KC,RN

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  1. When Your Patient Wants To Talk Politics

    KC,RN posted a topic in General Nursing

    I guess this could apply to any part of life, but just curious how everyone handles it when your patient wants to talk about politics. I typically try to redirect the subject back to the care I am...

  2. When Your Patient Wants To Talk Politics

    KC,RN replied to KC,RN's topic in General Nursing

    That’s awful. As I got more experienced as a nurse I learned to say “I am a nurse and I am a professional, you are not allowed to touch me. I expect to be spoken to the same way I am speaking to...

  3. When Your Patient Wants To Talk Politics

    KC,RN replied to KC,RN's topic in General Nursing

    I love this! Always my go

  4. When Your Patient Wants To Talk Politics

    KC,RN replied to KC,RN's topic in General Nursing

    OMG that might be the only thing

  5. When Your Patient Wants To Talk Politics

    KC,RN replied to KC,RN's topic in General Nursing

    I love this! Perfect way to handle it! I’m going to use this,

  6. Hostile families

    KC,RN posted a topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    My last two shifts I have had issues with very hostel family members who felt that my hospital and me were not doing enough to prevent a patients pain. I had medicated both of these patients and...

  7. Bachelor's vs Associates in Nursing

    KC,RN replied to WCSU1987's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Where I live most of the prestigious hospitals and more of the local hospital want a BSN. I have my ADN and I am working on my BSN now. If you have the time I would go for your BSN because you will...

  8. Hostile families

    KC,RN replied to KC,RN's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I don't know if I expressed this clearly, but I truely do not think this son had any intention of causing trouble in the hospital. I think he felt helpless seeing his mother in that much pain and he...

  9. Hostile families

    KC,RN replied to KC,RN's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Thank

  10. Hostile families

    KC,RN replied to KC,RN's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Thank you everyone. Some really good advice here that I will use in my bag of tricks to prevent this from happening again. It's tough as a nurse when you understand that someone is in real pain and...

  11. Hostile families

    KC,RN replied to KC,RN's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I know I spelled that wrong. As I said in the other posts I typed that quickly in the middle of the night without check. Thanks for correcting me. I will double check next

  12. Hostile families

    KC,RN replied to KC,RN's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Thanks I'll double check next

  13. Hostile families

    KC,RN replied to KC,RN's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I need to use spell check when posting in the middle of the

  14. Hostile families

    KC,RN replied to KC,RN's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I know I was very vague in my post because I didn't want to give out to much information. The incident that happened last night was this. Pt came to the floor right at change of shift after a hellish...

  15. Interested in earning a BSN degree

    KC,RN replied to hiii's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    Ok point taken. My point was that you need to ask about your credits, and in my experience most schools will take credits already earned for an RN to bsn

  16. Interested in earning a BSN degree

    KC,RN replied to hiii's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    I would talk to the school you would like to go to. They will usually take most of your

  17. why do many MAs and CNAs call themselves nurses?

    KC,RN replied to murseforever's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I worked in a pediatric office that nurses and ma had the exact same job description. I left because it drove me crazy, I never used my assessment skills and I started to feel like I was an ma. I left...

  18. Nursing courtesy

    KC,RN posted a topic in General Nursing

    I work in a LTC/rehab on nights Monday through Friday. They have weekend staffing that dose not work during the week usually. So the nurse that relieved me I will not see until next week. The problem...

  19. New Mom/ New Job

    KC,RN posted a topic in Nursing Career

    So I am a fairly new nurse, I graduated with my ADN in 2010. I was very lucky to find a job at a long-term care/Rehab facility two weeks after passing my boards. My intention was to stay at this...

  20. I suck...

    KC,RN replied to workingharder's topic in General Nursing

    I have felt like you have so many times. I'm just out of my first year of nursing and I still have days that I feel like that. Just learn to find the nurses you can trust and don't mind giving you a...

  21. How do I handel this like a professional?

    KC,RN posted a topic in General Nursing

    i'm a new grad and since august i have been working in a ltc facility, this is my first nursing job. i have found the staff very friendly and supportive, and the education department is very...

  22. To the unemployed new grads... what ARE you doing?

    KC,RN replied to BigB_RN's topic in First Year After Licensure

    i'm not an unemployed new grad, but an under-employed new grad. i graduated last may and pasted my boards in august. since september i've worked in ltc part-time with no benefits and pay rate that is...

  23. I'm allergic to.....(laundry list)!

    KC,RN replied to AOx1's topic in General Nursing

    During one of my clinicals I had a chance to shadow a nurse in the PACU. The nurse asked the patient if she had any drug allergies, she said that she was allergic to ACE-Is; the nursed asked what...

  24. Nursing School Documents

    KC,RN replied to itsme583's topic in General Nursing

    i'm a new grad and i have to tell you flash cards are still invaluable. they work anywhere! waiting in line at the store, waiting in a doctor's office, downtime at work... i could go on and on; so...

  25. Please tell me about LTC nursing

    KC,RN posted a topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Hi I am a recent grad from an RN program and currently on the hunt for a job. I filled out an application with a LTC/Rehab facility today and basically had an interview on the spot. I have a second...