Horseshoe

Horseshoe BSN, RN

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  1. Concealed Carry for Caregivers

    Horseshoe replied to ClaraRedheart's topic in General Nursing

    The difference seems pretty negligible. Especially if CCWs don't have to recertify fairly

  2. Concealed Carry for Caregivers

    Horseshoe replied to ClaraRedheart's topic in General Nursing

    An illustration of how things would be if we had no such thing as high capacity assault rifles in circulation: The Best Gun Control Commercial Ever

  3. Fitting in at new job

    Horseshoe replied to purplegal's topic in General Nursing

    Although it's nice to be on friendly terms with co-workers, there should be no expectation that you will become "good friends" with any of them. In fact, I think it's better that

  4. Concealed Carry for Caregivers

    Horseshoe replied to ClaraRedheart's topic in General Nursing

    It doesn't matter. Freedom of religion is protected here, particularly as long as its adherents obey the law, which describes the majority of Muslims living in the US. How do you propose to get rid...

  5. Concealed Carry for Caregivers

    Horseshoe replied to ClaraRedheart's topic in General Nursing

    That video was on an anti-tea party web site. But I came across it on YouTube. It was from an ABC news

  6. Reporting a grievance and fear of retaliation

    Horseshoe replied to Roggae's topic in Collective Bargaining, Union

    I'm not sure that it's the case the manager doesn't like the OP. If she's hiring a bunch of new grads, that leads me to believe she doesn't like the OP's higher

  7. Pharmaceutical companies are crooks!

    Horseshoe replied to klone's topic in General Nursing

    I don't know what's going on with my insurance. I take one drug, a low dose ACE inhibitor. It has gone from over $20 a bottle, down to $10 a bottle, to last time, just a little over $1. Now THAT is...

  8. Concealed Carry for Caregivers

    Horseshoe replied to ClaraRedheart's topic in General Nursing

    Fascinating, really. Thanks for

  9. Profession for some...attempted by many..

    Horseshoe replied to jdruds's topic in General Nursing

    In this day and age of "consumer satisfaction," it's a shame that more people don't understand the implications of nurse to patient ratio. Being a former ICU nurse, I would recognize in a second that...

  10. Concealed Carry for Caregivers

    Horseshoe replied to ClaraRedheart's topic in General Nursing

    Well, there's that tricky thing called the First Amendment. Don't know how you get around

  11. Code Black

    Horseshoe replied to PMFB-RN's topic in General Nursing

    I remember one ER episode where some docs and nurses were transferring a pedi patient, and in the elevator the patient's O2 Sat went down to 89%. The doc shouted, "Prepare to intubate!" I was...

  12. Is it possible to get the holidays off?

    Horseshoe replied to Joe V's topic in Nursing Humor

    Cool, CCU at Stanford! Congrats! Expensive place to live, but so cool, so much to do and see. My family hails from that area. And enjoy these holidays with your family. You may luck out and be off...

  13. Breakups during nursing school.

    Horseshoe replied to Linexox's topic in General Students

    I strongly encourage women to read the book He's Just Not That Into You, by Greg Behrendt. It is about relationships from a male perspective. He basically tells women what men really think, why they...

  14. Breakups during nursing school.

    Horseshoe replied to Linexox's topic in General Students

    You will only delay your "recovery" if you continue to have contact with him. You are too special, too smart for that, and stronger than you realize. You don't have to view cutting him out of your...

  15. Breakups during nursing school.

    Horseshoe replied to Linexox's topic in General Students

    I'm in the minority here, but I don't think it's selfish to want to date around until one feels absolutely ready to settle down. In fact, I think that's healthy, far healthier than staying with...

  16. Is it possible to get the holidays off?

    Horseshoe replied to Joe V's topic in Nursing Humor

    I used to work almost every holiday so that I could be assured of being off for Christmas Eve and Christmas Day. My kids were small, and this was important to me. We had to work a certain number of...

  17. Concealed Carry for Caregivers

    Horseshoe replied to ClaraRedheart's topic in General Nursing

    There were a whole lot of more compelling reasons why neither Japan nor Germany invaded the mainland United States. An armed civilian population was so far down on that list as to be completely...

  18. Code Black

    Horseshoe replied to PMFB-RN's topic in General Nursing

    I think it was last week on GA (or maybe the week before), a patient threw up with 3 physicians in the room, and one of them groaned and said, "I'll handle it." Maybe when pigs

  19. Safe to take new admit at shift change

    Horseshoe replied to russianbear's topic in General Nursing

    The main problem I have with your scenario is that the ED nurse isn't required to give report. One of the things we are always told about abandonment is that you cannot leave your patient until you...

  20. Profession for some...attempted by many..

    Horseshoe replied to jdruds's topic in General Nursing

    Unless something has really changed recently, this isn't even an issue for a CRNA. Most schools require one year of ICU at minimum (many require at least 2), and every CRNA I work with (and I work...

  21. Nurse considering law school

    Horseshoe replied to kristie778's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks, very helpful. She took it once and made a 158 and was devastated. She's been making 167-169 on her practice tests the past month. Hopefully, she can keep it together

  22. ACLS should always be 2 days and in person!

    Horseshoe replied to Emergent's topic in General Nursing

    If you have a lot of codes, a 2 day re-certification class is totally unnecessary. If you rarely ever have codes, that extra day isn't going to keep you on top of things for very

  23. Concealed Carry for Caregivers

    Horseshoe replied to ClaraRedheart's topic in General Nursing

    That doesn't make any sense at all. The Germans and Japanese weren't defeated by civilians packing heat at

  24. Concealed Carry for Caregivers

    Horseshoe replied to ClaraRedheart's topic in General Nursing

    What do you mean "one single caregiver" could have shut this down? How would a "caregiver" have been any different from any other concealed carry permit holder? What would have been so special about...

  25. A sobering story-------

    Horseshoe replied to NanikRN's topic in General Nursing

    It's also been shown that being well liked by the patients and family makes it less likely that you will be sued, even if you have made a