RedRubCatheter

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  1. What the Heck to You Do on Night Shifts?

    RedRubCatheter posted a topic in Nursing Humor

    I've been asked on many occasions what we do on night shifts. I've had people (mostly those who have never been in a hospital) assume that we sit around and watch movies all night, because the...

  2. Floor nurses

    RedRubCatheter replied to Caffeine_IV's topic in General Nursing

    I work primarily med/surg and we do not have care aids (here they are called RCAs or LTCAs) as part of our daily staffing. On days we work in RN/LPN teams where each nurse does primary care for half...

  3. Charge nurse with less than a year RN experience???!!

    RedRubCatheter replied to RNpandoraRN's topic in Nurse Management

    It's possible she has leadership experience from her previous career which would lend itself well to being charge. She may well be a great critical thinker even if she is fairly new to nursing. I...

  4. Will this clueless nursing student feeling ever go away?

    RedRubCatheter replied to ComeClarity's topic in General Nursing

    I always tell students, when they are struggling with "feeling new" or feeling like they will never get to the point where any of this comes naturally to them: When you were first learning to drive,...

  5. Stupid things said by your non-nurse significant other

    RedRubCatheter replied to Moogie's topic in Nursing Humor

    Since my significant other is a nurse, this one comes from my mother... Milk/dairy products (surprise surprise) make her "mucousy", so she avoids them. That's just fine, except she has been telling...

  6. What the Heck to You Do on Night Shifts?

    RedRubCatheter replied to RedRubCatheter's topic in Nursing Humor

    Yes, here in Canada (or at least my part of it) we're allowed one hour and forty-five minutes worth of breaks for a twelve hour shift. The forty-five minutes are paid time but the hour is not. I...

  7. Things Patients Have Taught Me NOT To Do

    RedRubCatheter replied to Trixxy's topic in Nursing Humor

    When you have a fight with your wife and do not win, don't proceed to fake "blackouts", go to the hospital complaining of said blackouts in order to be admitted and make her feel bad for winning the...

  8. Favorite Dr or Nurse Name

    RedRubCatheter replied to sethmctenn's topic in Nursing Humor

    We had a general surgeon here way back when named Dr. Kilam (Kill

  9. Male nursing students/nurses

    RedRubCatheter replied to krebs.cycle's topic in General Nursing

    For Glopop & HerEyes73 The issue here isn't about this male student looking for sympathy, nor is it about women entering male-dominated fields. krebs.cycle posted information about men in nursing....