whichone'spink

whichone'spink BSN, RN

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  1. Social Class and Nursing

    whichone'spink replied to AllOfMyWat's topic in General Nursing

    I know that. There are times I do have to use my brain, like when I have a patient crashing after surgery. Of course, no one recognizes that nursing is knowledge work and unfortunately we aren't...

  2. Social Class and Nursing

    whichone'spink replied to AllOfMyWat's topic in General Nursing

    Not the bedside. At least not all the time. With an advanced degree, nursing is more likely to be knowledge

  3. Social Class and Nursing

    whichone'spink replied to AllOfMyWat's topic in General Nursing

    I have a BSN, and am currently working on getting a DNP in informatics. Although I have a bachelors, I feel more working class than middle class. Nursing does not truly feel like knowledge work. So...

  4. Social Class and Nursing

    whichone'spink replied to AllOfMyWat's topic in General Nursing

    With my wages, and the taxes taken out of my paycheck every year, I fall into lower middle class. If I lived in a higher paying state with taxes not being so high, then I might fall into middle or...

  5. Does segregation exist in hospital settings

    whichone'spink replied to DesiDani's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Thank God all the rooms at my hospital are private. It was only built 16 years ago, for what it's worth. The other hospital in town has been around since forever, and still has some private rooms....

  6. Will I regret not going for Doctorate?

    whichone'spink replied to gatornurse1990's topic in General Nursing

    If you find a BSN-DNP program close to you and is affordable, then go for that. Otherwise try for a MSN

  7. Should I even be considering nursing? (Asperger's)

    whichone'spink replied to RustyS's topic in Nursing Career

    Don't go into nursing. Even neurotypical people should stay out. It's one of the worst jobs to have if you have trouble with social interactions. And what's worse is you will probably end up with a...

  8. Nurses at Allina to strike: What's at stake?

    whichone'spink replied to herring_RN's topic in Collective Bargaining, Union

    I've heard some stories about Allina from classmates now currently on strike. No wonder nurses voted to strike again. I thought of applying to Abbott, for a PACU position, but decided against it....

  9. Your funniest "are you serious?!?!" MIDAS report

    whichone'spink replied to DesiDani's topic in General Nursing

    I only write incident reports if the situation calls for it. I am not one to write up every single stupid thing, like many nurses do. I have done it twice in the 3 years I've worked at my current...

  10. Don't be catty (literally)

    whichone'spink replied to Emergent's topic in General Nursing

    Oh this brings a smile to my face. Good way to live life, like a dog. Dogs are

  11. First job offer has bad Google reviews.

    whichone'spink replied to Bratt88's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    I wouldn't give much thought to Google review from patients. They don't work there. I often look at employee (current and former) reviews on GlassDoor.com. Your employer may not have a page on...

  12. Oncoming nurse refuses report and leaves the room...

    whichone'spink replied to Kharma711's topic in General Nursing

    Write it up, and write an email to your manager. Even if you have to come in early after getting some sleep after your

  13. DNP Fluff

    whichone'spink replied to Malenurse1235954's topic in Doctoral Nursing Degrees

    Thankfully MS Word now has an APA template, which I use all the time. Thankfully nurse practitioners at my university get close to 1,000 hours of actual clinical time, but the fluff takes away...

  14. Patients taking selfies in clinical areas

    whichone'spink posted a topic in HIPAA Challenges

    I hate this selfie trend with a passion. Seriously. People look so freaking stupid when they hold up their phone and snap a picture with ugly duck lips. And this trend is so pervasive, that people...

  15. Mental health breaks

    whichone'spink replied to TheCommuter's topic in Health, Stress Management

    I'm going out to Northern California in about 2 weeks to visit my dad and in addition to spending time with him, I'll go out to Golden Gate national park, and other points of beauty that I remember in...

  16. What Is The Most Disrespectful Thing A Colleague Has Said To You?

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

    Nothing directly about me, but it was somewhat disrespectful. Once, during lunch time I was with another nurse, an anesthesiologist and a radiology tech, and the subject of refugees came up. There...

  17. A listening ear is also a running mouth.

    whichone'spink replied to Aloe_sky's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Let's face it, when we work with a group of people for long hours at a time, people will get to know each other a little too well. My advice is to decide what you are comfortable with your coworkers...

  18. Cardiac drips on a med/surg floor

    whichone'spink replied to tokmom's topic in Medical-Surgical

    Eeek! At my facility, cardizem is titratable and it goes to PCU. Same for nitro. Dobutamine also goes to PCU as long as you don't have to titrate. Other drips include heparin, lasix, bumex,...

  19. Fentanyl as a MDV or SDV

    whichone'spink replied to emryan's topic in PACU

    MDV, although pharmacy at my facility does not like that practice. But we go through fentanyl like candy that if we have to pull out one vial at a time, we would quickly run out. We have labels for...

  20. Judge Sends Man to Prison Because He Can't Pay Hospital Bill

    whichone'spink replied to SunnyPupRN's topic in Nursing News

    I didn't realize how much of a crap hole St. Louis, and the surrounding area is. If an area is that impoverished that they depend on getting revenue from citizens living in poverty, that is just...

  21. What is considered "job hopping?"

    whichone'spink replied to Nurse3242's topic in General Nursing

    I try to disguise the job hopping I've done in my 4 years as a nurse by lumping all my jobs by facility. I was at one facility for about 1.5 years, and had two positions I worked in. I've been at my...

  22. Subtle deterioration on the floor

    whichone'spink replied to Lev's topic in General Nursing

  23. Surplus of Nurses - should I think twice?

    whichone'spink replied to Maple2016's topic in Nursing News

    Yes. Even if there isn't a surplus of nurses, the job itself is awful. Find something else to major

  24. Nurses who don't have the "passion"

    whichone'spink replied to My_toe_sis's topic in General Nursing

    I have no choice but to stay. I have a BSN that took me 6 years to obtain, and I am stuck. I can't get any other job that pays as much as I'm getting now. Even a useless liberal-arts degree is more...

  25. Make >$100K As An RN? Here Is One Way

    whichone'spink replied to PMFB-RN's topic in General Nursing

    I lived in Davis when I was a teen. I knew people that had to commute to Sacramento for work, but it's not that far away. There are other suburbs in the Sacramento area that are just as nice, and...