candersonRN

candersonRN has 18 years experience and specializes in ER, House Supervision.

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1. Time to call a duck a duck?

   candersonRN replied to eriksoln's topic in Nursing Professionalism

   To Awakened; I realize you think the nurses are not using nursing theories in their work, but you are very wrong. They just do not necessarily think of what they are doing in those terms. It was not...

2. Will I be shunned?

   candersonRN replied to studentgolfer's topic in General Students

   Congratulations on your acceptance! The thoughts I want to add are that learning to work with people who are 'users' and others you just do not like is part of nursing. I have had to work with many...

3. Male nurses hired faster?

   candersonRN replied to Chemistry Sux's topic in General Nursing

   OK, here is my 2cents worth...if you can handle lots and lots of snot go RT or if you can handle lots and lots of poop go ADN. I have not read all the previous posts, but I think shadowing each type...

4. Possible exposure to Hep C from needle stick

   candersonRN replied to RNmom24's topic in General Nursing

   I was stuck by a needle after giving an injection to an AIDS patient in 1995. Talk about scared!! I have not ever tested positive for HIV in all the years since this happened, however I did spend 6...

5. Patients and the race card

   candersonRN replied to CanadaEh's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

   I would like to respectfully disagree with the posting about Blacks and Hispanics receiving lesser care, as these two posts refer to the prescriber not the nursing staff. Granted it is part of the...

6. Time to call a duck a duck?

   candersonRN replied to eriksoln's topic in Nursing Professionalism

   Well I received my BSN in the early 90's but we had a 99% pass rate for boards and I knew who didn't pass (we all knew she wasn't ready-not a good test taker). Anyway my class was well prepared, we...

7. Time to call a duck a duck?

   candersonRN replied to eriksoln's topic in Nursing Professionalism

   Okay, I just have to say that until nurses (not APRN's) can bill for the care they give, we will not be considered professionals by the administrators and financial officers who see nursing as a...