RN1982

RN1982

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  1. Do Nurses have to do the following??

    RN1982 replied to omgodzilla's topic in General Nursing

    Mmmhmmm sure. In her profile, it says she's a nursing

  2. Do Nurses have to do the following??

    RN1982 replied to omgodzilla's topic in General Nursing

    AN has a wide variety of members including PAs, an MD and a patient or two....not just nurses, CNAs or students. Doesn't really matter WHY she

  3. Do Nurses have to do the following??

    RN1982 replied to omgodzilla's topic in General Nursing

    Simple tasks such as bathing a patient or wiping a patient's bum is not beneath you or any other nurse for that

  4. Mispronouncing a word makes you less of a nurse

    RN1982 replied to Unique87's topic in General Nursing

    I call it

  5. Every Nurse Should Give Birth

    RN1982 replied to Vito Andolini's topic in General Nursing

    Don't think my uterus is ready for that... Anyhow, I hope your cousin feels better. I think some healthcare professionals don't realize how painful something is unless they've experienced it...

  6. Do nurses make the worse family members or patients ?

    RN1982 replied to NurseLoveJoy88's topic in General Nursing

    There are some that like to throw their rank around like they are so special. As if, I'm suppose to be threatened by the fact that they are a nurse. If they say, "I'm a nurse"....I respond "that's...

  7. Mispronouncing a word makes you less of a nurse

    RN1982 replied to Unique87's topic in General Nursing

    LOL amerodeo...hmmmm that'll fix

  8. Mispronouncing a word makes you less of a nurse

    RN1982 replied to Unique87's topic in General Nursing

    Alright, I do have to admit that people do judge someone by their speech. Maybe I carry myself well and speak well because I've been asked on a few occassions what my degree is in and if I have a...

  9. Mispronouncing a word makes you less of a nurse

    RN1982 replied to Unique87's topic in General Nursing

    No, never told anyone that story. I think that prof had some issues. She was kind of strange but

  10. "Fired for NO Reason"

    RN1982 replied to Ruby Vee's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    I do agree that we should help the less-experienced nurses but to what end when you constantly are reeducating and reeducating and they make the same mistakes over and over. It gets frustrating after...

  11. Mispronouncing a word makes you less of a nurse

    RN1982 replied to Unique87's topic in General Nursing

    Yeah, this isn't really about protecting someone's ego so I have to agree with

  12. Mispronouncing a word makes you less of a nurse

    RN1982 replied to Unique87's topic in General Nursing

    Be nice. You have to remember that there are some really great instructors out there. I had some good instructors as well as bad. Bad as in, bringing her kid to clinical or disappearing from the unit...

  13. Mispronouncing a word makes you less of a nurse

    RN1982 replied to Unique87's topic in General Nursing

    i think when you are in nursing school emotions run really high because there is so much expected of the student and things get muffled in communication at times. that being said, i don't think the...

  14. Mispronouncing a word makes you less of a nurse

    RN1982 replied to Unique87's topic in General Nursing

    I have to agree. There are better ways to give constructive criticism. That instructor's version of it wasn't very

  15. Mispronouncing a word makes you less of a nurse

    RN1982 replied to Unique87's topic in General Nursing

    Depends on the situation. If the prof corrected the student in front of other students, that could be humiliating to a student. If that prof corrected the student by saying the correct pronounciation,...

  16. Mispronouncing a word makes you less of a nurse

    RN1982 replied to Unique87's topic in General Nursing

    Sorry, I'm not trying to be snarky. I just think snarky comments such as "You are less of a nurse because you pronounced a word incorrectly" does more to humiliate a person. That's the problem with...

  17. Mispronouncing a word makes you less of a nurse

    RN1982 replied to Unique87's topic in General Nursing

    No, I'm not saying that. Did I say that? No. I'm saying that people make mistakes. Fine, correct them, but don't berate them and say they would be less of a nurse. I think berating someone by saying...

  18. Mispronouncing a word makes you less of a nurse

    RN1982 replied to Unique87's topic in General Nursing

    I think some people should get off their high

  19. Do Nurses have to do the following??

    RN1982 replied to omgodzilla's topic in General Nursing

    Did you honestly think that because we have the big RN or LPN behind our name that we are exempt from providing basic patient care? If you have a problem with wiping behinds and getting down to the...

  20. Do Nurses have to do the following??

    RN1982 replied to omgodzilla's topic in General Nursing

    Yes. That's part of our

  21. burgled again!

    RN1982 replied to locolorenzo22's topic in General Nursing

    Tell your landlord that if he can't provide a security system then the lease is over. I really don't see why you should stay there. Apartment living isn't entirely safe either. When I move, I plan on...

  22. How often do you get raises in a hospital?

    RN1982 replied to Jo Dirt's topic in General Nursing

    Once a year, sometimes a bonus. We got a bonus this year, no raise. I would have rather had the

  23. Want your opinion?

    RN1982 posted a topic in General Nursing

    What do you think of a nurse who asks for an easy assignment because she has homework and needs to study then after she is done assessing her ICU patients, she sits down at the desk and whips out her...

  24. CNA to RN at work

    RN1982 replied to dialtechd's topic in General Nursing

    "sigh" I think most of your brother's views of nursing as a profession are quite misguided. And as far as I am concerned, he has no clue what it takes to be a nurse and the stuff that we are required...

  25. Tips for New Interns: How To Get Along With The Nurse

    RN1982 replied to Ruby Vee's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    To interns: You are a guest here, don't treat me like a second class