Belle Epoque

Belle Epoque

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  1. Torn between 2

    Belle Epoque replied to purple10's topic in General Nursing

    I don't get it. Do you want to be a nurse or not? Seems to me when you answer this question honestly, the rest will fall into place. The longer you stay away from nursing the more unemployable you...

  2. How to stay calm during traumas?

    Belle Epoque replied to New.RN's topic in International Nursing

    Well what you describe isn't "prescribing" and "diagnosing" which are the terms the OP used. An experienced nurse I can see rising to the challenge and surviving but a new grad? She already mentioned...

  3. How to stay calm during traumas?

    Belle Epoque replied to New.RN's topic in International Nursing

    Oh my goodness, I don't even know where to start. Sounds like your job is a liability just waiting to happen. No training, no resources, no P&P and you're a new grad working in trauma by...

  4. Cured of cancer, now looking for new RN job

    Belle Epoque replied to OrionQuiltsRN's topic in General Nursing

    Only provide as much info as you are comfortable doing. Don't mention it unless they bring it up then be very vague - say illness/medical condition, not cancer/chemo. Emphasize the fact that you are...

  5. To those that have a long commute

    Belle Epoque replied to BettyBoop01's topic in General Nursing

    There are many factors to take into consideration - reliable vehicle, vehicle wear and tear, price of gas, age of children/family/daycare commitments, etc. but it most certainly is doable. It seems...

  6. Standing orders (Please explain)

    Belle Epoque replied to ScreamBoxDolly's topic in General Nursing

    Every place I've ever worked had standing orders come up with the patient along with the regular orders. That's if standing orders were ordered by the physician for that patient. Nurses don't assume...

  7. Standing orders (Please explain)

    Belle Epoque replied to ScreamBoxDolly's topic in General Nursing

    Well said. I don't understand why these orders don't come up with the patient on admission. How are they expected to admit a patient with no orders? And if the orders don't come up, why are they so...

  8. Dansko "dress code" at your place of work

    Belle Epoque replied to tripsis's topic in General Nursing

    The days of the white nursing shoes are long gone. As long as they are not open toe or back then you should be fine no matter where you

  9. Lied on at work....

    Belle Epoque replied to RN3121's topic in General Nursing

    Yep, alot about the OP makes no sense. Unless she was on-call or standby, but I didn't get that from the post. No sense at

  10. 1 nurse in the ER?!?!

    Belle Epoque replied to Mariposa2009's topic in General Nursing

    If an ER is critically understaffed they should either close some inpatient beds and pull nurses to the ER or they divert some non-urgent cases to a different ER, or a combination of both. Yes folks...

  11. Standing orders (Please explain)

    Belle Epoque replied to ScreamBoxDolly's topic in General Nursing

    Our residents might be in training but they are still doctors and hold many of the same privileges as the attendings. We take orders from them in the same way. As for following dumb orders, we ARE...

  12. Standing orders (Please explain)

    Belle Epoque replied to ScreamBoxDolly's topic in General Nursing

    I disagree. I work in a large teaching hospital and we use standing orders and clinical pathways all the time. If anything, we use them more than ever. It's a very efficient way to streamline care...

  13. Standing orders (Please explain)

    Belle Epoque replied to ScreamBoxDolly's topic in General Nursing

    I'm confused by this: "Now I have not been doing this because in nursing school we were always told to call the dr before administering something, but is a standing order different." If you were to...

  14. what do u say to pts when they ask where u live?

    Belle Epoque replied to JadeRN722's topic in General Nursing

    Unless where you live is somehow pertinent to your patient's plan of care (I doubt it), you're under no obligation to disclose your address. In fact, I fail to see why this question even needs to...

  15. Pressing charges on a psych patient?

    Belle Epoque replied to Little_Mouse's topic in General Nursing

    What is the point of this comment? Anybody can pretend to be whomever they wish in the online world. I could be the Queen of England and none of you would be the wiser. Besides, an online forum is...

  16. Who pays your salary?

    Belle Epoque replied to adam56's topic in General Nursing

    Maybe. But none of the jobs you listed requires much of an education, let alone a college diploma or university

  17. Pressing charges on a psych patient?

    Belle Epoque replied to Little_Mouse's topic in General Nursing

    Back broken, eh? And you never filed the appropriate charges? What a shame. You've just sent the message that nurses are expected to take that crap as part of the job. Congratulations. Sometimes...

  18. Concerned...allnurses store product

    Belle Epoque replied to AwayWeGo's topic in General Nursing

    What's the point of such a passive aggressive comment? Nowhere did I mention leaving yet you see fit to mention this as an option. Sheesh! I feel like I went back in time to those silly schoolyard...

  19. Concerned...allnurses store product

    Belle Epoque replied to AwayWeGo's topic in General Nursing

    unless you follow your kids around 24/7 all throughout their childhood then at some point it is most definitely up to the child to make a right/wrong decision. that's what parenting is all about....

  20. Pressing charges on a psych patient?

    Belle Epoque replied to Little_Mouse's topic in General Nursing

    This is precisely one of the reasons the nursing profession is disrespected and trivialized. The "getting beat up by patients is just part of the job" mentality. You're discrediting the entire...

  21. Concerned...allnurses store product

    Belle Epoque replied to AwayWeGo's topic in General Nursing

    Anyone who has internet access can read the information on this site. What's pointless is your belief that any sort of true prohibition can possibly exist on the world wide web. Even with regards to...

  22. Concerned...allnurses store product

    Belle Epoque replied to AwayWeGo's topic in General Nursing

    Wow, some of the comparisons made here are really wild. But here's the bottom line... it's irresponsible advertising. Period. People are talking about lawn darts and BB guns and putting bleach in...

  23. Can you get accepted into the BscN program if..

    Belle Epoque replied to bluer's topic in International Nursing

    Not true. High school transcripts will only be requested if you are a new high school grad otherwise all they care about is that you have the prereq credits needed to apply for the program. The...

  24. Finally understand the Facebook no-no's

    Belle Epoque replied to raebabelvn's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    There were times when I was far too sick to go to work but not so sick as to be completely bedridden. Stomach flu is a good example... need to be near my porcelain throne but no business being at...

  25. Is nursing theory actually used by working nurses?

    Belle Epoque replied to BCRNA's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    I studied Roy's Adaptation Model of Nursing. For those unfamiliar with this theorist, it uses a 6 step nursing process. The nurse assesses first the behaviors and second the stimuli affecting those...