dudette10

dudette10 MSN, RN

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  1. why do nurses need to be licensed?

    dudette10 replied to Infofreak411's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    Let's turn this around from the nursing student perspective. Would you prefer to go to a nursing school that had a 95% first time pass rate on the NCLEX, or would you be ok with a school that had a...

  2. I am the wife of a male student nurse and having trouble coping.

    dudette10 replied to Theotherone's topic in Health, Stress Management

    I'm not going to give you advice, but I'm going to tell you a story. In my first career, I worked long hours. Every single day, my husband would get on my case about it. I realized that I was, at...

  3. I am the wife of a male student nurse and having trouble coping.

    dudette10 replied to Theotherone's topic in Health, Stress Management

    I'm not going to give you advice, but I'm going to tell you a story. In my first career, I worked long hours. My husband would get on my case every single day about my long hours. Eventually, I...

  4. Giving the nurses phones

    dudette10 replied to Rexie's topic in General Nursing

    We have phones. For the most part, the only time I don't answer it is when I'm doing a procedure (Foley, IV, dressing change, etc.), or I'm providing emotional support to a patient. Yes, they do...

  5. Nurse retention

    dudette10 replied to mombuxx's topic in General Nursing

    It doesn't seem to work well because it's only money. The "soft" parts of a job--work environment, work relationships, management style--aren't icing on the cake; they are the cake. People take pay...

  6. Deliberate sabotage?

    dudette10 replied to greenerpastures's topic in General Nursing

    But, see, that would require creativity and a supportive environment to solve problems. You know, work. It's much easier to view your nurses as the enemy and just write them up for not doing their...

  7. Is nursing theory actually used by working nurses?

    dudette10 replied to BCRNA's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    At the risk of having rotten tomatoes thrown at me, I can see the value of nursing theory. However, it is impossible to directly translate nursing theory into practice for a bedside nurse. Theories...

  8. Is this a VALID reason to terminate someone?

    dudette10 replied to lllenjolll's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    It sounds like the patient had a central line, and the dressing and cap wasn't changed for 4 weeks. You were the nurse for day 7 of weeks 1 and 2, and another nurse was on for day 7 of week 3. The...

  9. Nurse retention

    dudette10 replied to mombuxx's topic in General Nursing

    One thing keeps me where I am: I like the other nurses. I work all floors, so I know most of them. It made me feel good when I walked onto a floor yesterday, and the charge nurse looked up at me,...

  10. Fired for following orders

    dudette10 replied to shmedium's topic in Patient Care Technician, Assistants

    It all comes down to knowing what you are and are not allowed to do in your facility and, in some cases, on a particular unit in a facility. In my old facility, RNs dropped NGs routinely, removed...

  11. Wait staff and flight attendant c/o customers

    dudette10 posted a topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    There are plenty of FB groups and communities dedicated to wait staff and airline staff, where they can vent about customers. Most of the time, I don't quite understand what they are so on about. For...

  12. Need co-worker advice

    dudette10 replied to Rocky546's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Why do you feel like you should do something about it? If she goes on and on about her boyfriend at work, and it bothers you that much, take her aside and tell her to stop talking to you about it...

  13. Medication question

    dudette10 replied to Peaceem's topic in Patient Medications

    To show your instructor that she got the wrong answer, just put 500mg/25ml and 500mg/10ml side by side on a piece of paper and have her do the math. Please tell me that the med was administered in...

  14. am i in trouble?

    dudette10 replied to nurseJ823's topic in Patient Medications

    Also, make it a habit of reviewing the meds with the patient prior to popping them out. I do that, then say, "Does that sound right? Anything missing?" That doesn't completely prevent the "What's that...

  15. Which to follow: MD or Policy?

    dudette10 replied to Angeljho's topic in General Nursing

    Yes, that's the part that was missed from this scenario. After discharge, I wouldn't just take a "resume previous meds" order because that would put the pre-hospitalization meds back on the MAR. You...

  16. Wait staff and flight attendant c/o customers

    dudette10 replied to dudette10's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    If you want to intentionally misinterpret what I'm saying, then there is nothing I can do about

  17. Wait staff and flight attendant c/o customers

    dudette10 replied to dudette10's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    What I meant was that everyone now has a carry on, so there isn't enough bin space. You can't tell me that even if everyone kept to the space limits, that there is ample bin space for everyone...there...

  18. Wait staff and flight attendant c/o customers

    dudette10 replied to dudette10's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    No, my point was, wait staff is IN customer service--as is retail and fast food and flight attendants--and I don't get the c/o the usual, normal stuff dealing with CUSTOMER SERVICE. A waiter ********...

  19. Wait staff and flight attendant c/o customers

    dudette10 replied to dudette10's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I worked for a couple days, and this thread exploded! The example here is definitely a customer service *** moment. But, I was reading a flight attendant FB page about the locks on a lav door. I...

  20. Wait staff and flight attendant c/o customers

    dudette10 replied to dudette10's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Yes, I've worked fast food and retail. I was always more annoyed by lazy coworkers than I ever was with customers. The only thing that bugged me in retail was when people would allow their kids to...

  21. Workplace Cowardice

    dudette10 replied to Mr. Murse's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    This is so

  22. Bedside Report

    dudette10 replied to nynursey_'s topic in General Nursing

    I don't see a problem with providing that information...the problem comes in when patients can't interpret the information. Labs are interpretive, which is the reason I don't give out the lab values....

  23. Bedside Report

    dudette10 replied to nynursey_'s topic in General Nursing

    The customizable menus are already in some places...like mine. When dietary just sent the trays up, people ate what they received. Since it was implemented, I do spend more time on food-related...

  24. Bedside Report

    dudette10 replied to nynursey_'s topic in General Nursing

    Oh, please NO to the MyChart Bedside! Maybe I'd go for it if they can page their doctors directly...then see how long the idea

  25. How old is too old to pursue an MSN?

    dudette10 replied to Ancientnurse18's topic in General Nursing

    Perfect