DedHedRN

DedHedRN has 6 years experience and specializes in Medical Surgical.

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1. Using Your Nursing Credentials to Validate Anti-Vaxxer Theories

   DedHedRN replied to Helen Crump's topic in Disaster Preparation

   Just trying to be a voice of reason. If you guys want to read more into my post then I’m actually saying or put words in my mouth I can’t stop you. But that’s OK I’m just gonna sit back and...

2. Using Your Nursing Credentials to Validate Anti-Vaxxer Theories

   DedHedRN replied to Helen Crump's topic in Disaster Preparation

   To lump every single nurse that raises legitimate concerns about a vaccine into a anti-VAXer category is alarming. I took Microbiology. I was a lucky one and my teacher was fresh out of biological...

3. Nurses Who Harm Patients

   DedHedRN replied to madwife2002's topic in General Nursing

   Omg. Way to sow suspicion amongst coworkers. I wouldn't put being a serial killer in the top 100 reasons people get fired. What a way to cast a even more negative light on any nurse who has ever been...

4. Nursing and the Ebola Virus

   DedHedRN replied to 0.adamantite's topic in Disaster Preparation

   Texas Ebola patient's friend has been told he can return to work as nursing assistant | Daily Mail Online What do you think of this? Texas CNA family is quarantined, but he is allowed to come and go,...

5. October 2014 Caption Contest: Win $100!

   DedHedRN replied to Joe V's topic in News, Announcements

   No, I doubt you'll catch his

6. July 2014 Caption Contest: Win $100!

   DedHedRN replied to Joe V's topic in News, Announcements

   "I told her I'd watch her patients while she went on a ten min

7. Holiday Pay-- Anyone else heard of this??

   DedHedRN replied to NurseQT's topic in General Nursing

   Quit.

8. How important is your 'look' as a nurse

   DedHedRN replied to Nola009's topic in Nursing Professionalism

   When in doubt I tend to gravitate towards the "I'm crazy enough to show the #$%& up every day and keep a smile on my face look". What does that look like you ask? To be honest......a bit like an...

9. Things you tell newbies

   DedHedRN replied to JBudd's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

   There are days that will make you cry. You will cry on the way home from work. After a while you might even cry on your way to work. Just keep on trucking and eventually it will all weave together to...

10. Nurses Notes: Guidelines On What Not To Chart

    DedHedRN replied to TheCommuter's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    I work with a nurse that likes to write things such as, "Pt says that Nelly RN told her last night to take 15mg of morphine, and this SN informed them that it's actually for 5mg". "They complained...

11. OTC medication one bottle-multiple participants

    DedHedRN replied to ggcolonnello's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    Stupid law. Really stupid. Sometimes I just want to beat my head against the wall and scream at the stupidness of

12. Non-acute nursing jobs. Suggestions?

    DedHedRN replied to beachlifeRN's topic in Nursing Career

    If you have a BSN non-acute nursing jobs that are not any of the jobs you mention above will be easier to get. If you have a ASN you might need to be willing to live in

13. Post interview

    DedHedRN replied to poeboy's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    She was not hitting on

14. Got a job...then quit the job.....

    DedHedRN replied to RN that never was's topic in Nursing Career

    The hospitals are shrinking and pretty soon there will be more SNF, RCFE, and elderly home patients then ever due to our aging baby boomer generation, with this mass coming of elderly population where...

15. Quit with the rudeness

    DedHedRN replied to CWONgal's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I personally get a little rude at times, I think its from the constant stress that I have from day to day. I am expected to leave every single pt no matter how mentally unstable feeling like they just...