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I think using your cellphone as a nursing tool is legit. It's only when people are using their phones in ways that it interferes with their work that it becomes a problem.

I just became an RN, and while I earned a BA in mathematics almost ten years ago and have had many jobs since then, my current job is my first in a professional role. I never considered nursing before because it was always expected by my parents tha...

I keep mine on silent or turned off in my backpack in the nurse's station. If anybody needs to get a hold of me in an emergency, they can call my facility. Except for when I'm on break, I only ever take my phone out while I'm finishing up my paperw...

I've never worked in that setting, but I'm interested in what others who have done so have to say. Before attending nursing school I worked in memory care, and just started my first nursing job in a rehab facility. Working in a setting that combine...

That sounds a lot like how my school is teaching us to use nursing diagnoses. They've had us use them as written in the diagnosis manual for assignments, but they've been pretty frank about the fact that we're not going to use the manual in practice...

Employers do not have the right to keep unclaimed employee wages. Under each state's escheat laws, employers have to turn over unclaimed wages (such as cases where employees have failed to cash paychecks) to the state after a specified period of tim...

Considering that most if not all major world religions promote honesty as a core value, I doubt that God wants you to hide this from your employer. Be honest and upfront about it. Integrity is one of the many things in life we gain by mL and lose b...

I'm still in nursing school, but I got my start dealing with gross stuff years ago when I worked in a couple different group homes with developmentally disabled kids, and more recently when I worked in assisted living and memory care, and I can defin...

I can see why you're frustrated! Thankfully that's not at all the rationale they give for nursing diagnoses in the program I'm in right now. They've told us pretty much from the beginning that we won't ever actually use nursing diagnoses in clinica...

So, since I have a cold and I didn't want to give it to any pregnant women, new moms, or infants, I spent my first two OB clinical shifts following Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetists. Based on what you've said, ImThatGuy, I recommend that you ...

If you're not interested in OB, then you shouldn't pick that as your career. But I get the impression from comments you've made in this thread that you don't think it's important that you put any effort into learning from your OB clinical. If that'...

You obviously weren't trying to say that monkeypox and pregnancy are the same thing, but you were clearly trying to compare the importance of understanding one to the importance of understanding the other- which is still ridiculous. I'm sorry that m...

"Suck it up and get your hands dirty" reminds me of helping one of my classmates clean up a patient with liver failure taking lactulose on my last med surg rotation

This is either a successful attempt at trolling, or a failed attempt at a sound, logical argument. Are you honestly comparing the normal biological processes of pregnancy and childbirth to an obscure infectious tropical disease that few nurses are e...

That's good to know!

Exactly- I'm also a male nursing student, about to start my OB rotation this Friday (that is if I can shake this cold that I can feel coming on). I have no problem respecting a patient's wishes if they are uncomfortable with me. I worked as a careg...

I interviewed last week (12/3/09) for the Alternate Entry Master's program at University of Portland, and I have a good feeling about my chances of getting accepted. Just interested in saying "Hi" to potential members of my cohort.

Over all, I've been extremely happy with my experience at UP. The instruction has been, for the most part, excellent. As have been my clinical experiences. I've found my experiences on dedicated education units to be especially beneficial, since t...

Exactly. The only thing I don't understand here is your reference to the fifth amendment. Anyway, when you're on Facebook, you're in public- and an employer is within reason to ask that nurses (and therapists, technicians, and doctors for that mat...

I'm a heterosexual male, currently in nursing school, and I've never been worried about being labeled gay. It's not that I don't believe that there are people out there who will make that assumption- I'm sure there are a few- it's that I don't care....

First of all, I'd check my privacy settings if I were you. Personally, I don't even let friends of friends see anything on my page except for my name and profile picture. But even then, a coworker who you're friends with might have gone to HR. In a...

I'm in nursing school right now, and while I never actually worked as a CNA, I've done almost all of the same work that a CNA does as a caregiver and med aide in memory care and assisted living for several years. I'm so glad that you're excited about...

OP- Personally, I'd re-read the article and see if it's really saying your should shield your patients from knowledge about the consequences of obesity- because I doubt it really is. It sounds like it's probably saying not to over-emphasize those co...

Having compassion for patients does not necessitate sugarcoating anything. Sugarcoating, to me, means finding a nice way to express not so nice thoughts. Compassion means being able to let go of your personal judgments of a person in order to recog...

It depends entirely upon the preference of the instructor. If they don't explicitly tell us during the first day of class, I'll usually ask. Most of my teachers prefer first names, but some want us to call them Dr. . Some ask we use Dr. . But aga...