Horseshoe

Horseshoe BSN, RN

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  1. what nurses do if a patient wants blood transfusions

    Horseshoe replied to yayita's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Since the OP uses the words "have to," I also wondered if this was the reasoning behind

  2. what nurses do if a patient wants blood transfusions

    Horseshoe replied to yayita's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    They are hanging around on the set of House. You know, the same place where the docs are walking the patient to the restroom when he asks, hanging IV piggybacks, giving meds, etc., in between doing...

  3. Pt having a "friend" over for "special nursing care"

    Horseshoe replied to delphine22's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    What does that have to do with the subject of this

  4. Pt having a "friend" over for "special nursing care"

    Horseshoe replied to delphine22's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    People keep repeating this as if it's indisputable fact, when it really isn't necessarily true for all patients, possibly for many patients. That is completely separate from the question of whether...

  5. Pt having a "friend" over for "special nursing care"

    Horseshoe replied to delphine22's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I totally agree. As often as I cringe at the many "your, you're" and "their, there, and they're" errors made every day on AN by people who should absolutely know better, I think it's great that you...

  6. Pt having a "friend" over for "special nursing care"

    Horseshoe replied to delphine22's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Yes, and it was my impression that it was against TOS to criticize posters' spelling and grammar mistakes, with this very principle in mind. I wish I had a dollar for every time someone points out a...

  7. Pt having a "friend" over for "special nursing care"

    Horseshoe replied to delphine22's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    As ALREADY pointed out, I had incorrectly interpreted her "they are sick" as something different from "they are physically

  8. Pt having a "friend" over for "special nursing care"

    Horseshoe replied to delphine22's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    The OP specifically references that it was a PRIVATE room. Why all this talk about doing it at the nurse's

  9. Pt having a "friend" over for "special nursing care"

    Horseshoe replied to delphine22's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Why? One should always wear gloves when changing bed linens-there could be any number of things on them you wouldn't want to get on your hands or clothes, so this shouldn't be any

  10. Pt having a "friend" over for "special nursing care"

    Horseshoe replied to delphine22's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Oh, MY

  11. Pt having a "friend" over for "special nursing care"

    Horseshoe replied to delphine22's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Maybe inappropriate, but calling them "sick people" is way overreacting and extremely

  12. Drug Testing for Newly Graduated RN

    Horseshoe replied to ManNurse7's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Many employers throughout the United States require pre-employment drug testing, not just

  13. Drug Testing for Newly Graduated RN

    Horseshoe replied to ManNurse7's topic in First Year After Licensure

  14. My poor husband

    Horseshoe replied to BSNbeauty's topic in General Nursing

    That's absolutely one of the funniest posts I have ever seen here.

  15. My poor husband

    Horseshoe replied to BSNbeauty's topic in General Nursing

    No kidding. And he wouldn't be sleeping for very

  16. rn refresher course

    Horseshoe replied to bbRN1972's topic in General Nursing

    OP, I sent you a

  17. Did anyone find that their previous degree was harder that nursing school?

    Horseshoe replied to Nursetobe25's topic in General Students

    I have a Bachelor's in Education. I thought my nursing program was MUCH more difficult. That doesn't mean you will agree, though. On a positive note, I got a 3.67 GPA for my Education degree, and...

  18. Of Nursing, Nudity and Public Perception

    Horseshoe replied to hagiospneuma's topic in General Nursing

    WAY TO GO, unicoRNurse, so very well said. Wow, I sure could have used you in my ear a few times in my life when I needed the EXACT thing to say at just the EXACT

  19. Of Nursing, Nudity and Public Perception

    Horseshoe replied to hagiospneuma's topic in General Nursing

    Bold by me. Yes, indeed, where is the outrage for the patient who would go to a strip club, recognize a stripper as a nurse, and proceed to judge her for that, all the while he is grasping for his...

  20. New ICU Nurse- Preceptor Problems

    Horseshoe replied to lordizzy626's topic in Critical Care

    Wow, this is so different from my experience. I was hired as part of a critical care internship with a small number of other new grads. We had six months of orientation, which included class time and...

  21. Can you lose your license for not using it?

    Horseshoe replied to chiariwarrior's topic in General Nursing

    It depends upon the state, but in some states, even with your valid license, if you have not worked for a certain number of years, you may need to take a refresher course and put in some clinical...

  22. Of Nursing, Nudity and Public Perception

    Horseshoe replied to hagiospneuma's topic in General Nursing

    LOL, no kidding. For every 12 I work, I practically need a whole day to

  23. Nursing and the Ebola Virus

    Horseshoe replied to 0.adamantite's topic in Disaster Preparation

    Hmmm, acknowledging that I don't want to be around anyone with a communicable disease, which would be the lesser of two evils: 1)Being around someone who I must be around 3 feet or closer to in order...

  24. Nursing and the Ebola Virus

    Horseshoe replied to 0.adamantite's topic in Disaster Preparation

    As long as our borders are open, the Atlanta patients argument is a total strawman, imo. To me, it's like walking into your home during a robbery; all five robbers have assault rifles, but...

  25. Poll: Do you wear your wedding band to work...?

    Horseshoe replied to Nola009's topic in General Nursing

    I do, but only because I cannot get it off! I think I will bite the bullet and go get it cut off and