Bruce_Wayne ASN, RN

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    How to survive state survey?

    Bruce_Wayne replied to payang0722's topic in General Nursing

    Maybe I was unclear, I meant if there is an on-going problem that's been unaddressed or unresolved even after being brought up to supervisors or at meetings, etc. I really dislike the notion of "oh no...
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    advice for interested preschool male nurse

    Bruce_Wayne replied to greennursestudent78's topic in Men in Nursing

    One thing about nursing school is that you've got to go through all of it, including parts that you have absolutely zero interest in. Look on youtube for "day in the life of a nurse". If you start...
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    Mandated Flu vaccine?

    Bruce_Wayne replied to mol42's topic in Disaster Preparation

    If you don't get a flu shot you have to wear a mask during your entire shift, and nobody wants to do that so they get the
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    How to survive state survey?

    Bruce_Wayne replied to payang0722's topic in General Nursing

    Just do the right thing and you'll be fine. If there IS something that's wrong with your facility or how a protocol is being implemented don't shy away from bringing it to the attention of the...
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    Thoughts on closing doors

    Bruce_Wayne replied to Soflo_RN's topic in General Nursing

    I'm such a rebel, because I feel like if I had a confused patient and I was worried about their safety I'd leave the door open. I don't feel like I'd really care what the policy was, if I felt that...
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    Isn't the employer suppose to pay for your travel?

    Bruce_Wayne replied to lifein08's topic in General Nursing

    I think the answer to this is obvious, if they were really desperate and really needed people really badly then they'd pay to fly out out. However they don't seem to be that desperate. Generally it's...
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    Too old for ICU?

    Bruce_Wayne replied to eyeball's topic in Critical Care

    I often work as an aide in ICU and I the "older" (hey you're not that old) nurses are by far my favorite to work with. So much more calm, rational, and patient oriented. Us younger people sometimes...
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    Select Specialty Hospital work environment

    Bruce_Wayne replied to tyjane7's topic in General Nursing

    I just toured a select specialty hospital today and will start doing clinicals there next week. I was really impressed with the location I toured and I was thinking to myself that I might enjoy the...
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    Is testing for erythropoietin (EPO) a standard test or part of a CBC or CMP?

    Bruce_Wayne posted a topic in General Students

    Is testing for erythropoietin a common test related to kidney function? I don't think it is and I don't recall every really hearing or seeing anything about it much. I'm working on a care map and...
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    Where do you get your CE (continuing education) hours?

    Bruce_Wayne posted a topic in General Nursing

    I was just wondering where people get their CEs from. I know some people that make a vacation around a seminar and get their CEs that way, I know some that use free sites to get theirs, I know some...
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    Is Pharmacy Tech Training Useful?

    Bruce_Wayne replied to Herbal's topic in General Nursing

    Are you a nurse? Maybe look into a pharmacology nursing
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    The Philosophy of Nursing

    Bruce_Wayne replied to Stark2002's topic in General Nursing

    Just curious if you have to write the paper in English? I think this would be a very interesting paper because I find myself reflecting often about how nursing straddles many different disciplines,...
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    Night-shift workers, do you think you could successful work days?

    Bruce_Wayne posted a topic in Health, Stress Management

    Just wondering what night-shifters think about if they could successful work days or not? I know a lot of people choose nights for many reasons and I was wondering if working night shift was...
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    Do you have time to give baths?

    Bruce_Wayne replied to stellaRN1983's topic in General Nursing

    I wonder what kind of CHG wipes you're using? Our ICU is doing a study with those too and as per the study those wipes and plain water are the only thing we're allowed to clean pts with right now....
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    Fired because of Facebook???

    Bruce_Wayne replied to hairtocare's topic in General Nursing

    A lot of people are saying that they don't put their co-workers as their friends on facebook, but for me most of my friends on facebook are co-workers. The hospital is such a big time consuming part...
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    Amusement Park nursing?

    Bruce_Wayne replied to eriksoln's topic in General Nursing

    I was just musing about that the other day, lol. I don't know the answer to your question. But on a similar line of thought, I've thought that it would be "fun" to be a nurse on a cruise ship
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    I want to become Male nurse but am under qualified

    Bruce_Wayne replied to GentlemanNurse's topic in General Nursing

    I think community college could be a good way to "fresh up" your grades, like you said. Also there's don't dismiss non-accelerated programs or ADN programs out of hand without looking into them more...
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    True that a lot of new nurses quit r/t stress and misconceptions of what nurses do?

    Bruce_Wayne posted a topic in General Nursing

    I've heard from some people that in addition to high drop-out rates in nursing school that there's also a relatively high amount of people that go all the way to graduation and license but quickly...
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    MD orders via computer

    Bruce_Wayne replied to gracedRN's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    One advantageous computer orders have other written orders is that the computer will prompt the user about all the necessary things of the order. So if there's a Q weekly medicine for example, a...
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    Do you bag your bodies naked?

    Bruce_Wayne replied to mama_d's topic in General Nursing

    At the last hospital I worked at we put a paper gown on them, where I work now we just leave their regular gown on them. I wouldn't do the naked thing either, if anything I'd put an isolation gown on...
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    Lament of the White Clinical Pants

    Bruce_Wayne replied to cogath's topic in General Students

    We get to wear blue pants now! The story goes that too many people were wearing colored thongs. Notice that I said "people" and not "women". j/k we get to wear blue scrubs now but I have no idea...
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    Do you have time to give baths?

    Bruce_Wayne replied to stellaRN1983's topic in General Nursing

    However that belief doesn't prevent you from giving a bath to a AAOx3 pt that didn't get one during day shift right? You assess when they last had a bath and then ask if/when they want one and then do...
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    Do you have time to give baths?

    Bruce_Wayne replied to stellaRN1983's topic in General Nursing

    Well sure but does that happen so often that it prevents you from bathing your pts on most days? I don't think anybody is saying that bathing is more important than those other things, I'm saying...
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    Do you have time to give baths?

    Bruce_Wayne replied to stellaRN1983's topic in General Nursing

    I work float, I'm a pct at a medium sized hospital. When I work ortho most of those people can bathe themselves, except for the fresh fractures. On medical it's a mix between selfs, assist, and...
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    Do you have time to give baths?

    Bruce_Wayne replied to stellaRN1983's topic in General Nursing

    Well the rationale/EBP is that infection control > dry skin when hospitalized. I'm not currently qualified to go over the research and make an opinion on it but from my experience and what I do...