RN4NICU

RN4NICU LPN, LVN

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  1. Nurses Who Shouldn't be Nurses

    RN4NICU replied to bobnurse's topic in General Nursing

    I totally disagree. If I am on my own time (not at work), I am not a nurse then. I am myself. Nursing is my career - NOT MY LIFE and I feel pity for anyone who cannot make a distinction between the...

  2. Wearing scrubs in public...

    RN4NICU replied to HappyNurse2005's topic in General Nursing

    Visitors are WAY more likely to transmit infections than the nurses. Some nurses do not help matters because they don't want to be the bad guy and enforce the rules, (which is another issue...

  3. Wearing scrubs in public...

    RN4NICU replied to HappyNurse2005's topic in General Nursing

    You also have to consider the parent factor with the NICU babies. Many of them do not listen to instructions and do not take off their rings, etc. when handling the babies. MRSA (as well as a...

  4. Wearing scrubs in public...

    RN4NICU replied to HappyNurse2005's topic in General Nursing

    Forcemaster, I understand the point you are trying to make, but I don't agree with it. First of all, one hospital I worked at did a long-term research study examining infection rates in the NICU...

  5. Nurses Who Shouldn't be Nurses

    RN4NICU replied to bobnurse's topic in General Nursing

    The "typical" assignment is 13 weeks. You can extend your contract from there if you choose (if they still need you) or you can move on. You can also find contracts longer or shorter than the typical...

  6. Nurses Who Shouldn't be Nurses

    RN4NICU replied to bobnurse's topic in General Nursing

    :yeahthat: :yeahthat: :yeahthat: :yeahthat: :yeahthat: :yeahthat: Well said, both of

  7. Calling staff "nurses" who aren't nurses!!

    RN4NICU replied to ZRNZ's topic in General Nursing

    I agree, but it is our responsibility as nurses to educate the public about who is providing their

  8. Calling staff "nurses" who aren't nurses!!

    RN4NICU replied to ZRNZ's topic in General Nursing

    that does not take away from the title protection. see my response to

  9. Calling staff "nurses" who aren't nurses!!

    RN4NICU replied to ZRNZ's topic in General Nursing

    That is not always the case. Better to be safe and reserve the title of nurse for ACTUAL nurses Nurse Practice Act Section: 71-1,132.17 In the interest of public safety and consumer awareness, it is...

  10. Staffing coordinator way out of line

    RN4NICU replied to misschelei's topic in Agency Nurses

    I can't stand it when people use their kids as an excuse for everything. Like all other things in life, having kids is a life decision that you have to live with. If she wanted things out of life...

  11. Calling staff "nurses" who aren't nurses!!

    RN4NICU replied to ZRNZ's topic in General Nursing

    True, but there is more to it than that. In some states, the title "nurse" is protected, not just the titles "RN" and "LPN", so calling oneself a nurse if one is not an RN or an LPN is just as...

  12. Calling staff "nurses" who aren't nurses!!

    RN4NICU replied to ZRNZ's topic in General Nursing

    New York Nurse Practice Act: Section 6513 1. Anyone not authorized to use a professional title regulated by this title, and who uses such professional title, shall be guilty of a class A misdemeanor....

  13. Crocs Nursing shoes

    RN4NICU replied to KrisRNwannabe's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    Hmmm...good to know that their sizes are variable. There may still be hope! The kind I tried on was the one with all the holes, which would never fly in an ICU. I was thinking of getting the one...

  14. Crocs Nursing shoes

    RN4NICU replied to KrisRNwannabe's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    I realize that they have a strap, but when I tried it on my foot was scooting around in the thing like crazy, to the point that it felt like I might walk out of the shoe. The next size down fit...

  15. WHY are nurses so catty??

    RN4NICU replied to SnowymtnRN's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Sounds to me like the L&D nurses in question like to work short-staffed. I say let them. When they learn to play nice, then they can have

  16. Staffing coordinator way out of line

    RN4NICU replied to misschelei's topic in Agency Nurses

    As another poster suggested, I would have had to tell her that if she wanted the same opportunities that are open to a nurse, she should haul her tail to the nearest school and earn the education that...

  17. Crocs Nursing shoes

    RN4NICU replied to KrisRNwannabe's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    A couple of questions for those who have tried the Crocs: My only complaint about the crocs was that I couldn't find a proper fit. The smalls crunched my big toe and the mediums were too big. I just...

  18. Nurses Who Shouldn't be Nurses

    RN4NICU replied to bobnurse's topic in General Nursing

    With the exception of engineering, the entry level for all of these fields is the doctorate. Nurses with higher levels of education tend to make more, as well. It is not fair to compare an associates...

  19. Nurses Who Shouldn't be Nurses

    RN4NICU replied to bobnurse's topic in General Nursing

    Every time this topic comes up we get a battle between the "nursing is a calling and all about the warm fuzzies" versus the "I am an educated professional and I want a well-paying job." To me, the...

  20. Nurses Who Shouldn't be Nurses

    RN4NICU replied to bobnurse's topic in General Nursing

    If I did not care about making money, I wouldn't work at all. I would sit at home with my feet propped up. However, I do need to make money. Exactly like people in other fields, I went to college,...

  21. spider bite wound care question

    RN4NICU replied to bebop1's topic in Home Health

    Okay that is really scary. Perhaps instead of pushing for mandating that hospitals make public their nurse/patient ratios, we should make them publish their nosocomial infection rates. The ratio could...

  22. nurse practioners and surgery

    RN4NICU replied to nev's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Just a bit of advice for the OP (and anyone else, really): If you want to find out the reality of ANY kind of nursing (including advanced practice) DO NOT look for it on studentdoctor.net There is a...

  23. Reality TV : Nurses

    RN4NICU replied to goodknight's topic in General Nursing

    Apparently the name of the show is going to be 13 Weeks (as in a 13-week travel assignment). If you go to the show's website it specifies that the 6 nurses will be travel nurses from Access Nurses...

  24. Weekend and holiday work question

    RN4NICU replied to studentdeb's topic in General Nursing

    Depends entirely on where you work. Some places offer extra pay on holidays and some

  25. WHY are nurses so catty??

    RN4NICU replied to SnowymtnRN's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Amen,