SoldierNurse22 BSN, RN

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    Prejudice in Nursing

    SoldierNurse22 replied to registerednurse3's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I would hesitate to call a person a racist unless there is an established pattern of preference or discrimination against a group of people that is ethnically or culturally based. In the scenario you...
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    Prejudice in Nursing

    SoldierNurse22 replied to registerednurse3's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Please point out exactly where in my post I stated that people do not discriminate based on race. Your assumption that I am "bias a view the world through the lens of one that does not sympathize with...
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    Prejudice in Nursing

    SoldierNurse22 replied to registerednurse3's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Also, as you stated that you're in school (Ivy league or not really doesn't matter) to get your BSN, you and your promoted coworker are both effectively ADNs until you graduate with your
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    Prejudice in Nursing

    SoldierNurse22 replied to registerednurse3's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Agree with your definition, but I must disagree with your concept of what qualifies a person to be a manager. I work with plenty of ADNs, one of whom is the boss of several BSNs. Personality as well...
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    Prejudice in Nursing

    SoldierNurse22 replied to registerednurse3's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Unless you follow your white coworkers incessantly (which I can only assume you don't), all you can say with certainty is that you've never seen them mistaken as
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    VA nursing and the union

    SoldierNurse22 replied to momswann's topic in Government, Military

    Not all of the civilians in my workplace behave badly with the union to protect them, but many of them do. Calling out sick, refusing to answer a telephone line in the ER because it isn't in their...
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    Prejudice in Nursing

    SoldierNurse22 replied to registerednurse3's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I'm white and an RN. People assume the same thing of me...until they see my rank and realize that I'm older than I look. Unless you can read the minds of those around you, you have no idea what...
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    TNCC as a student nurse?

    SoldierNurse22 replied to jglover4168's topic in General Students

    I took the TNCC as a new soldier and a new nurse. The 6 months of experience in an ER was waived due to the necessity that all of us become trained in emergency medicine. I was able to integrate and...
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    As a Nurse and a Patient

    SoldierNurse22 replied to KenH's topic in General Nursing

    That'll do
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    Falsify credentials

    SoldierNurse22 replied to cptkathy's topic in General Nursing

    You mean you've been a nurse for 35 years and you don't
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    Am I a "bad nurse"?

    SoldierNurse22 replied to goodnurseguy's topic in Nursing Career

    Man, you had me...all the way up to there. ^^^ Your NM writes you letters at your house? Really? That's fascinating...and incredibly unprofessional. It's also so hard to believe, I just, well, don't...
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    My school is saying I owe 1750!

    SoldierNurse22 replied to futureRN_'s topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Y'know that saying...about when something seems too good to be true? Three years in the Army have taught me that if they (the government, that is) give you too much money back, they WILL figure it...
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    As a Nurse and a Patient

    SoldierNurse22 replied to KenH's topic in General Nursing

    Agreed: just because you're good at "customer serivce" or you're friendly (as they used to say in the old days!) doesn't mean you're not assertive or unintelligent, etc. Another way to look at it is:...
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    As a Nurse and a Patient

    SoldierNurse22 replied to KenH's topic in General Nursing

    Well, we're not all dead. I suppose I'll count my blessings. And we're not all grumpy, either.
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    Oncology nursing experiences

    SoldierNurse22 replied to 2k15NurseExtern4u's topic in Oncology

    Happy to help!
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    Oncology nursing experiences

    SoldierNurse22 replied to 2k15NurseExtern4u's topic in Oncology

    Oh, if I could tell you all the stories... A few of the ones I've written up for AN are linked below: https://allnurses.com/oncology-nursing/the-fifteen-711074.html...
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    confused about pain med administration

    SoldierNurse22 replied to oldparent23's topic in Patient Medications

    I was also taught that if the orders are separate and there's nothing in the notes section that specifically prohibits the administration of the other drug concurrently, there's nothing to keep you...
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    Conflict with a coworker

    SoldierNurse22 replied to phlebo2rn's topic in General Students

    An English-only policy? Interesting. And by interesting, I mean: 1. boring. 2. crappy. 3. selfish. Having worked in some very, very diverse places, I cannot imagine an "English only" policy among...
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    Who is Excited About Human Cadaver Dissections?!?

    SoldierNurse22 replied to whealer's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    We dissected human cadavers in my prereqs. It was an incredible thing to see the human body up close as some of the PPs pointed out, though our prof was lacking in experience and left something to be...
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    I withdrew from a nursing course

    SoldierNurse22 replied to nursingstudent546's topic in General Students

    Nursing is a very self-guided educational experience for good reasons--once you're out of school, there will be no one to hold your hand. Nursing school prepares you for that eventuality and ensures...
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    TNCC

    SoldierNurse22 replied to montecarlo64's topic in Emergency

    I also took it out of state while I was in training with the Army. TNCC is a national course and the state where you take the exam has no bearing on where it's "applicable", unlike taking the NCLEX,...
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    Medication Aides....

    SoldierNurse22 replied to Guest757854's topic in General Nursing

    I don't know that they'd take over the role of LPN, but when I worked with the Navy, they utilized their corpsmen to pass meds in a similar role as JustBeachyNurse described. I was never comfortable...
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    nurse as a teacher

    SoldierNurse22 replied to CrossCountryRN2008's topic in Medical-Surgical

    Correct, but that's not typically a role for an inpatient nurse. You'd see those kinds of specialists working more so in clinics than on
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    handling all the drama...

    SoldierNurse22 replied to andisayd's topic in LPN, LVN Students

    I suggest you take a good look at yourself if nursing school drama is "changing" you so dramatically. It is important to note that people who are truly mature blow off drama like that and carry on...
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    Day Shift Drama

    SoldierNurse22 replied to Despareux's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Some units are just ridiculously dramatic. Others work really well together with minimal issues. I've been on both types of units. A lot of it has to do with the climate of the command/management...