Rabid Response

Rabid Response

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  1. Nurses as secretaries

    Rabid Response replied to SoundofMusic's topic in General Nursing

    I wouldn't mind serving as a secretary once in a while. We don't have secretaries at night, so we do all that stuff ourselves anyway, especially the one of us who is acting as charge. It would be cool...

  2. "Yinz"

    Rabid Response replied to oramar's topic in General Nursing

    I'm about to make myself very unpopular. I spent the first eighteen years of my life in Pittsburgh and then moved to California. My parents never used "yinz;" nor did any of my other family members...

  3. Just started Nursing School and could be homeless!!

    Rabid Response replied to cjveronica's topic in General Nursing

    Two words--BOOT CAMP. You are not equipped to deal with a kid like this. You have too much history together; he knows what buttons to push. Find him a place where his behavior won't fly, where he has...

  4. Nursing Management Getting Down & Dirty On The Floors

    Rabid Response replied to DoGoodThenGo's topic in General Nursing

    Nurse managers rarely help out on the unit in my hospital and would not take patients unless the building was falling down around us. However, this is not their fault. Our contract stipulates that...

  5. anyone else?

    Rabid Response replied to chillchick's topic in General Nursing

    I always take that stuff in the spirit that it is intended. In an older gentleman, it is nearly always an attempt to be friendly. Being patients in the hospital puts people in a very vulnerable state...

  6. RN Grad looking for a RN opportunity in California

    Rabid Response replied to vinnyRN's topic in California Nursing

    Rents are very high in Berkeley, yes. Checking the rental section on Craigslist will give you a pretty good idea. The schools are decent, so you wouldn't have to shell out for private school tuition....

  7. Am I in over my head?????

    Rabid Response replied to jennash's topic in General Nursing

    Congratulations. I think your new job sounds very exciting. I wouldn't stress too much; just see what happens. 1) Language barriers are difficult, but you will learn to communicate. Buy yourself a...

  8. RN Grad looking for a RN opportunity in California

    Rabid Response replied to vinnyRN's topic in California Nursing

    I live in Berkeley and work in San Francisco. Please do NOT move your family out here by any means. Yes, it is a lovely place, but there are NO JOBS for new grads, and the cost of living is...

  9. Jobs in CA

    Rabid Response replied to kpg19's topic in California Nursing

    No, it is not true. Whoever is spreading that rumor in MI is probably trying to eliminate job competition by getting all the other RNs to leave the state. It is almost impossible for experienced...

  10. How hard is it generally to switch from one shift to another, say from eves to days?

    Rabid Response replied to beeble's topic in General Nursing

    If your hospital is anything like mine, I expect it will be very difficult to change shifts at present. Generally, if you want to go to another shift there must first be an opening. At my hospital...

  11. I feel stupid

    Rabid Response replied to bandmja's topic in General Nursing

    You are breaking my heart. Take a few breaths. You are not stupid. Please stop referring to yourself in such a negative way. Do not refer to yourself that way in front of others, and stop the internal...

  12. Trouble With Understanding VT scenario

    Rabid Response replied to mlbdestined's topic in General Nursing

    emtb2rn--The OP did not have to state whether the V-tach was narrow complex or wide complex. V-tach is BY DEFINITION wide complex. The width of the QRS complex is what lets you know the impulses are...

  13. "Think" about what you say!!!

    Rabid Response replied to NightOwl0624's topic in General Nursing

    It took a patient's comment to make me realize that I needed to stop saying, "Oops!" It seemed such a benign exclamation to use after accidentally dropping a pillow on the floor or if I forgot to turn...

  14. question about what type of critical care unit to go into?

    Rabid Response replied to aflac381's topic in General Nursing

    In my hospital it is usually CVICU nurses who go on to CRNA school. But our CVICU has never hired new grads, and I suspect that might be the case in a lot of hospitals. Our ICU has hired new grads in...

  15. Vacation

    Rabid Response replied to Jameslovestravel's topic in Nursing Career

    It depends on the policies where you work. In any case, I wouldn't count on getting a whole month off during your first year as a newly hired (and new) nurse. If you don't need the benefits, travel...

  16. Insulted by DNS

    Rabid Response replied to tokmom's topic in General Nursing

    Congratulations on getting your ACLS certification. I admire you for going beyond what is merely required of you and working to become a stronger nurse. Your DNS's reasoning is ridiculous and wrong. I...

  17. Should I follow up?

    Rabid Response posted a topic in General Nursing

    I've been working in my ICU for three years now, and I was feeling ready for a change. I often receive report from the ED and have become friendly with one of the nurses there. For the last few months...

  18. Should I follow up?

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

    Thank you all for your thoughtful (and unanimous) responses. It seems that I must call the manager and let her know at least the basics of what occurred. I will probably reheorifice beforehand so that...

  19. How can someone even be like that?!

    Rabid Response replied to futureRN_Anastasia's topic in General Nursing

    Hang in there. My father was equally unsupportive of me when I told him I was going back to school for nursing. He also felt that nursing was beneath me. By his reasoning, if I had wanted to do...

  20. Feeling Wronged

    Rabid Response replied to ScrubMan0416's topic in General Nursing

    It's not clear from your post what the criteria are for being accepted into your school's nursing program, nor is it clear exactly how you think these unemployed computer company employees are getting...

  21. Why are things so tough on older nurses to get jobs

    Rabid Response replied to Willow Moonsidhe's topic in General Nursing

    I don't think that anyone, regardless of age or experience, is having an easy time finding work right now. Hang in there and don't give up. The economy has got to turn around some time, and then...

  22. Oh, you rode your high horse to work today

    Rabid Response replied to fallrisk2008's topic in General Nursing

    Oh night shift, night shift! I have such a love/hate relationship with night shift. One of my favorite things that happens on night shift has been happening big time on my unit this week. Sundowning!...

  23. NOC nurse vent

    Rabid Response replied to SunnyAndrsn's topic in General Nursing

    I don't usually have problems with the nurses on other shifts. There are a few who always pass a lot of work on (overdue meds, dressing changes, iv starts, etc...) but they would do that stuff no...

  24. Cal State East Bay (CSUEB) or Samuel Merritt's ABSN????

    Rabid Response replied to lakaha's topic in General Nursing

    I can't tell you which program is superior, but I can give you advice. I went through SMU's ABSN program and was very happy with it. It was pretty intense but not horribly difficult. I felt very...

  25. which patients are in/out of your comfort zone?

    Rabid Response replied to PureLifeRN's topic in General Nursing

    I hate taking care of relatively well patients who are in the ICU for "observation." Invariably they are cranky and miserable and unable to sleep due to the alarms going off and the frequent...