpaid positions. "hospital...

  13. Foley to LIS???

    KeyMaster replied to myk_RN's topic in General Nursing

    I once had a very tired resident order foley to low wall suction and an NGT to bedside drainage :) A quick phone call cleared that up with no problem

  14. What do you do in clincals when you are in a RN-BSN program?

    KeyMaster replied to Dazglue's topic in General Students

    My RN-BSN program through South University was all online. I did not have any

  15. How can an rn with no nursing experience be a supervisor

    KeyMaster replied to mozella's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Sadly this is a scenario that will repeat itself as more and more emphasis is placed on the number of letters after your name rather than the number of years of experience you have. I have not worked...

  16. Staffing and Nursing Fatigue

    KeyMaster replied to TheMrsRN's topic in General Nursing

    I really don't understand how hospitals expect us to follow evidenced based practices without access to the research and recommendations! I am extremely fortunate to have access to an awesome online...

  17. Where have you found missing countable items?

    KeyMaster replied to IdahoGrad's topic in Operating Room

    I never had an MD intentionally hide anything, but I have had med students and residents who threw away the prep sponges because they didn't realize they were to be counted. Easy enough to find in the...

  18. Maybe I'm just old and cynical, but....

    KeyMaster replied to KaroSnowQueen's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I actually had an instructor in nursing school who declared that there were three types of nurses: those who were "called" to nursing; "appliance" nurses (her term) who were in it for the money...

  19. Is there a point in handing in your application to HR personally?

    KeyMaster replied to us2uk4u's topic in General Nursing

    Then again, in my hospital the managers ask for resumes directly because HR is rather famous for being a resume black

  20. CPOE computer physician order entry

    KeyMaster replied to RN0202's topic in General Nursing

    CPOE is only as good as the leadership enforcing the edict. In my hospitals the MDs who don't want to enter their own orders simply find a workaround. They will not hire their own order scribes when...

  21. Fabulous nurse

    KeyMaster posted a topic in General Nursing

    OK, I may be thinned skinned, but is anyone else a little put off by the "Fabulous Nurse" ad with the nurse twirling in her strapless white uniform dress while holding her white nurse's cap with the...

  22. Devastated - What would you do?

    KeyMaster replied to mvg rn's topic in General Nursing

    Nursing Informatics? Staff development/education? Both of these areas require the specialty knowledge and skills you have. Good

  23. Funny doctor orders

    KeyMaster replied to laurenicoleRN's topic in Nursing Humor

    I once had a patient with active TB. The doc ordered "Beer at the bedside" AND an alcohol drip. His rationale was that he did NOT want the pt to sober up and go into DTs/coughing fits. Also when I...

  24. looking back, are there courses that you thought were not necessary?

    KeyMaster replied to nowIamRN's topic in General Nursing

    After being a Diploma nurse for more that 20 years I went back to school through an RN to BSN program. I had to take Intro to Computers (one of my graded assignments was to set up an e-mail...

  25. anyone had endometrial ablation lately?

    KeyMaster replied to BacktotheBeach's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I had a NovaSure ablation about 3 years ago. I had it as an OR outpatient on a Thursday and I was back to work on Monday. Some cramping over the weekend, but nothing severe. Prior to my procedure I...