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 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 until I began working on my masters that I realized...

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 people over the years I almost hated on a personal ...

3. Most horrific interview ever !

   candersonRN replied to NurseLoveJoy88's topic in General Nursing

   To OP, Just a quick note to say that asking you if you have a spouse and children is actually illegal in a job interview. It could lead to not hiring if they had some kind of bias, so the questions about your personal life are suppose to not be asked...

4. 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 of professional is worth investigating to see whic...

5. What is so wrong with discussing end of life care?

   candersonRN replied to imintrouble's topic in General Nursing

   I have to say that in my family we tend to have lots of nurses, so end of life discussions happen. My family talk with one another to make the decisions before they are necessary and it saves heart ache and chaos later when compassion and grieving a...

6. Crazy things independent pts have asked of you?

   candersonRN replied to Florence NightinFAIL's topic in General Nursing

   I just had to join in, the most recent ridiculous request I had was an older male patient waved me into his room as I walked by, when I asked how I could help him, he says "pull up my sock". He had a family member sitting at the bedside and the sock ...

7. 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 months crying every day. I get the freak out that y...

8. Patients and the race card

   candersonRN replied to CanadaEh's topic in 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 nurses job to be proactive for the patient, however n...

9. Time to call a duck a duck?

   candersonRN replied to eriksoln's topic in 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 had been taking 5 patients during our last semester ...

10. Time to call a duck a duck?

    candersonRN replied to eriksoln's topic in 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 budget sink-hole. I have found that administration staf...