pedicurn

pedicurn LPN, RN

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  1. New Grad in ER with unsafe practice - Advice please?

    pedicurn replied to R!XTER's topic in Emergency

    I would take it in this economy...however you must be conversant re the facilities policies ...you need to know these back to front. Going to one of these places is so much easier for an experienced...

  2. Time to call a duck a duck?

    pedicurn replied to eriksoln's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    So we have come this far ..... Nursing is a mixture of trade/profession/blue collar Then how does this odd situation affect our culture? When we have a mix of nurses from the 'ofcourse I'm a real...

  3. Time to call a duck a duck?

    pedicurn replied to eriksoln's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    If we use the CVA example .... my p'ts relatives might recognise the need to raise bed-rails. Does this mean they are using nursing

  4. Time to call a duck a duck?

    pedicurn replied to eriksoln's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    Well no ...I initiate that stuff on my own before the doctor sees the p't. I have taken their bloods, assessed neurvasc and airway, done a blood sugar, done a venous gas, decided if they meet criteria...

  5. Time to call a duck a duck?

    pedicurn replied to eriksoln's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    I don't think we need nursing diagnoses to guide us here ....after all doctors manage quite well to know the things we know using medical diagnoses. A decent 'medical model' nurse should be able to...

  6. Time to call a duck a duck?

    pedicurn replied to eriksoln's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    Isn't that a fact ....sing it sister. Doctors use the medical model and it works pretty well for them. 'If it aint broke....don't fix

  7. The positive side of nursing...PLEASE!!!

    pedicurn replied to sarahsmile44's topic in General Nursing

    -Travel is the best .... not many jobs offer the opportunity of working in other countries. Nursing does this. Just needs a little planning ahead to sort out licenses. However if you use an agent they...

  8. Time to call a duck a duck?

    pedicurn replied to eriksoln's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    Agree ...especially more pathophys. And more clinical skills. Plus generally slant more toward medical model with nursing art as

  9. Honest thoughts on Job Market

    pedicurn replied to pat8585's topic in General Nursing

    I think the 'platitudes' are genuine. I really feel sorry for the new nurses too ...I'm with Dixiecup too. I graduated end of 1981 and started Feb 1982. All of my class had a job on graduation. Have...

  10. Time to call a duck a duck?

    pedicurn replied to eriksoln's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    Yes, it has different applications. I've just had a strange thought .... aren't we very similar to a commercial airline pilot? Lots of training, lots of experience, lots of responsibility ....but no...

  11. Time to call a duck a duck?

    pedicurn replied to eriksoln's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    Yes, down here as well. I am often shaken by the public perception of us. With facility for online newspaper comments nowadays it is very easy for the public to voice their views. I have seen us...

  12. Time to call a duck a duck?

    pedicurn replied to eriksoln's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    # Neck of

  13. Time to call a duck a duck?

    pedicurn replied to eriksoln's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    Please do not let the ANA eliminate LPNs. I used to work in NZ and left for Australia. A big reason for me leaving NZ was that the NZ Nurses Council eliminated ENs (Enrolled nurses...similar to LVNs)....

  14. Time to call a duck a duck?

    pedicurn replied to eriksoln's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    Yes ...point taken....however what is inescapable is that the midlevels write orders for bedside nurses. There is no getting around this. The midlevels often have a whole lot less experience than the...

  15. Time to call a duck a duck?

    pedicurn replied to eriksoln's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    If the PA is a midlevel...then what does that make the bedside RN? LOW LEVEL?? ENTRY LEVEL?? I have a BScN plus numerous post-grad certificates and a masters degree. I have more education than most...

  16. Time to call a duck a duck?

    pedicurn replied to eriksoln's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    Also ..... Still no CONTROL= still not a

  17. Time to call a duck a duck?

    pedicurn replied to eriksoln's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    Another thing that I ponder.... Why can a PA walk into healthcare with an unrelated bachelors...only have two years of medical education and then be writing orders for nurses???? Totally wrong, wrong,...

  18. Time to call a duck a duck?

    pedicurn replied to eriksoln's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    My ED is full of experienced task-orientated nurses who have NEVER believed nursing is a profession. Some of them don't know 'their' from 'there'.....or 'too' from 'to'. Some of them even do charge....

  19. Time to call a duck a duck?

    pedicurn replied to eriksoln's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    Re the nursing process ... It's the fact that it is formalized as a key nursing skill that is so embarrassing. No other profession does that. It is a 'given' in other professions....no need to...

  20. Time to call a duck a duck?

    pedicurn replied to eriksoln's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    Yes agree. There is GENERIC professional (coming to work on time, controlling ones emotions, certain level written and verbal communication) and there is PROFESSIONAL which mainly pertains to the...

  21. Time to call a duck a duck?

    pedicurn replied to eriksoln's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    In Australia, we are SUPPOSED to be a profession too. However ....Why is theory such as Maslow's considered part of our 'academic core' ? Maslow is very basic ...it's so easy one could learn it in...

  22. Moving out of hospital bedside nursing

    pedicurn replied to Simply Complicated's topic in General Nursing

    Yes I know it seems a bit lame. However, even one year out of acute nursing is a problem where I work in Australia. I think the real reason is the pace and the increased multi-tasking in acute care...

  23. No nursing jobs in 2012 ???

    pedicurn replied to rawoysteraddict's topic in General Nursing

    No it's Australian

  24. Get it off your chest! What's the rudest thing a doctor ever said to you?

    pedicurn replied to vhern246's topic in General Nursing

    Yeah ...like he is so high class

  25. Get it off your chest! What's the rudest thing a doctor ever said to you?

    pedicurn replied to vhern246's topic in General Nursing

    On finding out I had traveled to a certain country - ' Oh did you used to be an air hostess' Like, being a poor low class nurse he thought I was - couldn't manage to get there by myself ...you know...