bluesky

bluesky BSN, RN

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  1. Question about DVT Diagnosis

    bluesky replied to harley_fan's topic in General Nursing

  2. Do I have to be published to get into a PhD Program?

    bluesky posted a topic in Post Graduate Students

    I am strongly attracted to the idea of getting a PhD... my mom is a professor and the desire to teach runs deep in my soul. Yet everytime I browse my alma mater's website (University of Maryland),...

  3. How much did you make as a new grad?

    bluesky replied to SerenityR.N.'s topic in General Nursing

    Washington D.C; Started @ 24.00/ base. Now, one year later I work weekend alternative and make about $35.00/ hr. Not bad,

  4. Family Witnessing Code Activities

    bluesky replied to BabyRN2Be's topic in General Nursing

    Me

  5. Define: Nurses Eating Their Young

    bluesky replied to Daytonite's topic in General Nursing

    I think that is very important and true just here is my question... how do you go about ascertaining what all the real facts of a situation

  6. Define: Nurses Eating Their Young

    bluesky replied to Daytonite's topic in General Nursing

    It's just that the older nurses are the ones with all the power so they're more likely to get away with it. I'm not defending the battleax terminology. However if a newbie comes into a unit with a...

  7. Futile Care Theory

    bluesky replied to ZASHAGALKA's topic in General Nursing

    And thankfully most of the patients I see are wise like your husband. I am so sorry for your loss- that must have been so sudden and

  8. Futile Care Theory

    bluesky replied to ZASHAGALKA's topic in General Nursing

    This isn't my definition. It's the definition of the physicians and nursing managers on the ethics committees who are pushing for these rights. I just feel that from your post you don't really have...

  9. Define: Nurses Eating Their Young

    bluesky replied to Daytonite's topic in General Nursing

    Excellent post. :) I hope your next job was

  10. Futile Care Theory

    bluesky replied to ZASHAGALKA's topic in General Nursing

    I guess technically it was yesterday that he was transferred to the floor on room air.

  11. Futile Care Theory

    bluesky replied to ZASHAGALKA's topic in General Nursing

    Working in the SICU this past year has been a great dissapointment, it's true. My hospital is the local repository for all train wrecks in the Washington D.C. area (uh, I mean high acuity teaching...

  12. Illegals affect Healthcare?

    bluesky replied to Annointed_RNStudent's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    This is a very complicated subject. To refer to another human being as an "illegal" is really distasteful in my mind. All of the men and women who founded this country weren't U.S. citizens on...

  13. Futile Care Theory

    bluesky replied to ZASHAGALKA's topic in General Nursing

    I don't really think money is the only, primary consideration. The primary consideration is the suffering of the patient. Futile means absolutely gone on my unit. Not a child with an end-stage...

  14. filter needles - policy

    bluesky replied to mtnmom's topic in General Nursing

    I use filter needles as well but I have always wondered one thing... if they are so dangerous and proper use is so hard to monitor and confirm, why don't they just phase ampules out and devise some...

  15. Futile Care Theory

    bluesky replied to ZASHAGALKA's topic in General Nursing

    ITA with this point. There are tradeoffs in this game, like it or not. Like keeping an old obese person who has treated themselves like crap for years on IABP and VAD for weeks and sometimes months...

  16. Family Witnessing Code Activities

    bluesky replied to BabyRN2Be's topic in General Nursing

    That statement is true about all

  17. "6 Feet Under" is over! Finally a real nurse on TV!

    bluesky replied to RN34TX's topic in General Nursing

  18. "6 Feet Under" is over! Finally a real nurse on TV!

    bluesky replied to RN34TX's topic in General Nursing

    You know since you've looked at all the details... I was wondering about the second son... it seemed like after a while it was only the one son that was shown at all the events. I was kind of...

  19. "6 Feet Under" is over! Finally a real nurse on TV!

    bluesky replied to RN34TX's topic in General Nursing

    You would know because the last episode ties up all the loose ends. No more hints, I promise!

  20. "6 Feet Under" is over! Finally a real nurse on TV!

    bluesky replied to RN34TX's topic in General Nursing

    I know the first four seasons are out on DVD and available for purchase (you're looking at $95 per season) on the HBO website. I can't add too much to what everyone else has said here. Just at the...

  21. You know its going to be a bad shift when...

    bluesky replied to Adam D. RN2005's topic in Nursing Humor

    :rotfl: :rotfl:

  22. Tips for nurses in their first year of nursing

    bluesky replied to Brian's topic in First Year After Licensure

    My Guide to Surviving Your First Year in the ICU: 1. Don't complain about anything. They don't want to hear it and you'll be labeled. 2. Know your unit's standards very well. You are accountable to...

  23. They didn't teach me this in nursing school and I could have killed someone!

    bluesky replied to Roland's topic in General Nursing

    Gosh that sounds awful. I am so

  24. No More Demerol IV Push???

    bluesky replied to VickyRN's topic in Emergency

    My facility loves Fentanyl which is used about 90% of the time. Then comes MSO4, then the lightweights. I haven't given Demerol IV or IM at all in the 13 months that I have been working

  25. Minimum wage for nurses!

    bluesky replied to NurCrystal22's topic in General Nursing

    Yup, me too. My full-time job would have to bring in the $$$ but I would definitely do some kind of volunteer