bluesky

bluesky BSN, RN

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  1. I am a worried CNA

    bluesky replied to Krissy NY's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    :chuckle I made it for 3 1/2 hrs before I checked out. It takes a special, very special human being to be a great CNA in an LTC setting. Their pay is a REAL

  2. need advice on precepting special nurse

    bluesky replied to rn-jane's topic in General Nursing

    Are her breadown moments from performance related stress or from the way she is being treated by other staff people? Clearly there is a lack of professionalism on your unit and she doesn't have the...

  3. What would you have done?

    bluesky replied to Sadie04's topic in General Nursing

    We just piggy-backed mag runs on an a-fib pt who was on a heparin drip just Tuesday... my preceptor Ok'd and hung both. That isn't

  4. Nursing and body piercings

    bluesky replied to Pronurse's topic in General Nursing

    Yeesh. This statement sounds downright prejudiced. I hope that the patients you see who don't meet your "socio-eco-cultural-ethnic class" (?!)standards receive the same quality of care as the ones...

  5. Specialization after Graduation???

    bluesky replied to mspringer's topic in General Nursing

    My only issue with the "go to medsurg first" discussion is as follows. Most medsurg floors are specialized themselves these days (onco, ortho, neuro, etc). So it is very possible NOT to see a wide...

  6. Peds Clinical

    bluesky replied to Aneroo's topic in Pediatric

    Hi! I don't have as much experience as the peds specialists who wrote before me. I can tell you this though; as a mother I thought I had my stuff together but my classmates who didn't have kids were...

  7. Newsweek letter to editor

    bluesky replied to CoffeeRTC's topic in General Nursing

    As my 2 yr old would say "nasty stinky eeeeewe ". Another great physician in the making....

  8. Do nursing schools actually conciously REALIZE they are being ridiculous or is it a..

    bluesky replied to Roland's topic in General Nursing

    I agree with Dayray- I think that the unrealistic volume of material is designed to force us to pick and chose what the most significant points really are so we can develop a strategy to approach...

  9. Why, would any RN oppose requiring a BSN for all future nurses?

    bluesky replied to Roland's topic in General Nursing

    I was sooooo with you until you said

  10. Why, would any RN oppose requiring a BSN for all future nurses?

    bluesky replied to Roland's topic in General Nursing

    Listen, no-one's arguing that you shouldn't aggressively negotiate the highest salary you want for yourself and your family. But to suggest that all the rest of us should live with a worsened...

  11. I Hate Nursing School

    bluesky replied to ADNRN's topic in General Nursing

    Nursing school isn't hard, it's stupid. I'm in a "national top ten" ranked BSN program and UGGGGHH. I have a 3.6 GPA without ever having opened a textbook. Thank god I'm graduating this semester...

  12. Bedside is Best

    bluesky replied to ADNRN's topic in General Nursing

    Oh yeah ..and What about nursing teachers? Someone needs to be out there in the schools teaching the bedside nurses, don't they? OK, I'm done now

  13. Bedside is Best

    bluesky replied to ADNRN's topic in General Nursing

    Are you sure about that? Of course bedside nursing is the foundation of all nursing practice. There are, however, reasons to be involved in other aspects of nursing. What about nurses who aren't...

  14. Status

    bluesky replied to ADNRN's topic in General Nursing

    While I don't really have the huge reaction that everyone has, your original post did heavily imply that nurses pursuing degrees have somehow been derailed from the core values/power of nursing. It...

  15. Status

    bluesky replied to ADNRN's topic in General Nursing

    All I can say is, I don't see how you can assess my goals/ambitions/values based on my degree. Nobody's disagreeing that empathy and compassion are of primary importance in nursing. But it sounds...

  16. Why, would any RN oppose requiring a BSN for all future nurses?

    bluesky replied to Roland's topic in General Nursing

    If there's an oversupply of nurses in this country in my lifetime I hereby will pay you, Roland, an entire year of my salary, tax free. The nursing shortage is a huge social and public health...

  17. Why, would any RN oppose requiring a BSN for all future nurses?

    bluesky replied to Roland's topic in General Nursing

    So I can take care of MORE patients under more stressful and unsafe conditions... Sorry quality patient care and a less stressful workplace are just as important to me as my

  18. Why, would any RN oppose requiring a BSN for all future nurses?

    bluesky replied to Roland's topic in General Nursing

    The point that all the seasoned board members are making is that this debate has been visited, revisited and revisited AGAIN every time a prospective nursing student asks the question (which is at...

  19. Would you join a union

    bluesky replied to BadBird's topic in General Nursing

    Don't get me wrong in theory I want to spend my career in a union it's just that all the big teaching hospitals in my area (where I think I'll learn the most for my first year or two) are non-union....

  20. Personalities of an ER Nurse

    bluesky replied to harry Krishna's topic in Emergency

    Hey! I'm a senior doing my preceptorship in the ER and I do say "but I wasn't taught that way" just not out loud! Thank God my preceptor is the good

  21. why do we baby our pts

    bluesky replied to MAGIK GIRL's topic in Emergency

    I think it depends on the chief complaint. If the admission is significant (chest pain, etc) and the patient's concerns legitimate (uninsured, afraid they'll get fired, kids at home), then darned...

  22. Would you join a union

    bluesky replied to BadBird's topic in General Nursing

    If I had a choice between a (clinically) great union hospital and a great non-union hospital, I'd go union. If I had the choice between a mediocre union hospital and a great non-union hospital, I'd...

  23. Need advice about sticky practicum situation- long but please HELP!!!

    bluesky posted a topic in General Nursing

    Ok here's the story. I have been longing, passionately, for my senior practicum at a magnet hospital which is about 30 miles from where I live (with a vicious rush hour). Well I started pushing for...

  24. Uncharitable Care: How Hospitals Are Gouging and Even Arresting the Uninsured

    bluesky replied to pickledpepperRN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    A. EMS is required by law to take the patient to the first due hospital which is the one that is closest. B. My experience is that there are just as many insured patients who are drug seeking and/or...

  25. Governor Dean changes his mind and his views...

    bluesky replied to mother/babyRN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    WOOHOOOOO! GOOD FOR