pedicurn

pedicurn LPN, RN

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  1. How do you chart verbal aggression by a client?

    pedicurn replied to RxOnly's topic in General Nursing

    I quote exactly what the p't said .... word for word .... in all it's glorious ridiculousness. I also state exactly what the p't did .... every single action. I also state what their family members...

  2. Thinking about leaving hospital nursing, need advice

    pedicurn replied to shoegalRN's topic in General Nursing

    Please don't enable this individual to reduce your employment and career opportunity. In this economy we all need to think very carefully before leaving an acute care environment. Don't let her bully...

  3. future of nursing

    pedicurn replied to bookgirl's topic in General Nursing

    Staff nurses .... more of a highly skilled role and less of a professional role. This is despite more staff nurses having a high GPA / bachelors / post-grad nursing education/ other degrees / previous...

  4. heartless DON or reality check?

    pedicurn replied to sarafina's topic in General Nursing

    My impression, as an Australian; is that there is a wide range of working condition in the US. Some of the US posts re working conditions shock me ... and there are some that describe some very...

  5. Verbal assault by a pt.

    pedicurn replied to imintrouble's topic in General Nursing

    The reason why they take it out on the nurse and CNA ..... and not the doctor, or the pharmacist, or the PT Is that they respect the nurse and CNA less. Whilst we shouldn't take it personally .......

  6. What to do when co-workers can't keep up any more?

    pedicurn replied to pawsomepooch47's topic in General Nursing

    The economy is the problem ... not older nurses who are still

  7. What to do when co-workers can't keep up any more?

    pedicurn replied to pawsomepooch47's topic in General Nursing

    agree with most of the replies. are their mistakes really that huge ? are we talking p't safety or are talking about the relatively minor? really ..... most people after age 40 start to have an...

  8. heartless DON or reality check?

    pedicurn replied to sarafina's topic in General Nursing

    I really think the DON either has an uncontrolled mental health issue ... or is a robot with no emotive

  9. Verbal assault by a pt.

    pedicurn replied to imintrouble's topic in General Nursing

    Ofcourse abuse and violence is a nursing issue and we must stand united. I have seen many a male coworker being abused. We must have zero tolerance for this behaviour. However the case of female abuse...

  10. Verbal assault by a pt.

    pedicurn replied to imintrouble's topic in General Nursing

    I don't believe that studies are unimportant ....we need studies in this evidenced based field. I simply recounted observation ... which is a basic (informal) research technique And.... just because I...

  11. Verbal assault by a pt.

    pedicurn replied to imintrouble's topic in General Nursing

    Now if you exclude the demented/insane/delerious/outright criminal ...... - Who gets yelled at by the 30 something alert and oriented 'loss of control' professional females? - Who is less likely to...

  12. Verbal assault by a pt.

    pedicurn replied to imintrouble's topic in General Nursing

    exactly ... it's humiliating. it's true that dr's /pt's /ot's don't have this abuse unleashed upon them (unless the p't is mentally ill or has dementia) the only people who get it are nurses and...

  13. I'm having a 'me' day.

    pedicurn replied to carolmaccas66's topic in General Nursing

    Lovely 'me' days... My ideal one: - sleep in - have coffee and breakfast in bed while on the net - lie back down again and have a nap - don't worry about the housework ... load the dishwasher and do a...

  14. Torn between Nursing and Medicine

    pedicurn replied to Loux's topic in Nursing Career

    Brilliant post !!! I lament the lower academic quality of nursing education. Many of the older nurses who trained in the 1950's and 1960's were (are) highly intelligent and professionally capable....

  15. Torn between Nursing and Medicine

    pedicurn replied to Loux's topic in Nursing Career

    Now if I were a 17 yr old ( who was already in college and presumably capable of getting straight A's and A +; and OK with large time commitment and funding requirement) who posed this question.... I...

  16. rotating shifts....is this the norm?

    pedicurn replied to sweetieann's topic in General Nursing

    I consider self rostering to be the biggest boon to nursing. In the old days - those awful prescribed shift patterns were the worst. I had no proper social life as the roster interfered with team...

  17. Is Australian BScNursing equivalent to BSN?

    pedicurn replied to pedicurn's topic in International Nursing

    Yes Australia does have BScNursing degrees.... I have one from an Australian university. We don't differentiate between the BN and BScNursing degrees in Australia. However perhaps the US does? I have...

  18. Time to call a duck a duck?

    pedicurn replied to eriksoln's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    I participated in this thread earlier and changed my view slightly as it progressed. My view now is that nursing is a mix of profession / highly-skilled / trade / manual labour. IMHO .... the reason...

  19. If you could do it all over.....

    pedicurn replied to GeminiRN2007's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I would have spent the first year in medsurg ...then a couple in ICU. Then the rest in one specialty becoming the most competent nurse I could. I would have probably chosen cardiology and built a...

  20. Nurses working without health insurance

    pedicurn replied to linguine's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Well it's not all awful there and nor is it a bed of roses here. We do have waits often and not all treatment is available for us. Our system is good at giving basic care and not so good at...

  21. Hooters as Job History...Could this hurt my chances of getting a job?

    pedicurn replied to AMD88's topic in Nursing Career

    Wondering ... does the Hooters corporation have another name you could use instead? See if you can put the corporation name on your resume instead of 'Hooters'. This way you wouldn't be fibbing on...

  22. Lots of threads on tattoos but....

    pedicurn replied to dreamer827's topic in General Nursing

    Well ..... they are fairly popular these days. I really don't think they are hurting job opportunity. Perhaps in the past but not now. Even our docs have them - a Surgical resident at work has three...

  23. Lots of threads on tattoos but....

    pedicurn replied to dreamer827's topic in General Nursing

    I have a tattoo myself but do find the themes of many others to be offensive. I really dislike skulls and the grim reaper stuff ... I find it 'dark' and am strongly opposed to such imagery. But whilst...

  24. Lots of threads on tattoos but....

    pedicurn replied to dreamer827's topic in General Nursing

    Many people are quite surprised to learn that I have a tattoo as I seem quite conservative. I got it when I was 40 yrs old and it's lovely .... very well done. I haven't noticed people changing their...

  25. Would you marry a Doctor?

    pedicurn replied to fleurafor's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Ahh .... but you can love a rich man as well as a poor man