cadeusus2004 replied to Evelyn2003's topic in Emergency
I do LTC as an agency RN. I figure I needed a break from the hairy-scary and the fact that I'm almost 60. (Still got the Right Stuff, though). So, I work with a lot of LPNs. Often, they will try to...
RN- Jane. Get out of there now and don't wait until things blow up in your face. Remember: It is your license and only you can lose it. And remember how difficult it was to get it. For those...
Why does Nursing eat its young, respond with vehemence and hostility to colleages, disrespect the common rules of courtesy, openly and even in front of patients and their families challenge Nursing...
cadeusus2004 replied to cadeusus2004's topic in General Nursing
Dear Vicky, Thank you for the request. As is my policy, I only send copies of this to colleagues who wish to use them as part of their scheduled classes, or for them to peruse and critique. I only...
Sarah, I respect your decision. But, I think you will find dress codes, either written or implied, in almost all other professions. A lawyer would not dare show up in court in the same clothes he...
forgot something: NO! I don't hink hospitals have any right telling a nurse what she or he can wear as long as it is clean professional. It is WE who ought to do the regulating. Let me tall you...
Here is why I think there ought to be uniform codes. (I'm not as conservative as you might think). 1. Patients recognize nursing uniforms. They should, to me, be basically white, with discreet...
cadeusus2004 replied to Evelyn2003's topic in Emergency
While I am personally quite conservative in this area believing that every graduate have a firm background in Med/Surg Nursing for at least a year, (its like an internship. I wouldn't trust a nurse...
cadeusus2004 replied to Diamond88's topic in General Nursing
I tutor for the exam and all my subjects have passed (since its P/F now). First, I go to the NLN site and get an idea of what will be focussed on the next time (say Pediatrics) and make a note,...
Pediatrics is something I'd never, cannot, do. Kids are almost alien to me in their medicine with everything different than adults. I have the highest respect for Pediatric Nurses and sonder how they...