Rabid Response

Rabid Response

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  1. Who really belongs in the bed...

    Rabid Response replied to Florence NightinFAIL's topic in General Nursing

    I never know what day it is and have been forgetting what year it was since I was just a kid. I told my daughter that if I'm ever hospitalized, she needs to tell the nurses that this is my baseline so...

  2. Moving back to the Bay

    Rabid Response replied to 3KittiesRN's topic in California Nursing

    Since you have experience and want to work med/surg, it's not entirely hopeless. If you are willing to work night or evening shift, you will have a better chance of landing a job. Most Bay Area RN...

  3. Moving to San Fran in May 2012

    Rabid Response replied to hakunamatata's topic in California Nursing

    Ah. Much better scenario. Who knows what the job market will be like in a year, but right now it takes longer than one month to find a job. A BSN will not be much advantage if any since there are a...

  4. Moving to San Fran in May 2012

    Rabid Response replied to hakunamatata's topic in California Nursing

    I am insanely curious as to why you absolutely must move to this area when you don't know a soul here and face probable financial ruin by doing so. At least save up a little money to live on before...

  5. 2nd degree BSN vs. Nursing Master's

    Rabid Response replied to dsimms2's topic in Post Graduate Students

    I was faced with the same decision when I applied to schools. I chose ABSN over ELMSN because I wasn't sure exactly what sort of nurse I wanted to be, and the EL Master's options seemed rather...

  6. Does anyone really like their job?

    Rabid Response replied to tokmom's topic in General Nursing

    Today I wanted to jump out of a window at work by 0900, but for the most part I do love my job. Thank God that not every day is like today was, and thank God for my excellent and supportive...

  7. Stigma with LTC

    Rabid Response replied to Derek1975's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    While I don't think less of RNs who work in LTC, I personally would not want to be a nurse if that was the only job I would ever have. Passing meds and supervising unlicensed personnel are two of my...

  8. Job market reality for new nurses

    Rabid Response replied to DNS on the go's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    While it's admirable that you want to encourage and reassure your students, I don't know why they are so outraged about the state of the job market. This recession started in 2007. The last time my...

  9. Which unit is an overall better to work on...Pre-Op/PACU or SICU??

    Rabid Response replied to sungrl01's topic in General Nursing

    From what I've observed in my hospital, PACU is where experienced ICU nurses go to retire while still collecting a paycheck. When I talked to a co-worker who had recently transferred to PACU, he said...

  10. Vent: MD visitors who are NOT intensivists

    Rabid Response posted a topic in MICU, SICU

    This has happened to me so many times, but today I nearly lost it. I absolutely hate it when an ICU patient has a visitor who is a doctor but not an intensivist and who grills me on the patient's...

  11. What HAVE you said to patients???

    Rabid Response replied to jessi1106's topic in General Nursing

    I once had a patient who was admitted to my unit with a balloon pump, pa line and quite a number of drips. Unfortunately the cath lab had sent him up to me with no warning and without calling any...

  12. EKG Interpretation Course in the Bay Area, CA?

    Rabid Response replied to Rees's topic in California Nursing

    SF Paramedics offers a couple of courses. I've never taken an ECG class with them, but the other classes I've taken have been really great....

  13. Entry Masters vs BA for RN- pay, jobs, lifestyle

    Rabid Response replied to jwat211's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    I work with a couple of nurses who have entry level masters degrees. They work bedside nursing just like me and get paid exactly the same as I do. I don't know anyone with that degree who works a desk...

  14. Nursing School Selection Process???

    Rabid Response replied to adampricecna's topic in General Nursing

    Are you sure that by "scores" she meant only the entrance exam scores? Most academic programs give scores for every part of an application. You could get 4/5 possible points for an essay, 4/5 points...

  15. You shouldn't be visiting this ICU patient if . . .

    Rabid Response posted a topic in MICU, SICU

    you haven't seen him since high school, and you are in your late fifties! a few weeks ago i intercepted a visitor who had somehow gained access to our oh-so-permeable icu. he was wandering near the...

  16. My nightmare Nclex RN exam

    Rabid Response replied to Nurseen's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    "insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results."--albert einstein failing the exam five times is most certainly an indication that you are dealing with more than...

  17. My nightmare Nclex RN exam

    Rabid Response replied to Nurseen's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    I'm going to go out on a limb here and say that your problem may not be that you lack the requisite nursing knowledge, but that your reading comprehension in English might not be adequate to fully...

  18. Nurses, how do you feel about raw food diet?

    Rabid Response replied to AddisonLawrence03's topic in General Nursing

    No. I don't think there are many people, obese or not, who could stick with this kind of diet for very long unless they were extraordinarily committed. The best "diets" really consist of...

  19. How hard is nursing school? Another question...

    Rabid Response replied to wnb4's topic in General Students

    I did not think that nursing school was that hard. Lots of time, lots of work, lots of bullsh*t, but not difficult except in a suck-it-up kind of way. Being a nurse, on the other hand, IS hard, at...

  20. What do you think?

    Rabid Response replied to cherryblossom88's topic in General Nursing

    Weight issues aside, your facility should have a call system that does not involve having someone constantly sitting in front of a phone. It seems a waste of resources to have a RN sitting in one...

  21. Families and Healthcare: What Do You Think?

    Rabid Response replied to DREAMSDOCOMETRUE0610's topic in General Nursing

    Patient and family education is important, and I often find it to be one of the more rewarding aspects of nursing. I applaud you for caring so much about the needs of this patient's family. I agree,...

  22. Why is CA BRN too picky?

    Rabid Response replied to Nurse_AngelaNV2CA's topic in California Nursing

    I love California; it's a great place to be a nurse. The ratios are good, working conditions are better than in most other states, and wages are excellent. So many nurses want to live and work here...

  23. H1N1 season and not taking the vaccine

    Rabid Response replied to somebodyrn's topic in MICU, SICU

    I understand that you are not worried about yourself, but what about your patients? You could be infected and contagious with the flu virus before you have any symptoms. It's your own business if you...

  24. Nureses and Tattoos (esp. in San Francisco area)

    Rabid Response replied to oldskoolchop's topic in General Nursing

    I have visible tattoos and work as a nurse in San Francisco. I know a lot of nurses with tattoos, and nobody here seems to care. When patients have commented on mine, it has always been positive or...

  25. No gloves ever?!?

    Rabid Response replied to dizzyray822's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    I guess "old school" means he only worries about the germs he can see. That's really disgusting. My hospital has periodic audits for nurses' use of ppe and hand hygiene; they actually send people onto...