Horseshoe

Horseshoe BSN, RN

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  1. Is nursing for me?

    Horseshoe replied to Uz25's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    LOL, too true! And I'd tell her "And be NICER to your

  2. Is nursing for me?

    Horseshoe replied to Uz25's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Just wanted to put out there that if many nurses were to go back and talk to their 16 year old selves, that young person would also have said that they could never handle bodily fluids. Once you get...

  3. Nursing and the supernatural

    Horseshoe replied to nursingaround1's topic in General Nursing

    One day I was chatting with my patient's son. He mentioned that he had an implanted defibrillator. I said, "Yikes. So I'm guessing you arrested at some point?" He said that he had a cardiac arrest...

  4. Is this legal?

    Horseshoe replied to MendedHeart's topic in General Nursing

    I worked at times in a stepdown ICU with a 3:1 ratio. By definition, their patients were any critical patient who was not vented. But everything else involved in ICU care could be sent to that unit....

  5. why so many 12 hour shifts?

    Horseshoe replied to direw0lf's topic in General Nursing

    Totally agree. I loved working three 12s. I knew/know tons of nurses with small children, so they find a way to make it work. It usually requires a supportive SO or close family members to get it...

  6. should the press be exempt from adhering to HIPAA laws?

    Horseshoe replied to 1wellnessnurse's topic in General Nursing

    The press is not bound by HIPAA, so they didn't officially do anything wrong at all. Now from an ethical perspective, one could certainly make an argument against it. If Aunt May is walking through a...

  7. Graduate Nursing schools with no GRE

    Horseshoe replied to kamododragon's topic in General Students

    Nursing has all kinds of scary milestones and challenges to meet. The first year out of nursing school, I did a critical care internship and was eventually thrown out of the nest to practice on my...

  8. Quit during orientation

    Horseshoe replied to Themostsupreme's topic in General Students

    I said this the other day. I stand by it. I think the coming back "in triumph" and getting everything his heart desires is complete and total bunk. His attitude is loud and clear and it will be...

  9. Family issue..Thoughts?

    Horseshoe replied to jrabbit619's topic in General Students

    I hope you will check in from time to time. If your mom won't/can't give you hugs for all your hard work and accomplishments, your nursing community here can do so cyber-wise. :) I have two...

  10. New Nursing Student

    Horseshoe replied to andreead's topic in General Students

    Your instructor is correct. You do not need to worry about contracting a deadly disease because of the incident you described above. If you TRULY are terrified of germs, this is going to be a...

  11. The Truth About Nursing

    Horseshoe replied to LorieStesk's topic in General Nursing

    I was the second oldest of 6 kids and had to do a LOT of child care because my Mom had babies after I was old enough to help. I changed diapers, fed the babies, took care of them while Mom went to...

  12. The Truth About Nursing

    Horseshoe replied to LorieStesk's topic in General Nursing

    My idea of a "ridiculous amount of money" doesn't in any way include a nursing

  13. Feeling discouraged.

    Horseshoe replied to Futurenurse_25's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    It doesn't really matter "why" you didn't get in to that program. Nursing school is very competitive; there were undoubtedly many others who also had decent grades who didn't get in either. You are...

  14. ICU or CCU

    Horseshoe replied to techlife72's topic in Critical Care

    I don't think you could go wrong either way. My personal preference is CCU, but as you said, you would get more variety in terms of diagnoses in

  15. Wrongful Termination?

    Horseshoe replied to MEANNRS's topic in General Nursing

    Even in "at will" states, if the facility has not followed their own procedures as outlined in their employee handbook or some similar written policy manual, you can indeed sue for wrongful...

  16. Quit during orientation

    Horseshoe replied to Themostsupreme's topic in General Students

    I'm guessing you are really young. Making 3 times the salary of a PCT is not the definition of "big bucks." Though I don't know any nurse who works for free, it is not a career where the salary is...

  17. Quit during orientation

    Horseshoe replied to Themostsupreme's topic in General Students

    Okay, I finally got through the whole thread. Anyone else's BS meter going off? Sorry, but I don't believe one word of this. It just doesn't ring true. And LOL at nurses making "big

  18. Quit during orientation

    Horseshoe replied to Themostsupreme's topic in General Students

    Based on the OP's post below, I believe the answer to your last question would be

  19. Quit during orientation

    Horseshoe replied to Themostsupreme's topic in General Students

    That's just terrible advice. The OP has gotten some very good feedback, and he needs to spend a good amount of time thinking about the comments. Sometimes the truth hurts. You can't change what you...

  20. Quit during orientation

    Horseshoe replied to Themostsupreme's topic in General Students

    Emphasis is mine. That's a nice sentiment, but no one has implied that all nurses do is clean patients. They are saying that cleaning patients is rarely something nurses are going to be able to...

  21. Quit during orientation

    Horseshoe replied to Themostsupreme's topic in General Students

    My experience as a nurse falls in telemetry, ICU, stepdown, OR, and endo. Every single one of those jobs is very "labor intensive." Nursing jobs are for the most part very physically demanding. The...

  22. Feeling discouraged.

    Horseshoe replied to Futurenurse_25's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    It's highly doubtful this had anything to do with your rejection from the program. It is far more likely that they accepted students who had higher grades and did not have to repeat any

  23. Should I wait to have a baby?

    Horseshoe replied to AHobbs's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I had a toddler and became pregnant with baby #2 during nursing school. I had her during Christmas break and chose to sit out the following semester and came back in the fall. Not every program...

  24. Wrongful Termination?

    Horseshoe replied to MEANNRS's topic in General Nursing

    I'm puzzled why you would clarify a drug order with anyone other than the person who wrote

  25. Fear of making med error as a nurse?

    Horseshoe replied to ns808's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    The math required for nursing practice is incredibly basic. If you cannot manage it, you will not and should not pass the program. Not everyone who wants to be a nurse should be a nurse. That said,...